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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Ted Cruz Facebook poll on Obamacare doesn’t go according to plan

This is what it looks like when a pointless and unscientific social media poll backfires

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Ted Cruz Facebook poll on Obamacare doesn’t go according to plan

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Poll Shows San Francisco Tech Backlash Is Not Universally Supported

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

CNN Poll: Rand Paul Edges Out Paul Ryan in GOP Presidential Field

A new national poll shows Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is slightly ahead of the many potential GOP presidential candidates in 2016.

A new CNN/ORC International poll shows 16 percent of Republicans and independents who lean right say they’d support Paul for the nomination.

However, there isn’t much breathing room between Paul and other possible candidates, with 15 percent of the respondents backing Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Texas Gov. Rick Perry gathering 11 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran in 2008, also broke double digits in the poll, reports CNN.

Coming in behind them were former Gov. Jeb Bush, 9 percent; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 8 percent each; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 5 percent and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a 2012 candidate, polling at 3 percent.

“With a crowded field and no clear frontrunner among the potential candidates, we should expect to see constant fluctuation in the amount of support most candidates get and the order of finish, so it would be easy to read too much into these numbers,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton remains her party’s favorite, with the poll showing 63 percent of Democrats and left-leaning independents choosing her as the Democratic nominee. Vice President Joe Biden trailed her at 13 percent.

Both Clinton and Biden have said they’ll decide later this year if they’ll run for the presidency.

The poll showed that three other possible Democratic candidates, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer all got single-digit ratings.

ORC International conducted the poll on March 7-9, questioning 801 Americans nationwide by telephone. In the sample, 367 Republicans and right-leaning independents responded, along with 372 Democrats and independents who favor the Democratic Party.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? (Poll)

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

FOCUS | This Historical Amnesia In Gallup"s Afghanistan Poll

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL, DEMOCRATS SEEK TO NEUTERLIZE OBAMACARE, Gallup poll finds unemployment top American concern, CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS

By Ginger Gibson (ggibson@politico.com or @GingerGibson)

ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL – POLITICO’s Katie Glueck spent time in Texas with Sen. Rand Paul: “It’s 7 a.m. on a Saturday, Rand Paul is exhausted and airport security has just confiscated his morning joe. “The TSA took away my coffee,” the libertarian-leaning senator, Houston-bound for a day of events with GOP activists, complains of the federal agency he’s proposed abolishing. “I offered to drink it to show it wasn’t a bomb.”

“The Kentucky Republican has many more sleep-deprived moments in store as he prepares for a near-certain 2016 presidential bid. On an early February political swing through his native Texas, where Paul was joined by a POLITICO reporter, the contradictions and challenges that would define such a run were on vivid display — as was Paul’s belief that his blend of libertarian-infused conservatism could forge an entirely new path to the White House.

“In an extensive in-flight interview, the first-term senator outlined his vision for a more inclusive GOP — only to meet a frosty response hours later when he spoke favorably about immigration to a roomful of people enamored of the tea party’s luminary of the moment, Sen. Ted Cruz.” http://politi.co/1eLOufh

DEMOCRATS, OBAMACARE AND 2014 – POLITICO’s James Hohmann writes: “Democrats know their biggest problem in this year’s midterm election is Obamacare. So top party operatives have settled on a strategy to try blunting the GOP’s advantage: Tell voters Republicans would make the problem worse — raising prescription drug prices, empowering insurance companies and even endangering domestic violence victims.

“The battle plan, details of which were in a memo obtained by POLITICO, recognizes the unpopularity of the Affordable Care Act. But it also banks on voter fatigue with the GOP’s relentless demands for repeal and counts on poll-backed data that show many Americans would rather fix Obamacare’s problems than scrap it altogether.” http://politi.co/1bZ8lYB

– The New York Times’ Ashley Parker looks at some examples: “The ad supporting Representative Ann Kirkpatrick, Democrat of Arizona, opens with a montage of Americana Main Streets, followed by the green fields and dirt roads of the West — the “small towns and wide-open spaces,” the narrator explains, where Ms. Kirkpatrick “listens and learns.”

“His voice remains tranquil even as he turns to a more cutting message about President Obama’s signature health care law: “It’s why she blew the whistle on the disastrous health care website, calling it ‘stunning ineptitude’ and worked to fix it,” he says, before adding, “Ann Kirkpatrick: Seeing what’s wrong, doing what’s right.”

