Source: ABC News Radio, 4-9-13
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Most Americans disapprove of how President Obama has handled gun-policy issues, a new poll from CNN finds….
CNN and Opinion Research Corp. found that 45 percent approve of Obama’s handling of “gun policy,” while 52 percent disapprove….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 9, 2013
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Source: ABC News Radio, 3-16-13
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Could Rand Paul run for president in 2016?
The Kentucky senator emerged as the potential 2016 presidential candidate preferred by the largest share of those who participated in a straw poll at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference. Paul commanded 25 percent of straw poll voters, while another possible GOP contender, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, was close on his heels with 23 percent, according to the results of the survey announced on Sunday….READ MORE
Ky. Sen. Rand Paul — 25 percent
Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio — 23 percent
Other/Write-in — 14 percent
Former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum — 8 percent
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie — 7 percent
Wis. Congressman Paul Ryan — 6 percent
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker — 5 percent
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson — 4 percent
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — 4 percent
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal — 3 percent
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — 3 percent
Undecided — 1 percent
2013 CPAC Presidential Straw Poll ballot:
N.H. Sen. Kelly Ayotte
Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
Former Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal
Ohio Gov. John Kasich
N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez
Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Ky. Sen. Rand Paul
Ind. Gov. Mike Pence
Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman
Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio
Wis. Congressman Paul Ryan
Former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum
S.C. Sen. Tim Scott
S.D. Sen. John Thune
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker
Other/Write-in
Undecided
Posted by bonniekgoodman on March 16, 2013
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Source: ABC News Radio, 3-13-13
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The post-election party is over for Barack Obama, with the president slipping in overall approval and relinquishing his advantage over congressional Republicans in trust to handle the economy. But it looks not so much like a gain for the GOP as a sequester-inspired pox on both houses.
The automatic budget cuts now in effect are unpopular, if not overwhelmingly so — Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll disapprove by 53-39 percent. But concerns about their impact are broad, and, by a 14-point margin, more put responsibility on the Republicans in Congress than on Obama for the sequester taking place….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on March 13, 2013
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Source: ABC News Radio, 2-20-13
A Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday shows 26 percent of those polled viewed Rubio favorably, while 29 percent held an unfavorable opinion of the Florida senator. Forty-six percent said they were unable to offer a rating for Rubio….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 20, 2013
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/political-headlines-february-20-2013-pew-research-center-poll-publics-view-of-marco-rubio-mixed-poll-shows/
Source: ABC News Radio, 2-20-13
“How high is up?” That’s the question Wednesday from Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, which is out with a new New Jersey poll that’s a record breaker.
It shows a 74 percent approval rating for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the highest of any New Jersey governor in 17 years of Quinnipiac surveys. New Jersey voters also say 71 to 23 percent that Christie deserves reelection this year….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 20, 2013
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/political-headlines-february-20-2013-quinnipiac-university-poll-gov-chris-christie-reaches-record-approval-rating-in-new-jersey/
Source: WaPo, 2-13-13
President Obama laid out a litany of policy proposals that he will pursue in the months and years ahead. And polls suggest most of his big proposals have broad public support….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 13, 2013
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/state-of-the-union-2013-february-13-2013-what-the-polls-say-about-president-obamas-state-of-the-union-proposals/
Source: National Journal, 2-8-13
President Barack Obama’s second term just got under way, but it’s outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is far more popular, according to a new Quinnipiac poll testing politicians’ favorability ratings….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 8, 2013
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/political-headlines-february-8-2013-new-quinnipiac-poll-shows-hillary-clinton-marco-rubio-more-popular-than-president-barack-obama/
Source: Politico, 11-6-12
The candidates have stayed within the margin of error since the spring. | AP Photo
The presidential race is tied going into Election Day.
The final POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters — conducted Sunday and Monday — shows Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama each claiming 47 percent nationally.
Our previous poll, conducted Monday through Thursday of last week, found the race tied at 48 percent. Although Romney and Obama have each led at times, the two candidates have stayed within the margin of error since the spring.
Independents break for Romney by 15 points, 47 percent to 32 percent.
Across the 10 states identified by POLITICO as competitive, Obama leads 49 percent to 43 percent.
On the generic congressional ballot, Republicans edge Democrats by 47 percent to 46 percent. It was tied last week….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 6, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/election-2012-november-6-2012-politico-george-washington-university-battleground-tracking-poll-dead-heat-between-barack-obama-mitt-romney/
Source: ABC News Radio, 11-5-12
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Barack Obama has inched to a slim advantage in the closing days of the 2012 presidential race, breaking out of a long-running deadlock with Mitt Romney to a 50-47 percent contest in the final-weekend tracking poll by ABC News and The Washington Post.
