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ANDREW C. MCCARTHY: Huge Flaw in Pew Survey on Muslim Views about Sharia | NRO
By MB Snow at May 1, 2013 | 11:45 am
By Andrew C. McCarthy, May 1, 2013 There will be more to say about the findings of the newly released Pew survey ”The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society.” Of course, such revelations as the approval by upwards of two-thirds of Middle Eastern Muslims of the death penalty for apostates, and by one-third of suicide bombings, are depressing — ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: Black pols stymied in Obama era – POLITICO
By MB Snow at April 29, 2013 | 9:40 am
By JONATHAN MARTIN | 4/29/13 5:03 AM EDT -- More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn’t support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive. Even as the country elected and reelected Obama, making it seem increasingly unremarkable to have a black ... Go To Article
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SCOTT CONROY:: For Obama, Poll Numbers Still Carry Weight | RCP
By MB Snow at March 14, 2013 | 12:35 am
By Scott Conroy - March 14, 2013 -- President Obama’s post-election glow with the public has worn off, according to recent polls. But should he even care? Obama, after all, is in his second term. He has run his last campaign, and so a dip in public perceptions doesn’t carry the same weight as did the slide he experienced around this time four years ago. And ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: McClatchy-Marist poll shows Obama tumbling in voters’ eyes | McClatchy
By MB Snow at March 12, 2013 | 9:40 am
By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — If President Barack Obama had piled up political capital with his impressive re-election, it’s largely gone. His approval rating has dropped to the lowest level in more than a year, with more voters now turning thumbs down on his performance than thumbs up, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. The measure ... Go To Article
RASMUSSEN:: Only D.C. Is Panicking About Sequester Cuts | RCP
By MB Snow at February 23, 2013 | 12:48 am
By Scott Rasmussen - February 22, 2013 -- There's a panic bubbling to the surface in Washington, D.C. It's being brought about by the so-called sequester, scheduled to take effect next Friday, March 1. The sequester, a series of automatic across-the-board spending reductions, is a gimmick the politicians came up with in 2011 to force themselves to reach some kind of ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: Governor Christie’s Popularity Soars To New Heights « CBS Philly
By MB Snow at February 21, 2013 | 12:20 am
By John McDevitt -- TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — It’s the highest job approval Governor Chris Christie has ever had. At 74 percent, it’s the highest of any New Jersey Governor in the 17 years that Quinnipiac has been polling the state, and the highest of any Governor in the seven states that Quinnipiac polls now. Seventy-one percent say Governor Christie deserves ... Go To Article
POLL:: 27 percent OK on U.S. direction – POLITICO
By MB Snow at February 19, 2013 | 12:05 am
By KATIE GLUECK | 2/18/13 2:31 PM EST -- Barely more than a quarter of Americans are satisfied with the way the country is going, though Democrats are significantly more content than Republicans are, a new poll says. According to a Gallup survey out Monday, 27 percent of Americans are satisfied with “the way things are going in the United States today,” while 72 ... Go To Article
OBAMA JOB APPROVAL Rating Lower than Nixon’s
By MB Snow at January 30, 2013 | 12:20 am
by AWR HAWKINS 29 Jan 2013, 5:56 PM PDT -- According to Gallup, President Obama is tied with George W. Bush for most unpopular re-elected president since Gallup began measuring presidential job-approval in 1945. In fact, Gallup found that apart from Bush, "every president...has had a higher job-approval rating in the January following his reelection than Obama ... Go To Article
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GALLUP POLL:: Obama Averages 49% Approval in First Term
By MB Snow at January 21, 2013 | 9:27 am
by Jeffrey M. Jones -- PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama averaged 49.1% job approval during his first term in office, among the lowest for post-World War II presidents. Only Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford had lower job approval averages. Obama's first-term average is most similar to Bill Clinton's. Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower were the most ... Go To Article
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JOHN NOLTE:: Poll: Media Ignore NRA and Its Ideas as Popular as Obama
By MB Snow at January 18, 2013 | 12:30 am
by JOHN NOLTE 17 Jan 2013, 9:18 AM PDT -- According the latest Gallup survey, which was taken after the Sandy Hook murders and Wayne LaPierre's press conference, the NRA, despite being demonized 24/7 in the media, enjoys a favorability rating of 54%. Today, according to Gallup, Obama's approval rating sits at 53%. Moreover, only 38% of those polls have an ... Go To Article
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