New Polling Numbers For Sullivan, Murkowski, Young, and Walker
; New polling numbers released by Ivan Moore’s firm Alaska Survey Research give us an idea where statewide elected officials stand heading into this fall’s…
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Inside the Numbers: Oil and Gas Jobs Best In Wage Growth
Workers in America’s oil and gas patches have enjoyed some of the country’s biggest gains in the buying power of their paychecks over the past decade and a half, while workers in several small and mid-sized manufacturing-oriented cities have watched their buying power shrink over the same time period.
Over $17 Million Spent On State Lobbyists This Year
Just before the legislative session began I did a breakdown of which lobbyists would be lobbying for which interests. Some lobbyists, however, don’t report many of their clients until the session gets underway and many acquire clients as the session progresses. So now that the Legislature is going well into overtime, the lobbying picture is much clearer.
Inside The Numbers-On Economy Americans Trust Sanders, Kasich Most-Trump Least
These data, from an April 6-10 Gallup poll, come just three months before both parties’ nominating conventions and as the candidates clamor for the remaining delegates for their respective nomination contests.
Inside the numbers: Voters want jobs
With the 2016 primary election campaign in full swing, three-fourths of Americans (73 percent) report they are following news about it closely with the economy/jobs currently being the most important issue to voters in the upcoming presidential election (27 percent).
Inside the Numbers: What Taxes Would Look Like Under President Bernie Sanders
Vox’s Dylan Matthews took a look at how the many policy initiatives of Bernie Sanders would affect marginal tax rates on wages:
New Data Suggests We Are In For More Bill Walkers
Is it possible that this kind of “to hell with party labels!†campaign will become more the norm in American and Alaska politics as we go forward? New numbers from Gallup suggest that might be the case.
Inside the Numbers: Voter’s Sour and Dour in 2016
The election year is upon us, and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway describes the nation’s mood heading into it this way: ‘Sour and dour. Nervous, on edge, a feeling of vulnerability and a lack of control.
Inside the Numbers: Democrats Amazing State Election Loses Under Obama
With the rather large exception of the White House, these are dark days for the Democratic Party. The 2014 election left the party with 188 seats in the House of Representatives, its lowest count since the Truman administration.
Inside The Numbers: Millennials More Supportive Of Government Censorship
Have you have gotten the feeling lately America’s younger generation just can’t tolerate speech they don’t approve of? There is now statistical evidence that is the case.