Behind the Numbers Archive: Polls
Polls: Public reaction to the State of the Union mostly positive
Two polls measured immediate reactions to President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night. A CNN/Opinion Research found 84 percent of speech-watchers reacted positively to his message, 52 percent very positively. A CBS News poll found 91 percent of watchers approve of the proposals the president made.
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Peyton Craighill
| January 26, 2011; 3:50 PM ET |
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Barack Obama, Polls, Presidential Approval
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Few see America as well-positioned economically
Barely more than a third of all Americans rate the country's ability to compete economically in positive terms, according to a new Washington Post poll.
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Jon Cohen
| January 21, 2011; 10:46 AM ET |
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Economy, Polls, Post Polls
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Pollsters beware: phone cord cutting still en vogue
New CDC adds to evidence that landline-only polling is buyer beware
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Jon Cohen
| December 21, 2010; 11:30 AM ET |
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Ask the Pollsters, Polls, methodology
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Polls, cellphones, methodology, polling
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Poll: union households part of GOP shift
With polls opening in less than 24 hours, one core Democratic constituency, labor union households, may be more splintered than in the past, according to the new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Union households back the Democratic candidate in their district over the GOP by a 54 to 42 percent margin,...
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Kyle Dropp
| November 1, 2010; 10:53 AM ET |
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Exit polls, Polls, Post Polls
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Stewart trounces Colbert in head-to-head matchup
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert may be tapping into the politics of fear, but in a hypothetical 2012 presidential matchup, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart outpaces his protégé Colbert by a wide margin among registered voters, 42 percent to 22 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. With one...
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Kyle Dropp
| October 30, 2010; 6:00 AM ET |
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Polls, Post Polls, Tea party
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Poll: mortgage concerns on the rise
A new Washington Post poll shows Americans' anxiety about paying their mortgage or rent have spiked higher, with 53 percent now "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about making their monthly payments. In a Feb. 2009 Post-ABC poll, fewer, 46 percent, said they were very or somewhat concerned about this. It...
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Kyle Dropp
| October 27, 2010; 11:33 AM ET |
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Economy, Polls, Post Polls
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economy, foreclosure, housing, obama
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