With Mitt Romney in Israel last weekend, it seemed like the irresistible sidebar. So news organizations like The Washington Post and Politico gushed (or kvelled, in Yiddish) over the all-important Jewish vote. … Mitt Romney did not spend a weekend in Israel because he was obsessed with winning over 45,000 […] Read more »
Romney’s Personal Image Remains Negative
By a 52% to 37% margin, more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted prior to Romney’s recent overseas trip, represents the sixth consecutive survey over the past nine months in which his image has been in negative territory. [cont.] Pew Read more »
President Obama’s foreign policy ratings — and what Mitt Romney is trying to do about it
Mitt Romney’s overseas trip and a major address last month marked the Republican candidate’s biggest effort to date in the campaign to take on President Obama’s foreign policy. In so doing, Romney has (perhaps sensibly) focused his attacks on issues where Obama is weak, but avoided major international issues where […] Read more »
Suburban Split: President Obama and Mitt Romney in Dead Heat
More independent voters in the suburbs are satisfied with President Barack Obama’s job performance than in 2011, putting Obama into a dead heat with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney among all suburban voters, a new National Suburban Poll shows. [cont.] National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra U. Read more »
Californians and the Environment
Most California likely voters say that the presidential candidates’ positions on global warming and energy policy are important in determining their vote, and a majority trust President Obama over Mitt Romney on these issues. [cont. – PDF] Public Policy Institute of California Read more »
Voter Suppression and Political Polls
… This year, we may have to take the polls with an even larger grain of salt than usual. The greatest margin of uncertainty may well be caused by poll respondents who think that they will able to vote for President Obama in November, but may not be allowed to […] Read more »