A prominent polling firm’s work was placed under suspicion today — and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) may be the biggest beneficiary.
Daily Kos had contracted Research 2000 to conduct weekly polls for its website, but an outside review published by the site shows highly improbable results. Kos founder Markos More…
Mark Blumenthal has delved back into one of the year’s political mysteries: What happened to Strategic Vision, the Republican-leaning polling company that seemed to freeze up after being criticized by 538.com blogger Nate Silver? It’s a must-read, especially for the role of an anonymous source who blew the whistle More…
The strange case of New Black Panther Party oddballs showing their strength at a heavily African-American polling place last year is still churning, with issues being raised by Republican members of Congress who are casting doubt on the integrity of Eric Holder’s Department of Justice. The Washington Times’ new More…
SurveyUSA has the results of an ugly round of South Carolina polling:
Based on what you know, should Gov. Mark Sanford remain in office?
Remain in office – 34 percent
Resign - 60 percent
Not sure – 5 percent
Strikingly, the gap between white and black opinion is More…
The GOP-leaning polling outfit Resurgent Republic is out with a new survey that tests conservative messaging on health care and recommends that Republicans talk about “budgetary impact, taxes and the threat to private coverage” to scuttle Democratic plans. But the internals aren’t that rosy for the Republican position, either. More…
At least according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, the results of which were released over the weekend. From The Times:
The national telephone survey, which was conducted from June 12 to 16, found that 72 percent of those questioned supported a government-administered insurance plan — something
The latest Quinnipiac University poll results are in for Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) re-election bid — and they’re being cast as a win for the senator, even though he still trails a possible Republican challenger. The survey found that nearly half of Connecticut voters don’t trust Dodd More…
So, GOP: what have your campaigns in favor of indefinite detention and torture — or in Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) case, becoming anti-anti-torture — gotten you? Democracy Corps:
For the first time in our research, Democrats are at full parity on perceptions of which party would
Well, not no one, but only a quarter of people polled by Rasmussen Reports could correctly identify what “cap-and-trade” legislation pertained to.
Given a choice of three options, just 24 percent of voters can correctly identify the cap-and-trade proposal as something that deals with environmental issues. A slightly higher
Well, not quite anymore. A new Hays Research poll from Alaska has Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) popularity falling precipitously from the mid-80s to only 54 percent, with 42 percent of Alaskans saying they have a “negative” view of her.
Some popularity drop-off isn’t uncommon right now, as states battle More…
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