David Wall Rice: The complex joy of poll-watching with Mrs. Maple
So here we go - Election Day. I've rolled out of bed much, much, much earlier than normal in an effort to get to the polls before they open. I am a poll-watcher today. Exciting! I'm tooling through the...
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Behind the Spin: What Americans Want
Frank Luntz is a long-time Republican operative: a virtuoso of the focus group, a pollster extraordinaire and a master of message. In his latest book, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth...
View ArticlePolls and Policy Making: What Does 'Public Opinion' Really Mean?
After plenty of examples suggesting otherwise, a new Gallup poll out this week indicates a majority of Americans actually support the passage of health care legislation.Do we simply like rooting for...
View ArticleTea Party Express Arrives in Washington, DC
Today is tax day. (So go mail in your paperwork or file for an automatic extension, folks.) It's no surprise that today is the day Tea Party activists have chosen to rally, across the country, against...
View ArticlePoll: World Likes US Better
A BBC World Service poll has found that the global view of the United States has improved significantly in the last year. More than 29,000 people across the world were asked whether they thought the...
View ArticleGazing into Mid-Term Election's Crystal Ball
Four days away from the mid-term elections, there remain a few unpredictable Senate and Congressional races that could shift the national balance of political power. As the hours tick by, what will...
View ArticlePolling Trends Leading to Election Day
Pollster describe elections like a horse race for a good reason: leads shrink, grow, and change hands, until at the very end, someone crosses the finish line first, and a winner is crowned.John Zogby,...
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Majority of Public Deems Afghanistan War 'Not Worth Fighting'
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that 60 percent of Americans say the Afghanistan war is "not worth fighting." This is a record low in public support of the war. Mary Galeti, the wife of...
View ArticleHow Important Are Political Polls?
The Republican candidates battled it out in a debate Wednesday night, no doubt hoping that scoring points against each other might edge them ahead in the polls. President Obama and his campaign team...
View ArticleFlash Poll: Which GOP Candidate Would You Vote Off?
Earlier this week we asked our listeners to participate in a flash poll about GOP candidates participating in the 10th presidential debate. With so many Republican debates so far (Wednesday was the...
View ArticleDo Democrats and Republicans Prefer Different Brands?
Our political persuasions are a part of so many parts of our life, from the friends we keep, to the jobs we hold, to the items we buy. Although you may not realize it, depending on whether you lean...
View ArticleWhat Our Google Habits Reveal About Our Voting Habits
During election season, journalists, pollsters, and pundits spend a lot of time asking independent voters, undecided voters, and swing state voters how they're feeling about candidates. But Seth...
View ArticleDonald Trump as a Frontrunner? Don't Believe the Presidential Polls
Click on the audio player above to hear this story.We're still more than a year away from the 2016 presidential election, but early polls say that GOP candidate Donald Trump is ahead, and that U.S....
View ArticleA Professional Reader of Voters’ Minds Discusses His ‘Blunt Instrument’
This is the fourth in a new five-part series called "The New York Vote," a partnership between WNYC and Capital New York. We will be painting a portrait of the New York electorate in 2010, as explained...
View ArticlePoll: A Majority of New Jersey Residents Support Christie's Decision to Kill...
A new poll finds that among New Jersey residents who were asked, a majority support Gov. Chris Christie's decision to kill the Hudson River rail tunnel project.But support drops among north Jersey...
View ArticleNew York State Returns
Azi Paybarah, WNYC reporter and blogger, and Ester Fuchs, professor of international and public affairs and political science at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA),...
View ArticleHalf of indys not behind Obama; Bloomberg 2012 dims
Some Marist poll numbers for 2012:50 percent of independents say they won't vote for Obama.And in a three way race: 45-Obama 31-Palin 15-BloombergAlso, 61 percent of voters nationally do not want to...
View ArticleIf you budgeted based on polls, you would...
be left with few options.From Quinnipiac:56 – 30 percent margin, voters would rather cut services than raise taxes to balance.Also:52 – 43 percent against layoffs for state workers;56 – 32 percent in...
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STUDY: NJ Gov's Decision to Kill ARC Tunnel Growing More Popular with Time
(Alex Goldmark, Transportation Nation) NJ Governor Chris Christie keeps getting more support from voters for his decision to kill the trans-Hudson transit tunnel, according to a study released today by...
View ArticleUnpopular Budget Cuts
Siena's poll this morning reminds us why cutting the state budget isn't easy:“By a better than three-to-one margin, voters say they would vote against cutting education by $1 billion to help close the...
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