Two weeks after the Boston Marathon terror attacks, the Americans people are far more concerned about new government limits …
Polls
Poll: George W. Bush Increasingly Popular, Continues Trend of Former Presidents
Approval of George W. Bush’s legacy has risen from 37% in January 2009 to 47%, according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll.
Poll: Clinton Crushes 2016 Competition
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Hillary Clinton at the top of the potential 2016 presidential field.
Republicans Prefer Pancakes: What’s the Point of Goofy Polls?
Public Policy Polling is releasing their latest set of oddball polls, about political affiliation and food preferences. And they’re not just for your entertainment.
The World’s Needy, Not America’s Problem
A new poll shows the majority of Americans want to maintain or increase government funding for every program except foreign aid.
A Sequester By Any Other Name . . . Would Probably Make More Sense
A poll out from The Hill this morning shows that about two-thirds of voters don’t know what the word means. Part of the problem is that “sequester” and its definition aren’t obvious bedfellows.
Gun Owners Trust the NRA but Agree with Obama
Gun-toting Americans are not aware that they are closer to Barack Obama than the NRA on the gun control debate.
Poll: Alabama Most Conservative State in the Union, Massachusetts Most Liberal
Gallup reveals the Top 10 Most Conservative and Most Liberal states in America.
New TIME/CNN Poll: White House Gun Agenda Faces Conflicted Public
Many of the pillars of Obama’s plan are popular, but much of the public isn’t convinced tighter gun laws will work.
New TIME/CNN Poll: Obama’s Job Approval Jumps, Public Favors Stricter Gun Laws
A new TIME/CNN/ORC poll that will be released Wednesday afternoon finds that a majority of Americans support tighter gun laws.
Remembering 1980: Are the Polls Missing Something?
In November 1980, the great TIME correspondent and editor John F. Stacks (a mentor to such stars as John Dickerson and many others) won the unenviable task of analyzing how and why every single public pollster (including ours) …
TIME Poll: Obama Leads by 5 in Ohio
Buoyed by early voting in his favor, Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by five points in the pivotal state of Ohio, according to a new TIME poll.
Will Obama Bounce Back or Fall Below His Floor?
In early June, shortly after President Obama stumbled in a press conference by saying, “the private sector is doing fine,” his senior White House and campaign aides began an e-mail chain among one another. It listed all the other …