The Obama factor: Virginia edition

Virginia Democrats hope President Obama's campaign stop today in Norfolk will boost Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds' standing and improve turnout in the final days of the campaign, but most in a new Washington Post poll say the president will not affect their vote next Tuesday. Seven in 10...

 

By Jennifer Agiesta | October 27, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (5)

Assessing Obama's accomplishments

Amid the mixed public reviews of President Obama's handling of health care and the economy in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll stands one more even split, this one on how much the president has accomplished in his nine months in office. About half (49 percent) say Obama has done...

 

By Jennifer Agiesta | October 20, 2009; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (32)

Union Members Likely a Friendly Audience for Obama

President Obama is likely to be in friendly territory at today's AFL-CIO Convention, as this week's Washington Post-ABC News poll finds union members and householders to be among his strongest boosters. Overall, nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) union members have a favorable impression of the president and 57 percent...

 

By Jennifer Agiesta | September 15, 2009; 11:45 AM ET | Comments (0)

The Word on Barack Obama

Nearly eight months into Barack Obama's presidency, Americans' perceptions of him are mostly positive, but the administration's efforts at health reform inspire a more critical reaction, with more describing their feelings about the proposed changes with a negative word (43 percent) than a positive one (31 percent) according to a...

 

By Jennifer Agiesta | September 8, 2009; 11:41 AM ET | Comments (7)