Written by Neil Newhouse

So, our POS poll shows President Obama sitting on top of the world.  He’s got a 63% approval rating and he’s nearly single-handedly shifted the mood of the country from 12% right direction in November to 40% right direction now.  (Come on now, it’s certainly not the rising unemployment rate, the surging deficit, the flagging […]

Written by Neil Newhouse

Remember “I want my MTV!”?  Well, that’s done with and over.  It’s a new generation. First fact: Fully 85% of voters say they have home computers.  That includes 67% of seniors, 76% of rural voters and 40% of households with incomes under $20K. When asked which they would give up if forced to make a […]

Written by Neil Newhouse

It has to grate President Obama and his team to read the recent Pew poll summary that notes that Obama’s current job approval ratings (59%-26%) “remain on par with George W. Bush’s ratings in March 2001 (55% approved, 25% disapproved).” In fact, after nearly eight weeks in office, Obama’s job approval has slipped under the […]

Written by Neil Newhouse

(This article was originally published by Politico.com on November 19, 2007) As recent reports about “push polling” on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s religious affiliation make their way through the newspapers and the blogosphere, I thought it might be helpful to provide a brief pollster’s guide to what constitutes a push poll and what doesn’t. […]

Written by Neil Newhouse

Wow, I had no idea so many Americans were as fixated on Duke University’s basketball team as I am, mesmerized by their resurgence (5-0) since the insertion of Freshman guard Elliot Williams into the starting line-up. I mean, how else can one explain the dramatic improvement in the “mood of the country” (right direction/wrong track […]