While still lacking a majority in vote preference, Obama has reached 51 percent job approval, matching his best this year; extended his advantage in better understanding Americans’ economic problems; and moved to within a single point of Romney in trust to handle the economy, reversing a 9-point Romney lead on the central issue of the campaign….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 5, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/campaign-headlines-november-5-2012-abc-news-washington-post-poll-slim-edge-opens-for-barack-obama-over-mitt-romney-as-the-closest-contest-concludes/
Source: ABC News Radio, 11-5-12
President Obama has maintained a sizable advantage over Mitt Romney in trust to handle a major crisis and regained his lead in being seen as the stronger leader, wielding the benefits of incumbency to stay competitive — economic discontent aside — in the razor-close 2012 election.
Obama also has managed essentially an even split with Romney in views of which candidate has better ideas on the size and role of government — another case, as with the economy, on which Romney has been unable to capitalize fully on a vulnerability of the president’s….READ MORE
See a PDF with full results and charts here.
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 5, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/campaign-headlines-november-5-2012-abc-news-washington-post-leadership-ratings-help-obama-50-percent-approval-not-so-much/
Source: WaPo, 11-4-12
President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are once again tied nationally with just days to go in the 2012 campaign, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll.
Among likely voters, Obama and Romney are deadlocked at 48 percent. For the first time this year, the two contenders are also tied among political independents, with 46 percent apiece. Before this poll, Romney had been consistently ahead with these potentially critical voters.
While Obama has evened the score with independents, the challenger has made gains of his own. Heading into Nov. 6, 53 percent of likely voters express favorable impressions of the former Massachusetts governor, right in line with the 54 percent who view the president favorably….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 4, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/campaign-headlines-november-4-2012-washington-post-abc-news-tracking-poll-all-tied-up-as-mitt-romney-draws-even-with-president-barack-obama-on-favorability/
Source: ABC News Radio, 11-2-12
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Days before the verdict on his bid for a second term, the bad news for Barack Obama is that most likely voters think the country is headed seriously off on the wrong track. The better news for Obama: Previous incumbents have survived the same challenge.
Just 43 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll say the country is headed in the right direction; 55 percent say things are pretty seriously off course. The result, hardly an ebullient reflection on Obama’s term in office, clearly defines his difficulties….READ MORE
See PDF with full results and charts here.
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 3, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/campaign-headlines-november-2-2012-abc-newswashington-post-poll-55-percent-wrong-track-matches-2004-a-difficulty-for-obama-but-survivable/
Source: ABC News Radio, 11-1-12
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See PDF with full results and charts here.
More likely voters think the economy would improve under Mitt Romney than under Barack Obama – but they disproportionately blame Obama’s predecessor for its troubles in the first place, an example of the mixed sentiments that undergird the deadlocked 2012 election.
Fifty-four percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll express at least some confidence the economy would improve under Romney; fewer, 47 percent, think the same if Obama’s re-elected. Then again, far fewer in either case are “very” confident of economic gains – 19 percent if Romney wins, 21 percent if it’s Obama – hardly a rousing endorsement of either….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 1, 2012
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There was no clear winner of Monday’s presidential debate, according to a CNN/ORC poll of people who watched.
Source: CNN, 10-22-12
A CNN/ORC International Poll following Monday’s presidential debate found those who watched the third and final head-to-head matchup of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney did not identify a clear winner.
Debate viewers split 48% for Obama and 40% for Romney in the poll, a margin within the sampling error of plus or minus 4.5%
A majority – 59% – of those who watched the Boca Raton, Florida debate thought Obama performed stronger than expected, while 15% thought he was weaker than expected and 23% thought he performed on par with their expectations.
Romney outperformed the expectations of 44% of debate watchers, while 26% thought he performed weaker than expected and 26% said he performed on par with expectations….READ MORE
Source: CBS News, 10-22-12
In a poll of 521 uncommitted voters conducted immediately after the final presidential debate, 53% of these said President Obama was the winner, 23% think Romney won, another 24% feel the debate was a tie.
Posted by bonniekgoodman on October 22, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/campaign-headlines-october-22-2012-barack-obama-v-mitt-romney-who-won-the-3rd-presidential-on-foreign-policy-cnnorc-poll-no-clear-winner/
Source: ABC News Radio, 10-21-12
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Mitt Romney stopped by a football game between members of his staff and the press this afternoon, declining to take questions on Iran, the debate or polls, during a rare break from debate prep.
“Let’s see, look at the captain,” said Romney, walking onto the beach across the street from the Delray Beach, Florida hotel where he’s spent time preparing for Monday evening’s debate. Romney and his wife Ann spent the morning at church, but shortly after returning, the Republican nominee opted to pop by the game….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on October 21, 2012
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