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Michigan Poll October 31, 2008 Barack Obama is set for a double digit win in Michigan. New Mexico Poll October 31, 2008 Barack Obama and Tom Udall are both going to win in New Mexico. Final Oregon Poll October 31, 2008 Barack Obama and Jeff Merkley both appear headed for victory in ...
Zogby International
zogby.com — UTICA, New York -- Republican John McCain made a small gain against Democrat Barack Obama and has... pulled back within the margin of error, now trailing Obama by five points, 49.1% to 44.1%, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking telephone poll ... (more) Zogby International
Rashid Who?
Rashid Who?
tnr.com — By late last spring, concerns about Jews deserting the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, had reached a... fever pitch. Writing in his popular blog for Politico , Ben Smith declared that Obama had a "Jewish problem." In late May, Jodi Kantor ... (more) Rashid Who?
A McCain Campaign Memo
marcambinder.theatlantic.com — The last thing the McCain campaign needs on election day is demoralized Republicans. Hence this memo, which... recapitulates what Davis and co. said on a conference call with reporters this morning. From: Rick Davis, McCain-Palin Campaign  ... (more) A McCain Campaign Memo
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Lots of Polling: Democrats surging in Oregon
BlueOregon — ... has a new poll out in Oregon [pdf]. With a margin of error of only 2.6%, it shows Jeff Merkley leading 51-43, Barack Obama leading 57-42, Kate Brown leading 51-40, and Ben Westlund leading 47-41. ...

Today's Polls, 10/31
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Is Pennsylvania John McCain's last, best hope? Perhaps it is. But that speaks as much to McCain's problems elsewhere on the map as any success he has had in the Keystone State. Pennsylvania does seem to be narrowing a bit: the Muhlenberg / Morning Call tracker is now down to "only" a 10-point lead for Senator Obama, while a Strategic Vision poll puts the race at O +5. Strategic Vision has had a Republican lean and some very erratic polling in Pennsylvania all year, so our model treats that result as the equivalent of a +7 or a +8. Nevertheless, with little progress being made elsewhere, McCain will take what ...

Re: Polls: N.C. voters unhappy with Perdue
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... by Public Policy Polling , a Democratic polling firm. The firm says that is the lowest figure yet for Perdue, who is in her first year in office. Likewise, the right-leaning ...

Re: Local calls only
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... conducted by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling , Perdue had a 40 percent approval rating compared to her 18 percent rating in the 704 area code that includes Charlotte. In the 336 area code which includes Greensboro, Perdue 13 percent approved or Perdue's performance. Of course it's hard to know what to make of all this when the ...

Re: Poll: Burr down but not nearly out
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... , but still like him a lot better than any of the Democratic alternatives? That seems to be the message from the latest survey by Public Policy Polling , a Democratic firm that surveyed 683 voters from Oct. 2-4. Burr's approval rating was just 36 percent. That's down slightly from ...

Re: Poll: Burr down but not nearly out
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... , but still like him a lot better than any of the Democratic alternatives? That seems to be the message from the latest survey by Public Policy Polling , a Democratic firm that surveyed 683 voters from Oct. 2-4. Burr's approval rating was just 36 percent. That's down slightly from ...

Re: Poll: Burr down but not nearly out
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... , but still like him a lot better than any of the Democratic alternatives? That seems to be the message from the latest survey by Public Policy Polling , a Democratic firm that surveyed 683 voters from Oct. 2-4. Burr's approval rating was just 36 percent. That's down slightly from ...

It's almost like "Carolina Strategy Group" fell off the face of.
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... consultant Mark Lisella, attorney Neal Robbins and public relations executive Tim Pittman, the former press secretary for Gov. Jim Martin . Shumaker said the firm will do two or three polls a month on public opinion issues that could affect business, such as state taxes, but he does not plan to do "horse race" polls on how candidates are doing. Carolina Strategy Group will be the fourth major pollster in the state, after the Elon University Poll , Democratic firm Public Policy Polling and the conservative Civitas Institute .

Paul Shumaker says economy getting worse; Vote Burr again!
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... consultant Mark Lisella, attorney Neal Robbins and public relations executive Tim Pittman, the former press secretary for Gov. Jim Martin . Shumaker said the firm will do two or three polls a month on public opinion issues that could affect business, such as state taxes, but he does not plan to do "horse race" polls on how candidates are doing. Carolina Strategy Group will be the fourth major pollster in the state, after the Elon University Poll , Democratic firm Public Policy Polling and the conservative Civitas Institute .

