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Cuomo dominates Jewish vote in final Quinnipiac poll before election. Once split between Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo, Jewish voters have coalesced behind the former governor, while Mamdani struggles to overcome skepticism New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani.

A shocking poll shows that two years after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre that murdered more than 1,200 Israelis, a majority of Palestinians still say the terror group was right to launch the attack — and, equally disturbing, an overwhelming 86 percent deny that Hamas committed the well-documented atrocities against civilians. According to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), 53 percent of Palestinians say Hamas’s decision to launch the October 7 assault was correct; support is strongest in the West Bank at 59 percent, while 44 percent in the Gaza Strip back the attack — a...

The percentage of Americans who believe the Democratic Party is “out of touch” has increased by double-digits over the last decade, with 70% indicating the party is disconnected from the issues that matter to voters. The Democratic Party is perceived as being overly-focused on “Protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants” and “Protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans” – alienating voters who care more about secure borders and crime reduction, a survey released Monday by Welcome, a center-left group, found. “To win elections, Democrats need to make the following changes. First, we need to focus more on the issues voters do...

CNN has had to admit that the Republicans have gained popularity while breaking down polling data regarding the shutdown. Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten says the shutdown, which was supposed to hurt the GOP, has actually helped the party's brand. The polls come amid the federal government shutdown, which began on October 1 and is quickly approaching the one-month mark. Citing the Generic Congressional Ballot, which shows that the Democrats are less favourable than at the same time during Trump's first term. Enten goes on to say the Democrats are in their "worst" position in 20 years and that the...

Zohran Mamdani has enough support to win the mayoral election by just 15 points – and without the majority of votes — despite New Yorkers largely disagreeing with his progressive policies, a poll released Tuesday found. The lefty Democratic nominee’s 43% support to Andrew Cuomo’s 28% in the new Manhattan Institute poll is a wider margin than late-game recent surveys showing a narrowing gap between the candidates. But the survey found that if Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa — in a distant third place, with 19% support — were to drop out, the race would narrow considerably. “In hypothetical head-to-head matchups,...

If you are strongly opposed to the NFL choosing Bad Bunny to perform the Super Bowl Halftime Show, you are not alone. However, if you approve of Bad Bunny or don’t care, you’re also not alone. That seems to be the main takeaway from a recent Quinnipiac poll, which shows that 48 percent of respondents approve of the selection of the Puerto Rican rapper for this year’s halftime entertainment. In comparison, 29 percent disapprove and 24 percent have no opinion. The numbers break down along party lines. “Democrats (74 – 10 percent) and independents (52 – 22 percent) approve of...

The race for New York City mayor has tightened considerably — with ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo cutting front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s lead in half from a month ago, according to a new poll. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, now leads Cuomo, running as an independent, just 44% to 34% among the likely Big Apple voters, the Suffolk University survey found.Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa is in third place with 11% support. But Mamdani had a 20-point lead over Cuomo in Suffolk University’s prior poll conducted in September. It’s Suffolk’s first survey since Mayor Eric Adams completely dropped his re-election bid and endorsed Cuomo. Cuomo...

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It was clear early on after news of the Jay Jones texting scandal broke last Friday, that both he and his fellow Democrats at the state and national levels were going to handle this very badly.Not only did he not apologize initially, but candidates like Virginia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger have refused to demand he drop out of the Virginia attorney general race. Some of them - incredibly - have even suggested that how Jones has handled revelations that he'd once fantasized about killing a former GOP colleague with "two bullets to the head" makes him a role model...

Democrats won't listen to Harvard. Maybe they'll listen to the New York Times?This entire year, Democrats from Los Angeles to Chicago to Portland to Boston have gone all-in against increased immigration enforcement. They have ginned up violent activists to attack ICE agents serving judicial warrants to deport known criminal illegal aliens. The elite cognoscenti have cast Donald Trump as Hitler and federal agents as brownshirts for enforcing the law -- and they have expected to get the American electorate behind them as a result of their hysteria. Nine months into the process, voters refuse to budge. A new poll from...