“As Democrats approach the 2014 midterm elections, they are grappling with an awkward reality: Their president’s health care law — passed with no Republican votes — remains a political liability in many states, threatening their ability to hold on to seats in the Senate and the House.” http://nyti.ms/1oJ7vrA

– FLASHBACK: Headline from June 2013 “Democrats 2014 strategy: Own Obamacare” http://politi.co/1gcUFM6

– REPUBLICAN MEGA-DONORS ORGANIZE COUNCIL HEAD OF MIDTERMS: http://politi.co/1fv8Zhn

– NRSC raised $ 4.62 million in January: http://politi.co/1gQpVCe

DOUTH PROTEST TOO MUCH? Rep. Issa was in New Hampshire this weekend – The New Hampshire Union Leader’s Doug Alden reports: “California Republican Darrell Issa opened his speech at Monday night’s Lincoln-Reagan Dinner saying he was not there as a candidate.

“I came here to hopefully shape the debate for 2016 — not join it — but shape it,” the congressman told the audience, which filled a banquet room at the Grappone Center. “I did so in part because over the last five years, I’ve had the distinction and dubious honor of overseeing an administration that doesn’t do the fundamentals of government well — but wants to grow government and expand it in new areas.” http://bit.ly/1gdJFhw

– And so does National Journal’s Billy House: “Rep. Darrell Issa, the bombastic chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and prominent scourge of liberals everywhere, is in New Hampshire this week.

The 60-year-old Californian is making speeches. He published an op-ed that introduces his life story to Granite State residents. And he’s prompting the obvious question.

“He is not running for president,” said Kurt Bardella, a former Issa congressional aide whose firm, Endeavor Strategic Communications, now handles Issa’s politically related media inquiries.” http://bit.ly/1oLYdLk

CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS – Politico Pro’s Austin Wright reports: “Make no mistake: Eric Cantor sides with the strong-on-defense wing of the GOP. In a Presidents Day at the Virginia Military Institute, the House majority leader offers a full-throated rebuke of the “isolationist sentiment” he says caused the United States to hesitate to enter World War II and again threatens to unleash global horrors. http://politi.co/1nI5msQ

DON’T DITCH PAPER YET – The Washington Post’s Lisa Rein reports on the efforts to hold on to good old fashioned paper in an increasingly digital age: “As the Obama administration pushes to do more business over the Internet, finally seeking to close the technology gap with the private sector, the digital makeover is running into a dogged opponent called Consumers for Paper Options.

“The group is working the halls of Congress in closed-door meetings, underwriting research favorable to its position and mounting a news media campaign in an effort to preserve Washington as the capital of paper — and slow the move away from printed checks, forms and other paper communication.”

“The lobbying group has had some recent victories, including language tucked into last month’s budget deal that requires the government to plan for resuming paper delivery of annual Social Security earnings statements to some of the nation’s 150 million future retirees. And it’s been claiming these wins in the name of the elderly and low-income Americans the Internet has left behind.” http://wapo.st/1e2e3so

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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 18, 2014, and welcome to The Huddle, your-play-play preview of all the action on Capitol Hill. Scott is out for the week, so send tips, suggestions, comments, complaints and corrections to ggibson@politico.com. You can also heckle me on Twitter @GingerGibson.

TODAY IN CONGRESS –. The House and Senate have both recessed for the week. The House will meet in pro forma session at 2 p.m., bang the gavel and then get out.

AROUND THE HILL – All is quiet on Capitol Hill.

TRANSITIONS – After three years of wrangling over the farm bill and six years on the Hill, Cullen Schwartz is out as communications director for Sen. Debbie Stabenow. His last day is Wednesday. He heads a few blocks down the street to the USDA where he will start work as a press secretary March 10. His friends are toasting his new gig tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at The 201 Bar on Mass Avenue.

WHAT MEMBERS WILL HEAR IN THEIR DISTRICTS – A Gallup poll out Monday found unemployment is now the top problem being cited by Americans. The numbers who cite the inability to find a job as their top problem was up 16 percent since January, with 23 percent naming unemployment as the most important problem facing the nation. Unemployment edged out unhappiness with government, politicians and Congress, which previous topped the biggest problem list in the Gallup poll. In fact, Congress and elected officials in Washington slipped to third. General concern about the economy also moved up into second place. The concerns shared bipartisan agreement, with Republicans, Democrats and independents all ranking unemployment and the economy as their top problems. Read the survey here: http://bit.ly/1eKe2cA

The months ahead for the House GOP – The Washington Post’s Robert Costa reports: “After a tumultuous week of party infighting and leadership stumbles, congressional Republicans are focused on calming their divided ranks in the months ahead, mostly by touting proposals that have wide backing within the GOP and shelving any big-ticket legislation for the rest of the year.

