POS IN THE NEWS – FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Neil Newhouse was quoted in USA Today in article about the 2016 presidential landscape. The Salt Lake Tribune quoted Lori Weigel on the Conservation in the West poll that found growing support for public lands among Westerners.

Off the Grid National Survey

Below is a slide deck for our latest “Off The Grid” survey, conducted for Google, the GOP digital outfit Targeted Victory and the Democratic digital group Well & Lighthouse by the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies and the Democratic consultancy Global Strategy Group.  The poll surveyed 800 likely voters January 25-28, 2014 and has a […]

IT’S ALWAYS TOUGH TO WIN ON THE ROAD

As you may have seen, Gallup recently released their 2013 State of the States Report, allowing us to examine voters’ attitudes toward the President at the statewide level and thus allowing for greater insight into the political environment in key 2014 Senate states. By merging data from their daily tracking surveys throughout 2013, Gallup provides […]

POS IN THE NEWS – FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Bill McInturff was quoted in The Wall Street Journal  in an article about President Obama facing an unsettled nation in the State of the Union Address according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. CNN and the National Journal quoted Bill McInturff in articles about the 2014 State of the Union Address. Neil Newhouse is quoted in a story […]

With Exit in Sight, Americans Ready to End War in Afghanistan

During President Obama’s State of the Union Address last week, he reasserted that nearly all troops will be removed from Afghanistan by year’s end and, with the exception of a small force that could remain to train Afghan forces and carry out counterterrorism operations pending signage of a security agreement, “America’s longest war will finally […]

Economic divide—more than just a partisan battle

As President Obama delivered his State of the Union speech last week, virtually all Americans (91{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) surveyed in the latest NBC/WSJ poll* said that creating jobs should be an absolute priority for the President and Congress to address. Indeed, just 28{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} said they are satisfied with the state of the U.S. economy today, versus 71{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} […]

Most Agree the National Football League Has Taken Meaningful Action on Concussions

This Sunday the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks meet in Super Bowl XLVIII in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. This will be the first Super Bowl played outside in a cold weather environment, and the second time in twenty seasons that the number one seed from each conference, AFC and NFC, will meet to decide […]

Under a Cloud No More

So you rang in the New Year with a bottle of bubbly?  How old school!  My fellow Coloradans were lining up for “freedom day” sales of the first legal marijuana in the nation.  While it certainly was unprecedented, the normalcy seemed to be what struck the international news media as well as casual observers.  The […]

Five Observations from four years of polling data on Obamacare

As we start 2014, it seems clear Obamacare will once again be a central focus of congressional and senatorial campaigns. For some, there seem to be questions about how the law is being perceived and whether it will be a political advantage or albatross for Democrats. On a national level the data has told a […]

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