Walmart Mom Focus Groups

On behalf of Walmart, Public Opinion Strategies and Purple Strategies conducted two focus groups of Walmart Moms. (Walmart Moms are defined as voters with children age 18 or younger at home and who shopped at Walmart at least once in the past month.) One group was conducted among GOP primary voters in Manchester, NH with […]

Congratulations from Public Opinion Strategies

Public Opinion Strategies congratulates all of our winning clients last night! In total, POS polled on behalf of or in support of four new statewide office holders, six new state house or senate members, three new mayors, and was on the winning side of eight ballot issues.  Again we congratulate the winners. Winning candidates include: […]

Socialism with a Donkey Face

Every place it has been implemented, it has failed. Miserably. And yet, according to a newly released poll, the siren song of socialism is more attractive than capitalism to one segment of the American people – Democrats. The survey, conducted online by YouGov among 1,000 adults, is stunning for the difference in the ratings between […]

The Politics of Pumpkin

Autumn is my favorite season.  Crisp, sunny afternoons spent hiking through golden aspen in my home state of Colorado; the collective watching of college football or baseball playoffs; and breaking out those comfy sweaters for the first time in months.  What’s not to love about a glorious season of color, before snow and darkness invade? […]

New Poll: College Football Fans Believe The National Media Is Biased Toward The SEC

By a 43{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}-34{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} margin, a plurality of college football fans believe the national media, including ESPN, shows a bias toward the SEC in their college football reporting. In fact, only those fans who live in SEC states believe the national media covers the Power Five fairly – and still nearly 40{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of those fans believe there’s an SEC […]

Joe Biden could be Bernie Sanders’ BFF

Nearly every political pundit and cable news talking head likes to talk about the multiple “lanes” in the Republican presidential primary campaign.  The outsider lane, the insider lane, the evangelical lane, the establishment lane, the Trump lane, the E-Zpass lane, so on and so on. But, an intriguing story that has gone largely unreported by […]

GALLUP: Being a Muslim not as disqualifying as being a Socialist

As a national conversation heats up about electing a hypothetical Muslim president, it’s worth noting being a Socialist, like Bernie Sanders is, is a deal-breaker for more Americans. A June Gallup survey found 60{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of Americans would vote for a “generally well-qualified” Muslim candidate for president if one were nominated by their party and 38{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} […]

Hillary’s Wild Ride Takes Her for a Loop

Hillary Clinton’s wild ride continues.  She finds herself now in the big, upside-down loop that marks the scariest and most dramatic spot on any roller coaster. The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal survey marks the worst image rating for Hillary Clinton since her failed last attempt to capture the Democratic nomination.  Since her spring announcement and […]

Among Hispanic Voters, Even Marginal Gains Can Make a Big Difference

The line from this week’s Univision survey of Hispanic voters was “Hillary Clinton has a sizable advantage” over Republicans vying for the party’s nomination. True. But there are some encouraging signs for some GOP candidates. Spanish-speaking Jeb Bush presents as the closest rival to Clinton among Hispanics according to the Univision survey, so we will […]

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