It’s fairly clear that President Obama holds a healthy-sized lead in the race for president. … Yet, it is the pollsters who are showing the closest races – that is, in this contest, those the friendliest to Mitt Romney – who are, not surprisingly, receiving the most attention from conservatives. […] Read more »
Pluralities Say Press is Fair to Romney, Obama
There is no public consensus when it comes to how the presidential candidates are being covered by the news media. Nearly half (46%) say the coverage of Romney has been fair, while among those who see a bias as many say the press has been too easy on the GOP […] Read more »
Pollsters Suggest Race Stabilizing in Obama’s Favor
The presidential race remains remarkably stable, which is good news for President Obama and Democrats and bad news for Mitt Romney and Republicans. This race is certainly not over; with three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate to go and two upcoming unemployment reports — and all against a […] Read more »
Obama pollster rips Romney camp’s version of electorate as a ‘fantasy’
The Romney campaign is joining the ranks of supporters who have decided that major national polls show Romney losing only because the samples are overly weighted with Dems. Romney pollster Neil Newhouse insists that public polling averages are “skewed,” and that the 2012 electorate will not show the same minority […] Read more »
Republicans to Pollsters: Too Many Democrats In Your Surveys
It has become a recurring refrain among some Republican pundits and observers each time a new poll shows President Obama or downballot Democrats doing well: Check the party composition. Critics allege that pollsters are interviewing too many Democrats — and too few Republicans or independents — and artificially inflating the […] Read more »
GOP takes aim at ‘skewed’ polls
The Romney campaign and other Republicans say polls showing President Obama with a significant lead over their candidate are inaccurate. They argue many mainstream polls skew in Obama’s favor because of sample sizes that base 2012 turnout projections on 2008, when Democrats — and Hispanics, blacks and young voters in […] Read more »