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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s July 3 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 47-49% approve/disapprove (was 47-49% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 43-42% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 62 (51 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 9 (8 in the House and 1 in the […]

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s June 27 Presidential scorecard

Summary Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 47-49% approve/disapprove (was 48-49% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 44-42% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 62 (51 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 9 (8 in the House and 1 in the Senate)

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s June 21 Presidential scorecard

Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 48-49% approve/disapprove (was 48-48% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 44-42% Republican (was 45-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 61 (50 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 8 (7 in the House and 1 in the Senate)

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s June 14 Presidential scorecard

Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 48-48% approve/disapprove (was 48-48% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 45-42% Republican (was 45-41% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 61 (50 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 8 (7 in the House and 1 in the Senate)

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s June 11 Presidential scorecard

Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 48-48% approve/disapprove (was 48-48% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 45-41% Republican (was 45-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 61 (50 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 8 (7 in the House and 1 in the Senate)

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Decision 2012 (June 7 edition) – a “Wisconsin warning” for President Obama ?

This past Tuesday, six states held their primary elections, and Wisconsin held recall elections for its governor, lieutenant governor, and several state senators. The results from Wisconsin and California (especially Wisconsin) have provided some clues as to what will happen in the November elections.

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s June 1 Presidential scorecard

Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 48-48% approve/disapprove (was 48-49% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 45-42% Republican (was 45-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 60 (49 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 7 (6 in the House and 1 in the Senate)

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Decision 2012 – Primary problems for President Obama ?

Louisiana Democratic Senate Primary Party primaries can predict the future. Back in August 2010, a U.S. Senate primary in Louisiana attracted 110K Democrats and Independents (in that election, Independents were allowed to vote in the Democratic primary), and the results showed that Democrats and Independents were not solidly behind former Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-Napoleonville), who […]

Decision 2012 – JMCEL scorecard as of May 22

As of this morning, 12 states have held their primaries (note: Arkansas and Kentucky are holding primaries today), while Congressional filing has concluded in 34 states. Since the Presidential election is barely more than five months away, we thought this was a good time to start keeping score for the fall elections.