Presidential Polling

Precisely Pivoting Polls

Will Durst | Posted 04.27.2012

Will Durst

The two campaigns are poised to pivot like a fat kid on roller skates clutching an expiring candy store coupon based on whatever data they receive from their intensely studied focus groups of potential voters.

It's a Confidence Game. (And the GOP Is Winning.)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.04.2011

Rick Horowitz

Isn't that just like the Democrats? Plagued with doubt. Lacking confidence. Halfway to surrender. And the Republicans? The Republicans are upbeat. Brimming with confidence. They're already booking their hotel rooms for Inauguration Week 2013.

Lucia Graves

GOP Presidential Candidates At Odds Even With Tea Party On EPA Hatred

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidates have taken aim at the Environmental Protection Agency, pledging to cut its federal funding and strip ...

Presidents and Polls: The Only Way Seems Down

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011

Terry Newell

As President Obama contemplates his recent poor poll numbers, he may want to recall that losing the approval of the people seems the norm, not the exception, for presidents.

My Visit To Quinnipiac Political Polling Central Command

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

Mary Ann West

Ever wonder where these polls that are quoted all the time by news organizations get their info? As chance would have it, I don't live that far from o...

Election 2008: Nobody Knows Anything

Marta Evry | Posted 05.25.2011

Marta Evry

Forget everything you've heard and read. Whether it's Fox, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times or the Huffington Post. Suburban Republicans, southern blacks, Army brats, believe me, you can't poll the stuff I've seen on the trail.