Two Out of Three Republican Voters Support Immigration Reform
Some 66 percent of Republican voters support immigration reform that includes a waiting period of several years for illegal immigrants to prove themselves before being allowed to apply for citizenship.
View ArticleImmigration Reform Through the Lens of Republican Primary Voters
In the second installment of our Beyond the Ballot research series, Resurgent Republic sponsored four focus groups on immigration reform with Republican primary voters in Des Moines, Iowa, and...
View ArticleWhat They’re Saying: Press Coverage of Our Immigration Reform Focus Groups
Resurgent Republic released the most recent installment of our Beyond the Ballot research series. Focusing on immigration reform, we conducted four focus groups with Republican primary voters in Des...
View ArticleUSA Today's Alan Gomez Highlights Resurgent Republic Immigration Focus Groups
USA Today's Alan Gomez highlights the Resurgent Republic focus groups conducted in Iowa and South Carolina on CSPAN. He cites evidence that GOP primary voters agree with immigration reform once the...
View ArticleResurgent Republic's Response to FAIR
Instead of seeking to better understand the shifting opinions of Republican primary voters on immigration reform, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) mischaracterized Resurgent...
View ArticleConservative groups back immigration reform
High-profile conservative groups are taking on an unexpected cause: passing immigration reform. A diverse mix of the Washington consultant class is cutting TV ads, revving up the grassroots and...
View ArticleConditions are Key for Republican Support on Immigration Reform
With the “Gang of Eight” U.S. senators set to release their proposal, immigration reform will soon vault to the forefront of the national discussion. The imminent announcement is the next of many...
View ArticleWhy Immigration Could Pass
One way to measure the chasm that Congress must bridge to complete comprehensive immigration reform after years of stalemate is to consider the cultural, economic, and demographic distance between two...
View ArticleIs GOP Support for Immigration Reform Falling?
Public support for immigration reform continues to be closely linked to the level of detail provided in survey questions. This fact is on display in this week’s CNN/ORC survey and is especially the...
View ArticleThe Political Climate Halfway Through 2013
President Obama faces an increasingly difficult political climate upon his return from Africa this week. The direction of the country has soured in recent months and his job approval rating is...
View ArticlePolling Trends on the Government Shutdown
With week 2 of the partial government shutdown drawing to a close, momentum appears to be building for a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and government funding. Public polling during the last...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Self-Insured Voters and their Impact on 2014
In recent weeks, more than four million individuals and families who rely on the individual marketplace for health insurance received notices that their health insurance plans will no longer be...
View ArticleThe President Who No Longer Feels Your Pain
President Obama "gets an 'A' for effort" and is "trying to fix things." He is "approachable" and "caring."
View ArticleIn Response to the Washington Examiner
A Washington Examinerarticle from December 19 mischaracterizes the work of Resurgent Republic, and attributes to the conservative research organization and its co-founder Ed Gillespie statements that...
View ArticleMessages that Appeal to the Center of the Electorate in 2014
Since President Obama took office, Resurgent Republic has closely followed the opinions and intensity of Independent voters. The center of the electorate first stepped away from President Obama during...
View ArticleEarly Signs of Another Republican Midterm Wave
Today we are releasing our first survey of the 2014 landscape, a cooperative endeavor conducted with Democracy Corps for NPR.
View ArticleObama less popular than Obamacare
A new survey of likely voters finds that President Obama is now less popular than one of his most partisan accomplishments, Obamacare.
View ArticleObamacare unpopularity hits all-time high in NPR poll
Opposition to Obamacare hit an all-time high in an NPR poll showing "early signs of a Republican wave" in the 2014 elections, even though the survey polled more Democrats than Republicans.
View ArticleNPR Poll Finds Obamacare Woes Portend GOP 'Midterm Wave'
Last week, leading Democratic pollster Celinda Lake warned her fellow Democrats to ignore the pundits advising vulnerable incumbent Democrats to embrace the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleCan Democrats change the politics of health care?
The debate over the Affordable Care Act has entered a new stage, one that will challenge Republicans and Democrats alike. But the burden still falls more heavily on the Democrats to show that the law...
View ArticleNo Perfect Political Weapon
Anyone who knows me well knows I am usually eyeing the oven for the next fresh batch of in-depth public-opinion data from Democracy Corps, a partnership between legendary Democratic strategists Stan...
View ArticleDemocrats in Trouble in Senate Battleground States
This survey, the second Resurgent Republic survey in this election cycle, polled 1000 likely 2014 voters in twelve U.S. Senate battleground states, with respondents evenly distributed among the states...
View ArticleAmerican Support for CIA Interrogation Techniques Steady Despite Senate Report
In the past week the Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey, the ABC News/Washington Post survey, and the Pew Research Center survey have all shown substantial public support for the CIA's interrogation...
View Article2016 and Beyond
Society is changing at unprecedented speeds, and these changes are having dramatic effects on the American political landscape. 2016 and Beyond explores public opinion on hot-button issues like...
View ArticleA Daunting Demographic Challenge for the GOP in 2016
Republicans stand a slim chance of winning the presidency in 2016—unless they nominate a transformational candidate who can broaden the GOP’s appeal. That assertion may seem incongruous after...
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