Public Opinion Strategies

The American Association for Public Opinion Research held its annual conference a few weeks ago in Hollywood, FL. Unfortunately, I could not attend, but several of the presentations from the conference and interviews are posted on the web.
One of the presentations focused on the cell-phone-only voters from data collected in the 2008 exit poll. Michael [...] Read more

Deseret News discussed the results of a poll for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health, which most notably found that Americans are looking to focus on preventative healthcare rather than just “sick care.”
“We gave Americans a list of proposals being considered to reform health care, and investing in prevention trumped them all,” [...] Read more

My partner Glen’s OCD is well-placed when it comes to Independent voters; where they end up will decide the 2010 elections.  But, their swollen ranks have not just come by way of GOP defections.  Thanks to the total, complete, consolidated, and dominating power of President Obama and Congressional allies in Congress, they are now coming [...] Read more

First Republic posted a Roll Call article about Rep. John Murtha’s chances of being relected , mentioning that POS will be polling for his probable challenger, Tim Burns.
WOAI News Radio in San Antonio, TX reported the results of a recent survey about how Texans feel about the state of the economy.
Texans remain optimistic about the [...] Read more