Public Opinion Strategies

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

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

By now, nearly everyone knows the national political environment is problematic for Democrats this election cycle. However, an in-depth survey of key swing congressional districts underscores that the opportunities Republicans have to make significant gains in November are even more widespread than conventional wisdom holds.
The survey was conducted for National Public Radio by Greenberg Quinlan [...] Read more

For the first time since June 2003, the Republican candidate has a five point lead on the generic ballot in a new survey conducted for NPR by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner and Associates.  The Republican candidate has a 44%-39% advantage.
(The analysis of the data in this article  does not necessarily reflect the [...] Read more

Marriage.  Marriage is what brings us together today.  Most of the analyses looking at politics today focus on either the gender gap, or the generation gap, or the huge differences between base partisans.  However, one of the more enduring and important gaps is the marriage/single gap.
The 2008 exit polls showed the gap.  The 66% of [...] Read more

The NPR bi-partisan polling team of Glen Bolger from Public Opinion Strategies and Stan Greenberg from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research just released a new survey this morning.
Link to the questionnaire with the results here.  We’ve also got charts of the results.
I will be posting more in-depth findings from the survey throughout the week, so be [...] Read more

This was the topic of discussion on a recent MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) show that I appeared on. As I commented on the show there are many different ways to look at this, but overall I think the answer is “no.”
Consider some of the social attitudes that Public Opinion Strategies has been tracking for years [...] Read more

POS VP Alex Bratty will be appearing on Midmorning on Minnesota Public Radio later this morning (4/9/09.) The show airs from 9 to 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time. The topic of the program: Is America moving to the left?
A list of stations carrying the show can be found here or you can listen live online. Read more

While there are clearly some glimmers of hope for the GOP in the latest NPR survey, there is also some major cautionary notes. The biggest caution of all is that – on four major issue battles, the Democrats have the advantage.
This analysis results are based on a bipartisan survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies together [...] Read more