“Comprehensive immigration reform, tax reform, tweaks to the federal health-care law — bipartisan deals on each are probably dead in the water for the rest of this Congress.” http://wapo.st/1fv8Vhu

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY STIMULUS – The stimulus would be starting Kindergarten and there is still deep disagreement over what the law meant:

From House Speaker John Boehner’s statement: “The ‘stimulus’ has turned out to be a classic case of big promises and big spending with little results. Five years and hundreds of billions of dollars later, millions of families are still asking ‘where are the jobs?’ More Americans are living at or below the poverty line.”

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) also put out a statement: “Five years after the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we can see the difference it made in the millions of jobs created and saved and in the small businesses able to survive the economic downturn and invest again for the future.”

MCCONNELL DEFENDS DEBT VOTE – Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended his vote on the debt deal. Louisville TV station WHAS’s Joe Arnold reports: “Under fire from the tea party for his part in allowing a senate vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he had to act in the best interests of the country to avoid default by the United States.

“My job is to protect the country when I can,” McConnell said at a campaign appearance in Louisville, “and to step up and lead on those occasions when it’s required. That’s what I did.” Read more and watch the video: http://bit.ly/1bZLRXs

DEBT LIMIT AND THE SENATE – The New York Times’ Carl Hulse and Jonathan Martin look at the midterm implications of the Senate debt vote: “Senators Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn, two Republican leaders facing primary challenges, knew they would take an immediate political hit from the Republicans’ Tea Party wing by voting to clear the way for a debt-limit increase. They also knew that their willingness to cast that vote would enhance their party’s chances of gaining a majority in the Senate next year.

“It was not an easy exercise, but it keeps the focus on the issues we want it to be on,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who argued that by putting the debt limit fight behind it last week, his party had robbed Democrats of an opportunity to portray Republicans as reckless. “We dodged a bullet here.”

Democrats acknowledge that the Republican retreat on the debt issue was politically wise and represents yet another factor in the mounting concerns over their own Senate prospects. Democrats are counting on bursts of political extremism to wound Republican candidates. The move by Mr. McConnell, of Kentucky, and Mr. Cornyn, of Texas, showed that at least some Republicans have learned from past defeats.” http://nyti.ms/1bGPkj5

Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wisc.) calls for investigation into himself – After news articles looking at the Wisconsin Republican’s lobbying, Petri sent a letter to the Ethics Committee requesting they look into the matter. The Hill’s Kristina Wong reports: “In the letter to the House Ethics Committee, the congressman said he was “distressed by the innuendo” that there is a conflict between his personal financial interests and his official actions in Washington.

“To end any questions, I am requesting that the committee formally review the matter and report back,” the letter read.” http://bit.ly/1fbYX8s Read the full letter here: http://bit.ly/1gXXFfZ

Obama thumbs up “Obamacare” moniker: Attention Nancy Pelosi (who has admonished reporters for calling the ACA by any other name), but President Barack Obama once again gave his approval of the health care shorthand. Politico’s Jose Del Real reports: “It may not be polling well, but President Barack Obama isn’t too worried about the Affordable Care Act’s nickname, Obamacare, or the health care law’s impact on his legacy.

“I like it. I don’t mind,” the president told former NBA star Charles Barkley in an interview that aired Sunday about the term Obamacare. “And I tell you, five years from now, when everybody’s saying, ‘Man, I’m sure glad we got health care,’ there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don’t call it Obamacare anymore because they don’t want me to get the credit.”” http://politi.co/1gwPp8r

FRIDAY’S TRIVIA WINNER – Wilfred Codrington was first to correctly answer that William Howard Taft was the president whose wife, Nellie Taft, was the main founder of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

TODAY’S TRIVIA – On this day in 1885, Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain spent one winter working in Washington D.C., including freelancing for several newspapers. Who was he writing for when he penned: “Congress doesn’t know anything about religion… You religious people there are too feeble, in intellect, in morality, in piety—in everything pretty much.” The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in the next day’s Huddle. Email me at ggibson@politico.com.

