Presidential Pollster Mark Penn and Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief of The Hill discuss a NEW HARVARD HARRIS POLL, fielded September 15-16, 2021 among 1,578 registered voters by The Harris Poll. KEY TAKEAWAYS:A MAJORITY OF VOTERS SAY THE COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACKA MAJORITY OF VOTERS SAY THE ECONOMY IS ON THE WRONG TRACKVOTERS INCREASINGLY SEE THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY AS DECREASINGVOTERS’ FINANCIAL SITUATION APPEARS TO BE DECREASING AGAINBIDEN’S APPROVAL FALLS FOR SECOND WAVE IN A ROW - NOW 48%BIDEN’S JOB PERFORMANCE HAS SLID BELOW 50% IN SEVERAL AREASBRIGHT SPOT: HE REMAINS POSITIVE IN HANDLING COVID-19GOP AND DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL REMAIN TIED - 43%TERRORISM/NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN INCREASED 13% SINCE LAST POLLDOWNLOAD ENTIRE REPORTBob Cusack has been reporting on policy and politics in the nation’s capital since 1995. He joined The Hill as Business and Lobbying editor in 2003 and became the newspaper’s managing editor a year later. He became the editor in chief in 2014. Cusack has won five awards from the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative articles on a range of issues, including national security, healthcare and 2008 presidential politics surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Cusack regularly appears on MSNBC, Fox, ABC and CNN as a political analyst. Before joining The Hill, Cusack was a chief editor at Inside Washington Publishers. A native of New York City, Cusack received his B.A. in journalism from Loyola College in Maryland. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared in commercials, television shows and feature films.Mark Penn is CEO of Stagwell Global, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry. In this role, Penn directs the acquisition process and oversees the Group’s portfolio companies. Mark Penn’s career spans 40 years in advertising, market research, public relations, polling and consulting.  He has advised top world leaders, led companies, and written two bestselling books.  Prior to founding Stagwell, Mark served in senior executive positions at Microsoft. As Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for working on core strategic issues across the company, blending data-analytics

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New Poll: Biden Honeymoon Now Buyers' Remorse

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn is joined by Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief of The Hill, to discuss a new Harvard-Harris Poll, fielded July 28-29, 2021 among 1,788 registered voters.TOPLINE FINDINGS- BIDEN HONEYMOON HAS COME TO AN END - APPROVAL SLIPPED 10 POINTS- AMERICANS ARE SPLIT ON WHETHER COUNTRY IS ON RIGHT OR WRONG TRACK- THERE’S BEEN A REVERSAL IN PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY- PERCEIVED STRENGTH OF THE U.S. ECONOMY TOOK A DIP MONTH OVER MONTH- MORE VOTERS SAY THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE, UP 9 POINTSSINCE MARCH- SEVERAL JOB APPROVAL METRICS ARE WORSENING, CORE AMONG THEM MANAGING THE ECONOMY, REACTING TO COVID, DEALING WITH CRIME &  VIOLENCE - DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPROVAL IS AT 48%, DOWN 7 POINTS- GOP APPROVAL MATCHES DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL, BUT ALSO DOWN 5 POINTS- OVERALL CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL HAS SLIPPED BY 9 POINTS- THE DELTA VARIANT HAS PRIORITIZED COVID-19 AS THE COUNTRY’S TOP ISSUEDOWNLOAD THE POLLBob Cusack has been reporting on policy and politics in the nation’s capital since 1995. He joined The Hill as Business and Lobbying editor in 2003 and became the newspaper’s managing editor a year later. He became the editor in chief in 2014.Cusack has won five awards from the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative articles on a range of issues, including national security, healthcare and 2008 presidential politics surrounding Hurricane Katrina.Cusack regularly appears on MSNBC, Fox, ABC and CNN as a political analyst.Before joining The Hill, Cusack was a chief editor at Inside Washington Publishers.A native of New York City, Cusack received his B.A. in journalism from Loyola College in Maryland. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared in commercials, television shows and feature films.Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry. In this role, Penn directs the acquisition process and oversees the Group’s portfolio companies.Mark Penn’s career spans 40 years in advertising, market research, public relations, polling and consulting.  He has advised top world leaders, led companies, and written two bestselling books.  Currently, Mark serves as President and Managing Partner of private equity The Stagwell Group as well as CEO of the fund’s largest investment, MDC Partners.As “The Place Where Great Talent Lives,” MDC Partners is celebrated for its innovative advertising, public relations, branding, digital, social and event marketing agency partners, which are responsible for some of the most memorable and effective campaigns. By leveraging technology, data analytics, insights and strategic consulting solutions, MDC Partners drives creative excellence, business growth and measurable return on marketing investment for over 1,700 clients worldwide. MDC Partners is part of Stagwell Group’s strategy to invest in digital marketing services companies.  With over $500 million raised, Stagwell has made over 20 investments in under four years, delivering what investors call, “a superior operating model.”Prior to founding Stagwell, Mark served in senior executive positions at Microsoft. As Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for working on core strategic issues across the company, blending data-analytics

