Articles by Christopher A Guzman

Despite the narrative that the Republican presidential field faces trouble from disgruntled voters in an election year, the bloody political campaign doesn’t seem to have negatively affected congressional Republicans who are also being gauged by constituents. A recent Gallup poll indicates that congressional Republicans have climbed back into a competitive status with their Democratic colleagues for a November showdown. That’s reflected in the current sentiment of the nation’s registered voters...

Despite some modest gains in positive sentiment from California’s voters in certain areas, the latest Field poll indicates that the state still has a long road ahead on the path to recovery. Party-aligned voters weighed in on Governor Brown’s performance. As expected, party sentiment is polarized when it comes to evaluating him. 64% of Democrats said that they approve of the governor’s  performance while 20% disapprove. Among Republicans, 59% disapprove of the governor’s performance while 24% a...

Republican voters may have negative sentiments toward the current field of GOP presidential hopefuls, but the latest Gallup polling data shows that a majority of these voters prefer the final nominee to come from the current pack and would prefer not to head into a brokered GOP convention in August. In a survey released Tuesday, a day before what likely was the last Republican presidential debate, Gallup asked the following to a sample of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents: “In yo...

Thaddeus McCotter, former Republican presidential candidate and current Michigan congressman, recently warned about the GOP establishment maneuvering the 2012 presidential campaign toward a brokered convention in which party insiders hand pick a “new face” nominee. The congressman outlined four consequences he believes would result from a convention that produces a “non-candidate” apart from the remaining Republicans. Essentially, he argues that the party will be hurt more than it is helped if ...

President Barack Obama may be gradually regaining the favor of Independent voters in the midst of a Republican dogfight, but that doesn’t mean that the influential voter demographic still isn’t skeptical of the steps he’s taken to revive the nation’s economy.  The latest survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, taking into account Independents’ evaluation of the impact of the president’s economic policies, hints that there still might be some lingering questions about the effectivene...

Coinciding with the next two presidential election cycles in 2012 and 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting Hispanics to have a significant presence in the nation’s labor force over the next ten years.  As reported by the Pew Research Center, Hispanics are expected to account for three-quarters of the growth in the nation’s labor force from 2010-2020. The data was taken from 2010 Census figures. In 2010 alone, Hispanics as a whole had a higher participation rate in the nation’s lab...

When it comes to watching the GOP presidential debates this election cycle, Independent voters are more removed from the process than both Republicans and Democrats.  The finding comes from a survey released this week by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Pew says that roughly a third of Independents have watched a Republican debate this election cycle. And if there’s a perception that their disinterest lies solely with the Republican Party, think again. Independent viewing r...

As two-party rhetoric heats up over reviving the U.S. economy, a new Gallup survey indicates that large majorities of Independents are siding more with Democrats on certain economic proposals than Republicans. The survey, conducted in January but released last week, specifically listed a set of five economic proposals and solicited input from Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Addressing topics in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union, listed proposals including the following: 1....

As most of the GOP presidential candidates will be rallying the party base at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Texas Congressman Ron Paul won’t be present at what’s billed as "the largest annual gathering of conservative activists." Instead, he’s hitting the campaign trail in the independent voter-populated state of Maine. “While we will miss Congressman Ron Paul, a perennial favorite among our attendees, we are honored to host Senator Rand Paul, a leader of the next...