I don’t hate polls. I am not all that bothered by talk of a 2016 presidential campaign that is almost three years away. What does make me apoplectic, however, is watching political commentators seriously analyze a poll taken in 2013 about potential 2016 presidential candidates. I’m talking specifically about the […] Read more »
What the New Iowa Poll Reveals About 2016 (Hint: Not Much)
A new Des Moines Register poll of Iowans’ attitudes toward potential 2016 presidential hopefuls has already received plenty of attention. That’s not surprising, I suppose, given the unquenchable thirst from some about anything to do with the next presidential race. The survey’s results give us some information — most of […] Read more »
Iowans still split on Obamacare
Few Iowans believe the Affordable Care Act will make their families or the country better off, though more than half predict it will help people who are uninsured, a new Iowa Poll finds. However, Iowans’ views of the overall law have not changed much in the past three months, despite […] Read more »
Iowa Poll: The early favorites for 2016 presidential race
Iowa Republicans are wowed by Paul Ryan, a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows. Mitt Romney’s 2012 running mate is wildly popular here with a 73 percent favorability rating, a surprise finding that reveals he’s at the forefront of potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates in the nation’s kickoff voting […] Read more »
No Easy Road for Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had a good week. Tuesday brought his easy re-election to a second term, leading to more talk about his enhanced place in the Republican 2016 presidential pecking order. But Tuesday night’s numbers may not tell us as much about Mr. Christie’s 2016 possibilities as some […] Read more »
Obama leads in Iowa, running neck and neck in N.H, Wis.
Less than a week before Election Day, President Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the battleground of Iowa, while the two candidates are locked in tight races in New Hampshire and Wisconsin, according to new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls. [cont.] Mark Murray, […] Read more »