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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hussein's Henchman: Axelrod Practices 'Civility' by Comparing Newt Gingrich to a Monkey
Image via WikipediaImage by Getty Images via @daylifeImage via WikipediaImage via WikipediaAt briefing for reporters, Chicagoan says of the Georgian: "The higher a monkey climbs on the pole the more you can see his butt."
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Independents Still Dislike Obama
Image by Barack Obama via FlickrAngus Reid:Public support for President Barack Obama remains low in the United States, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,031 American adults, 40 per cent of respondents (unchanged since September) approve of Obama’s performance as president, while 52 per cent (-1) disapprove.
Obama is unable to reach the 50 per cent mark on approval in any of the country’s four main regions, getting his best numbers in the West (47%). One third of Americans (34%) strongly disapprove of the president’s performance, while 13 per cent strongly approve.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Democrats Lack Enthusiasm for Voting
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PRINCETON, NJ -- In thinking about the 2012 presidential election, 45% of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic say they are more enthusiastic about voting than usual, while nearly as many, 44%, are less enthusiastic. This is in sharp contrast to 2008 and, to a lesser extent, 2004, when the great majority of Democrats expressed heightened enthusiasm about voting.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Republicans Likely to Take Over Senate in 2012
Jeff Flake image by Getty Images via @daylifeReal Clear Politics: But the Democrats’ chances of holding the Senate aren’t particularly good. Right now Republicans hold 47 of the 100 seats; if they win the presidency, they would need to pick up three more seats to have a majority. As of today, they are favored to pick up two Democratic seats. Two Republican seats are tossups, along with six Democratic seats. If we assume Democrats pick off one of the two Republican tossups, and that Republican pick off half of the Democratic tossups, Republicans would have a 51-49 majority.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Virginia: George Allen Would Narrowly Win Back Senate Seat
George Allen, via WikipediaThe Roanoke College survey has Allen leading Kaine by 3 percentage points, 42 percent to 39 percent, with 19 percent undecided. The poll has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College interviewed 601 registered voters between Sept. 6 and Sept. 17. The results are statistically weighted for gender, race and age.
Allen and Kaine are seeking the seat held by Democrat Jim Webb, who is not running for re-election. The former governors are the front-runners in their respective parties and already are trading salvos on contentious issues.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Nevada and New York Special Election Results
Bob Turner by Getty Images via @daylifeNevada:Percent Total Votes
AMODEI, MARK E. 57.93 74,976
FASANO, TIMOTHY 1.87 2,415
LEHMANN, HELMUTH 4.14 5,354
MARSHALL, KATE 36.06 46,669
New York:
Total 472/512 County Precincts
David Weprin (Dem) 29,689 47%
Bob Turner (GOP) 33,816 53%
C. Hoeppner (SWP) 278 0%
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
National Journal: Obama Already Has Excuses for Close Turner / Weprin Race
Bob Turner by Getty Images via @daylifeFrom the National Journal:The White House is girding for a political loss in the heart of New York on Tuesday. They’re also spinning up an explanation that won’t entirely result in the blame landing on the low popularity of the president. As in Massachusetts, where Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley was faulted by the White House and many others for tone-deaf campaigning, Democratic candidate Dave Weprin [Weiner Jr.] may see the undercarriage of that new White House campaign bus.
Democratic officials and President Obama’s advisers expect Weprin to lose the election to upstart Republican Bob Turner in the contest to fill the 9th District seat vacated by Democrat Anthony Weiner.
Voters View Republicans as More Partisan, Yet Still Support Them Over Democrats
Image by colarusso via FlickrOne Rasmussen Report story says this:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 27% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that congressional Democrats are acting on a bipartisan basis. Although that finding is up just a point from last month, it’s the highest level measured since regular tracking began in late January 2009. Prior to the last two months, belief that Democrats are governing in a bipartisan fashion has remained in the narrow range of 18% to 24% for over two-and-a-half years.While another says this:
Fifty-seven percent (57%) say Democrats are acting like partisan Democrats, while 16% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Only 19% say congressional Republicans are acting in a bipartisan manner, a finding that has ranged from 17% to 27% since early 2009. Sixty-four percent (64%) say GOP members of Congress are acting like partisan Republicans. Seventeen percent (17%) are undecided.
Republicans post a five-point advantage over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 11. The GOP has led on the ballot every week since June 2009.They came out on the same day. So voters think Republicans are more partisan, but they like it because the other alternative is the Democrat Party.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 43% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican in their district’s congressional race if the election was held now, while 38% would choose the Democrat instead.
Romney Leads Obama by 3
Image via WikipediaAccording to Rasmussen Reports:
| Obama | 40% | Romney | 43% | Sep 10-11, 2011 |
| Obama | 43% | Romney | 39% | Aug 25-26, 2011 |
| Obama | 46% | Romney | 38% | Aug 17-18, 2011 |
| Obama | 42% | Romney | 43% | Jul 14-15, 2011 |
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Obama Sinking in Virginia
Image via WikipediaHamptonRoad.com Virginia voters' attitudes about Barack Obama's job performance have soured, according to results of a Democratic polling outfit's recent survey which suggests more people now rate the president negatively.
