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PAUL RYAN:: ‘Amazing’ Mitt Romney tied with Obama – POLITICO – [VIDEO LINK]
By MB Snow at June 13, 2012 | 9:49 am
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By MJ LEE -- Rep. Paul Ryan said Wednesday that he finds it “amazing” and “impressive” that Mitt Romney is running neck and neck with President Barack Obama in national polls. “If … we’re running against this huge machine and Mitt Romney is still tied, I think that’s pretty amazing. … Being tied at this stage, given what President Obama is doing ... Go To Article
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ROMNEY 48%, OBAMA 44%:: Daily Presidential Tracking Poll – Rasmussen Reports
By MB Snow at June 13, 2012 | 9:41 am
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting 48% of the vote, while President Obama earns 44%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). New numbers from the swing state of ... Go To Article
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POLL:: 35 percent of union members support Romney | The Daily Caller
By MB Snow at June 11, 2012 | 10:57 am
By Michael Bastasch -- Union members have traditionally supported Democrats, but union support for President Barack Obama in 2012 is not so unanimous. A new Gallup poll shows that 35 percent of union members support Republican Mitt Romney for president. Workers who aren’t union members prefer Romney over Obama, 48 percent to 44 percent. Despite this surprising ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: Obama tests the theory of likability – POLITICO
By MB Snow at June 11, 2012 | 10:14 am
By ALEXANDER BURNS and MAGGIE HABERMAN -- The polls agree: President Barack Obama is likable. The question is whether he’s likable enough to get reelected. As much as any other factor five months before Election Day, this is one that bedevils both presidential campaigns: How much can Obama count on his relatively high personal favorability ratings to buttress him ... Go To Article
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GALLUP POLL:: Middle class rejects Dems’ class warfare | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
By MB Snow at June 11, 2012 | 12:45 am
NOLAN FINLEY -- Democrats are campaigning this election year as defenders of the beleaguered middle class, peddling the myth that the wealthiest Americans are exploiting everyone else. But middle-income voters don't seem to be biting. A Gallup Poll released this week finds that voters in households earning $36,000 to $89,999 favor Mitt Romney, the mega-rich ... Go To Article
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JAY COST:: The Media Doesn’t Understand Races in the States | The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at June 9, 2012 | 12:40 am
BY JAY COST -- This write-up from the Hill on a recent Pennsylvania poll is pretty similar to many others these days: President Obama is retaining his commanding lead over Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, topping the Republican presidential nominee by 12 points in a poll released Wednesday by Franklin & Marshall College. Obama would win the favor of 48 percent of ... Go To Article
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POLL:: Most Americans think Arizona immigration law is “about right” – CBS News
By MB Snow at June 8, 2012 | 12:10 am
By Lucy Madison -- (Credit: CBS) CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. (CBS News) As the Supreme Court weighs a decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law this summer, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that more than half of Americans see the law as "about ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: 68% of Americans Against Obamacare
By MB Snow at June 7, 2012 | 10:38 am
By Henry J. Reske -- Some 68 percent of Americans hope the Supreme Court will strike down all or part of President Barack Obama’s health care law, while just 24 percent hope the high court will uphold Obamacare, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. The poll results, reported in The New York Times’ The Caucus blog, come as the nation awaits the court’s ... Go To Article
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STEPHEN MOORE:: It’s a Conservative Country – Political Diary – WSJ
By MB Snow at June 6, 2012 | 1:10 pm
Here's a hurdle that President Obama may have a tough time clearing in November: The country is more conservative now than it was in 2008 when he was elected, and more so than in 2006 when Democrats won both houses of Congress. In a survey released last week, Gallup found that on economic issues, 46% of Americans identify as conservative and only 20% as liberal. Those ... Go To Article
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POLLS:: Surging partisanship among American voters – CBS News
By MB Snow at June 5, 2012 | 12:05 am
By Lucy Madison Topics Campaign 2012 (Credit: CBS/AP) (CBS News) When it comes to political ideology, Americans are more divided than at any point in the last 25 years, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The poll shows Republicans and Democrats are increasingly far apart on questions surrounding values and beliefs. ... Go To Article
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