Public Opinion Polls

Anti-Gay Catholic Group Manipulates Poll In Bid To Stop Equality

James Peron | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Gay Marriage, Public Opinion Polls, Marriage Equality, Catholic Voices, Catholic Voices Same-Sex Marriage Poll, Catholic Voices Gay Marriage Poll, Catholic Voices Marriage Poll, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

Catholic Voices, an über organization in the United Kingdom that says their agenda is "putting the Church's case in the public square," has a dubious opinion poll that allegedly proves that "70% [are] against redefining marriage." The problem is that the poll is manipulated.

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Why Politicians Believe Americans Don’t Believe In Global Warming

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Public Opinion Polls, Climate Skeptics, Climate Deniers, Gallup Poll, Psychology, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Republicans, Green News

If you follow the popular polls, you might think that Americans are growing ever more skeptical about man-made climate change -- despite the consensus...

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What Is American Exceptionalism?

Byron Williams | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: American-Exceptionalism, American Exceptionalism, Public Policy Polling, Public Opinion Polls, Politics News

What is American exceptionalism? Is it merely the commonly held theory that America possesses measurable outcomes that make it vastly superior to other nations?

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For Progressives, Debt Ceiling "Deal" Was a Real Downer

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.04.2011

What U.S. president in recent history has lifted the rhetoric of progressivism to such lofty heights only to throw a wet blanket over the grassroots energy that responded to his vision and got him elected?

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Yet Another Poll Shows... Plutocracy Stupid, Democracy Smart

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Deficit, Budget Deficit, Democracy, Spending, Plutocracy, Public Opinion, Public Opinion Polls, Politics News

Here's the thing: what the public wants actually would fix the borrowing. And what the plutocrats want would make it worse. So maybe the public isn't that stupid after all.

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LIVE Q&A: Ask A Polling Expert Anything

Jake Bialer | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Pollsters, Polls, Pollster Analysis, Polling, Public Opinion Polls, Elections 2012, Opinion Polls, Opinion Polling, Mark Blumenthal, Pollster, Politics News

With Barack Obama's reelection announcement and the ever more frequent public statements from Republican primary contenders, the 2012 election cycle i...

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"Redistribute My Work Ethic": Does the Tea Party Oppose All Spending or Just Redistribution?

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redistribution of Wealth, Public Opinion, Project Vote, Spread the Wealth, Tea Party, Public Opinion Polls, Politics News

Despite the outcry among Tea Party activists for reigning in the national debt, the recent Project Vote poll shows a general trend of less support for...

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Grassroots Efforts for Immigration Reform: Voices from Michigan, New York, and Colorado

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Rifa, Gamaliel Foundation, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Civil Disobedience, Public Opinion Polls, Reform Immigration for America, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Democratic Party, Arizona Immigration Law, Republican Party, MOSES Michigan, Make the Road New York, Politics News

Over the past several years, grassroots groups across the country have held mass marches, lobbied government officials and used civil disobedience to ...

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The Poll Democrats Need to Know About

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Polls, Value-Shifting, California Budget, Cognitive Linguistics, Framing, Jerry Brown, Public Opinion Polls, Public Opinion, Democracy, California Democracy Act, California Budget Crisis, Conservative Media, Taxes, Conservative Framing, Revenue, Tax Revenue, Politics News

This is a case study of how inadequate polling can lead Democrats to accept and promote a radical Republican view of reality.

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Whitman Expands and Contracts Depending On Poll

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Steve Poizner, Med Whitman, California Governor's Race, Surveyusa, Public Opinion Polls, Los Angeles News

Is Meg Whitman, as I wrote yesterday based on a poll last week, melting like the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, or is she catching fire like it's Memorial Day? Depends on the poll.

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How Many Polls Does It Take to Screw Up an Election?

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Campaign 2009, Mayoral Race, Bill Thompson, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Public Opinion Polls, New York News

Eighty-million dollars or more can win a mayoral race, apparently, but it can't beat the spread.

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Much Good Is Done By Government Workers

Max Stier | Posted 05.25.2011

Lost in the inflammatory rhetoric is what our government and its dedicated public servants accomplish every day -- the delivery of vital services to deal with seemingly intractable problems.

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The Big Confusion: "Moderates" and "Independents" Are Not the Same Thing

John Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dede Scozzafava, Moderates, David Brooks, Public Opinion Polls, Independent Voters, Public Opinion, Ny-23, Democrats, David Hoffman, Republicans, Politics News

In a recent New York Times piece, David Brooks divided the electorate into liberals, conservatives and independents. This view mistakes a lack of party affiliation for ideological innocence.

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Polls: Sotomayor Loved By Public

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harriet Miers, Sotomayor Gallup, Public Opinion Polls, Sotomayor Rasmussen, Sotomayor, Gallup Polls, Politics News

The early public response to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is strong. President Obama's choice for the bench is receiving polling numbers comp...

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Poll: Pelosi Gets More Support Than CIA In Dispute

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torture Investigation, Cia, Nancy Pelosi, Public Opinion Polls, Truth Commission, Public Opinion, Central Intelligence Agency, Torture Memos, Eat the Press, Politics News

Greg Sargent highlights a Rasmussen poll today that indicates that after several days of the media flogging Nancy Pelosi's inept press conference and ...

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The Truthiness of Political Polling

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Politics, Marc Ambinder, Polling, Public Opinion Polls, Public Opinion, New York Times, Media Coverage, Media, Barack Obama Polls, Poll, Barack Obama, Politics News

Barack Obama has been in office less than the totemic 100 days, and yet we are bombarded by public approval polls almost every day.

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Stimulus Is Favored By Most Americans: Poll

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Public Opinion Polls, Public Opinion, Green Economy, Economic Stimulus, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Politics News

A new poll from Politico suggests that the public does not see Barack Obama's stimulus package in the same category as one of the myriad number of bai...

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