Category Archives: political polling

Heisenberg Polling?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Heisenberg Polling?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSeems all the hoopla about “enthusiasm gaps” may have spurred Democrats to vote: While it’s impossible to tell for whom people are voting, so far more Democrats than Republicans are casting ballots in Iowa, Maryland, North … Continue reading →

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Polling In The Age Of Teabaggery

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Polling In The Age Of Teabaggery”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail See those lines going up and down like a seismograph? It doesn’t help to pay too much attention to any particular swing. Polls are necessarily lagging indicators in the best of … Continue reading →

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High Tide For Teabaggers

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “High Tide For Teabaggers”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail First Obama’s poll numbers began to rebound. Now Greg Sargent has dug into a Bloomberg Poll and found a majority of Americans have grown wise to the scare tactics of August: Sixty-three percent … Continue reading →

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Pollgasm

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Pollgasm”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom ABC comes word that the GOP’s smear campaign wasn’t enough to turn Americans against her: Overall 58 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the judge should be confirmed, much like the 62 … Continue reading →

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McCain’s New Surge

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “McCain’s New Surge”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail“Obama is running out of states if you follow out a traditional model. Today, he expanded his buy into North Dakota, Georgia and Arizona in an attempt to widen the playing field and find his … Continue reading →

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Storm Front

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Storm Front”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ve been hearing a storm for twelve months now. At first I thought it was some kind of psychological response to the horrors of Hurricane Katrina; but as the months have passed, the thunder sounded closer … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Line

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Bottom Line”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOn this day before the Palin-Biden debate, it’s worth noting the way the polls have swung decisively towards Obama — due mostly to McCain’s disastrous performance over the last ten days, both in the debate … Continue reading →