"The Biden Honeymoon is Over" - New Harvard Harris Poll - Mark Penn & Bob Cusack

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn is joined by Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief of The Hill, to discuss the latest Harvard-Harris Poll, fielded June 15-17, 2021 among 2,006 registered voters.Bob Cusack has been reporting on policy and politics in the nation’s capital since 1995. He joined The Hill as Business and Lobbying editor in 2003 and became the newspaper’s managing editor a year later. He became the editor in chief in 2014. Cusack has won five awards from the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative articles on a range of issues, including national security, healthcare and 2008 presidential politics surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Cusack regularly appears on MSNBC, Fox, ABC and CNN as a political analyst. Before joining The Hill, Cusack was a chief editor at Inside Washington Publishers. A native of New York City, Cusack received his B.A. in journalism from Loyola College in Maryland. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared in commercials, television shows and feature films.Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry. In this role, Penn directs the acquisition process and oversees the Group’s portfolio companies.Mark Penn’s career spans 40 years in advertising, market research, public relations, polling and consulting.  He has advised top world leaders, led companies, and written two bestselling books.  Currently, Mark serves as President and Managing Partner of private equity The Stagwell Group as well as CEO of the fund’s largest investment, MDC Partners.As “The Place Where Great Talent Lives,” MDC Partners is celebrated for its innovative advertising, public relations, branding, digital, social and event marketing agency partners, which are responsible for some of the most memorable and effective campaigns. By leveraging technology, data analytics, insights and strategic consulting solutions, MDC Partners drives creative excellence, business growth and measurable return on marketing investment for over 1,700 clients worldwide. MDC Partners is part of Stagwell Group’s strategy to invest in digital marketing services companies.  With over $500 million raised, Stagwell has made over 20 investments in under four years, delivering what investors call, “a superior operating model.”Prior to founding Stagwell, Mark served in senior executive positions at Microsoft. As Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for working on core strategic issues across the company, blending data-analytics with creativity to help set the company on a new course.Marks’s experience in growing, building, and managing agencies is well documented. As the co-founder and CEO of Penn Schoen Berland, a market research firm that he built and sold to communications behemoth WPP, he demonstrated value-creation in a crowded industry, serving clients with innovative techniques from being first with overnight polling to unique ad testing methods used by presidents and major corporations. At WPP, he also became CEO of Burson-Marsteller, and managed the two companies to record profit growth during that period.A globally recognized strategist, Mark has advised corporate and political leaders, both in the United States and internationally. For six years, he served as White House Pollster to President Bill Clinton and was a senior adviser in his 1996 re-election, identifying “Soccer Moms” as the key swing vote needed for victory. The Washington Post wrote that no other pollster had ever become, “So thoroughly integrated into the policymaking operation” of a presidential administration.

Mark Penn & Bob Cusack Discuss June Harvard Harris Poll

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shared his thoughts on the newest Harvard-Harris Poll:"This was a complete shock. In my 40 years of polling, I&apos;ve never seen anything like this. An overwhelming majority of Americans - 76% - believe that unemployment benefits need to end ... that people are remaining at home and unemployed to collect these continuing stimulus payments."Hear the FULL EPISODE.MORE: http://markpennpolls.comFACEBOOK: MarkPennPollsLINKEDIN: company/mark-penn-polls/TWITTER: @Mark_Penn_Polls

Shocking: 76% Believe Americans Staying Home to Collect Unemployment

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shared his thoughts on the newest Harvard-Harris Poll:"A warning sign to the Biden Administration is that immigration could soon become the top issue, as concerns over the virus and the economy wane ... and that would not be good for the Democrats."Hear the FULL EPISODE.MORE: http://markpennpolls.comFACEBOOK: MarkPennPollsLINKEDIN: company/mark-penn-polls/TWITTER: @Mark_Penn_Polls

