There has been a lot of focus on horse race polls for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, but it is important to remember how much volatility there is in the contest.
Consider the October 25 New York Times/CBS poll in which seven out of every ten lik...
The More They Know: Back in July, Poll ing News and Notes pointed out that “most GOP candidates were still unknown to primary voters,” suggesting that many had room to grow as Republicans began to focus on the field of candidates. Now that caucusCgoers an...
The first Democratic debate
demonstrated that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the only serious contender for
the Democratic nomination. Yet, new data shows that Mrs. Clinton still falls to Republican
candidates in key swing states....
An October 2 Pew Research Center survey showed Republicans are more satisfied with their field than they were in 2007 and 2011. Fifty-nine percent of Republicans have an excellent or good impression of the candidates, compared to 49% at this point in 2011...
According to a September 28 Gallup poll, the number of Americans who trust mass media, such as newspaper, TV and radio, has declined significantly over the past decade. For the past year, only 40% of Americans have a "great deal" or a "fair amount" of tru...
Recent polls have shown a widespread and growing distrust of Washington. It is no surprise, then, that many Americans think that the government plays too large of a role in regulating business and industry...
Though Mrs. Clinton stands by her claim that her handling of her private server and emails while at the State Department was "allowed," recent data demonstrates that voters think otherwise.
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Many senators and congressmen have announced their support or opposition to President Barack Obama's deal with Iran on its nuclear program, but what do Americans think? The Pew Research Center released a report this week that shows public support has decr...
