Obama Re-election Poll Numbers Improve Slighty

By: Jon Walker Tuesday November 8, 2011 9:23 am

President Obama’s reelection poll numbers have slightly improved, giving him a slight edge over a generic Republican opponent and also a lead over Mitt Romney. That change has corresponded to recent slight improvement in American’d confidence in the economy.

Wisconsin: Democrats Lead Republican Incumbents in Two of Three Recalls

By: David Dayen Wednesday June 29, 2011 7:41 am

Daily Kos did some polling of three of the recall elections in Wisconsin, and the numbers look fairly good for Democrats.

Fact Checking Politifact: Wrong About Jon Stewart’s Use of the Word “Misinformed”

By: Jane Hamsher Tuesday June 21, 2011 6:40 am

Politifact often does a good service checking the veracity (or lack thereof) of controversial claims made by public figures. But they seem to have encountered some difficulty fact-checking Jon Stewart’s claim that Fox Viewers are “the most consistently misinformed media viewers.

6 in 10 Americans Sharply Against War in Libya

By: Jon Walker Thursday June 9, 2011 9:05 am

According the a new CBS News poll only 30 percent of the country believe we are doing the right thing in Libya while 59 percent believe we shouldn’t have been involved.

New Poll Shows Most Americans Think Economy Still in Ditch

By: Jon Walker Tuesday June 7, 2011 11:50 am

The most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll (PDF) found that 57 % of Americans based, on their own personal experience, don’t think the economy has began to recover. Only 42 % feeling it has began to recover and among that group 81% feel the recovery has been weak.

The fact that so few Americans actually feel the economy has recovered highlights the point Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg has been making about the serious failure of Obama messaging over the past few years

Two-Thirds of Americans Favor Full Withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan

By: Jon Walker Wednesday March 9, 2011 1:50 pm

In the context of reducing the budget deficit, a new Bloomberg poll (PDF) asked Americans if they would support pulling all troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. The poll found an overwhelming 66 percent would favor this action, while only 30 percent oppose it.

Center-Right? Yeah, Right: Americans Favor Progressive Taxation, Socialist Programs

By: Jon Walker Thursday March 3, 2011 9:30 am

The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that, despite the oft-repeated conservative mantra, we are not a center-right nation.

Go Forward, Not Back: Democrats’ “Blame Bush” Message Driving Voters to GOP, Says Greenberg Poll

By: Jane Hamsher Friday October 8, 2010 11:45 am

The core message being delivered by the President actually persuades people to vote for Republicans over Democrats.

Bad News for Democrats: 12 Frosh Reps Endangered, Say New District Polls

By: Jon Walker Wednesday October 6, 2010 3:01 pm

A new batch of Congressional polling is out about Democratic freshmen, and it is not good news for Democrats.

After a Season of Unkept Promises, Hispanic Support for Democrats Withers

By: Jon Walker Friday October 1, 2010 12:35 pm

According to Gallup, since March, support for Democrats among whites and African-Americans has remained almost unchanged, but among Hispanics support for Congressional Democrats has been imploding. In March, Hispanics supported Democrats by a 33-point margin; that has dropped to only a 13-point margin today.

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