Public Policy Polling found that 48 percent of Virginia voters disapprove of Obama's job performance, while 47 percent approve of it.
While that's a slim difference, it represents a significant decline from the 51-44 percent positive margin PPP reported Obama had after Osama bin Laden's death.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Goodbye Socialist: Obama Losing to Generic Republican by 5 pts
Notice the large 18 percent undecided vote and remember that the undecided usually break against the incumbent. This means Obama would probably lose the 2012 election by more than he won the 2008 election.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Everybody Hates Bloomberg
Image via WikipediaWith Mike Bloomberg thrown in for a three-way race with Romney, Mayor Mike gets only 11%, with more of it apparently taken from the Republican column. As a result, Obama's lead grows to 44%-38%, plus Bloomberg's 11%.Talking Points Memo
In addition, Bloomberg's national favorable rating is only 19%, only half of his unfavorable rating of 38%. Republicans view him negatively at 12%-48%, Democrats at 24%-30%, and independents at 19%-37%.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Death of Rural Democrats?
Rural America has long been associated with conservatism. Small towns tend to be older and whiter and they often have more military veterans. Those are all groups that lean Republican.OPB News
The surprising thing, according to Bishop's analysis, is that Democrats were still managing to win and hold a lot of rural seats -– often by distancing themselves from the national party and downplaying the Democratic brand.
Bishop says Democrats have to do that because people in small towns see their party being defined by urban politicians.
"When Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are mentioned in these advertisements, they're described as someone other than us -– politics now is about teams and it's about tribes," he said.
Poll Shows that Americans Don't Think Obama Deserves Re-election
Image via WikipediaAlmost half of voters say President Barack Obama doesn’t deserve a second term, and he is in a statistical tie with two top possible Republican challengers, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.Bloomberg
By 49 percent to 43 percent, poll respondents say Obama shouldn’t be re-elected in 2012. If a contest were held today with Republican rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, Obama is supported by 44 percent of those surveyed and Romney by 45 percent.
In a race with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Obama garners 46 percent to Huckabee’s 44 percent. Obama does the best in a race against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, winning 48 percent to 40 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Creepy: 42 percent of Americans Support Quota System for Public Office Instead of Free Elections
Women are evenly divided on this matter, with 42 per cent calling for a quota system, and 41 per cent opposing the idea.Angus-Reid
A quota to boost female participation in public office is more popular among respondents aged 18 to 34 (40%) and supporters of the Democratic Party (43%).
Majorities of respondents over the age of 55 (62%), Republicans (64%) and Independents (53%) oppose the idea of setting up quotas for women candidates.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Pelosi's Horrific Reign Over
Image by TalkMediaNews via FlickrHer steely manner and the progressive policies she championed made her a favorite target for resurgent Republicans nationwide. Pelosi's face appeared in more GOP attack ads than any other Democrat, including President Obama.Pelosi had seized upon a rare Democratic alignment across government to orchestrate deals that she saw as historic and remarkable, but which seemed intrusive and ideological to a broadening swath of the U.S. electorate.
Washington Post
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Observe: Democrat Newspaper Tries to Spin 6 pt Kasich Lead into Good News for Strickland
In just a week Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has sliced 4 points from GOP challenger John Kasich's lead in the poll that has consistently showed the Republican John Kasich with a healthy margin.The Columbus Dispatch
Today's Quinnipiac Poll is the latest that shows Ohio's race for governor tightening as Election Day approaches. Kasich is ahead 49 percent to 43 percent; the 6-point margin is down from 10 a week ago, when it was 51-41. And 7 percent of Ohio voters say they remain undecided.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Obama Excitement Wanes as Young Voters Tune Out U.S. Election
Image via WikipediaThe thrill is gone for many voters under age 30 who turned out in 2008 to vote for President Barack Obama by a 2-1 nationwide margin. That support represented the biggest schism between young and older voters in a presidential election since exit polling began in 1972, according to the Pew Research Center in Washington.Bloomberg
This year, fewer than three in 10 voters under age 30 say they will definitely cast ballots in the Nov. 2 congressional elections, down from 36 percent 11 months ago, according to a poll by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics released Oct. 21.
Independents Flocking to Republicans
Independents are flocking to Republican candidates, according to a new poll, signaling an important shift in the critical voting bloc that helped boost Democrats the past two cycles.Fox News
A Politico/George Washington University poll showed independents choosing Republicans by a 14-point margin. The survey showed those voters held a bleaker-than-average view of key Democratic policies -- 62 percent had an unfavorable view of the health care law, compared with 52 percent for all voters; 66 percent said the stimulus is not working, compared with 57 percent for all voters.
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