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Pollster Saves Woman's Life With Well-Timed Call

Kevin Spak — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:05 CDT

Who says pollsters aren't good for anything? Not Bobby Berlin. The New York City woman had just gotten a call asking how she felt about Michael Bloomberg when she went into diabetic shock, NBC New York reports. "Something just sounded off," says the pollster, a Marist College student. "It was...

Obama Leads Romney, Santorum by Double Digits

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:56:35 CST

President Obama's approval rating has jumped 9 percentage points over four months to 53%, and he's posting double-digit leads over his top Republican opponents, a poll finds. Obama leads Mitt Romney by 10 points, 53% to 43%, and Rick Santorum by 11 points, 53% to 42%. Competing against a generic...

Romney, Santorum Tied in Arizona: Poll

Matt Cantor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:57:44 CST

A week ahead of the Arizona primary, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are virtually tied, a CNN/Time/ORC poll finds. Romney has 36% support among likely voters, while Santorum has 32%—but the gap between them is within the poll's margin of error. Some 18% are set to vote for Newt...

Economy Hikes Obama Poll Numbers

Rob Quinn — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:00:00 CST

The rising economy may be enough to carry President Obama to a second term, according to the latest New York Times / CBS poll. The percentage of people feeling optimistic about the economy has surged over the last few months, the poll found, and Obama's approval rating is back above...

Obama Understands People Best: Poll

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:06:11 CST

No-Drama Obama may be lying low these days, but most Americans say he relates to their problems best. A new Pew Research/Washington Post poll of 1,006 adults gives President Obama good marks on the empathy scale, Politico reports: 55% say he relates to the needs of average people fairly...

Now All the Polls Love Mitt

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:21:50 CST

Not only does a recent Quinnipiac Poll give Mitt Romney the lead in the Florida primary. There are also automated polls, check-box polls, house-call polls, mouse-click polls, partisan polls, academic polls... Nate Silver has added them up in the New York Times and tallied a 9-point overall lead for Romney...

Third-Party Colbert Would Get 13%: Poll

Matt Cantor — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:53:07 CST

If Stephen Colbert decided to run for president as a third-party candidate, his performance might not be too shabby: He'd pull in 13% of the vote, Public Policy Polling finds. In that hypothetical scenario, President Obama would get 41% and Mitt Romney 38%. If the Comedy Central host were to...

Latest Poll: Iowa Nearly a 3-Way Tie

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:52:41 CST

A day ahead of Iowa voting, three candidates are within two points of each other in the latest poll: Ron Paul is leading the field at 20%, while Mitt Romney follows at 19% and Rick Santorum boasts 18%, having jumped eight points since earlier this week, notes Public Policy Polling...

Romney, Paul, Santorum 1-2-3 in Another Iowa Poll

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:57:19 CST

Yet another poll puts Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum 1-2-3 in Iowa two days before the state's caucuses. The poll, conducted by the Des Moines Register over four days last week, puts Romney at 24%, Paul at 22%, and Santorum at 15%. However, the pollster says, "Momentum’s name...