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Why it's Good News for Democrats that Polls Say One In Four Clinton Backers Still Aren't Sold on Barack

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Clinton Supporters, Field Operations, Joe Biden, Polling, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Senator Biden, Obama Biden, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The odds are very good that the more these voters know about Obama and McCain, the more they will ultimately come home to the Democratic Party.

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There Will Be No Bounce

Bill Scher | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Democratic Convention, Polling, Politics News
Bill Scher

If we start seeing Obama consistently break 50 after both conventions, that would be a better-than-expected success.

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Do Obama's Sinking Poll Numbers -- Signal History Repeating for Democrats?

John Zogby | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polling, Zogby Polls, August Polls, John Zogby, McCain Polls, Obama Polls, Politics News
John Zogby

As much as voters may prefer the Democrats on most issues, McCain is winning the contest of defining who has the character and personality that swing voters expect in a president.

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Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, John McCain, National Polls, Harry Truman, Michael Dukakis, Obama Popular Vote, Media Coverage, Polling Data, Media, Electoral Map, Barack Obama, National Popular Vote, Polling, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Electoral College, President Bush, Media Bias, Popular Vote, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

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What Do Women Want?

Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rising Costs, Wage Disparity, Polling, Obama Women Voters, Voter Anxiety, Women Voters, Anxiety, Recession, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News
Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell

Women are far more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo. Whether it is the price of food and fuel or disparities in the workplace, they feel the impact more than their male counterparts.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Obama-McCain Matchup: Blowout Or Trench Warfare?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Polling, John McCain Electoral Votes, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama Electoral Votes, Opinion Polling, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Mccain Poll, Politics News

Pollster.com has at the top of its front page a chart suggesting that the presidential election is all but over. The public opinion experts who run t...

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A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval

David Moore | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush Approval Rating, Congress Approval Ratings, Approval Ratings, Congress Popularity, Congress, Polling, Nancy Pelosi, Media News
David Moore

Approval ratings of Congress elecit very different responses from those of the president. For the president, it's his personal popularity. For Congress, it's a general mood of the country.

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The Myth of a Toss-up Election

Alan Abramowitz, Thomas E. Mann and Larry Sabato | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Advantages, Horse Race, Horse Race Coverage, Toss-Up, Polling, Too Close to Call, Obama Landslide, Politics News
Alan Abramowitz, Thomas E. Mann and Larry Sabato

While no election outcome is guaranteed and McCain's prospects could improve, virtually all of the evidence points to a comfortable Obama/Democratic party victory in November.

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The Story of the Race So Far -- the Surprising Weakness of John McCain

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Electoral College, Polling, 2008, Barack Obama, Obama Lead, 50 State Strategy, Obama McCain Matchup, Election Polls, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

McCain is a weak and bumbling candidate, ill-suited for a presidential race, and is still struggling to bring his party together. His polling numbers have slipped from the low 40s to 38, 36 -- and now 33.

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The Myth of Hillary Clinton and the Angry White Women

Lester Feder | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Salon.com, Walter Shapiro, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Primary, Polling, Barack Obama, Rebecca Traister, Hillary Gender Election, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Feminism, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News
Lester Feder

Once we stop viewing the Democratic contest through the identity-politics lens, former Clinton-supporters favoring McCain over Obama isn't all that surprising.

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A Pollster Takes Me to the Cyber-Woodshed on Colombia and the Drug War: I Respond

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Colombia, Pollsters, Bill Clinton Colombia, Polling, Drug War, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Mark Mellman, War on Drugs, Mike Isikoff, Opinion Polling, Drug Smuggling, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Writing in The Hill, pollster Mark Mellman took me to the cyber-woodshed yesterday. Mellman claims that Lockheed hired him to produce "a serious study on the underexplored subject of drug policy." Very noble of Lockheed.