Warning Sign for Democrats: Immigration Could Become #1 Issue

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shared his thoughts on the newest Harvard-Harris Poll: "Joe Biden is now at 57% overall approval. We haven&apos;t had a President in this range for quite some time ... clearly a continuation of his honeymoon period." Hear the FULL EPISODE.MORE: http://markpennpolls.comFACEBOOK: MarkPennPollsLINKEDIN: company/mark-penn-polls/TWITTER: @Mark_Penn_Polls

Biden's Honeymoon Period Continues - new Harvard-Harris Poll

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shared his thoughts on the newest Harvard-Harris Poll: The public is in a better mood. They&apos;re saying, "We&apos;re coming out of this pandemic. The economy is improving. maybe I&apos;m not sure I want to watch MSNBC and Fox News all day. I want to get out and play a little." Hear the FULL EPISODE.

Americans Edging Towards Liking Both Parties

Presidential Pollster MARK PENN shares insights from the latest Harvard-Harris Poll, fielded May 19-20, 2021 among 1,945 registered voters. Download the FULL REPORT and follow along as you listen. For regular updates and more data, visit MarkPennPolls.com and on social: Twitter @Mark_Penn_Polls - Facebook MarkPennPolls and LinkedIn  Mark-Penn-PollsKEY FINDINGSpg 4 - PLURALITY OF VOTERS SAY THE COUNTRY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACKpg 5 - MORE VOTERS SAY THE ECONOMY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK THAN ON THE WRONG TRACKpg 6 - VOTERS INCREASINGLY SEE THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY AS INCREASINGpg 7 - VOTERS SAY THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS QUICKLY IMPROVING; WE’RE NOTING A 10 POINT INCREASE SINCE JANUARYpg 8 - BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATING IS STILL IN HIS POST-ELECTION HONEYMOONpg 9 - VOTERS CREDIT BIDEN IN MANY AREAS, IN PARTICULAR HANDLING COVID-19 AND ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENTpg 10 - GOP APPROVAL HAS TICKED UP TO NEARLY 50%pg 11 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPROVAL REMAINS ABOVE 50%pg 12 - CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL IS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40Spg 13 - CORONAVIRUS REMAINS THE TOP ISSUE FACING THE COUNTRY; HEALTHCARE, JOBS AND CYBERSECURITY SAW INCREASES

Biden Honeymoon Continues: Job Approval, Economy, COVID, Country on Right Track

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard Harris Poll, conducted within the United States April 27 - April 29 among 1,872 registered voters by The Harris Poll in collaboration with Harvard&apos;s Center for American Political Studies. Download: FULL REPORT (pdf)Website: www.MarkPennPolls.comTwitter: @Mark_Penn_PollsFacebook: MarkPennPollsLinkedIn: mark-penn-pollsKEY FINDINGS:PLURALITY OF AMERICAN VOTERS SAY THE COUNTRY IS ON THE ‘RIGHT TRACK’FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK, AMERICANS ARE NOW MORELIKELY TO SAY THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK TOOPERCEIVED STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY IS OVER 50 PERCENT AND CONTINUES TOGROW, ALTHOUGH STILL SHORT OF THE PRE-PANDEMIC TRENDMORE AMERICAN VOTERS SAY THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS IMPROVINGVOTERS MORE LIKELY TO CREDIT VACCINE OVER BIDEN POLICIES FOR THE ECONOMIC RECOVERYBIDEN’S IS STILL IN HIS POST-ELECTION HONEYMOONVOTERS CREDIT BIDEN IN MANY AREAS, IN PARTICULAR HANDLING COVID-19 ANDADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT; HE IS WEAKEST ON IMMIGRATIONGOP APPROVAL REMAINS STEADY IN THE MID 40SDEMOCRATIC PARTY APPROVAL REMAINS ABOVE 50%CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL IS NOW NEAR THE HALFWAY MARKCORONAVIRUS REMAINS THE TOP ISSUE FACING THE COUNTRY, FOLLOWED BYIMMIGRATION AND JOBSBIDEN, HARRIS ARE NET FAVORABLE IN THE EYES OF VOTERSMCCONNELL AND PELOSI ALL SHOW NET UN-FAVORABILITYGOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS (MILITARY, POLICE, CDC, FBI,SCOTUS) TOP LIST OF FAVORABLE INSTITUTIONS

