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POLLSTER UPDATE: Rick Scott's Lukewarm Improvement

POLLSTER UPDATE: Rick Scott's Lukewarm Improvement

Mark Blumenthal  06.18.2013
Rick Scott gets some good news in Florida, if good news means trailing by 10 points and a "re-elect" of just 35 percent. The growth of...
Polling About Privacy: Lessons From the Past

Polling About Privacy: Lessons From the Past

06.18.2013
An exhaustive 2008 academic study of polling in the years after 9/11 can help make sense of what might be seen as confused public opinion...
POLLSTER UPDATE: CNN Poll Exaggerates Obama Approval Decline

POLLSTER UPDATE: CNN Poll Exaggerates Obama Approval Decline

Mark Blumenthal  06.17.2013
Obama's approval rating has declined since May but not nearly as much as implied by a new CNN poll. Americans are just as opposed to military...
POLLSTER UPDATE: Polls Show Opposition To U.S. Military Involvement In Syria

POLLSTER UPDATE: Polls Show Opposition To U.S. Military Involvement In Syria

Mark Blumenthal  06.14.2013
"Military aid to the Syrian rebels bucks public opinion. Frank Newport reminds us that opinions on complex policy issues are rarely fixed...
POLLSTER UPDATE: Polls Find Division On Snowden's Actions

POLLSTER UPDATE: Polls Find Division On Snowden's Actions

Mark Blumenthal  06.13.2013
Americans worry about threats to their privacy, yet polls find division and uncertainty about Edward Snowden's actions (unless nudged to...
A Modest Early Voting Rise in 2012

A Modest Early Voting Rise in 2012

06.12.2013
Without a catalyst of a large state adopting early voting, I expect the early voting rate will again rise modestly in 2016. The trend should...
POLLSTER UPDATE - Do Americans Support Surveillance? It Depends On How You Ask

POLLSTER UPDATE - Do Americans Support Surveillance? It Depends On How You Ask

Mark Blumenthal  06.12.2013
Something about today's NSA poll results seems familiar. Steve Shepard asks a question about questions. And is Rand rising? This is the...
POLLSTER UPDATE - What The NSA Polling Doesn't Tell Us

POLLSTER UPDATE - What The NSA Polling Doesn't Tell Us

Mark Blumenthal  06.11.2013
Today we look at why two initial polls on the NSA surveillance controversy appear to tell different stories about where the public stands...
POLLSTER UPDATE - Booker Leads In First New Jersey Special Election Polls

POLLSTER UPDATE - Booker Leads In First New Jersey Special Election Polls

Mark Blumenthal  06.10.2013
Booker leads by a mile in two new New Jersey polls. Markey leads by smaller margins on five June polls in Massachusetts. And Pew Research...
America's Take On the Fourth Amendment and the NSA

America's Take On the Fourth Amendment and the NSA

06. 7.2013
The original revelations about spying on the AP have been overshadowed by the recent confirmations of the NSA's long suspected and extensive...
POLLSTER UPDATE - Americans Have Little Expectation Of Online Privacy

POLLSTER UPDATE - Americans Have Little Expectation Of Online Privacy

Mark Blumenthal  06. 7.2013
Polls show that while Americans have little expectation of privacy about their phone records and online data, they're wary of growing government...
POLLSTER UPDATE - The 'Stunning' Shift On Same-Sex Marriage

POLLSTER UPDATE - The 'Stunning' Shift On Same-Sex Marriage

Mark Blumenthal  06. 6.2013
A new Pew Research poll confirms a strong continuing trend in favor of same sex marriage. Obama's internal polling analytics beat the polling...
Breadwinner Moms and Gaffe-Prone Men

Breadwinner Moms and Gaffe-Prone Men

06. 6.2013
it's not just Republican leaders who have more traditional views toward gender equality -- it may be men as a whole. As families and the...
Why Bother Electing Women?

Why Bother Electing Women?

06. 5.2013
While many would like to see women members of Congress at parity with men, many challenges remain to getting them even close. For Republican...