I think this new Gallup poll reporting high voter enthusiasm from Republican voters in comparison to Democratic voters is a bit misleading. The question it asks is: “Compared to previous elections, are you more enthusiastic about voting than usual, or less enthusiastic?” The obvious problem with this question is that Democratic voters are comparing their [...]

While President Obama’s current approval ratings are hovering around a not so great 45% (the 44% on Gallup on June 10 being his lowest point yet) he is still up against all prospective 2012 Republican challengers according to a new poll from PPP. These are the head to head matchups (in order of how well [...]

A quick look at the upper left side of FiveThirtyEight.com gives the impression that the Democratic Party is likely to lose quite a few seats in the Senate this fall, but the polls numbers that Nate Silver has been using for his projections are becoming outdated as the Republicans (with a huge assist from the [...]