Tag Archives: polls

Gallup: Last Six Months

Note that Obama was down by 6 points just four weeks ago, versus up by 7 today. Things could easily swing back the other way. One month is forever in election time. The latest result comes from polling done Oct. 2-4 and presumably includes post-veep debate reaction.

Read More »

59% Would Boot Entire Congress

From the Rasmussen Reports: Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% of voters would like to throw them all out and start over again. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 17% would …

Read More »

Obama’s Golden Poll-achute

Holy cow, check out what this financial mess has done to the latest polling! Obama has lept to a NINE point lead in the latest Washington Post poll.

Read More »

Obama Surges In Latest Gallup Poll

Perhaps driven by this week’s horrific financial news, Barack Obama’s polling numbers have him back in the lead (according to Gallup, at least) for the first time in two weeks. Separate Gallup tracking shows that consumer confidence has become significantly more negative as this week progressed, signifying that Americans are clearly paying attention to the major problems facing Wall Street …

Read More »

The World Wants Obama

Unsurprising. Citizens in all 22 countries polled by the BBC want Barack Obama to win. US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival in polls at home, but people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said. All 22 countries covered in the poll would prefer to …

Read More »

Gallup Poll: McCain Takes Lead

The latest Gallup poll shows McCain taking a sharp upswing as Palin’s post-convention creepy fanclub of snake handlers continues to grow. But from Real Clear Politics, here’s their latest assessment of where the electoral college stands. Of course, these maps can vary widely depending on who’s doing the guessing.

Read More »

Obama Hits 50% For First Time

Convention bounce? Palin anti-bounce? Great news for now, but let’s see how the numbers are after the RNC ends. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has reached the 50 percent milestone in the latest Gallup Poll, the first time he has hit the threshold considered to be a safe number for victory. According to Gallup’s Daily Tracking Poll, the Democratic presidential …

Read More »

POLL: Keep Religion Out Of Politics

Welcome news. For the first time in a dozen years, a majority of Americans believe that churches and religious institutions should “keep out” of politics, according to the annual Pew Religion and Public Life Survey. It’s the highest level of public concern with faith’s effect on politics since Pew began asking the question in 1996. The rise in Americans’ desire …

Read More »

Harris Poll: Obama Gains Among Gays

The latest Harris Poll (PDF) shows that Barack Obama has gained 6 points among the gays over the last month, with 66% now saying they will likely vote for him. John McCain has lost four points among likely LGBT voters. Obama has a 6 point lead among all registered voters, with a lopsided 91% of the black vote. Self-identified moderates, …

Read More »

It’s An Obama World

Read More »

Poll: Obama With 46 Pt. Lead Among Gays

Not necessarily surprising, unless you expecting it to be higher. Among LGBT adults, 60 percent favor Obama while 14 percent favor McCain. Three percent of LGBT adults favor Barr, while 1 percent choose Nader. Six percent choose “other,” while 17 percent of all LGBT voters are not yet sure which candidate to support — comparable to the general population. Among …

Read More »

Newsweek Poll Shows Obama’s Lead Down To Three Points, Others Show Lead As High As Eight

I missed this when it came out this weekend. Obama’s run to the center has almost completely erased his lead over John McCain according to Newsweek. Other polls show Obama’s lead shrinking, but still as high as eight points. A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama‘s glow may be fading. In the …

Read More »

The 2008 Values And Beliefs Poll

The 2008 Gallup Values and Beliefs Poll shows the nation evenly split on the moral acceptability of homosexual sex, with 48% finding it acceptable and 48% saying it’s morally wrong. In 2001, the “wrong” number was 53% and the “OK” number was 40%. Check out the other questions on the poll. (You’ll have to embiggen the image.)

Read More »

55% Would Vote Gay. Maybe.

A slim majority of Americans would vote for a gay or lesbian presidential candidate if he or she were “generally qualified”, according to a Gallup poll released today. Other results: 98% would vote for a Catholic (Giuliani), 95% for an African-American (Obama), 88% for a woman (Clinton), 72% for a Mormon (Romney). I’d like to see what the numbers are …

Read More »