Plurality of Voters Say Country on 'Right Track" - a Harvard-Harris Poll First

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares insights from a new Harvard-Harris Poll, fielded March 24-25, 2021 among 1,945 registered voters.DOWNLOAD FULL MARCH 26 REPORT AND FOLLOW ALONG AS YOU LISTEN KEY TAKEAWAYS (with page numbers for reference):1 - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR POLL’S HISTORY, MORE VOTERS SAY THE COUNTRY IS ON ‘RIGHT TRACK’ THAN ON THE ‘WRONG TRACK’2- EQUAL NUMBERS OF VOTERS SAY THE ECONOMY IS ON RIGHT TRACK AS ON THE WRONG TRACK3 - THE PERCEIVED STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY IS STEADILY IMPROVING, BUT OVERALL VOTERS REMAIN SPLIT WHETHER WE ARE IN STRONG OR WEAK ECONOMY4 - VIEWS OF PERSONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE RETURNING TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS AFTER A THIRD STIMULUS ROUND5 - BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATING IS STILL IN HIS POST-ELECTION HONEYMOON6 - VOTERS CREDIT BIDEN IN MANY AREAS, IN PARTICULAR HANDLING COVID-19 ANDADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT7 - GOP APPROVAL REMAINS IN THE MID 40S8 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPROVAL REMAINS ABOVE 50%9 - CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL IS NOW NEAR THE HALFWAY MARK10 - CORONAVIRUS REMAINS THE TOP ISSUE FACING THE COUNTRY; IMMIGRATION AND GUNS SAW STRING MONTH OVER MONTH INCREASESFor more detailed analysis, visit www.MARKPENNPOLLS.comTWITTER: @Mark_Penn_PollsFACEBOOK: MarkPennPollsLINKEDIN: Mark_Penn_Polls

Harvard Harris Poll Review with Mark Penn (March 29, 2021)

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, surveying 1,778  registered voters from February 23 - February 25.. The poll is conducted by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and The Harris Poll. For regular updates and to learn more about poll results and coverage, visit MarkPennPolls.com.Download the report - HarvardHarrisPoll.com - and follow Mark Penn on:TWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDIN

Mark Penn Polls - February 2021 - Harvard Harris Poll Deep Dive

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, surveying 2,006 registered voters from January 12 to January 14. The poll is conducted by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and The Harris Poll. For regular updates and to learn more about poll results and coverage, visit MarkPennPolls.com. Download the report from HarvardHarrisPoll.com and follow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter.

New Harvard/Harris Poll - January, 2021

Presidential Pollster shares insights from the the first post-election survey conducted by Harvard CAPS/ Harris Poll, fielded Nov. 17-19 among 2,205 registered voters.DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT AND FOLLOW ALONG AS YOU LISTENA solid majority of the country — 65 percent — believes Joe Biden won the election. They also believe the election overall was fair and the counting of the ballots was fair. Today, fifty-eight percent of voters want president Trump to concede the election to president-elect Joe Biden.But the public would like to see election reforms going forward. Only 29 percent want another election run like this one, and a third of the country still believes that the election was stolen with as many as 40 to 45 percent that there were some irregularities such as ballot harvesting. Voters would like much tighter procedures on mail-in ballots, and to have ballots tabulated within three days of the election; they oppose allowing open-ended periods for mailed ballots to arriveThe post-election poll also sends some clear political messages: the biggest issue was, unsurprisingly, the coronavirus. Coronavirus fears trumped the economy, and ultimately President Trump. Biden overwhelmingly won over the voters most concerned with the virus, which suggests that, on Day 1, the new president should focus entirely on the measures that will bring it to an end — organizing a strong task force, getting economic stimulus done if this Congress fails to act, and distributing vaccines. Forty percent of those polled said the first thing they want Biden to do is to pass economic stimulus, and 33 percent said to get the vaccine out. Nothing else reached double-digits as a concern.At the same time, continued economic improvement and the announcement of a vaccine sent Trump’s approval rating over 50 percent for the first time in years of polling. Despite the rising coronavirus cases fifty-four percent of voters today say they want their states to try to manage the situation while remaining open, indicating both Covid fatigue and an economic need to move on. Republicans in Congress did better because House speaker Pelosi held up the much-wanted stimulus bill rather than accept a $1.8 trillion compromise and because House and Senate Republicans were not associated with the president’s weak virus strategy. Therefore, it’s no surprise, then, that a majority of voters say they want Republicans to remain in control of the Senate in the new year after the Georgia runoff races.The political tension between managing the virus and the economy is likely to continue well into the new administration, and we will continue to track the sentiments of voters as well. As always feel free to email me with questions as you work through the findings, and I invite you to read my commentary for the Hill.My podcast on the polls can be followed at www.MARKPENNPOLLS.com (full episode) or any of the following channels: 

