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Just got a 'push poll' call from some group promoting Colorado Amendment 47 (& 2 other amendments, which I do not remember). Classic stuff - do you support your firefighters (I've got three in my family), or evil out of State corporations? When I asked, upfront, who the caller worked for, I did not get an intelligable answer. Based on my lefty Democrat neighbor's yard signs, and what I remember about 47, it's typical misleading Democrat push polling. If you live in Colorado, be prepared...

Jewish voters have been receiving telephone calls from figures claiming to be pollsters yet trying to dissuade them from supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the upcoming election. The callers introduce themselves as poll-takers who are gathering data for a public opinion survey and subsequently ask their interlocutors loaded questions whose tone infers that Obama holds anti-Israel views and is thus unworthy of Jewish votes. The calls, which have been reported of late in Florida and Pennsylvania, were brought to public attention by the Jewish Council for Education, a pro-Obama organization that has worked to drum up support for...

FLASH: RASMUSSEN Poll release at Noon Eastern: 47% Favor Fairness Doctrine for Radio, TV... 31% Want Government Requirement for Bloggers to Abide by Guidelines...

I did a search, and it's been 4 years since this quiz was posted. I though it would be fun to see where everybody scores! While the quiz certainly has its flaws (what in the world does that fact that I recognize that astrology is superstitious nonsense have to do with my politics?) it at least puts politics on an X-Y axis instead of a simple left-right line. What's more, my score does seem pretty dead on: Economic Left/Right +8.5, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -0.56. What are your numbers?

Soldiers stood directly behind Raddatz as she queried GI’s walking past. She asked 60 GI’s who they planned to vote for in November. 54 said John McCain, 4 for Obama, and 2 for Hillary. When the story ran, they didn't even mention the 54 that chose McCain.

This is the website for a radio station out of Columbia, SC. If this link: http://www.wnok.com/pages/personality_kelly.html doesn't work, go to www.wnok.com and look for the section titled "Nash Trash". This is a test one of the cohosts put together so you can see where your views are compared to the candidates. The test is about half-way down the page, mind you there are other stories on this page about Hollywood gossip, but the test is kind of interesting.

Common Sense Issues was formed in 2007. They promised to make 1 million phone calls in support of Mike Huckabee. The main problem is that Common Sense Issues is a 501(c) 4. This allows two things. One, a person is not limited by the Federal limits of donations to a campaign. They can give large sums of money (I’m not personally opposed to this, but everyone should be playing by the same rules). Two, Common Sense Issues does not have to disclose its donors. However, a 501 (c) 4 is not allowed to promote a certain candidate, they can only...

Ah, the joys of the primary season. South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has been asked to prosecute pro-Mike Huckabee push polling now underway in the state. State law bans such automated calls. McMaster is a major John McCain supporter in the state, but the prime target of the calls -- at the moment -- seems to be Fred Thompson. In a call partially recorded last night by one South Carolina resident and sent to McMaster, Thompson's record on abortion and taxes was attacked. This mirrors similar recent efforts in Michigan against Mitt Romney, where the same firm placed calls...

Remember the push poll around Thanksgiving that "asked" voters in New Hampshire if they had awareness of some aspects of the Mormon religion? Both Mitt Romney and John McCain filed complaints with the state Attorney General for violations of New Hampshire's laws against push-polling. At the time, no one would 'fess up to hiring Western Wats to conduct the attack. Now the AG has found the next-level cutout, and it wants witnesses who can show where it leads: Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying who employed Moore-Information of Portland, Oregon to conduct a poll...

It's a good thing Romney has The Speech to dominate much of the campaign talk this week, because the rest of the news is pretty bad for him. First there's word that the company that did his lawn continued to employ illegal immigrants, even after the brouhaha last year. "After this same issue arose last year, I gave the company a second chance with very specific conditions," Romney said in the statement. "They were instructed to make sure people working for the company were of legal status. We personally met with the company in order to inform them about the...

A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP opponents and praising the former Arkansas governor. Officials representing the Iowa campaigns of Fred Thompson, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani all said that their supporters contacted them to complain about the calls. A spokesman for Romney's campaign said they had gotten reports of calls, but did not know of anything negative being said about their candidate. For each target, the pattern was the same -- a recorded message using voice recognition technology asked the recipient if they would...

I thought that I was going to have a nice quiet Thanksgiving. Perhaps not. Erick Erickson at Redstate (disclosure I too contribute to Redstate) has uncovered some more information on the Mitt Romney phone scandal. Leon Wolf, another Redstate contributor who today endorsed Mitt Romney, also pointed out that this happened previously (described then) when Leon was on the Brownback campaign. The basic facts are that a Romney staffer, Marshan Roth contacted the Salt Lake Tribune, identified herself as "leaning towards Romney", and told her story: Marshan Roth, of Fairfield, Iowa, got a call on Wednesday night. It started out...

