Monday, December 3, 2007
North Carolina: Helping Illegal Aliens Will Hurt Democrats
Above: The Democrat's answer to those who think unlimitted illegal immigration might not be such a great idea.
Republicans Have Better Mental Health Than Democrats, Independants
British Strongly Enjoy Abortion
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - It should be legal for a woman to have an abortion when she has an unwanted pregnancy
| Agree | 63% |
| Disagree | 14% |
| Neither | 16% |
| Don’t know | 4% |
| Prefer not to say | 3% |
Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,983 British adults, conducted from Nov. 14 to Nov. 16, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Italy: Conservative Opposition Favored in Election
Voting Intention - Chamber of Deputies
| Opposition (Centre-Right) | 53.8% |
| Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) | 33.2% |
| National Alliance (AN) | 9.0% |
| Northern League (LN) | 4.8% |
| Union of Christian and Centre-Democrats (UDC) | 2.8% |
| Storace’s Right (La D di S) | 3.0% |
| Other centre-right parties | 1.0% |
| Union (Centre-Left) | 45.7% |
| Democratic Party (PD) | 30.0% |
| Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | 3.0% |
| Green Federation (Verdi) | 3.0% |
| Party of Italian Communists (PCI) | 1.0% |
| Democratic Left (SD) | 1.0% |
| Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro) | 3.0% |
| Popular Alliance (UDEUR) | 1.0% |
| Italian Radicals (RI) | 1.0% |
| Italian Socialist Party of Craxi (PSI-Craxi) | 2.5% |
| Other centre-left | 0.2% |
| Other parties | 0.5% |
Source: Ekma Ricerche Srl
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted on Nov. 19, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.
Huckabee Trails Hillary by 1 pt, Obama by 4
Mike Huckabee (R) 45%
Barack Obama (D)45%
Mike Huckabee (R)41%
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Iowa: Huckabee Takes the Lead
Mitt Romney 25%
Rudy Giuliani 12%
Fred Thompson 11%
Ron Paul 5%
John McCain 4%
Tom Tancredo 4%
Duncan Hunter 1%
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Florida: Huckabee Makes Giant Leap in Poll
Huckabee 17 (+9)
McCain 13 (+4)
Romney 12 (-5)
Thompson 9 (-4)
Paul 3 (na)
Source: Insider Advantage via Real Clear Politics
Colombia: Uribe Very Popular
Do you approve or disapprove of Álvaro Uribe’s performance as president?
| Nov. 2007 | Sept. 2007 | Jul. 2007 | |
| Approve | 78% | 73% | 66% |
| Disapprove | 19% | 20% | 27% |
Source: Gallup
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,000 Colombian adults in the cities of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla, conducted from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
Israel: No Trust in Government Leaders Attending Annapolis Conference
On the eve of Annapolis, do you have confidence in the three leaders of the government?
| Yes | No | |
| Ehud Olmert | 24% | 75% |
| Ehud Barak | 29% | 68% |
| Tzipi Livni | 52% | 44% |
| The entire leadership | 27% | 69% |
Should borders, Jerusalem, and the "right of return" be negotiated already at the start of the talks?
| Yes | 35% |
| No | 63% |
Source: Dahaf Institute / Yediot Ahronot
Methodology: Interviews with 500 Israeli adults, conducted on Nov. 22, 2007. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.
Germany: Conservative's Lead Grows Slightly
What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?
| Nov. 16 | Nov. 2 | Oct. 26 | |
| Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / | 40% | 40% | 39% |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Left Party (Linke) | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| Green Party (Grune) | 9% | 10% | 10% |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 9% | 8% | 9% |
Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Nov. 12 to Nov. 16, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.
Spain: Socialists Lead by 7 pts.
What party would you support in the next general election?
| Nov. 21 | Nov. 6 | Oct. 23 | |
| Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) | 45% | 44.5% | 44% |
| Popular Party (PP) | 38% | 38% | 39% |
| United Left (IU) / | 4% | 4% | 3.3% |
| Convergence and Union (CiU) | 3.2% | 3% | 3.2% |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Nov. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Several Nations See China as Next Superpower
Thinking now of the future and the year 2020, which, if any, of the following countries or regions will be the dominant world power?
| BRI | FRA | ITA | ESP | GER | USA | |
| United States | 32% | 19% | 27% | 23% | 30% | 40% |
| China | 28% | 47% | 38% | 45% | 25% | 24% |
| Europe | 4% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 14% | 4% |
| India | 3% | 7% | 10% | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Russia | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Japan | 1% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| Other | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| None of these | 2% | -- | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Not sure | 26% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 17% | 24% |
Source: Harris Interactive / Financial Times
Methodology: Online interviews with 6,590 adults in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States, conducted from Nov. 1 to Nov. 14, 2007. Margin of error for individual countries is 3 per cent.
UK: Conservatives Lead by 9 pts
If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
| Nov. 22 | Nov. 16 | Oct. 24 | |
| Conservative | 41% | 41% | 41% |
| Labour | 32% | 35% | 38% |
| Liberal Democrats | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| Other | 13% | 11% | 10% |
Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,600 British adults, conducted from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Croatia: Half Want to Join EU
Do you support or oppose Croatia’s accession into the European Union (EU)?
| Support | 49.8% |
| Oppose | 38.6% |
| No opinion | 12.4% |
Source: Promocija Plus
Methodology: Interviews with 1,300 Croatian adults, conducted on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Hungary: Huge Lead for Fidesz
If an election were held today, what party would you support?
(Decided Voters)
| Nov. 2007 | Oct. 2007 | Sept. 2007 | |
| Hungarian Citizens Party (Fidesz) | 64% | 58% | 54% |
| Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Source: Median
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Hungarian adults, conducted from Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
New Zealand: National Party Lead Grows (A Lot)
If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?
| Nov. 11 | Oct. 28 | Oct. 14 | |
| National | 48% | 45% | 45.5% |
| Labour | 34% | 40.5% | 39% |
| Greens | 7.5% | 6.5% | 7.5% |
| New Zealand First | 5.5% | 3.5% | 3% |
| Maori Party | 2.5% | 1.5% | 2% |
| United Future | 1% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| ACT | 1% | 1% | 0.5% |
| Progressives | -- | -- | -- |
Source: Roy Morgan International
Methodology: Interviews with 808 New Zealand voters, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Republicans & Americans in General Prefer 'Merry Christmas' to 'Happy Holidays'
Happy Holidays 26%
Those Who Prefer "Merry Christmas," by Party Affiliation:
Republicans 88%
Democrats 57%
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Giuliani Leads Hillary by 4, Hillary Leads Thompson by 2
Hillary Clinton (D) 42%
Hillary Clinton (D) 46%
Fred Thompson (R) 44%
Source: Rasmussen Reports