Harvard/Harris - The MOST ACCURATE of All 2020 Election Polls

Download the full report at HarvardHarrisPoll.comFollow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter.Follow MarkPennPolls on FacebookThere is no question that Donald Trump has an enthusiastic base of supporters willing to risk the cold, the rain and even the coronavirus to cheer their president. But that base, in the low 40s, is falling just short — even in key swing states — to give the president enough votes to win reelection. Starting about a year ago, he needed to have cultivated a new group of swing voters but instead doubled down on his base, so his only lifelines now are so-called “shy Trump voters” and a massive Election Day turnout of his fans.If you are Joe Biden, you are trying to get as many mail-in votes as you can, run tens of millions of dollars in ads, and run out the clock before there is a vaccine and big jobs numbers that are likely coming our way after Thursday’s big jump in Gross Domestic Product. This unconventional strategy has been working to keep the election a referendum on Trump — a referendum that Trump cannot win, with the virus raging and the deep-set perception he is just too divisive. Of course, it’s all with a little help from the media, as two-thirds of Americans see the media as hard on Donald Trump and two-thirds see the media as going easy on Joe Biden.Trump was right to fear mail-in voting, as it appears that Democrats have a well-tuned effort to get their votes in early, and the polls show that the mail vote overwhelmingly favors Biden. It wasn’t about fraud; it was about making it easier for those already part of the political system to cast their votes no matter how busy. There is a reason — political interest — that Democrats are trying to push back every deadline for the receipt of mail votes and Republicans are insisting upon the letter of the law. Trump told his voters not to trust the mail — and so he needs some great weather and a finely tuned organization to get his voters to the polls, to make up for that massive tactical error.Our Florida poll has Trump down 3 points, but the internals of the poll look somewhat more favorable to him than the top-line result. The state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has a 53 percent approval rating and Trump’s approval there is 49 percent, 3 points ahead of his national average. He is getting 43 percent of the Latino vote and has a lead of 9 points over Biden on the economy. His biggest problem is a 10-point deficit on the virus but, surprisingly, that deficit is more among younger than older voters. Obviously, the night is over if he does not win Florida — but I would give a better-than-even chance he pulls this one off.In North Carolina, where he is down by 1, Trump is winning the white vote by 60 to 38 but getting only 6 percent of the Black vote there. He is polling ahead 1 point of Republican Sen. Tom Tillis and has 48 percent job approval. North Carolina had a big cultural disconnect with Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Biden is better received there than she was, with a 50 percent favorable rating compared to 46 percent for the president. Trump does have strong support on the economy there and receives 45 percent approval on the virus, compared to his national average of 41 percent. Trump would need to expand his Black vote to at least 12 percent to put him barely over the top in this hotly contested state. 

Countdown to Victory ... But Whose?

The SCOTUS Factor (September 28, 2020)How will President Trump&apos;s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barret to fill the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&apos;s vacancy and speed with which Republicans in Congress are moving forward with her confirmation factor in the Election?Download the full report at HarvardHarrisPoll.comFollow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter.The Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll is a monthly poll released by Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies and Harris Insights and Analytics.The Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll is conducted by The Harris Poll online within the United States every monthly and captures the responses of over 2,000 registered voters. The results reflect a nationally representative sample. Results were weighted for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, marital status, household size, income, employment, and education where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.The Co-Directors of the Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll are:Stephen D. Ansolabehere – Professor of Government & Director, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard UniversityMark J. Penn – Visiting Lecturer, Harvard University & Managing Partner, The Stagwell GroupDritan Nesho – Fellow, Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science & CEO of HarrisX Together with their students and faculty from the Harvard University community.

How The SCOTUS Factor Has Changed 2020 Election Dynamics

Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, which is released by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and The Harris Poll. To sign up for regular updates and to learn more about poll results and coverage, visit harvardharrispoll.com/ and follow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter.

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