Category Archives: Polls


Why was the polling wrong in NH?

Matt Dabrowski, a pollster and a reader, sent in a letter about what happened with the broken polling in New Hampshire
Just yesterday, some major media polls showed Barack Obama with a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton. But Clinton won the New Hampshire primary by at least 3%. At the same time, John McCain posted […]

Rasmussen: Romney as unelectable as Clinton?

Core Favorability/Opposition Among All Voters

Candidate

Def. FOR

Def. AGAINST

Net

Obama

29%

36%

-7

McCain

22%

33%

-11

Huckabee

21%

34%

-13

Thompson

21%

34%

-13

Edwards

[…]

A word of advice to Hugh

When citing bad news for your opponents, don’t use junk polls.

Tags: Iowa, Polls

Important polling corrective

The LA Times reminds us the most important number in the recent NH polls:

But that’s not the most important data in this survey.
What’s most important is the little-noticed numbers revealing that with slightly less than two months to go before the voting, 48% of Democrats and fully 60% of Republicans remain undecided.
Now that’s a volatile […]

Economy most important issue?

Last week at Blog World Expo, a fascinating discussion broke out. Jerome Armstrong from MyDD and Markos from DailyKos, among other lefties, argued that Iraq was going to be a driving issue. They, furthermore, argued that success wouldn’t matter, because the failure was the initial decision, and Americans will stop paying attention The righties, Hugh […]

ARG, Fred, and Mitt

I normally don’t write about polls, especially ARG polls. But I was struck by two things in the most recent batch.
The first one, which lots of people have talked about is Mitt Romney’s rise in South Carolina. That’s new. Is it real? Is it TV moving numbers?
But the second thing is Fred Thompson. His collapse. […]

When reporters miss the story: Rudy and conservatives.

Alan Fram AP’s story about Rudy Giuliani and conservatives fundamentally misses the point. He says, "Giuliani’s Conservative Vote Tenuous." That would be true, if it turned out that his lead in polls was based on the vote of conservatives who don’t know what he thinks on issues. It seems that the important analysis of his […]

GOP winning in NM?

SurveyUSA says we are winning nearly every matchup. Interesting… Good news.

Tags: New Mexico, Polls, Senate

New Des Moines Register poll: Strategy

Candidate
%

Romney
29

Thompson
18

Huckabee
12

Giuliani
11

McCain
7

I normally don’t like to write on polls, but I think that this one tells us a lot about the future of the GOP race in Iowa. David Yepsen […]

New Des Moines Register poll: Numbers

Candidate
%

Romney
29

Thompson
18

Huckabee
12

Giuliani
11

McCain
7

I normally don’t like to write on polls, but I think that this one tells us a lot about the future of the GOP race in Iowa. David Yepsen […]