Re: Paul Shumaker says economy getting worse; Vote Burr again!
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... consultant Mark Lisella, attorney Neal Robbins and public relations executive Tim Pittman, the former press secretary for Gov. Jim Martin . Shumaker said the firm will do two or three polls a month on public opinion issues that could affect business, such as state taxes, but he does not plan to do "horse race" polls on how candidates are doing. Carolina Strategy Group will be the fourth major pollster in the state, after the Elon University Poll , Democratic firm Public Policy Polling and the conservative Civitas Institute .

PPP: Tuesday to be brutal for democrats...
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — Of course, polling on Halloween adds some big uncertainty to the mix IMO, but if their numbers hold, we will lose in Main, NY-23, Virginia, and New Jersey in significant numbers. http://www.publicpolicypolling...

Politico Allen's Idea Of 'Real Toss-up': Hoffman Ahead By 17%
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Mike Allen, appearing on Morning Joe, has declared the NY-23rd race a "real toss-up" despite a new poll from a respected organization showing Doug Hoffman with a 17-point lead. ...

Democrats facing Terrible Tuesday, polls say. So Biden heads to NY23 in last-minute rescue mission
Top of the Ticket — ... above shaking hands with voters in June) and a last-minute appeal from the ever-photo-ready, stylishly-svelte President Obama, incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine is behind in the polls. So, suddenly, Democrats are looking for hope in a New York congressional district so far north that it abuts Canada. There, a Republican family feud spurred by conservative ideologues could provide the party's only good news of the day. Even that is a long shot -- the latest Public Policy Polling survey has conservative Doug Hoffman ...

Re: Cunningham no longer quacks
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... about the race. It's also helpful to note that Cunningham had the same level of support against Burr in October than he did in February. Public Policy Polling noted in February that Burr was leading Cunningham 46 to 27. In October, the pollster pulled the same percentages. ...

Re: Cunningham no longer quacks
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... about the race. It's also helpful to note that Cunningham had the same level of support against Burr in October than he did in February. Public Policy Polling noted in February that Burr was leading Cunningham 46 to 27. In October, the pollster pulled the same percentages. ...

w00t
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... The latest survey by Public Policy Polling shows that the numbers have improved slightly for Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican who is up for re-election next year. PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from Nov. 9-11. They found that 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Burr is doing, while 31 percent disapprove. That's better than the 38 percent rating Burr got in ...

Re: Poll: Burr's numbers up slightly
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... The latest survey by Public Policy Polling shows that the numbers have improved slightly for Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican who is up for re-election next year. PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from Nov. 9-11. They found that 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Burr is doing, while 31 percent disapprove. That's better than the 38 percent rating Burr got in ...

Re: Poll: Burr's numbers up slightly
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... The latest survey by Public Policy Polling shows that the numbers have improved slightly for Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican who is up for re-election next year. PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from Nov. 9-11. They found that 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Burr is doing, while 31 percent disapprove. That's better than the 38 percent rating Burr got in ...

Re: Poll: Burr's numbers up slightly
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... The latest survey by Public Policy Polling shows that the numbers have improved slightly for Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican who is up for re-election next year. PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from Nov. 9-11. They found that 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Burr is doing, while 31 percent disapprove. That's better than the 38 percent rating Burr got in ...

Re: Perdue climbing out
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... clawing her way out of basement-dwelling public support numbers. Perdue received 30 percent approval in a survey released Monday by ...

Re: Perdue climbing out
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... clawing her way out of basement-dwelling public support numbers. Perdue received 30 percent approval in a survey released Monday by ...

Re: Poll: Burr's numbers up slightly
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — ... The latest survey by Public Policy Polling shows that the numbers have improved slightly for Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican who is up for re-election next year. PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from Nov. 9-11. They found that 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Burr is doing, while 31 percent disapprove. That's better than the 38 percent rating Burr got in ...

Re: Voters think politicians are corrupt
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — There are plenty of N.C. voters who think both Democrats and Republicans are corrupt. A poll of 711 state voters by Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent believe that Democrats are corrupt while 27 percent think they are not. The poll also found that 37 percent of voters believe Republicans are corrupt while 28 percent do not. The poll unsurprisingly found that 67 percent of Republicans believe Democrats are corrupt and 45 percent of Democrats believe Republicans are corrupt. But a quarter of voters in both parties believe members of their own party are corrupt."These ...

Re: Voters think politicians are corrupt
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — There are plenty of N.C. voters who think both Democrats and Republicans are corrupt. A poll of 711 state voters by Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent believe that Democrats are corrupt while 27 percent think they are not. The poll also found that 37 percent of voters believe Republicans are corrupt while 28 percent do not. The poll unsurprisingly found that 67 percent of Republicans believe Democrats are corrupt and 45 percent of Democrats believe Republicans are corrupt. But a quarter of voters in both parties believe members of their own party are corrupt."These ...

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