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Republican women may have flirted with Rick Santorum, but they're now less interested in going all the way. In the early contests, Santorum did better with women than with men. Now, his early strength with women has become a weakness.

I think Romney is now facing a likability problem nationally, even as he excels in the Republican primary.

Despite coverage of the Occupy Wall Street, confusion about the protests' message abounds. And attitudes toward Wall Street, such as blame for the eco...

Republicans feel they've seized a winning talking point by labeling as "class warfare" Obama's plan to ask the wealthiest to pay a bit more in taxes. Is that label sticking? And does it hurt?

These days, with Congress receiving record low approval ratings, and with the Federal Government receiving lower ratings than the oil and gas industri...

Republicans have not turned their 2010 electoral success into popularity. Only a few polls since last October show Republicans with a higher net approval than Democrats. And in fact, the gap has widened since April.

Newt Gingrich, I think it's safe to say, has had a terrible week. It seems like just opening his mouth makes him unpopular. But it's worth looking back to see if he was ever popular, and if so, when.

Over the past several years, pollsters have been working to understand the best approach to conducting survey research in a world where no single tech...

When it comes to winning, Republicans are like Charlie Sheen. That is, they think they are WINNING, but they're obviously not. But don't take my word ...

Some would have us believe the gun issue divides us. But recent polling in five battleground states suggests otherwise. The coalition Mayors Against I...

Today's USA Today/Gallup release on the Tea Party is getting a lot of attention, for supposedly showing huge support for including Tea Party views in ...

Using their own words, Americans cite stricter gun laws as the best way to "prevent mass shootings from occurring in the United States."

In aftermath of Tucson, many are re-evaluating gun laws' position on the legislative backburner. A poll my firm, Momentum Analysis, released today su...

Palin fatigue is not something from which only reporters suffer; even women who voted Republican in 2010 can catch it. At least, according to the lat...

Two polls released this week ask voters to rate a series of deficit-reduction proposals. The results show a sobering way ahead on this issue that also pleases the public.

Despite Republican political obstruction and McCain's specious survey analysis, and long before Lady Gaga weighed in, Americans were ready for gays an...

Beyond questioning whether marriage is obsolete, Pew Research's latest study sheds further light into why marital status can be an interesting political demographic cut.

Moving forward, it's crucial Democrats look at women not as a special interest group, or a side note, but as a majority of the population, with proven ability to swing away from us.

To quote the President, and to understate it greatly, I feel bad about what happened Tuesday. Yet official exit polls reveal a few warnings for Repub...

Two weeks out from Election Day, motivating women voters means clearly defining what's at stake. And the economy is the number one focus.

With two weeks to go in the 2010 mid-term elections there are a number of good reasons to believe -- contrary to most conventional wisdom -- that Democrats will still control the House once the smoke clears from the electoral battlefield.

Make no mistake, more women will vote Democratic this November. That's been true in presidential elections since 1980, and it has been true nationally in House races in the last eight cycles examined.

On Tuesday, the Pew Hispanic Center released a report suggesting that Hispanic turnout will likely drop significantly in the upcoming midterm election...

While many things are working against Democratic incumbents this year, the public's tendency to be risk averse may make the difference in allowing some incumbents to win campaigns that they might otherwise have lost.