Portrait of an Election

Our election dashboard below includes the latest polls on sentiments driving this November’s elections. President Obama’s approval rating in Gallup’s monthly averages has been below 50 percent all year. His marks on handling the economy are even lower. Congress’s ratings have been dismal all year. Neither Democratic nor Republican leaders there are popular. On page three, we look at the views of independents who may be poised, for the third election in a row, in Pew’s words, “to vote out the party in power.”