The Republican presidential nominee (most likely Mitt Romney) has no realistic path to the White House that does not include both Ohio & Florida. Consider that George W. Bush would have lost both in 2000 & 2004 if he had lost either one of these states. Unfortunately for Romney the latest polling shows him significantly [...]

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 [...]

The final South Carolina PPP poll is out tonight before the voting tomorrow and it’s great news for the Newt Gingrich campaign: Newt Gingrich 37% Mitt Romney 28% Rick Santorum 16% Ron Paul 14% The momentum is definitely all Gingrich’s. As good as the 37% to 28% lead is for Gingrich, the numbers look even [...]

According to new polling PPP did yesterday Newt Gingrich has now taken a lead over Mitt Romney in South Carolina. Newt Gingrich 34% Mitt Romney 28% Ron Paul 15% Rick Santorum 14% Rick Perry 5% Buddy Roemer 3% These are the factors that could change things before Saturday: 1. Another GOP debate tonight (8PM on [...]

According to the latest national poll from PPP, Mitt Romney is not very popular with most American voters: Romney is seen favorably by only 35% of Americans vs. 53% who see him negatively. For comparison, I found a CNN poll from January 2008 of Barack Obama’s favorable rating at that time; it was 55% favorable [...]

Last night PPP released its final Iowa poll and these are the numbers: Ron Paul 20% Mitt Romney 19% Rick Santorum 18% Newt Gingrich 14% Rick Perry 10% Michele Bachmann 8% Jon Huntsman 4% Buddy Roemer 2% Statistically Tied The 2% points separating Ron Paul in 1st place and Rick Santorum in 3rd place are [...]

The latest PPP tracking poll in Iowa has Ron Paul retaining his small lead over Mitt Romney with a week to go before the caucuses on January 3rd which kick off the Republican nomination process. Ron Paul 24% Mitt Romney 20% Newt Gingrich 13% Michele Bachmann 11% Rick Santorum 10% Rick Perry 10% Jon Huntsman [...]

According to the new PPP poll for Iowa Ron Paul has taken the lead with just over two weeks to go before the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses. Ron Paul 23% (+2% points from last week’s poll) Mitt Romney 20% (+4%) Newt Gingrich 14% (-8%) Rick Santorum 10% (+2%) Rick Perry 10% (+1%) Michele Bachmann 10% [...]

In 2008 Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Virginia since LBJ in 1964. Obama beat John McCain by a 6% point margin (52.7% to 46.4%.) According to a new PPP poll out today, President Obama is in a good position to keep Virginia blue in 2012. Obama 48% Mitt Romney 42% [...]

While PPP’s Iowa poll results for the week give the Newt Gingrich campaign reason to be concerned, PPP’s Virginia poll is good news for Gingrich: Newt Gingrich 42% Mitt Romney 15% Michele Bachmann 8% Rick Perry 8% Ron Paul 6% Jon Huntsman 3% Gary Johnson 1% Romney Continues Slide PPP last polled Virginia in August [...]