Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hurricane Sandy's Other Legacy: Did Late-Deciders Throw The 2012 Election To Obama?

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President-elect George H.W. Bush greets the man he defeated by 8 points 1 month prior at his home in Dec. 1988. According to exit polls, D...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Midterm vs. Presidential Demographics: GOP can't count on 2010 turnout in 2014

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Reid photo courtesy of A.P. Throughout the 2012 Presidential election, the likely racial make-up of voters who would make an appearanc...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Despite Gosnell Trial, slew of new state restrictions, public opinion still mostly pro-choice on abortion

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Dated January 22, 1973. Photo courtesy of veracitystew.com . Over the last few weeks, Americans have heard a flurry of stories regar...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Chris Christie's Gubernatorial Opponent Slowly, But Surely Chipping Away, Luring Back Wayward Democrats

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Christie at a campaign event in December 2012. Photo courtesy of N.J. Star-Ledger Nearly 6 months after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Je...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Coattail Effect: How far can a Governor's job approval carry his or her party's presidential nominee?

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Governor Bob McDonnell (R) (left) has an enviable 51/29% job approval rating back home in Virginia, yet the Republican candidate for Presi...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Kentucky DEMs catch a break with Ashley Judd out, but is McConnell as vulnerable as it seems?

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Minority Leader McConnell (left) and a strong potential Senate opponent, Sec. of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (right). The Grimes photo i...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

The Predictive Power of Presidential Job Approval on Election Outcomes, according to 1978-2012 Exit Polling

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Presidential Job Approval based on exit polling, 1978-2012 It's been posited by some that a president's job approval rating is...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Gaffe-prone Joe Biden Looks Good In Early 2016 Polls, But So Have Other Two-Term VPs

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Joe Biden and his boss with the last 2 two-term Vice President's to run for the White House (and their boss). Vice President Joe Bid...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Rand Paul's 2016 GOP Primary Poll Bounce Has Arrived, Courtesy Of An Old Fashioned Filibuster

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A television in the U.S. Capitol building catches Rand Paul's filibuster of CIA Chief John Brennan, as it occurs on March 6, 2013. The...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

2008 vs. 2016 Democratic Primary Contests: A Comparison of Hillary's "Inevitability" THEN and NOW

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Contrary to what some believe, the Hillary Clinton of 2008 was not nearly as strong in Democratic primary polling as she is today. Photo c...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Shorter Quinnipiac poll: If Ken Cuccinelli is too partisan or extreme for Virginia, someone forgot to tell the voters.

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Courtesy of Greg Skidmore Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been on the receiving end of attacks from the right and left reg...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Hillary Tops 70% With Moderates Against Home-Stater Marco Rubio In Recent Florida Poll

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The I-4 Corridor, which runs West-to-East across the Florida peninsula, connecting Orlando and Tampa, is one of the most sought after sw...