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Herman Cain Surges In The Polls As More Republicans Get To Know Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 12.26.2011

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Herman Cain is leading the Republican presidential primary race, according to a poll released Tuesday. Why the sudden surge? Cain's name recognition h...

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Gallup's Generic House Ballot: Why So Different?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why are some pollsters producing results among "likely voters" that vary, either over time or compared to other pollsters? A week ago, I offered a pri...

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GOP Up by 7 in Gallup Tracking Poll

Alan Abramowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you heard a loud thump on Monday afternoon it just may have been the sound of worried Democrats hitting the panic button. Republicans now have their largest lead yet on the generic ballot -- 7 points.

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Sam Stein On Morning Joe: Past Year Has "Taken A Toll On Enthusiasm Gap" For Democrats (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein went on Morning Joe this morning to discuss a variety of topics, among them the relative voter energy of ...

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2010 Election Landscape: Most States Still Blue Despite GOP Gains

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Gallup poll released Monday showed that there are still more blue states than red, but the findings also confirm that Democrats have lost some of th...

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Clinton Tops Palin For Most Admired Woman Of 2009

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's whirlwind year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has edged her out for 2009's most admired woman, accor...

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Polls: Sotomayor Loved By Public

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The early public response to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is strong. President Obama's choice for the bench is receiving polling numbers comp...

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Poverty Fueling Muslim Anti-West Tendencies: Study

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differen...

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Michelle Obama Favored More Than Barack: Poll

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stop the presses. First Lady Michelle Obama now appears to have a higher favorability rating than her husband....

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Utah, Hawaii, Wyoming Top "Happiness" Poll

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Looking for happiness _ it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. A survey of Ame...

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Is Congress Getting More Popular? Approval Rating Jumps 12 Percent

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Days after passing President Obama's massive economic stimulus plan, new polling numbers from Gallup show that Congress' job approval ratings have gai...

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Muslims "Off" a Plane

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

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We in the US are currently engaged in a "war on terror," but this does not give a democratic and free country license to be overwhelmed by fear of its own Muslim and Middle Eastern citizens.

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Let Us Give Thanks

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.17.2011

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I would hope that this Thanksgiving we might all pause to do more than say thanks, but instead be the grateful selves that can fuel and inform a new way of being in our lives.

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Introducing the Totally Unscientific Bumper Sticker Poll!

Ann J. Atkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Forget Zogby, Gallup, Chris Bower's daily swing state chart (newly tweaked) on Open Left, Intrade's prediction markets, ABC, CBS, and Fox/Rasmussen an...

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We're Gonna Frickin' Lose this Thing

Adam McKay | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Stop saying that!" my wife says to me. But this is not a high school football game and I'm not a cheerleader with a bad attitude. This is an election and as things stand now, we're gonna frickin' lose this thing.

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Obama Hits 50 Percent Mark In Gallup Poll For First Time

Politico | DAVID PAUL KUHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama met the 50 percent threshold for the first time Tuesday in the Gallup daily tracking poll, a symbolic hurdle that until now had eluded th...

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Remembering Gallup's Wacky 2000 Tracking Poll

Alan Abramowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm sure the Gallup folks would like us to forget it, but it's worth recalling just how well their likely voter screen performed in the weeks leading up to the 2000 election.

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Loving the Latino Voter

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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This was going to be the presidential election in which Latinos ran into the warm embrace of the Republicans. But it hasn't quite worked out that way.

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About that New USA Today/Gallup Poll

Alan Abramowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's something suspicious about the results of the new USA Today/Gallup Poll: how does Gallup get from a 47-44 Obama lead among registered voters to a 49-45 McCain lead among likely voters?

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Two Gallup Polls, One Day: McCain And Obama Both Ahead?

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, the Gallup polling firm was for Barack Obama's lead over John McCain before they were against it. If that sounds complicated, it's only the be...

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John McCain, The Jan Brady of Presidential Politics

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some days McCain barely puts a dent in the news cycle, and Tuesday, when he finally gets a storyline all to himself, it's about how sucky his campaign is going.

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Obama Keeps Five Point Lead In Gallup Poll

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the latest Gallup poll, Obama has a significant margin for the second day in a row, beating McCain 47% to 42%. See the complete trend of Gallup p...

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Gallup: 'Americans Worry McCain Would Be Too Similar to Bush'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier today, Jonathan Martin of The Politico noted that John McCain was prominently featuring a picture of he and President George W. Bush standing ...

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Democrats Still Have Work to Do to Win in November

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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I besiege Democrats not to take an Obama win for granted. We can't assume everyone in the country is aware of McCain's weaknesses and fidelity to the Bush agenda.

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Swing State Polls Give Hillary Last-Minute Boost

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Gallup Poll released on May 28 gave a last-minute boost to the central claim of the Hillary Clinton campaign that she would make a stronger general ...

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