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The Power of Positive Polling

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Pennsylvania Obama, Chuck Todd, Pennsylvania Clinton, Video, Andrea Mitchell, Obama Lean, Polling, Obama Bounce, Obama Free Trade, Clinton Free Trade, Ten-Point Lead, Free Trade Colombia, Media News

Chuck Todd said he was trying to "wean himself" off the daily national tracking polls because "a couple of them are very erratic sometimes" -- but still, these are the polls that show up every day across every platform in the media.

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Jason Linkins

SurveyUSA: Let's Get Electoral!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Polling, Survey Usa, Electoral College, Electoral Vote, Huffpollstrology, Electoral Map, Politics News

We have no Democratic nominee yet, but that doesn't mean that your pollsters are holding back on thinking ahead. SurveyUSA has jump started this disc...

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Jason Linkins

Exit Polls: Obama Supporters Aren't Cultish

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Hillary Clinton, Obama Cult of Personality, Polling, Barack Obama, Huffpollstrology, Obama Supporters, 2008 Election, Politics News

The most abused party in the race has been Obama's supporters, who are widely derided as a glassy-eyed cult of personality whose support is insincere and naive.

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Exit Polling To Soon Eliminate Need For Voting Entirely

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polling, Exit Polling, 236.Com, Politics News

The latest round of primary voting happens Tuesday: Democrats in Hawaii, Republicans in Washington, and both parties in Wisconsin, with 59 delegates o...

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Jason Linkins

Dramatic Swings, Wide Disparities Undermine WI Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wisconsin Democratic Primary, Clinton Wisconsin, Obama Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Polling, Wisconsin Polling, Hillary Clinton Wisconsin, Polling Mistakes 2008, Hillary Clinton, Wisconsin Primary, Huffpollstrology, Barack Obama, Politics News

Wisconsin allows voters to register on the spot when they come to the polls, which means a late surge of new voters is always possible, and always unquantifiable.

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Sam Stein

Bloomberg Camp Still Prepping For White House Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York City Mayor, Third Party, Clinton, Polling, Bloomber for President, Ballot Access, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Obama, Mccain, Presidential Run, 2008 Election, Politics News

With John McCain's ascendancy as the Republican frontrunner, and the Democratic primary appearing far from resolved, political observers say New York ...

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Max Follmer

California Results Expose Bad Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pollsters, California Primary, California Election, John Zogby, Polling, Super Tuesday, Zogby Poll, Opinion Polling, Super Tuesday Results, California Voting Results, California Propositions, California Primary Results, Polling Methodology, Zogby Polling Flaws, Politics News

In the wake of Hillary Clinton's decisive victory Tuesday in the California Primary, one pre-election poll from C-SPAN/Zogby/Reuters that showed Barac...

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Sam Stein

Obama Has Spent More On Polling Than Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Consultants, Polling, Surveys, Mark Penn, Center for Responsive Politics, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

At a recent campaign stop in Denver, Sen. Barack Obama portrayed his primary opponent Sen. Hillary Clinton as a hyper-cautious poll-driven candidate -...

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Max Follmer

How Two Polls In The Same State Can Say Two Different Things

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Field Poll, California Primary, Polling, Opinion Polling, Mason-Dixon Research, Politics News

Can two polls released on the same day in the same state show two very different results? Yes, and it's happening right now - on the eve of Super Tues...

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New And Improved HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More

Huffington Post | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Polling, Opinion Polling, Huffpollstrology, Home News

Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot and...

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New And Improved HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Polling, Opinion Polling, Huffpollstrology, Home News

Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot a...

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New And Improved HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Pollsters, Polling, Gallup Daily Tracking Poll, Astrology and Polling, Huffpollstrology, Weather Reports and Polling, Solar Eclipse, Home News

Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot a...

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Candidates' Polls, Horoscopes, Surrounding Weather For Wednesday, January 31

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polling, Opinion Polling, Huffpollstrology, Politics News

To read Arianna's blog on the creation of HuffPollstrology click here. POLLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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Candidates' Polls, Horoscopes, Surrounding Weather For Wednesday, January 30

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polling, Opinion Polling, Huffpollstrology, Politics News

To read Arianna's blog on the creation of HuffPollstrology click here. POLLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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