Public Opinion Strategies

The results of our latest national survey of 800 likely 2012 voters point to eleven percent (11%) of likely voters owning a Twitter account.  And only four percent (4%) say they have accessed their Twitter the day before.
So, who are these voters with a Twitter account? Read more

A younger group: 80% are 18-44 year olds
Slightly more female [...] Read more

11304 National Interview Schedule – POS Read more

Walmart Moms Multi-State Survey conducted October 7-13, 2010 Read more

Interview Schedule in PDF Format
Executive Summary in PDF Format Read more

U.S. Voters’ favorable rating of the UN holds steady at 59%
The United Nations Foundation and its sister organization, the Better World Campaign, released today the results of public opinion research showing strong, continued support for the United Nations. Americans’ 59% favorable rating of the United Nations indicates that the UN’s response to humanitarian issues, [...] Read more

NPR – Congressional Battleground Poll conducted October 7-10, 2010 Read more

The latest POS/GQR poll conducted on behalf of NPR examines the 96 closest House races.
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NPR Battleground Survey in PDF Format Read more

Back in June, the survey that Stan Greenberg and I conducted for NPR was huge news. Conducted in 60 Democrat-held and 10 Republican-held seats, it showed Republicans ahead by a 48%-39% count in the Tier 1 seats (30 most vulnerable) and up 47%-45% in the Tier 2 seats (next 30 seats).  It was the first [...] Read more

No matter how the data is sliced, or who slices the data, a clear enthusiasm gap has emerged. I first blogged about the GOP advantage after the Virginia Gubernatorial race here, and after the House Battleground NPR survey here. Other pollsters have written about it. A handful of Democratic thinkers (pollsters, bloggers) have disputed whether [...] Read more

Public Opinion Strategies conducted a survey in 13 states with competitive U.S. Senate races (as defined by The Cook Report). The survey was conducted among 1,300 likely voters on August 2-5, 2010. The survey has a margin of error of +2.72% in 95 out of 100 cases. The states surveyed were Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, [...] Read more

Elsewheres on this blog, you’ve seen the posts regarding the NPR poll in 70 battleground districts which shows very good news for the Republican effort to take back the House in 2010.  The political environment in those key seats is excellent for Republicans, the enthusiasm gap is significantly in the GOP’s favor, and the basic [...] Read more

Given two points of view about the President’s economic policies, voters in the key 60 Democratic districts overwhelmingly say that those policies are not working.
The survey was conducted for National Public Radio by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR) and Public Opinion Strategies in 70 swing districts – 30 Tier One Democratic-held districts, 30 Tier Two [...] Read more