Karlyn Bowman

3 days ago | forbes.com | Karlyn Bowman

How does the public’s perception of today’s economic turbulence compare to the past? Reviewing polls from 1979-1980, 1987, 2008-2009 and comparing them to today’s polls provides some early answers. Not only is public interest high, as it was in previous periods of uncertainty, but so too is the public’s sense of leadership weakness and pessimism about their prospects and the country’s. None of this is good news for the Trump administration.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Karlyn Bowman

Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision returned abortion to the states, the issue has played a significant role in elections across the country with the pro-choice side winning most of them. In the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court contest, abortion was front and center in the candidates’ only debate. Before Elon Musk inserted himself into the contest, several analysts suggested that Susan Crawford, who ran on safeguarding abortion, could have won the race on that issue alone.

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Karlyn Bowman

To the old adage “nothing in the world is certain, but death and taxes” I would add: Nothing in the world is certain but, death and taxes and a new round of polls about taxes around tax time. Have we learned anything new this year? What do the new polls tell us about extending the 2017 tax cuts? Fox News recently updated several questions on taxes. When registered voters were asked what bothers them most about federal income taxes, the top response at 45 percent was rich people not paying enough.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Karlyn Bowman

To the old adage “nothing in the world is certain, but death and taxes” I would add: Nothing in the world is certain but, death and taxes and a new round of polls about taxes around tax time. Have we learned anything new this year? What do the new polls tell us about extending the 2017 tax cuts? Fox News recently updated several questions on taxes. When registered voters were asked what bothers them most about federal income taxes, the top response at 45% was rich people not paying enough.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Karlyn Bowman

In the new Marquette University Law School national poll released this week, 42% said things in the country were generally going in the right direction. This response has doubled since October last year. In the late March Harvard Center for American Politics/Harris poll, 41% of registered voters gave the right track response, up from 20% in November. In the new AP/National Opinion Research Center poll, the right track response is up 11 points since January.