Rudolph W. Giuliani leads the race for the GOP presidential nomination, with Republican voters describing him as the field's strongest leader and most electable candidate in the 2008 general election, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. But the Republican contest remains unsettled just three months before the first votes will be cast, and in comparison with fellow New York politician Hillary Rodham Clinton, Giuliani is a far less solid front-runner. He has double the support of his nearest rival, but a majority of those who support him do so only "somewhat." At the same time, his advantages on key...

I am talking about the fact that, according to this poll, there are far more self-identified conservatives in America than self-identified liberals – even among a sampling that included far more Democrats than Republicans! Please, read the raw data for yourself. First, I want you to try to imagine the book-publishing trade industry selecting Ann Coulter to be its president. I know, I know. It could never happen. It could never happen despite the fact Ann Coulter sells more political books than almost anyone on the American scene. But it could never happen because, despite her tremendous success as a...

I believe I was just pushed pulled on the phone by pro-immigration lobby or someone of that nature. Answered the phone and it was a taped message. "Hello, I'm Joe, I would like to ask you a question regarding immigration. Are you in favor of aminesty? press 1; Are you in favor of making illigal immigrants US citizen if they pay fines, learn English, and do something else (cannot remember), press 2; Are you in favor of deporting illigal immigrants, press 3." I pressed 3 and was hung up on. That's it, no identifing who they were or who was...

Just wanted to share my experience. I got a call from a polling outfit here in Tucson and she asked me a litany of questions that ended with "Kyl or Pederson?" I naturally answered Kyl for everything. The question at the end was the one that irked me. She asked "Do you think John Kyl would make it a crime for a woman to get an abortion". I told her that the question was framed in a way to make Kyl look bad and asked if she had a similar question for Pederson. The answer was no. No I understand...

The recent firestorm over former President Bill Clinton's culpability for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was fueled on Tuesday when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice contrasted President Bush's efforts to pursue al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with Clinton's efforts. Clinton has strongly denied various suggestions that his administration missed key opportunities to kill bin Laden and left the Bush administration without a comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy. However, Bush -- whom Clinton says did nothing about al-Qaeda for the first eight months of his presidency -- has the bigger image problem with Americans on the issue. According to a recent Gallup Panel...

Today's Poll Is it wrong of ABC to present a fictionalized version of events in The Path to 9/11? Yes. They should have stuck to the facts, rather than show political bias or mislead the public. No. They have a right to shape the story to make it compelling. I'm reserving judgment until I see it.

DU is trying to DUmb this poll down. Let's reverse it on them ;-) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14394523/

Poll Suggests GOP Control of House Is Tenuous Listen to this story... by Mara Liasson The latest NPR poll took the pulse of likely voters in the 50 most competitive House districts across the country. In these largely Republican districts, a majority of voters polled said they disapproved of the job President Bush is doing. In 50 largely Republican, competitive House districts, only 29 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for the incumbent. Morning Edition, July 27, 2006 · With Election Day just a little more than three months away, the Morning Edition polling team was asked...

"Seventy-two percent (72%) of Americans say they have been following news about the Dubai Ports deal somewhat or very closely." PAGING KARL ROVE--EMERGENCY! [John Podhoretz] Rasmussen has a new poll up in which -- hold on now -- Democrats in Congress are outpolling President Bush on national security. By a margin of 43 to 41 percent, Americans say they trust Congressional Democrats more than Bush when it comes to protecting our national security. And by a margin of 64-17 percent, they oppose the sale of the ports to Dubai. The deal is dead. It won't survive after a 45-day extension...

This call just rang into my home phone just an hour or so ago: "Do you approve of George Bush illegally wiretapping innocent American citizens? Push 1 for yes, push 2 for no." "Would you support a candidate that support George Bush's illegal wiretapping of innocent American citizens? Push 1 for yes, push 2 for no."

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Most Americans think going to war was the wrong thing to do and want to see troops pulled out of Iraq, according to a new poll. A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows that 60 percent of voters favor withdrawing from Iraq and 54 percent believe going to war was wrong. Americans are split over whether President Bush deliberately misled Americans in making the case for war. Bush posted his lowest Quinnipiac poll rating since taking office, with 40 percent of voters saying they approve of the job he is doing.

Poll: Liberals stop bleeding in Quebec Alexander Panetta Canadian Press July 25, 2005 OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals have nearly doubled their support in Quebec in recent months -- and they would still be relegated to also-ran status in La Belle Province if a vote were held today. Any public-opinion movement in Quebec is significant because several polls have suggested the Liberals could win a majority government if they rebuild their fortunes there. A new Decima Research survey suggests the Liberals, who were in the mid-teens in April, have clawed back from rock bottom and now stand at 28 per...

