Accepting Torture?
What is the acceptable ratio of torturing innocents-to-terrorists for America to call our campaign a success, 50-to-1, 10-to-1?
What is the acceptable ratio of torturing innocents-to-terrorists for America to call our campaign a success, 50-to-1, 10-to-1?
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
The folks responsible are overjoyed that their ballot-stuffing was so successful. They will tell you -- in full technical detail -- how they accomplished the feat.
Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama has been in office less than the totemic 100 days, and yet we are bombarded by public approval polls almost every day.
Politico | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
As President Barack Obama works to sell the American people on a sweeping agenda of domestic spending and policy changes, he's relying on three men wh...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
So, last week, Jim Cramer went on the Daily Show and had his ass handed to him, brutally, by Jon Stewart. And this was obvious on its face to everyon...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
Via Taegan Goddard comes the news of a new poll conducted by ABC/BBC/NHK, with the current, on-the-ground opinions of Iraqis. Goddard pulls the juicy...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
In the clearest sign yet that CNN has maybe laid off all the wrong people, comes news that a poll has been created and edited by people who were vastly unclear on the whole concept of polling.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
There appears to be a pretty big gap between what DC journalists think Americans think, and what Americans actually think. Look at the DC media's "winners" and "losers" in the wake of the stimulus bill.
John Ridley | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Initially the blame for the passage of Prop 8 came to lie at the feet of blacks. Now comes new evidence that blacks did not vote more disproportionately for Prop 8 than any other ethnic group.
Robert Kubey | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
In my mind, it is simply wrong when the news media, and especially all the networks, "call the election" hours before the polls close in other states further west.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
About the Cartoonist | Reprint Policy Because it's Election Day, I'm not going to give a detailed analysis of the past week's polls, as I...
Disgrasian | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media
It's too easy to blame certain parts of the country, like Texas, or the South, or the Middle, for all of America's shameful, small-minded, stupid behavior.
RealClearPolitics | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
RealClearPolitics has become a sort of one-stop shop for polls. It also features a great political commentary section. ...
Pollster | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Pollster is a great collection of polls, and pictured here is one of its best features: a visual guide to trends in the polls....
PresidentPolls2008 | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
President Polls 2008 is a simple site with simple ambitions, but it delivers. ...
USA Today | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
USA Today has a great presidential polling tracker that's also extremely popular. ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
You're the ones who can't get this election out of your heads. You're the ones who, in this final push to November 4, have the TV and the radio on nonstop.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...
Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics
But where is the love? When was the last time you heard about this demographic juggernaut on Morning Joe? Where are the network stories or the feature articles in newspapers or magazines?
Daniel Sinker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
Google Trends closely resembles the data coming out of the national pollsters. Take the Pepsi challenge on the two charts, and you'd be hard pressed to guess which is which.
Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media
In his column about how close the White House race remains, Fineman remains dutifully silent regarding the data coming in from swing states.
Doug Kendall | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Conservatives have learned how to talk about judicial nominations and the future of the Supreme Court in ways that rally the base while not alienating the political center, and progressives haven't mastered this trick.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
A friend of mine said that with McCain's new lines of attacks, he's basically giving up on the economy. I think that pretty much sums up the state of...
Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home
If Nevada continues to be one of the handful of pure toss-up states, why the dearth of polls in the state, asks UNLV political science professor Dav...
Richard Stuebi | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green
Now the key question: do we really want the government following the wishes of the masses on energy, if this is what the public wants or thinks it knows?
Darius Rejali | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics