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Obama Approval Up After Passing Health Care Reform
Barack Obama might be receiving a bounce due to passing health care reform. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows that his approval has jumped five points in the past week. The increased...
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Large Majority Opposes Putting Reagan on $50 Bill
Ronald Reagan does not do as well as I would have predicted in this poll. A Republican congressman from North Carolina has proposed legislation that would replace the President Ulysses S. Grant on the...
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Poll Shows Increased Optimism That Economy Improving
There might be some additional good news for the Democrats in addition to that in the previous post. A New York Times/CBS News poll shows increased optimism: A growing number of Americans think the...
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Why The Authoritarian Right Has A More Negative View of Libertarians Than...
I’ve had a number of posts on libertarian views of the Democrats and Republicans, including posts on libertarians supporting Barack Obama in the 2008 election. Kos notes an interesting item in a Pew...
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Democrats Retake Lead In Generic Congressional Polling
I have always limited coverage of polling far in advance of elections as they have very little predictive value. This spring many bloggers as well as professional journalists have been obsessed with...
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Gallup Poll Shows Greater Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian Relations
In 2004 one of the reasons that George Bush narrowly won reelection was by increasing turn out on the right by using ballot initiatives outlawing gay marriage. It worked for the Republicans in 2004 but...
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Independent Vote No Longer Strongly Republican As In 2009 Senate Elections
Polls early in the year looked very bad for Democrats but we also knew there was plenty of time for them to improve before the midterm elections. Republicans won the independent vote in Senate...
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Would You Trust Your Retirement With A Political Party Which Considers Social...
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are far from the only Republicans who consider Social Security to be a Ponzi scheme. Many conservative writers, such as Charles Krauthammer are making the same flawed...
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Obama and Reality Versus The Republicans
Now that Barack Obama has decided that there is no point in negotiating with terrorists, we are seeing a more effective advocate for the reality-based community. After all, you cannot negotiate with...
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Independent Voters Can Be Won By Democrats–With the Right Arguments
A swing state poll from Global Strategy Group has some good news for Obama, and a lesson as to how Democrats should concentrate on attracting more independent voters. They found that swing state...
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Politics Is A Game Of Inches
Thomas Friedman once again wants Michael Bloomberg to run for president. We currently have a center-left candidate from the Democrats and a combination center-left, centrist, and far-right candidate...
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Democrats Take Lead In Party Affiliation
During the 2012 presidential campaign, Gallup consistently projected a lower percentage of the vote for Obama compared to most other polls. A major factor was probably underestimating the percentage of...
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Democrat Drops Out Of Kansas Senate Race, Giving Independent Candidate A...
In late August I wrote about the Senate race in Kansas, where there was felt to be a real chance of defeating Republican Pat Roberts if the Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor were to drop out. In...
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Control Of The Senate Too Close To Call–Several States Still Can Go Either Way
With under a month to go, the race for control of the Senate remains too close to call. The fundamentals support the Republicans and they maintain a slight edge based upon current polling, but there...
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Terrible Choices From Major Parties Leading To High Degree Of Interest In...
The Democratic establishment, and their supporters, mistakingly blame the protest against Hillary Clinton on Bernie Sanders. There is no question that a tremendous number of Democrats and independents...
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