The latest national Gallup poll for the Republican presidential nomination has some different numbers than the PPP poll that gave Donald Trump a 9% point lead over Mike Huckabee. In this poll Trump is tied with Huckabee at 16%. Clearly 16% is not enough to be considered a real “frontrunner.” The GOP field appears to [...]

President Obama averaged 46.7% approval during his 9th quarter year as President. This is slightly higher than his past two quarters (44.7% and 46%) and just short of the quarter before that (47.3%), overall I think this shows that when discounting small fluctuations up and down there has been no significant change in the President’s [...]

President Obama’s approval rating is at 49% (with 43% disapproval) as of today. Obama’s approval rating has been swinging up and down in this area since late 2009. He hasn’t been able to climb much above 50%, but he also hasn’t seen it fall below the low 40% area. While the President and his 2012 [...]

A recent poll from Gallup shows that Americans top worries match the priorities of the Democratic Party. Americans are worried about the economy, the deficit, health care, and unemployment. On each of these issues the Democrats have been focused: The Economy: President Obama’s stimulus plan is widely recognized by respected economists as having saved the [...]

The latest Gallup poll for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination has Mike Huckabee out in first place at 19% with Mitt Romney in second at 15%. But what I find most interesting is that Sarah Palin is down to 12% this month (from 16% each of the three previous months) while Michele Bachmann is now [...]

Barack Obama’s chances at winning a second term in November 2012 seem pretty strong with the President sitting at 50% approval, congressional Republicans becoming less popular by the day, and the principle Republican contenders for the GOP nomination all being extremely unpopular. A new PPP poll on the favorable ratings of the principle GOP candidates [...]

Gallup came out with new poll results listing the 10 fattest and 10 thinnest states (based on percentage of the population who is obese.) The nine fattest states all voted for McCain in 2008 (most by a wide margin, these are some of the reddest of the red states.) #10 (Ohio) did go for Obama [...]

There’s been a lot of good polling news for President Barack Obama lately and there’s more out today. The President has a +10% point approval rating (51%) minus disapproval rating (41%) on Gallup’s presidential approval poll for the first time since last February. Even the Republican leaning Rasmussen Reports has the President in positive territory [...]

In very good news for President Obama’s 2012 presidential reelection prospects Gallup’s daily tracking poll has the President at 51% approval today for the first time since mid May of last year. But that’s not the only good polling news out today for the President. PPP’s new poll says that the President has widened his [...]

For the first time since last May President Obama has reached the 50% mark on Gallup’s presidential approval tracking poll. Obama’s improving popularity is an interesting backdrop to the big story of the Republicans taking back control of the House. If Obama’s approval ratings remain decent (or go higher) will the Republicans in the House [...]