Same-sex marriage bill must stand, majority say In wake of Tory vow to repeal legislation, poll suggests 55 per cent want it untouched By BRIAN LAGHI Monday, July 18, 2005 Updated at 5:43 AM EDT From Monday's Globe and Mail Ottawa — Canadians do not want their political leaders to undo historic legislation allowing gays to legally marry in the wake of a pledge from the Conservatives that they would do just that if elected. In a new poll conducted for The Globe and Mail/CTV, 55 per cent of Canadians surveyed say the next government should let same-sex legislation stand,...

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- More than three-quarters of Americans say the Senate should aggressively examine federal judicial nominees and not just approve them because they are the president's choices. That's one of the few aspects of this divisive issue that gets widespread agreement, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Friday. Respondents favored conservative over liberal judges in general, 47 percent to 39 percent. As for a possible Supreme Court nominee, 52 percent said they felt comfortable that President Bush would pick the right kind of justice; 46 percent said they did not feel comfortable he would. Senators are locked in...

Flora Asa of Dowell and her late husband worked all their lives--she in the nursing profession, he at the Majestic Mine east of Du Quoin. As President Bush pushes to hand part of America's retirement system over to Wall Street, here's Mrs. Asa's response: "Stop flirting with our money and keep your hands off." If given a choice, three in five Americans would strengthen Social Security with as few changes as possible, according to a poll conducted by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). The poll also found that the more Americans learn about diverting Social Security taxes into private...

Bush poll numbers drop to new lowPresident seeks to assure nation about strategy in Iraq By Corbett B. Daly, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 7:17 PM ET May 24, 2004 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- As President Bush seeks to assure Americans he has strategy for transferring power in Iraq to an interim government run by Iraqis at the end of next month, a newly released CBS News poll shows his overall approval rating has dipped to the lowest level of his presidency. More than half of Americans, 52 percent, now disapprove of the way Bush is doing his job, while 41 percent...

Here is really interesting little 'quiz' to take which 'matches' your view on issues to the views of people running for president. Have fun! http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2

POLLDid you watch The Reagans on Showtime? Did the movie change your opinion about the Reagan Presidency? How do you think the movie will influence other people's opinions of the Reagan years? How would you characterize the point of view of the movie? How warranted was the controversy over the movie "The Reagans?" How much do you agree with CBS's decision not to run the movie? Did you vote for Ronald Reagan in either 1980 or 1984? To delve into the polarizing issues surrounding the hotly debated movie, SHOWTIME will present a special round-table forum, CONTROVERSY: "THE REAGANS." The forum...

If the 2004 presidential election was held today, would you vote for George W. Bush, the Republican incumbent, or the Democratic nominee?

This is a stupid poll on AOL: WAS THERE A CASE FOR WAR I hope people can freep this sucker ....Yea I know it means nothing but it makes me mad Updated: 06:11 PM EDT 'Made Up in Texas' Six months after the war on Iraq started, the fighting's still intense -- over there and over here. This week, key figures blasted the Bush administration over its case for war. One even called it a "fraud." But the president is sticking to his guns. Read the quotes below. Who's right? · Share Thoughts · Chat AP "There was no imminent...

<p>Looks like a poll about the new nuke components found is showing most voters think this proves there wasn't WMD in Iraq.</p>

THE TIMES POLL Americans Wary of War but Willing to Let Bush Wage ItBy Ronald BrownsteinTimes Staff Writer February 4 2003 WASHINGTON -- Even after President Bush's stern State of the Union address, most Americans remain reluctant to invade Iraq without explicit U.N. authorization, though a narrow majority would support acting with a smaller coalition of willing nations, a new Los Angeles Times Poll has found.[...]While Bush still draws high marks for his handling of terrorism and engenders respect as a level-headed chief executive, his overall job-approval rating dropped to 56%. That is down seven percentage points from December, and...

<p>October 8, 2002 -- ‘PUBLIC Says Bush Needs To Pay Heed To Weak Economy," blared yesterday's New York Times. Based on a telephone survey last week of 564 registered voters, the article claimed a majority of American voters believed that the president is spending too much time talking about Iraq while neglecting domestic problems. But take a close look at the poll: The phrasing of the questions is so slanted and biased that it amounts to journalistic "push polling" - the use of "objective" polling to generate a predetermined result, and so vindicate a specific point of view.</p>

As posted here I received a push poll Friday Night against the GOP candidate. Since then I have confirmed that it wasn't a poll by the GOP candidate and the Democrat claims no knowledge. Further the polling company refuses to provide the text of the poll. In response I would like to draft a letter to the editor and request your help for both rebuttle information and for suggestions about style. My intial reaction is to keep it short and make it funny by characterizing the questions as being totally exagerated while at the same time providing a rebuttle. I...

Mr Simmons, This is to advise you about a push poll that was directed to me last night about 9pm in East Hampton. After establishing I was a likely voter, the oldest male and was a republican I was asked who I would vote for. After telling them the republican candidate most likely (because I don't know you because of redistricting) I was asked a series of questions which included (not exact wording) : 1. Simmons voted for 450 million in retro active tax benefits for Enron. 2. Simmons voted against school building. 3. Simmons voted against allowing us to...