… Today, we’re launching the Twitter Political Index, a daily measurement of Twitter users’ feelings towards the candidates as expressed in nearly two million Tweets each week. The Twitter Political Index is built in partnership with the data analysis team at Topsy (@Topsy) and two respected polling firms: The Mellman […] Read more »
Scientists go beyond the polls to forecast U.S. election
… In a Reuters poll of nine leading forecasters, the median prediction was for Obama to win 50.5 percent of the vote. … In 2008, the median forecast of the same group, which estimated that Obama would receive 52 percent of the vote compared with Republican John McCain’s 48 percent, […] Read more »
Thirteen States and D.C. Give Obama Majority Approval
A majority of residents in 13 states and the District of Columbia approved of the job Barack Obama did as president during the first six months of 2012. His highest ratings by state were in Hawaii (63%) and Rhode Island (58%), in addition to the 83% approval from District of […] Read more »
New Polls Show Obama Has Edge in 3 Battleground States
President Obama is struggling to persuade voters that he deserves to win re-election based on his handling of the economy, but his empathy and personal appeal give him an edge over Mitt Romney in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News polls. [cont.] Jeff Zeleny and […] Read more »
Americans Equally Clear on Obama, Romney Jobs Plans
Americans are about as likely to say they understand at least somewhat well what Barack Obama (64%) would do to create jobs if elected president as they are to say this about Mitt Romney (60%). This understanding is critical, given that creating jobs is perceived as the top priority for […] Read more »
A Pivotal Political Moment on Health Care
Republicans are running heatedly on health care – repealing “ObamaCare” – and it is a cornerstone of their strategy. Winning on health care is critical to their motivation and to what they believe is the edge they need to ultimately prevail over Obama and congressional Democrats in November. This poll […] Read more »