The Numbers
A Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer
Gary Langer is director of polling at ABC News, where he's covered the beat of public opinion for nearly 20 years - conducting and analyzing ABC News polls, evaluating data from other sources and setting the news division's standards for poll reporting. Langer has won two Emmy awards for ABC's reporting of public opinion polls in Iraq, and The Numbers blog was honored this year as winner of the 2008 Iowa Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls.
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The President and Public Opinion
Here's a summary of the public views of the president and the economy in advance of his press conference this morning. Per the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, 4/13, +/-3: -Thirty-three percent of Americans approve of President Bush’s work in...
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April 29, 2008 in Economy | Permalink | User Comments (4)
Is it Age?
In the midst of the current discussion of the role of race in the campaign (see yesterday’s blog) comes the curious suggestion from Sen. Obama that his chief challenge is about age, not socioeconomic status. The data don’t seem to...
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April 24, 2008 in 2008 Primaries | Permalink | User Comments (60)
The Role of Race, Revisited
Results in the Pennsylvania exit poll, not available from previous contests, underscore a potentially sensitive point should Barack Obama win the Democratic party’s presidential nomination: The role of race in voters’ decisions. In Pennsylvania, as in previous primaries, white voters...
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April 23, 2008 in 2008 Primaries, Race | Permalink | User Comments (16)
PA Primary: What to Watch
Groups to watch – and perhaps not watch - in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary: EDUCATION - It’s hard see a single factor more compelling than socioeconomic status, particularly as defined by education. It’s split the Democratic electorate nearly all year,...
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April 21, 2008 in 2008 Primaries | Permalink | User Comments (101)
Issues and Attributes
The demand for substance in our election campaigns is a worthy one. The suggestion that the candidates’ personal attributes fall outside that realm is not. That’s particularly so in primaries. General election contests largely are defined by partisanship and policy...
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April 18, 2008 in 2008 Primaries | Permalink | User Comments (22)
Going Global?
A poll put out by the BBC World Service that's getting some attention today headlines a 4-point improvement in positive views of the United States in the 34 countries in which it was conducted. But before jumping on the result,...
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April 2, 2008 in International Polls, Problem Polls | Permalink | User Comments (1)
