Read more poll stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3566/poll.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:21:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72743/public-backs-afghan-troop-surge-47-43.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublic support for a troop surge in Afghanistan is surging, too, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll . Support for a troop increase edged out opposition 47% to 43%, after trailing opposition 44% to 51% last month. But 58% also support waiting until after the runoff election to make...http://www.newser.com/story/72743/public-backs-afghan-troop-surge-47-43.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 11:21:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71121/obamacare-opposition-drops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpposition to President Obama's health care reform plans has plunged almost 10% in the last months, leaving the nation evenly split with 40% in favor and 40% opposed, according to the latest AP poll. Another 17% are neutral and 3% are undecided. Opposition among seniors, the group most skeptical about...http://www.newser.com/story/71121/obamacare-opposition-drops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 4:27:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70570/secret-service-closes-in-on-obama-death-poll-creator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe developer whose software was used to create the “Should Obama be Killed?” Facebook poll has talked to the Secret Service. “The conversation with the SS was fine,” Jesse Farmer wrote on Twitter, but “If the goal was to resolve the issue + inform the SS, the way it went...http://www.newser.com/story/70570/secret-service-closes-in-on-obama-death-poll-creator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 14:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70477/secret-service-probes-facebook-poll-on-murdering-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Secret Service is looking into a Facebook poll that asked users to weigh in on whether the president should be killed. “We are taking the appropriate investigative steps,” said a rep for the agency. The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to the question...http://www.newser.com/story/70477/secret-service-probes-facebook-poll-on-murdering-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 15:52:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70407/most-americans-favor-soak-the-rich-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs if tea parties weren't screamingly pointing to its existence, there lurks a deep vein of populism in recessionary America, and a wide-ranging Vanity Fair/ 60 Minutes poll ran into it. Some 48% of respondents chose Wal-Mart, though the mag notes an element of cynicism, as the firm that 'best...http://www.newser.com/story/70407/most-americans-favor-soak-the-rich-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 5:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69569/silver-ignore-poll-showing-docs-opposed-to-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new Investors’ Business Daily poll showing doctors opposed to President Obama’s health care reform is generating some buzz today, but it's so flawed that Nate Silver has only this advice: “Completely ignore” it, he writes on FiveThirtyEight. Here’s why: It's conducted by mail: Hardly anyone does this because it...http://www.newser.com/story/69569/silver-ignore-poll-showing-docs-opposed-to-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 15:46:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69368/guys-you-lie-a-lot-more-than-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMen aren’t nearly as good at telling the truth as the fairer sex, according to a new poll from Fox, conducted to promote its Lie To Me DVDs. Men lie six times a day according to the study, twice as much as women. Just for kicks, here are the top...http://www.newser.com/story/69368/guys-you-lie-a-lot-more-than-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 12:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69359/with-race-in-play-obamas-white-support-softens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s downward opinion-poll trajectory among whites seems to be linked to the “blackening” of his image, writes Joan Walsh in Salon. It accelerated during two racially charged moments this summer: Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, marked with debate over her “wise Latina” comment, and the Henry Louis...http://www.newser.com/story/69359/with-race-in-play-obamas-white-support-softens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69025/europeans-still-heart-barack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHis approval numbers may have dipped at home, but in Europe Barack Obama is still a superstar, a new poll reveals. Fully 77% of Europeans approve of Obama's diplomacy—a record for an American president and far better than the 19% George Bush received a year ago. In Germany, Obama's...http://www.newser.com/story/69025/europeans-still-heart-barack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 6:18:53 CDT