We hear it all the time, "how did he do among independents?"or "she lost among moderates, the independent voters." In a recent New York Times piece, columnist David Brooks divided the electorate into liberals, conservatives, and independents.

This view mistakes a lack of party...

By S. Ward Casscells, MD and John Zogby

As regular chroniclers of American opinion on health care reform, we got a shock, and then a surprise, from our Sept. 28-30 poll (for details see today's issue of the Health Affairs blog). Support for the health care reform bill that...

While all the attention has been paid to angry opponents of health care reform at Congressional town hall meetings, a bigger problem for President Obama and his party is brewing among Democrats.

Our latest Zogby Interactive poll of 4,518 likely voters (conducted from Aug. 28-31) found 48% disapprove of...

As we Americans head into the depth of summer here in 2009, we find ourselves in a world many would not have imagined a generation ago. Change has come to virtually every part of our lives, from politics to the way we work to the way we entertain ourselves at...

Co-authored by Dr. S. Ward Casscells

Health care has taken center stage in Washington, and a new poll conducted by Zogby International and commissioned by S. Ward Casscells, MD, a public policy expert at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, gives unique insight into how Americans...

Does this 2008 Presidential election represent a realignment that puts Democrats in a commanding position for at least a generation? If we can assume that young voters, who gave Barack Obama their overwhelming support, will continue to vote for Democrats, the answer would seem to be yes.

According to national...

The numbers of Americans who feel that we as a nation are headed in the wrong direction, or that we're in a very serious crisis, are worse than during Watergate. At the same time, our president has achieved a record low job approval (tied with Harry Truman and Richard Nixon)...

As the Democrats gather for their quadrennial convention in Denver, it is clear that Sen. Barack Obama is on the ropes. After leading John McCain in presidential matchups for months, our new Reuters/Zogby poll this past week shows Obama trailing by 5 points nationally. This is a 12 point turnaround...

As the Democrats head into their convention, should they be singing the Eurythmics 1985 hit "Here Comes That Sinking Feeling"?

Just as party leaders pack their bags for Denver, our latest Reuters/Zogby poll finds their nominee in some trouble, as Republican John McCain has taken a five-point...

I love the term "retail politics," both for the history it conjures up (the bad old days when "retail" literally meant buying votes) and for the great campaigners it brings to mind -- legendary flesh-pressers like Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and even Bill Clinton.

But there's a...

We at Zogby International are always looking for new ways to understand the American voter, and in that endeavor, what we have found is that the old political paradigms just don't work today. For instance, we are thinking that the Red State vs. Blue State phenomenon may pass into history...

Watching Tuesday's twists and turns in the Democratic presidential nomination contest reminds one of a prize fight where, in the midst of the 15th and final round, all of a sudden one of the candidates lands a knock-out punch. In this political race, of course, it was Barack Obama throwing...

With the North Carolina and Indiana primaries now behind us, what do we know about the race for the White House? The answer is, a lot more than we knew on Tuesday morning.

What we have suspected for weeks we now have had essentially confirmed -- that the fall...

Read more reactions from Huffington Post bloggers to the Pennsylvania Primary results

Hillary Clinton has, as expected, won the Pennsylvania primary, matching our pre-election polling exactly by garnering a 10-point victory. Now, let the analysis begin.

Let me start with the observation that Hillary Clinton did not...

I've been asked this question a number of times in the past 48 hours: Why do some politicians caught in a scandal get to stay in office and why do some have to leave in disgrace? Why, for example, does a Bill Clinton remain and watch his numbers actually...

Read more Super Tuesday coverage on HuffPost

Now that Super Tuesday voters have made their wishes known, this is where we stand. On the Republican side, it's no surprise that Arizona Sen. John McCain is a lot closer today to securing the Republican nomination. He had significant...

There was no shortage of polls going into the New Hampshire primary in 2008 and it looks like we all missed the mark on the Democratic side. This will require a lot of scrutiny in the coming days and weeks, but here are some initial thoughts on what has been...

As the campaigning in Iowa gives way tonight to the actual caucuses, my final numbers for Iowa are in and they show Senator Barack Obama pulling into a four point lead over former Senator John Edwards, 31% to 27%, with Senator Hillary Clinton down to 24%. When I first started...

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the three-way race for the Democratic presidential nomination has continued to tighten over the past 24 hours. The latest Reuters/C-SPAN Zogby poll taken from Dec. 29 through Jan. 1, shows Illinois Sen. Barack Obama stands at 28.3%, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 27.5%,...

Read Part I -- Democrats: When Inevitability Isn't So...Inevitable, here.

If we have learned one thing this year in American politics, it's that there is no such thing as an inevitable President. In my last column, I outlined my thoughts about the Democratic presidential candidates - now, the...