Polls

Mission Accomplished: National Poll Reports Obama Speech Provoked "Inspiration" Across the Board

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

A national study among 1,600 Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that "inspiration" was the emotion felt most among viewers, including better than 1 in 4 Republicans.

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Poll: Michelle Obama Most Popular First Lady in Decades

Rob Kall | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Rob Kall

A CBS NY Times poll reports that Michelle Obama, at this early stage in her husband's presidency, is the most popular First Lady of all recent first ladies.

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Can You Name These Men Based On Their High School Yearbook Photos?

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.15.2009 | Comedy

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Don't you just love seeing pictures of famous people in high school? (Ok, so I already ruined the game, they are not your high school boyfriends.) The...

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Chuck Todd 'Can't Get Worked Up' Over Obama Poll Drop (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

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The political media is ever so fond of trafficking in all manner of polls, one of which is the oft-cited approval rating. In general, I subscribe to ...

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Poll: Stimulus Backed By 66 Percent Of Americans

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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A new Diageo-Hotline Poll finds that 66 percent of Americans, when provided with specific details, support the current proposed stimulus package. That...

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Faith, Not Race, The Big Factor in Prop 8 Vote

John Ridley | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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John Ridley

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.

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CNN Poll: Obama Leadership Rates High As Bush's After 9/11

CNN | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for ...

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Jason Linkins

Obama Blagojevich Scandal Involvement Believed By 45% Of Voters: Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Blogger Matt Yglesias has been in Finland lately, studying up on their education policy, but all it took was a single viewing of Morning Joe to bring ...

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Poll: 37% of Americans Unable to Locate America on Map of America

Steven Shehori | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Steven Shehori

When asked to reveal the identity of the giant America-shaped landmass found on the map, several of those polled were decidedly varied in their answers.

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New NBC/WSJ Poll: Palin Favorables at 73% Among Repubs

Aaron Keyak | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Keyak

The selection of Palin as the Party's Vice Presidential nominee meant that the already minuscule space for moderates in the Republican Party became even smaller.

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NEWSWEEK Poll: Public Support For Gay Marriage Growing

Newsweek | Arian Campo-Flores | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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When voters in California, Florida and Arizona approved measures banning same-sex marriage last month, opponents lamented that the country appeared to...

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Poll: Americans Remain Broadly Supportive Of Labor Unions

Gallup | Jeffrey M. Jones | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

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Americans remain broadly supportive of labor unions, as they have been over the past seven decades, including a 59% approval rating for unions in Gall...

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Surprisingly, a Large Number of Republicans Say "Yes"

Ricardo Rossello | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Ricardo Rossello

Given conservative Republicans' beliefs that Obama is a far left candidate, the more moderate (in their view) Senator Clinton may become a more acceptable choice for Secretary of State.

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Poll: 61 Percent Of Americans Have Unfavorable View Of GOP

CNN Political Ticker | Peter Hamby | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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The Republican Party has hit a new low. Just 34 percent of Americans in a Gallup Poll released Thursday say they have a favorable view of the party, ...

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Message to President-Elect Obama: After Heller, "Build a Bridge to Moderates" with Common Sense On Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.

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(R)Evolution -- We All Want to Change Your Head

Suzette Standring | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Suzette Standring

This new multi-cultural, interracial, eco-green, techno-savvy, globally-minded young generation has made history.

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Score One for the Polls

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Philip N. Cohen

Skepticism about science is good. But instead of turning us off scientific information altogether, skepticism should lead to its more careful consumption.

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Seth Colter Walls

Election Poll Review: Who Got It Right?

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Forget the circular firing squad among Republicans, now is the time for pollsters and analysts to take a look and figure out who got the statistics ga...

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Obama: From "Shouldn't" to "Did"

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Rupert Russell

It is time to throw out the old playbook for one simple reason. It was wrong. Obama wasn't your average Democratic candidate, but then again, America isn't your average country, either.

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Final Electoral Math -- My Election Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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...

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Can 23% of Texas Really Be That Stupid?

Disgrasian | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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Disgrasian

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.

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For GOP, Scary is as Scary Does

Monroe Anderson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Monroe Anderson

Pity the poor right. The party faithful's fear and smear machine that has worked in the past--quicker than you could say Swift boating or Willie Horton--just doesn't possess that same old white magic.

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Final Poll of Cable Television News Viewers

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Reese Schonfeld

Tonight's election results it also offers proof or disproof of a long-held concept -- that people tend to watch news that comforts them and confirms their attitudes and biases.

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The Untold History of "Dewey Defeats Truman"

Craig Silverman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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Craig Silverman

Calling it too early is nothing new. In the 1876 race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden, many papers mistakenly gave the victory to Tilden.

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HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For November 4

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

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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...

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