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ON THE ROAD WITH RAND PAUL, DEMOCRATS SEEK TO NEUTERLIZE OBAMACARE, Gallup poll finds unemployment top American concern, CANTOR BLASTS ISOLATIONISTS

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Poll: McConnell trails Grimes by 4

Mitch McConnell (left) and Alison Lundergan Grimes (right) are pictured in this composite image. | AP Photos

Only 27 percent of those surveyed view McConnell favorably. | AP Photos

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell trails his Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, by 4 points in a new poll published Thursday night by Kentucky’s largest newspaper.

The survey also found President Barack Obama to be slightly more popular than the longtime incumbent senator in the red state.

The Louisville Courier-Journal poll, a robo-poll conducted by SurveyUSA, gave McConnell 42 percent to Grimes’ 46 percent, adding to Democrats’ hopes of a competitive race.

(PHOTOS: Senators up for election in 2014)

The poll also found that only 27 percent of registered voters view the Republican incumbent favorably. Fifty percent view him unfavorably.

According to the paper, most of the poll questions used a sample of 1,082 registered voters in Kentucky and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The survey was conducted Jan. 30 through Feb. 4.

The poll found that the president’s approval rating is 34 percent in the Bluegrass State, compared to 32 percent who approve of McConnell’s performance.

McConnell leads his Republican primary challenger, Matt Bevin, by 26 points, 55 percent to 29 percent, in the poll. The Courier-Journal attributed some of McConnell’s weakness to conservative frustration, noting that these voters would come home after a primary victory.

Grimes, the Kentucky secretary of state, remains largely undefined: 27 percent view her unfavorably; 26 percent view her favorably; 29 percent have a neutral opinion; and 18 percent had no opinion.

“We’re very comfortable about where this race stands and extremely confident that Senator McConnell will earn the votes of Kentuckians this fall,” McConnell spokeswoman Allison Moore said. “The contrast between Mitch McConnell’s conservative accomplishments for Kentucky and Alison Lundergan Grimes’s alliance with President Obama’s agenda of Obamacare and the war on coal will become very clear to everyone over the next nine months.”

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Poll: McConnell trails Grimes by 4

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Poll has Nebraska Senate race in dead heat

Poll has Nebraska Senate race in dead heat
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By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog

LINCOLN, Neb. – A new poll has the U.S. Senate race tightening considerably, with political newcomer Ben Sasse in a statistical dead heat with former State Treasurer Shane Osborn.

POLLS: Newcomer Ben Sasse has narrowed the gap in the Senate race, according to a new poll.

We’d heard someone was polling Nebraska races recently, and sure enough today the results of a new poll done for Conservative Intelligence Briefing came out. The survey of survey of 565 likely Republican Primary voters has Osborn leading the pack with 30 percent, Sasse nipping at his heels with 29 percent, Omaha banker Sid Dinsdale with 13 percent and Omaha attorney Bart McLeay with 4 percent.

The blog concludes that a month of ad buys and “sympathetic conservative media attention” have pushed Sasse “from an asterisk to a close second in Nebraska’s open seat Senate race.” Sasse served as assistant health secretary under George W. Bush, but had little name recognition going into the race after returning to his hometown of Fremont in 2009 to take over a flailing Lutheran college where his father graduated and grandfather worked for 33 years.

Sasse has since made bashing Obamacare the centerpiece of his campaign and been dubbed a rising star by some conservative media outlets, being coined “Obamacare’s Nebraska Nemesis” on the cover of the National Review and being interviewed on FOX and MSNBC in one day.

The Conservative Intelligence Briefing blog said Sasse barely registered when it polled the race in June 2013, but has been “winning the fight for earned media” in recent months. He’s also been endorsed by Congressman Paul Ryan, RedState’s Erick Erickson, the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Club for Growth.

Osborn’s internal polling had him with a huge lead in October, with 39 percent while Dinsdale and Sasse trailed with just 7 percent and McLeay barely registering with 1 percent.

Sasse has also led the race to raise cash, raising $ 1.4 million last year and ending the year with more than $ 1 million in cash on hand.

The poll indicates Sasse has the edge with anti-establishment-leaning voters:
54 percent of those surveyed said they support Tea Party ideals, and Sasse has a slight lead among them, leading 35 to 31 percent. Osborn has been endorsed by the Tea Party-affiliated FreedomWorks, but leads Sasse 35 to 23 percent among those who say they do not support the Tea Party and those who are unsure.

