Yesterday, I wrote about Mitt Romney’s Ames effect wearing off in Iowa. I am pretty sure that I missed the story. Gallup Poll’s Frank Newport had the first hint: I disagreed. In fact, one thing the national polls have shown us is that Mitt Romney was unable to translate his Read more…
Real Clear Politics polling suggests that Mitt Romney has not been able to maintain his bump from the Ames Straw Poll. Is Romney peaking? Did people take a second look at him after Ames and …. pass? Romney is the yellow line in the RCP averages. It appears that Romney’s Read more…
Favorability of Republican Candidates Among Republicans/Republican Leaners Sept. 14-16, 2007 Favorable Unfavorable No opinion % % % Rudy Giuliani 70 22 9 John McCain 65 25 9 Fred Thompson 55 9 36 Mitt Romney 39 23 37 I thought this Gallup poll was fascinating. There are two very Read more…
In what can only be described as a hit-job, the NYT ran a story about Rudy Giuliani in the presidential race… on 9-11? Part of the story was a poll. This poll puts Rudy at 27% with Fred Thompson at 22%, John "Not Dead Yet" McCain at 18%, and Mitt Read more…
Recall that Catholic Hispanics are more likely to be Democrats while Evangelical Hispanics, especially Pentecostals, are more likely to be Republican. Of course, if they think that the Republican Party is a bunch of racists, the ball moves, or so says the head of a national Hispanic evangelical organization: Mr. Read more…
That’s what Gallup says. If you can’t take money from lobbyists, surely you can’t be one, right?
Virginia Kentucky Alabama vs. Hillary Undecided vs. Hillary Undecided vs. Hillary Undecided Giuliani -3 5% -5 7% +6 6% Thompson -9 7% -7 5% +2 4% Romney -14 8% -12 6% -2 6% Survey USA released a bunch more general election polling, commented on by the Hedgehog Report Read more…
Survey of 800 Likely Voters August 6-7 and August 8-9, 2007 Candidate Def. FOR Def. AGAINST Net Obama 29% 35% -6 Clinton 33% 43% -10 Giuliani 26% 37% -11 Thompson 20% 33% -13 Edwards 20% 38% -18 McCain 16% 35% -19 Romney 16% 44% -28 The argument for Mitt Romney Read more…
I think that this is an interesting poll and analysis. Gallup asked people how much confidence they had in various candidates to solve various issues. I just have several quick observations. First, McCain and Giuliani, with relatively hawkish positions still hold the trust of most of Americans. They have the Read more…
Turns out that Missouri may be going Ohio on us. A new SurveyUSA poll has some bad, bad news about what must be the environment in Missouri: Missouri Republican Governor Matt Blunt’s Job Approval numbers inched into positive territory in July 2007 for the first time since taking office, according Read more…