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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Congratulates the Members and Members-elect of the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly on Thei...

Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research congratulates the members and members-elect of the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly on their victories in the November 2011 general election. As a result of their hard work and outstanding service to the state, their innovative ideas for moving New Jersey forward, and their record of standing up for middle class New Jerseyans on the most important issues facing them,.… Read more»

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President Obama Scores With Middle Class Message

January 25, 2012

Dial testing and follow-up focus groups with 50 swing voters in Denver, Colorado show that President Obama’s populist defense of the middle class and their priorities in his State of the Union scored with voters.[1] The President generated strong responses on energy, education and foreign policy, but most important, he made impressive gains on a [...]

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Media Advisory: Immediate Analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union Address

January 24, 2012

POLLSTERS STAN GREENBERG AND ANDREW BAUMANN TO HOST LATE-NIGHT MEDIA CALL TO DISCUSS RESULTS OF DIAL TESTING FOCUS GROUPS Tonight, January 24, 2012, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, on behalf of Democracy Corps and GQR Digital, will hold dial testing focus groups during President Obama’s State of the Union Address. The dial groups will gauge reactions of [...]

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Two years after Citizens United, voters fed up with money in politics

January 19, 2012

The 2012 election will be the most expensive in history, fueled by unlimited spending by super PACs and other political groups, as well as candidates’ furious fundraising to keep up. On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, it’s clear that the American people are tired of a political system that sidelines [...]

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The Economic Narrative in Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address

February 4, 2011

President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union, for the most part, struck a powerful chord as he described his economic vision for the country. Although a few sections received mixed reactions, following the speech, voters gave the President impressive assessments on key economic measures and were especially drawn to the President’s emphasis on the three themes emphasized in his speech – innovation, education, and America’s competitiveness in the future.

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2011 State of the Union

January 26, 2011

Dial testing and follow-up discussions with 50 swing voters in Denver, Colorado showed that President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union struck a powerful chord as he described his economic vision for the country. This was a difficult audience for Obama, yet his speech largely won them over. Following the speech, voters gave the President impressive assessments on key economic measures and were especially drawn to the President’s emphasis on three of the themes he emphasized in his speech – innovation, education, and America’s competitiveness in the future. As one of these swing voters put it, “the future belongs to the people who make the what and the how.”

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The Economy Growing at Two Different Speeds

February 2, 2010

Voter reaction to the president’s economic discussion in the State of the Union shows that Democrats have a lot to learn about their economic narrative in the coming year. Voters responded very positively to the president’s turn to jobs as priority number one for the next year, but they responded differently to politicians talking about progress and success. With the economy growing at its fastest pace in six years and wages growing at their slowest in the past quarter-century, there is a growing gap that makes the communication about the economy harder, not easier.

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