The survey shows Sasse still has work to do to get on Nebraskans’ radar screens: he still remains unknown to 54 percent of Republican primary voters, with 31 percent viewing him favorably and 15 percent unfavorably; Osborn’s favorability rating was 54 percent, with 18 percent having an unfavorable view.

The only Democrat in the race is Omaha attorney Dave Domina. Independent cattle rancher and restaurant entrepreneur Jim Jenkins of Callaway is also running.

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GOP Leader Poll: 2nd Place Was Surprising, 1st Place A Total Shocker

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Ditch Mitch – New Kentucky Poll Shows Trouble For Mitch McConnell

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Ditch Mitch – New Kentucky Poll Shows Trouble For Mitch McConnell

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Poll: "Broad, Bipartisan Support For Increased Sanctions"

A new poll from the Israel Project on Americans’ thoughts on President Obama’s deal with Iran:

New Iran Poll: Broad, Bipartisan Support For Increased Sanctions; Voters Call For Congressional Approval Of Final Iran Deal

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Poll: "Broad, Bipartisan Support For Increased Sanctions"

Monday, January 27, 2014

Poll: Just 1 in 5 Millennials likely to sign up for Obamacare

Less than one in five young Americans are likely to enroll in the Obamacare healthcare exchanges this year, according a new study commissioned by Young America’s Foundation.

The study, which was released Monday, found that just 18 percent of adults ages 18-to-24 plan on enrolling in the exchanges, with another 46 percent reporting that they are not likely to enroll at all. That includes nearly half of all self-identified Independents, as well as those from the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States.

These numbers are troublesome for the president, as the success of the healthcare exchanges depends largely on having a large number of young Americans enroll in the exchanges. According to YAF, the president needs 40 percent of young, uninsured Americans to enroll in the exchanges to keep the program solvent. Early enrollment numbers found that a higher-than-expected number of older, sickly Americans were enrolling in the program – an issue that also threatens the exchanges’ financial stability over the next few years.

A large factor in why the early enrollment numbers among young Americans was low is the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov, the website created specifically for Americans to enroll in the exchanges. Yet numbers released last week still found that young adults were signing up at lower-than-expected rates.

Millennials have also been opting out of Obamacare because of the high costs for the premiums – even under the cheapest plan possible. A recent study conducted by the American Action Forum found that six in seven Millennials would be better off paying the penalty for foregoing health insurance in 2014 – a penalty of $ 95 or 1 percent of the person’s income, whichever is greater – than opting into the program.

The study also found that one in three young Americans believe they will be “worse off” under the Affordable Care Act than before – a significant number considering the new law allows adults under the age of 26 to stay on their parents’ healthcare plans, thus eliminating the need for them to enroll in the exchanges.

“The administration believes that because young people were some of Obama’s most enthusiastic supporters that they will just buy anything that they sell. But young people are smarter than that,” YAF spokeswoman Ashley Pratte told Red Alert Politics. ”A lot of young people are feeling ‘buyer’s remorse’ currently. They were told they would get free healthcare when in fact it was never communicated that they would be the ones picking up the tab and subsidizing healthcare for the older and sicker generation.”

the polling company, inc./WomenTrend conducted a nationwide online survey of 1,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 24 on behalf of Young America’s Foundation from December 27, 2013 to January 6, 2014. The margin of error for the study is +/- 3.1 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Poll Indicates US" Favorite Driving Song TRCC

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

US greatest threat to peace: Poll

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The United States is considered the greatest threat to peace in the world, says WIN/Gallup International’s annual survey.

The United States has topped the list in an international opinion poll as the greatest threat to the world peace.

According to a worldwide opinion poll conducted by Win/Gallup International, twenty four percent of people worldwide said the US is the biggest threat to the world.

The poll, which collected opinions from about 68,000 people in 65 countries, recorded some of the strongest anti-American sentiment in countries widely regarded as US rivals.

54 percent of respondents in Russia said the US is the greatest threat to peace and 49 percent of Chinese held the same view.

In Latin America, the US topped the list for a significant number of respondents in Mexico (37 percent), Brazil (26 percent) and Peru (24 percent).

Amongst US allied countries, Greece and Turkey (45 percent each), Pakistan (44 percent) and Mexico (about 37 percent) believed the US is the greatest threat to peace.