CNN data guru Harry Enten analyzes the latest favorability and midterm polls on Tuesday's "CNN News Central" and said it would not be surprising if the Republicans maintained control of the House. KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: So, from tariffs to immigration crackdowns, as the topic was just there, President Trump has spent the first eight months of his presidency making good on some of his campaign promises. So, what do voters think about it, and how could this impact midterm elections -- the midterm elections to come? Harry Enten is crunching the numbers on this one. He's here with us...

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by 10 points in Virginia’s race for governor, according to a new survey from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University.The poll of likely Virginia voters shows Spanberger with 52% support to Earle-Sears’ 42%, while 6% remain undecided. The report notes that statewide races have tightened slightly since the previous Wason Center survey in mid-September, though the differences remain within the survey’s margin of error. In the lieutenant governor’s race, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi leads Republican John Reid 48% to 39%, with 12% undecided. For attorney general, Democrat...

AP Photo/Virginia MayoIf a recent YouGov poll holds, the United Kingdom could be in for an electoral dust-up of epic proportions - or, we might say, of Trumpian proportions. In the poll, Nigel Farage's Reform Party is expected to gain a near-majority in Parliament, with the remaining Tories likely to join Reform in establishing a majority coalition. Watch this Sky News analysis: Note that many of the possible Reform pickups come not just from the Tories, but from the more liberal Labour Party - that's Kier Starmer's Labour Party.This could put Reform leader Nigel Farage in the Prime Minister's chair.The...

More Americans believe Republicans have “a better plan” than Democrats when it comes to handling several key issues — including the economy, immigration, crime, gun control and political extremism, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Wednesday, asked more than 1,000 US adults, “Which party has the better plan?” and found the GOP vision was favored over the Democrat approach in seven out of 11 policy areas. Republicans received their highest marks on crime and immigration, topping Democrats by 20 percentage points and 18 percentage points, respectively. The GOP also held a double-digit advantage over Dems on how...

CNN shared a new survey that crushes the narrative that Americans are not happy with the moves by President Donald Trump's administration when it comes to policies on things like crime, the economy, and immigration. In a video posted on X on Monday by our sister site Townhall.com, CNN's data guy Harry Enten had to ask what the heck the Democrats are doing, and the answer is their obstructionist agenda is crushing them, resulting in a massive lead for the Republican party when it comes to MORE: Oh My: Dem Approval Just Hit New All-Time Low Enten pointed out that...

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According to polling by The Economist/You Gov, the proportion of white voters who support Trump has increased by 8 percentage points after it previously declined. The polling rebound means Trump's approval rating among the demographic is now positive.

The gender gap between men and women has been a durable fact of life in American politics — and nowhere is this gap larger than among the youngest cohort of American adults, Gen Z. But it’s not just politics driving the divide. The latest NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey shows how the political gender gap persists alongside different social beliefs between young men and women. Gender divides within adults ages 18 to 29 show up in questions ranging from how Americans feel about President Donald Trump to their views on what constitutes success. Young men and women...

A new poll conducted by Leger360 between August 29 and 31, 2025, is causing controversy in the world of U.S. politics, as it projects that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is the frontrunner for the 2028 presidential election. The results of the survey, which were shared on social media, pitted Newsom against potential GOP candidates, including Vice President JD Vance, former President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The California governor narrowly leads the president by a score of 48 percent to 44 percent, 47 percent to Vance’s 46 percent, and 49 percent to Rubio’s 44 percent....

Last week, the RealClearPolitics Institute of News & Information (RCPINI) introduced its current project exploring the loss of trust in southwestern Pennsylvania. As we noted, the loss of trust in society and in our institutions is one of the defining challenges of our times, and one that seems particularly relevant in a region that has witnessed seismic political shifts over the past 20 years. This week we begin diving into our polling results. As mentioned in our initial piece, we partnered with Emerson Polling, one of the most accurate pollsters in the country, to produce a high-quality, large-sample poll of...