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Poll shows Ohio’s SB5 growing more unpopular ahead of Nov. 8 referendum

By | 10.26.11 | 5:05 pm

Two weeks before the November 8 election, Ohio voters seem poised to stomp the aggressive collective-bargaining-curbing law, Senate Bill 5, that has unified public employee union members with nearly every other demographic in the state, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University on Oct. 25.

New poll: Floridians call new budget unfair, favor welfare drug testing

By | 09.21.11 | 11:52 am | More from The Florida Independent

A new Quinnipiac University Poll released today shows that Floridians think Gov. Rick Scott’s budget was “unfair to people like them.” The poll also found that most voters back a new controversial law that requires welfare recipients to take a drug test before receiving benefits.

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Polls Show Manchin, Sestak, and Bennet Struggling in Senate Races

By | 09.23.10 | 11:00 am

Bad polling news for a number of Democratic Senate hopefuls is coming out all at once.

The first — and most surprising — item concerns Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who a new Public Policy Polling survey shows trailing his GOP opponent John Raese 46 percent to 43 percent in More…

The Afghanistan Escalation is Popular

By | 12.08.09 | 10:57 am

Quinnipiac is the latest pollster to find a huge uptick in support for an Afghanistan escalation, making last week’s speech by President Obama — somewhat surprisingly, given the reviews — one of the most politically successful. The percentage of people who say the U.S. is “doing the right” thing More…

NJ-Gov: Is Corzine Winning?

By | 10.28.09 | 11:58 am

I’m hearing some smart Republican pushback to today’s Quinnipiac Poll – given its record in the state, one of the more credible surveys — showing Gov. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) pulling out of a year-long rut and leading Republican candidate Chris Christie by five points.

The main Republican critique of More…

There Is No Joy in Doddville

By | 05.27.09 | 1:03 pm

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…

Quinnipiac Dishes on Ridge-Specter Poll

By | 05.04.09 | 1:03 pm

The new Quinnipiac poll on Pennsylvania’s 2010 U.S. Senate race shows Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) thrashing Republican candidate Pat Toomey, but only narrowly leading former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-Pa.). But since the poll did not ask Republicans who they’d choose in a primary between Toomey and Ridge (who has More…