Recent Posts Tagged With 'public opinion polls'

• Christmas in America: Less Christian Than Ever

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 05:51 in religion, United States, america, frank newport, james joyner, public opinion polls

  Is the United States a Christian nation?    Well, a whopping 78 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians.   But that’s less than ever before.  And the number of people identifying as having no religious identity is at its hi...

• Obama Less Popular Than Bush?

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 07:58 in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, US Politics, rasmussen, realclearpolitics, james joyner, public opinion polls, jim hoft

  George W. Bush left office as one of the most despised presidents in American history.  Could Barack Obama actually be less popular? Rasmussen says so: “The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 25% of the n...

• Politicians With Crossover Appeal

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 11:41 in Republicans, Democrat, maine, US Politics, arlen specter, joe lieberman, polling, susan collins, olympia snowe, lindsey graham, james joyner, public opinion polls

  Taegan Goddard passes along a new survey from  Public Policy Polling: Lindsey Graham has more crossover appeal than almost any other US Senator in the country. He’s also one of the least popular Senators within his own party. Such is the prod...

• More Americans Believe in Angels than Global Warming

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 08:26 in religion, james joyner, science & technology, public opinion polls

  I’m not sure whether to be amused or frightened by this juxtaposition of polls by Blake Hounshell: Percentage of Americans who believe in angels: 55 Percentage of Americans who believe in evolution: 39 Percentage of Americans who believe in ant...

• Republicans Enjoy Enthusiasm Gap

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 07:57 in Republicans, Democrats, US Politics, intensity, josh marshall, james joyner, public opinion polls, taegan goddard, politics 101, campaign 2010

  Via Taegan Goddard, I see that the latest Daily Kos/Research 2000 tracking poll show that Republicans are markedly more excited about the 2010 election than Democrats. QUESTION: In the 2010 Congressional elections will you definitely vote, probably v...

• Obama, the Recession, and Polls

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 16:06 in Republicans, Democrats, US Politics, gallup, president obama, james joyner, public opinion polls, economics and business

  A CNN poll released today finds that “opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting.”  According to the survey, “38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country’s ...

• Obama Hurt Deeds in Virginia

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 10:22 in Republicans, Democrats, Virginia, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, independent voters, james joyner, public opinion polls, creigh deeds, glen bolger

  Pollster Glen Bolger (a founding partner at my wife’s firm) looks at the data in the Virginia governor’s race and concludes that Barack Obama hurt Democrat Creigh Deeds. At the end of tracking, we added some questions paid for by the Repu...

• Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Owens

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 06:20 in conservative, Republicans, Democrats, new york, congress, endorsements, michelle malkin, james joyner, public opinion polls, nate silver

  The special election to fill New York’s 23rd Congressional District seat vacated by the appointment of Republican John McHugh as Secretary of the Army has taken yet another bizarre twist.  Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava dropped out over th...