New Jersey Governor, polled by Democracy Corps (D), 10/6/09-10/7/09, MoE +/- 4% Jon Corzine (D) 41 Chris Christie (R) 38 Chris Daggett (I) 14 Democracy Corps (who uses Greenberg Quinlan Rosner as their pollster) is a frequent provider of polling data, both on a national level and in key states....
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Posts Tagged ‘ Polls ’
NJ-Gov: Pair of New Polls Confirm Race Is Now Toss-Up
On Obama’s “Dive In the Polls” And 2010
You might not have heard this, but the assembled punditocracy is convinced that 2010 will be a Democratic killing field, with the resurgent Republican Party claiming 10...20...50 seats. One of the aggravating factors, according to the architects of conventional wisdom, has been Barack Obama's "dive in the polls". This is a statement...
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How the Headlines Get the Polls Wrong About Obama and the Economy

Filed under: Economy, Polls, Obama AdministrationJohn Maynard Keynes, the 20th century's most influential economist, died in 1946 with his belief in massive government spending to lift a nation out of a deep downturn enshrined as mainstream orthodoxy. By 1971, even Richard Nixon was famously declaring, "We are all Keynesians now." Barack Obama tried to...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/10/10
Rasmussen, presumably on accident, releases a poll that shows exceptionally good news for Democrats, but then returns to form in the Granite State. The DCCC unveils a target list of sorts in the form of their first round of "Red to Blue" nominees. The electoral picture in Western PA gets a lot clearer today,...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/8/10
Actually, a fairly slow day. Rasmussen is being particularly Ras-sy today, making the great horse-race site Swing State Project look pretty great for referring to their latest rash of polls as "another steaming pile of Rasmussen". Other than that, a few candidates leap into, while other notables leap out of, the 2010 cycle....
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Polling and Political Wrap: The Weekend Edition
Just when you got used to the new schedule of the Polling and Political Wrap, another quirk develops. Don't fret: it will still be a three day a week feature. The shift is simple: instead of Monday-Wednesday-Friday, it becomes a Monday-Wednesday-Saturday feature. This allows for the ability to grab some late-breaking Friday and weekend...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/3/10
As seems to be the norm lately, a very busy couple of days in the world of political campaigns and political polling. Let's get right to it.... THE U.S. SENATE KS-Sen: Either Tiahrt or Moran Favored to Hold Seat for GOP This will surprise absolutely no one, but Democrats are the longest...
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Texas Primay: Voters Go To The Polls In Closely Contested Gubernatorial Primary
AUSTIN, Texas — Voters headed to the polls in Texas on Tuesday, finally getting their chance to weigh in on the state's long, rough gubernatorial...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/1/10
'Tis the first edition of the Wrap for March, but on this first day of the month, it kinda feels like the whole day on the Front Page was "wrap-worthy". We had the exciting news of Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter getting into the game on the Senate side, and the exciting news of...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 2/26…er…2/27/10
If you are wondering where the Wrap was in its normal Friday night slot, I'd love to be able to spin a tale about a wild Friday evening. Actually, it was a simpler, and less fascinating, cause: the computer I normally write the Wrap on was being most uncooperative. And, with that, there...
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