As the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell enters its ninth day of jury deliberations, a new Gallup poll reveals that the sordid story of the horrifying conditions at his clinic—where prosecutors say four babies were killed by sniping their spinal cords after they were born—hasn’t caused the public to become more anti-abortion. In fact, [...]
New Polls: President Obama Ahead of Mitt Romney in Key State Of Ohio
October 25, 2012 | Posted by
Buoyed by the strength of early voting in his favor, President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by five points in the pivotal state of Ohio, according to a new TIME poll. Counting both Ohioans who say they will head to the polls on November 6 and those who have already cast a ballot, Obama holds [...]
Mitt Romney Surges In Polls As Presidential Race Heads To A Wild Finish
October 9, 2012 | Posted by
Monday’s varied range of new polls proved one thing about the presidential election between incumbent Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney: It’s going to a wild finish between now and Nov. 6. In one day, Gallup published results of a new national poll of registered voters showing both an even presidential debate and a [...]
President Obama Enjoying Ratings Surge Following Democratic Convention
September 10, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama is enjoying a small bounce in ratings following last week’s Democratic Convention in Charlotte, according to polls released over the weekend. Both Gallup and Rasmussen Reports cited weekend telephone tracking surveys that showed a small spike in the president’s popularity following a strong convention that featured particularly memorable speeches last week by [...]
Mitt Romney Held Back by Likability Factor
July 30, 2012 | Posted by
As the economy continues to slide and the unemployment rate hovers much too high, political scientists are beginning to wonder why President Obama’s poll numbers continue to remain on solid ground—though Romney has been gaining ground of late. Their answer? Voters just like the president much more than they like Romney. In fact, Romney even [...]
Poll: Half of Hispanics Are Politically Independent
July 2, 2012 | Posted by
A USA Today/Gallup poll finding that half of Hispanics are political independents may give some hope to Republicans as they try to woo this fastest-growing U.S. demographic group, but a closer look at the numbers will quickly squash that hope. When pressed about which party they are more likely to vote for, Democrats hold a [...]
Analysis: Gallup Poll Consistently Undercounts Black and Hispanic voters
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
The nation’s most well-respected polling company, Gallup, under-estimates the public’s support for President Obama because it uses measures that don’t properly count the proportion of black and Hispanic voters who will come to the polls, according to an exhaustive analysis on the Huffington Post. The media’s reporting on election campaigns has become to a large [...]
Americans Still Blame Bad Economy on Bush More than Obama
June 14, 2012 | Posted by
In a bit of news that likely will drive Republicans batty, a new Gallup poll shows that many more Americans still blame the nation’s economic woes on George W. Bush than on Barack Obama, more than three years after Obama took office. When asked, “Thinking about the economic problems currently facing the United States, how [...]
