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Polling

News

More Trouble For GOP: Majority Of Americans View Republicans Unfavorably, New Poll Finds

by David Badash ● 5:40 PM June 18, 2013
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The Republican Party and the Tea Party are in trouble. A new poll taken June 1-4 and just released by Gallup finds the majority of Americans view the GOP unfavorably.

DOMA

North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan Comes Out For Marriage Equality

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 12:33 PM March 27, 2013
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North Carolina’s Kay Hagan is the latest Democratic Senator from a culturally conservative state to publicly pledge her support for marriage equality.

News

Obama Up Eight Points Over Romney In Latest Poll — Taken Before ’47%’

by David Badash ● 5:36 PM September 19, 2012
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President Obama is up a whopping eight points against Mitt Romney, according to a Pew poll just released.

News

Tweet Factoid Of The Day: Mitt Romney And The Polls

by David Badash ● 1:44 PM September 8, 2012
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FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver tweets, “Kind of striking that Romney has NEVER led in the national polling average, even though the race has usually been very close.”

Democratic National Convention

Obama Convention Polling Bump Jumps 7 To Highest Since Killing Bin Laden

by David Badash ● 2:20 PM September 7, 2012
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President Obama’s DNC convention polling bump jump puts him at his highest numbers since killing Osama bin Laden – and that’s not even including his Thursday speech.

News

Congress Approval Rating Plunges To Tie Lowest Ever, Just As Romney Chooses Ryan

by David Badash ● 4:50 PM August 14, 2012
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Gallup finds that Congress now has a 10% approval rating, tying the lowest rating ever scored, in February, just as Mitt Romney has chosen Rep. Paul Ryan as his VP.

News

Romney Getting Hammered In All Polls — Here’s A Look At New Numbers

by David Badash ● 6:30 PM August 9, 2012
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Mitt Romney is getting hammered by President Obama in all the polls. The latest is via none other than Fox New — which has Obama up by an astounding nine points.

Civil Rights

Infographic: Marriage Equality Is A Mainstream Value

by David Badash ● 1:59 PM July 11, 2012
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This easy-to-understand info graphic, “Marriage Equality Is A Mainstream Value,” details and analyzes polling data and demographics from more than a dozen polls.

Marriage

Washington: Gay Marriage Poll Offers Surprising (And Concerning) Results

by David Badash ● 8:48 AM June 20, 2012
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A new poll released yesterday on same-sex marriage equality in Washington state offers surprising results.

News

Breaking: New Bloomberg Poll Gives Obama Double-Digit Lead Over Romney

by David Badash ● 8:23 AM June 20, 2012

A just-released Bloomberg National Poll puts President Barack Obama ahead of Mitt Romney by an amazing 13 points.

Bigotry Watch

29% Of Republicans Believe Being Gay Is A Reason To Fire Teachers

by David Badash ● 9:38 AM June 5, 2012
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29% of Republicans — almost three out of every ten — believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

Civil Rights

Maryland: Majority Of African-Americans Now Will Vote For Gay Marriage

by David Badash ● 12:31 PM May 24, 2012

In a huge switch, a new Public Policy Polling survey finds that the majority of African-Americans in Maryland will vote in favor of marriage equality.

Civil Rights

Echoing Obama, Blacks Now Support Gay Marriage At Higher Rate Than Average

by David Badash ● 12:08 PM May 23, 2012

A new poll finds that after President Obama’s announcement of support for same-sex marriage, African-American support of marriage equality has jumped dramatically.

Civil Rights

Poll: Obama Gay Marriage News Widens Support, Opposition Gap To New Record

by David Badash ● 8:53 AM May 23, 2012
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President Obama’s embrace of same-sex marriage has widened the gap between support for and opposition against marriage equality to a new record.