While it appears that Newt Gingrich’s momentum has stalled in Florida (where Mitt Romney is now the favorite to win) Gingrich’s momentum among Republicans nationally does not appear to be slowing down. Gingrich expanded his lead in the national GOP Gallup tracking poll an additional 2 points today: Newt Gingrich 32% (+1) Mitt Romney 24% [...]

Today’s Gallup national tracking poll of the Republican presidential race has Mitt Romney losing three more percentage points giving Newt Gingrich a solid 31% to 25% lead among Republican voters across the country. Gingrich 31% (—) Romney 25% (-3) Paul 13% (+1) Santorum 13% (+1) Minnesota: Gingrich Up Big Most of the attention is on [...]

Today’s national GOP tracking poll is out and Newt Gingrich has taken a 31% to 27% lead over Mitt Romney. This is a swing of 5% points towards Gingrich just from yesterday (when Romney was holding onto a 1% point lead.) Newt Gingrich 31% (+3) Mitt Romney 27% (-2) Ron Paul 12% (-1) Rick Santorum [...]

The Gallup national tracking poll for the GOP primary continues to show Newt Gingrich closing in on Mitt Romney (aka “Mr 1%.) Romney’s lead has dwindled from 16% points to 8% points over the past two days and there are reasons to believe that Gingrich will continue to gain: 1. This is a 5 day [...]

This must be the “collapse” the editor-in-chief of Gallup was talking about. In the Gallup national GOP tracking poll Mitt Romney’s lead over Newt Gingrich went from 16 points to 10 points from yesterday to today. This is an even bigger swing towards Gingrich than it looks like because this is a 5 day tracking [...]

Gallup’s Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport says Mitt Romney’s support among Republican voters nationally is “collapsing.” Meanwhile Newt Gingrich’s surge in South Carolina seems to also be raising his numbers nationally.

President Obama’s approval rating returned to positive territory (47% vs. 46%) in the latest Gallup presidential job approval poll. And Obama’s average approval rating across all of the major polls (seen at Real Clear Politics) is now even (47.6% vs. 47.6%) for the first time since last July. President Obama also leads all Republican challengers [...]

Pundits have been quick to write off Newt Gingrich’s chances after his fast rise in the polls (everywhere) and now his quick drop in the polls in Iowa (and elsewhere to a lesser extent.) But today’s Gallup national tracking poll for the GOP nomination actually has Gingrich expanding his lead over Mitt Romney from 2% [...]

Gallup has been polling the question of whether or not the US should legalize marijuana since 1969 and for the very first time, in a poll released today, a majority of American have responded in the affirmative. 50% of Americans said that yes, marijuana should be legal vs. 46% who disagreed. Despite this strong support [...]

President Obama’s approval rating is up to 44% today which is the first time it has been this high since July 27th. Obviously 44% is still not a great number, but it is a 6% point jump off his lowest level of 38% so it shows some significant political momentum for the President as he [...]