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Opinions Of Health Reform Law Unchanged One Year Later

Opinions Of Health Reform Law Unchanged One Year Later

Mark Blumenthal  03.21.2011
WASHINGTON -- A new survey released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that "little has changed on the public opinion front"...
'Fiddlesticks' Outliers

'Fiddlesticks' Outliers

Mark Blumenthal  03.21.2011
Gary Langer reports on a Census study that raises new questions on opt-in surveys. Nate Silver reviews Sarah Palin's decline among Republicans;...
Voters Divided (at Best) on Libya No-Fly Zone

Voters Divided (at Best) on Libya No-Fly Zone

Margie Omero  03.18.2011
Three recent national polls, all conducted around the same time, show both division and inconsistency on the often misunderstood concept...
Reagan Pollster Richard Wirthlin Remembered As Soft-Spoken Pioneer

Reagan Pollster Richard Wirthlin Remembered As Soft-Spoken Pioneer

Mark Blumenthal  03.17.2011
WASHINGTON -- Richard Wirthlin, the pioneering Republican survey researcher and political strategist who polled for President Ronald Reagan,...
Study: Automated Polls Find More Conservatives In GOP Primary

Study: Automated Polls Find More Conservatives In GOP Primary

Mark Blumenthal  03.16.2011
WASHINGTON -- A modest experiment conducted by a Republican pollster found that just prior to last year's Delaware Republican primary,...
Gray Davis Pollster Bullish On Wisconsin Recall Elections

Gray Davis Pollster Bullish On Wisconsin Recall Elections

Mark Blumenthal  03.11.2011
The lead pollster for Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) in 2003, the year Davis was turned out of office by a recall election, says he is bullish...
Mathematically Annoying Advertising 'Outliers'

Mathematically Annoying Advertising 'Outliers'

Emily Swanson  03.11.2011
The Washington Post shares analysis of the battle over public employee unions from Pew's Scott Keeter and others. Josh Kraushaar says...
Wisconsin Poll: Republican Enthusiasm Gap Vanishes

Wisconsin Poll: Republican Enthusiasm Gap Vanishes

Mark Blumenthal  03.10.2011
The poll released this past weekend by a conservative Wisconsin think tank did more than indicate a preference for compromise among Wisconsin...
Obama Approval Bump Receding

Obama Approval Bump Receding

Mark Blumenthal  03.09.2011
Gallup reports that President Barack Obama's job approval rating, as measured by a weekly average of their daily tracking survey, has fallen...
Local Poll: Wisconsin Wants Compromise

Local Poll: Wisconsin Wants Compromise

Mark Blumenthal  03.04.2011
The recent vow by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) that he "can't compromise" with Democratic legislators on union rights runs sharply counter...
When it Comes to Winning Issues, Republicans are Losing

When it Comes to Winning Issues, Republicans are Losing

Margie Omero  03.03.2011
When it comes to winning, Republicans are like Charlie Sheen. That is, they think they are WINNING, but they're obviously not. But don't...
Support for Gay Marriage Continues to Increase

Support for Gay Marriage Continues to Increase

Charles Franklin  03.03.2011
While individual states are certain to vary widely in the balance of public opinion, the national shift in views towards gay marriage is...
Poll: Support For Gay Marriage Growing

Poll: Support For Gay Marriage Growing

Emily Swanson  03.03.2011
A new poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center finds growing support in the U.S. for allowing same-sex marriage, with as many...
Obama Poll Watch -- February, 2011

Obama Poll Watch -- February, 2011

Chris Weigant  03.02.2011
In terms of shifts in public opinion, January and February were the best two months President Obama has yet had during his entire presidency....
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