Even in the US, Americans consider their country to be the most dangerous to the world peace, the poll found.

Opinion pollster Win/Gallup International has been asking the question from people around the world since 1977.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Poll: Immigration Ads Sour Latinos on GOP

Latino voters exposed to AFL-CIO immigration reform advertisements are more likely to hold a negative view of the GOP and consider immigration reform a pressing issue, according to a new Latino Decisions poll commissioned by the labor organization.

The AFL-CIO ran Spanish-language ads in Denver, Orlando and Atlanta last month and then polled 600 viewers in those media markets. They also posed the same questions to 400 Spanish speakers in media markets where the ads did not air.

Respondents who saw the ads were nearly twice as likely to think that the Republican Party doesn’t care about “people like me.” And more than twice as many answered that “respects Hispanic community” does “not at all” describe the party today. The GOP was seen as the “anti-immigrant party” by 42 percent of respondents who saw the ads; only 22 percent of those who hadn’t seen them held the same position.

The poll also showed that respondents in the media markets where ads ran would be more likely blame Republicans if immigration reform fails in 2013, 73 percent to 44 percent. For reform in 2014, only 59 percent of those who saw ads would blame the GOP for failure, while 32 percent who didn’t see them would assign the same blame.

The survey suggests that shifted voter perceptions could have adverse electoral effects for Republican candidates. Nearly 70 percent of Latinos who saw the ads said they would, or were likely to, vote for a generic Democrat in 2014. Only 48 percent of Latinos who didn’t see the ads would do the same. A report from Latino Decisions accompanying the survey called this “perhaps the most significant finding in the poll.”

While the poll appears to be worrisome for the GOP, it is unclear how long the impression made by the advertisements will last (or how respondents would weigh counter-messaging from the Republican Party).

The poll of 1,000 Latino registered voters who regularly watch Spanish-language TV was conducted Nov. 22-30 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

POLL: Majority of Americans Distrust One Another

WASHINGTON (AP) – You can take our word for it. Americans don’t trust each other anymore.

We’re not talking about the loss of faith in big institutions such as the government, the church or Wall Street, which fluctuates with events. For four decades, a gut-level ingredient of democracy – trust in the other fellow – has been quietly draining away.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Poll: Almost Half Of Americans Believe Obama ‘Knowingly Deceived’ Public On Healthcare

Only 19 percent believe Obamacare will improve healthcare

Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Nov 13, 2013

Almost half of all Americans believe that the president “knowingly deceived” the public in declaring that Americans would be able to keep healthcare insurance plans despite the introduction of new laws.

The numbers come in the form of a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday, which details the fact that 46 percent of people believe Obama knowing deceived the public.

Voters were split right down the middle with 47 percent believing Obama did not set out to knowingly deceive. Eight percent of voters said they did not know.

Among independent voters, the number who believe Obama did purposefully deceive rises above half, at 51 percent, with just 42 percent disagreeing with the notion.

The poll also found that more than half of all voters, 52 percent, now believe that Obama is “not honest or trustworthy”. The poll notes that as an 11 percent rise from the previous month.

However, the figures mirror a CNN/ORC poll from four months ago, before the healthcare debacle, which also found that half of all Americans think Obama is dishonest.

In an overall approval rating, the latest poll found that 54 per cent disapproved of the job Obama is doing, while only 39 per cent approve, the lowest ever figure.

“Like all new presidents, President Barack Obama had a honeymoon with American voters, with approval ratings in the high 50s. As the marriage wore on, he kept his job approval scores in the respectable, though not overwhelming, 40s. Today, for the first time it appears that 40 percent floor is cracking,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“President Obama’s job approval rating has fallen to the level of former President George W. Bush at the same period of his Presidency,” Malloy added.

The Quinnipiac poll also revealed that most voters do not believe the White House’s assurances that the Healthcare.gov website will be fixed by the end of this month.

Sixty-one percent of voters do not believe it will be ready, while only 31 percent do have faith. A large majority of 73 percent also support extending the March 31 deadline for enrollment in the new healthcare exchanges.

Insurance officials with knowledge of the workings of the site have today declared that they also do not believe it will be fixed anytime soon.

Overall support for Obamacare has dropped to a low of 39 percent, the poll finds, a dip of 6 percent on last month. Even fewer, 19 percent, believe that the new law will aid their healthcare, with Forty-three percent saying it will likely have a detrimental effect.

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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.

This article was posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 12:23 pm

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