News - Powered by Yahoo NewsAnother Poll Shows Toss-Up Race for the White Hous
A second national poll released Tuesday shows President Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, locked in a close race with less than six months until Election Day. The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Obama leading Romney, 47 percent to 43 percent, statistically unchanged from last month's survey but still far from the safe territory an incumbent hopes ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 12:06:21 -0700 -
Poll shows strong support for legal marijuana: Is it inevitable
A national Rasmussen Reports poll found that 56 percent of Americans back legal marijuana regulated like tobacco or alcohol. Trends show support on the upswing.
Wed, 23 May 2012 16:10:05 -0700 -
Poll: Economic gloom return
NBC/WSJ poll: Economic pessimism is back, and that ties directly into Romney?s message? But these are still re-electable numbers for Obama (see Bush in 2004)? Poll also shows doubts about Romney, which Team Obama is trying to exploit? The Dems? empathy edge? Introducing our NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample of Latino respondents, which comes on the very day Romney speaks at a Latino Coalition ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 06:31:19 -0700 -
Poll: Dead heat in Mass. US Senate contes
A new poll shows the race between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and chief Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren is a virtual dead heat.
Wed, 23 May 2012 22:05:02 -0700 -
NBC/WSJ poll highlights Obama's economic vulnerabilitie
The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll indicates that Americans believe the incumbent commander in chief has either made no impact on pocketbook issues ? or even made them worse.
Wed, 23 May 2012 10:46:19 -0700 -
Obama Trails Romney in Florida Pol
Mitt Romney now leads President Obama in the race for Florida's 29 electoral votes, a significant reversal from earlier this spring, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released early on Wednesday.
Wed, 23 May 2012 09:49:39 -0700 -
Poll: Cigarette tax support on declin
SACRAMENTO -- Voter support for a $1 per-pack tax hike on cigarettes is dropping quickly, according to a new poll that reflects the effectiveness of an opposition campaign funded by tobacco companies.
Thu, 24 May 2012 01:10:39 -0700 -
Poll: Merkel Party Down After State Election Flo
Poll shows drop in support for Merkel's party following flop in German state vote
Wed, 23 May 2012 02:26:49 -0700 -
Romney takes lead in new Florida pol
New poll shows presumptive Republican nominee taking a six point lead in key battleground state
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:20:33 -0700 -
Poll shows Romney leading Obama in Florida; Rubio helps, gay marriage barely matter
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Mitt Romney has crept to a 6 percentage point lead over President Barack Obama in Florida, where a new poll shows a majority of registered voters don't think the incumbent deserves a second term. Romney's 47 percent to 41 percent lead over Obama would grow even bigger ? to an 8 percentage point advantage ? if the challenger chose Sen. Marco ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 05:11:55 -0700 -