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Florida's Fave Baseball Team?

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.30.2012

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It's a common joke that Florida, specifically South Florida, is the sixth borough of New York City, but a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that it...

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Yep, Birth Control Is Still Popular

Margie Omero | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Msnbc, Pollster Analysis, Rush Limbaugh, Women's Issues, Wall Street Journal, Kaiser Family Foundation, Women's Health and Rights, GOP War on Women, War on Women, Cnn, Contraception, Birth Control, Quinnipiac, Republicans, Pollster, Politics News, Women's Health, Politics News

Birth control coverage may be controversial in Washington, but it's not controversial with voters overall. Subsequent polling continues to show this to be true.

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New Yorkers Support NYPD Despite Scandals

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Nypd, NYPD Terrorism, Ray Kelly, Quinnipiac Poll, Ny News, Nypd Muslims, Nypd Scandals, New York News, Quinnipiac, New York News

Despite the Associated Press' extensive documentation of the NYPD's anti-terror efforts aimed at New York muslim communities--which involved spying an...

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Both Democrats and Republicans Throw Support Behind Occupy Wall Street: Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A new Quinnipiac University poll finds New Yorkers overwhelmingly back the Occupy Wall Street protesters, and even Republicans think the...

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2 Quinnipiac Basketball Players Arraigned On Assault Charges

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Quinnipiac Athletics, James Johnson, Ike Azotam, The Northeast, Quinnipiac University Ranking, James Johnson Arrested, Quinnipiac, Ike Azotam Arrested, College News

MERIDEN, Conn. — Two Quinnipiac University basketball players have been arraigned on assault charges in connection with an on-campus fight earli...

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Two Quinnipiac Basketball Players Face Assault Charges

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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HAMDEN, Conn. — Two Quinnipiac University basketball players arrested over the weekend on assault charges remain on the team pending the results...

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Obama's Approval Holding Despite Economy

The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: ABC/Washington Post, Pollster Analysis, Debt Ceiling, CBS/New York Times, Elections 2012, Gallup Poll, Obama Approval Rating, Quinnipiac, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In spite of 9.2 percent unemployment and overall "satisfaction" with the state of the country at a two-year low, Americans continue to g...

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GOP Responsible For Default: Polls

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Pollster Analysis, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, Pew Research Center, Gallup Poll, 112th Congress, Quinnipiac, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The country may not default on its debt obligations for another three weeks, but that hasn't stopped the public from getting ready to pl...

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'Home Alone' Film Producer Signs On As Quinnipiac Mentor

AP | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Mystic-Pizza, The North, Quinnipiac, Home Alone, Scott Rosenfelt, College News

HAMDEN, Conn. — A film producer and director whose work includes the hits "Home Alone" and "Mystic Pizza" has signed on as a mentor for students...

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Poll: New Yorkers Don't Want Bloomberg Over For Thanksgiving

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, Approval Ratings, Mayor Bloomberg, Quinnipiac, Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, New York News

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Mayor Bloomberg at a five-year low. Only 55% of New Yorkers approve of how Bloomberg is handling the job, most likely ...

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Polls Gone Wild: Political Gripes In An Internet Age

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, 2010 Election, Election Polls, Quinnipiac, Pollster, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, Strickland, Kasich, Rasmussen, Public Policy Polling, SurveyUSA Research, Politics News

WASHINGTON — When a widely publicized poll showed Republican John Kasich with a commanding, 10-point advantage in Ohio's governor's race, aides ...

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Quinnipiac Adds Women's Rugby Under Title IX Plan

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quinnipiac Title IX, Quinnipiac Athletics, Quinnipiac Rugby, The Northeast, Quinnipiac, Quinnipiac Women's Sports, Quinnipiac Cheerleading, College Sports, College News

HARTFORD, Conn. — Quinnipiac University plans to keep its women's volleyball team and its competitive cheer squad as it follows a court order to...

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FL Senate: Charlie's Comeback (and how he could be stopped)

Kristen Soltis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010, Charlie Crist, Florida, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Quinnipiac, Senate, Pollster, Politics News

If there is only one person in the world for whom the oil spill disaster in the Gulf is a blessing in disguise, that man is Charlie Crist. From photo...

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Not a Survey That Will Not Confuse

Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean Converse, Question Wording, Questionnaire Design, Quinnipiac, Stanley Presser, Pollster, Politics News

A message to pollsters from their elementary school grammar teachers: don't use double negatives! In their survey released today, the Quinnipiac Unive...

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What About Kendrick Meek?

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Crist, Florida, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Quinnipiac, Pollster, Politics News

Why doesn't Kendrick Meek get more respect? For the last few months, when talk turns to Florida, political pundits have focused on the meteoric rise ...

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Gay Troops and the Trouble With Polls

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military Times, Robert Gates, Polling, Palm Center, Arabic Translators, Dan Choi, Quinnipiac, Military Families, Unit Cohesion, Politics News

Only when it comes to the equal treatment of gays and lesbians does our country see fit to dole out rights to an oppressed minority by asking permission of the oppressing majority.

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Cell Phone Interviewing in Florida

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automated Polls, Cell Phones, Florida, Ivr, Quinnipiac, Pollster, Politics News

A South Florida Sun Sentinal article on the impact of the rising use of cell phones on surveys includes this bit of news: The Quinnipiac Universit...

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Gallup Poll: Obama Job Approval Falls Below 50%

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 49% in today's Gallup poll -- the first time his approval has dipped below 50% and a sharp ...

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University: We'll Be Careful Placing Interns At Letterman's Show

People | Posted 05.25.2011

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Quinnipiac University says it will tell staff in charge of placing interns to be extra careful when sending students to the studio to work for Letterm...

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Is Rasmussen 'Flooding the Zone?'

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daily Kos, Ppp, Pollsters, Quinnipiac, Rasmussen, research2000, Surveyusa, Pollster, Politics News

A regular reader wrote recently to ask if we could compare the polls we have entered at this point in the current electorate cycle (2009 to 2010) to t...

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Re: Incumbent Vulnerability and Primaries

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Likely Voters, National Journal, Quinnipiac, Pollster, Politics News

One reader emailed to take strong exception to my use of the word "misleading" in the following sentence from my column posted yesterday on NationalJo...

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Omero: Update on Sotomayor polling; the gender gap pervades

Margie Omero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Gallup, Quinnipiac, Supreme Court, Gender, Pollster, Politics News

Yesterday I posted on some Gallup data on voter reactions to Sotomayor. Quinnipiac released new data today, and both Gallup and Quinnipiac wer...

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It's His Answer and He's Sticking To It

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Quinnipiac, Pollster, Politics News

Newly Democratic Senator Arlen Specter was a guest of NBC's Meet the Press yesterday and once again cited internal polling as a reason for switching p...

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Omero: Gathering data on progressive issues

Margie Omero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Marriage, Quinnipiac, Washington Post, Immigration, Pollster, Politics News

A Washington Post article last week noticed national movement to the left on issues like gay marriage, illegal immigration, and the legalization of ma...

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The New-Latest Swing-State Polls: Ohio A Toss Up; Florida To Obama

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Election Swing State, Obama Ohio, Ohio, Obama Mccain Ohio, McCain Ohio, Obama Nelson, Polling Ohio, Obama Mccain Florida, Mccain Crist, Obama Mccain Swing States, Rasmussen, General Election Obama Mccain, Quinnipiac, Home News

In a demonstration of how close the race still is in Ohio, despite Obama's momentum, the latest poll has Obama trailing McCain within the margin of error. Another new poll from FL has Obama winning.

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