State of the Nation

59% say the country is on the wrong track, with 35% saying it is on the right track. This is a change from a month ago, when 66% said the country was on the wrong track and only 29% said...

Where We Get Our News, Political and Otherwise

When asked to name their two main sources for national news, here is how Americans answered. The numbers in the column titled “2008” represent the results from 3.5 years earlier and show a substantial change over that period. Notable is...

There Are Polls and Then There Are Polls

When I began absorbing political surveys the highest state-of-the-art method had polltakers going door-to-door, having direct one-on-one conversations with respondents. Over time that changed, and the highest state-of-the-art method became and still is the telephone survey, with a direct one-on-one...

President Obama

Barack Obama is not a typical politician or President. He eschews the usual touchy-feely aspects of the political dance. In many ways he is inscrutable. He is described by many as a loner. The number of Members of Congress who...

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

22 people have been tempted or have joined the race. 18 people have announced they are not running, quit the race, or have written it off. 4 people are still running: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul....

The Presidential General Election

Interest in the November 2012 Presidential election is running slightly behind where it was running in 2008 at this time. Currently, on a scale of 10, with 10 being “very interested”, 78% score their interest at 8, 9 or 10....

The Congress

The Congress continues to set new records. Approval of Congressional job performance is now at 10%, the lowest score ever recorded by Gallup. This score is confirmed by the latest CBS/NYT survey. The U.S. Senate If incumbent Massachusetts Republican Senator...