A new Marquette Law School Poll finds the presidential race tied in Wisconsin, with President Barack Obama at 49 percent and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 48 percent among likely voters. The race for U.S. Senate is also a dead heat, with former Governor Tommy Thompson at 46 percent […] Read more »
Who Won the Debate? Think Twice About the Answers on Twitter
… After the debate between Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Representative Paul D. Ryan last Thursday, Mr. Lotan’s company gathered examples on Twitter of users who used strong language like “Biden won” or “Ryan won” in describing their perception of the debate’s outcome. … But underlying the declarations […] Read more »
Xbox Live/YouGov Polling
Xbox, in conjunction with the polling company YouGov, has launched a new poll for this election cycle. The goal of the poll is threefold. First, Xbox wants to create an engaging product for its users. Second, the polling team wants to be able to provide meaningful insight into the 2012 […] Read more »
Why Wisconsin Could Be the Key to a Romney Victory
… If I were Romney’s campaign manager, I would tell Ryan to spend most of the next three weeks—morning, noon, and night—visiting every city, town, and hamlet in Wisconsin. And if my internal polls had Obama’s margin down to (say) one point with three or four days until the election, […] Read more »
Biden, Ryan Face the ‘Saturday Night Live’ Test
Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse talks to Gerald F. Seib, of the Wall Street Journal, about the vice-presidential debate and the state of the race. Read more »
Political Veterans: A ‘Real’ and ‘Testy’ Debate
We asked two political veterans for their reactions to the Joe Biden-Paul Ryan vice-presidential debate, and here they provide their analysis of who did best on which topics and who had a stronger overall performance. The contributors are Mark S. Mellman, Democratic pollster and Mellman Group president, and David Winston, […] Read more »