Public Opinion Strategies

Deseret News discussed the results of a poll for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health, which most notably found that Americans are looking to focus on preventative healthcare rather than just “sick care.”
“We gave Americans a list of proposals being considered to reform health care, and investing in prevention trumped them all,” [...] Read more

First Republic posted a Roll Call article about Rep. John Murtha’s chances of being relected , mentioning that POS will be polling for his probable challenger, Tim Burns.
WOAI News Radio in San Antonio, TX reported the results of a recent survey about how Texans feel about the state of the economy.
Texans remain optimistic about the [...] Read more

National Journal Online quotes Bill McInturff about polling for primary elections in an article about the Republican primary for the Virginia Governor’s race.
Polling in primary elections may be perilous, but it doesn’t have to be impossible. The campaign pollsters who conduct these surveys and live to tell about it constantly remind their clients of their [...] Read more

On National Journal Online, Charlie Cook referenced Glen Bolger’s recent post about how Democrats are drawing attention to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trouble with the interrogation issue.
Republicans seem to be delighted with how much Democrats, and Pelosi, are keeping the issue in the headlines. Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart from the Republican polling firm of Public [...] Read more

The Public News Service reports on the results of a Pew Environmental Group poll conducted by POS and the Mellman Group here.
The survey was also mentioned in Carbon Positive and U.S. News and World Report. Read more

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Tom Ridge will not run for Senate in 2010, despite the results of a recent POS poll that put him ahead in hypothetical matchups against Republican Pat Toomey and possible Democratic challenger Sen. Arlen Specter.
On his National Journal blog, Charlie Cook mentions recent POS polls in reference to the number [...] Read more

John Baer of Philly.com reports on a poll conducted by POS regarding next year’s PA Senate race:
Data released yesterday by respected national pollster Neil Newhouse, of Public Opinion Strategies, says that Ridge wins both races (by 37 percentage points over Toomey; by 7 over Specter) if the race were held today.
The Morning Call’s Pennsylvania Ave. [...] Read more

The Los Angeles Times quotes Neil Newhouse in an article about Chrysler filing for bankruptcy.
The White House’s deep involvement in the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings means Obama will be blamed if it turns out badly by hurting union members and retirees, said Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster.
“After 100 days in office, this is another sign that [...] Read more

First Read quotes Bill McInturff as he discusses the recent NBC/WSJ poll:
Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, says these numbers suggest “someone who is wearing well” with the public at this stage of his presidency. McInturff, in fact, even compares Obama’s early likeability to Ronald Reagan’s in [...] Read more

The Republican polling firm of Public Opinion Strategies announced today that it is resigning from Senator Arlen Specter’s campaign team.
“Senator Specter has been a record-setting U.S. Senator, and we have been part of his campaign team in 1992, 1998, and 2004, but because of his surprising decision to switch parties today, we will no longer [...] Read more