The Numberstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13253462009-07-08T17:04:19ZA Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary LangerTypePadSarah Palin: Up Among Republicans?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011570e67469970c2009-07-08T13:04:19-04:002009-07-08T17:08:20ZData analysis can be a subjective thing; so it is with today’s USA Today and Gallup coverage of their joint poll on Sarah Palin. USA Today’s p.1 piece says Palin’s resignation “actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans.” Gallup’s...Gary LangerIn Iraq, Progress - and Problemstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef01157094279a970c2009-06-29T17:04:49-04:002009-06-29T21:19:48ZTomorrow's deadline for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraqi cities and towns is likely to be met there with a combination of delight – and apprehension. Most Iraqis never have appreciated the presence of U.S. troops on their soil; not...Gary LangerMark Sanford and the Affairs of Statetag:typepad.com,2003:post-684570272009-06-24T15:34:27-04:002009-06-24T19:44:30ZMark Sanford’s behavior is, shall we say, not helpful politically – particularly in the base. The overview is not pretty at all: In a Gallup poll just last month, 92 percent of Americans said it was “morally wrong” for a...Gary LangerIran's Election: The Odds of Fraudtag:typepad.com,2003:post-681262892009-06-15T11:36:15-04:002009-06-15T21:01:43ZAn outfit called Terror Free Tomorrow claims in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post that the contested Iranian elections likely were not fraudulent, since a pre-election poll it sponsored showed the declared winner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with a big lead. TFT’s...Gary LangerAffirmative Action: Words Mattertag:typepad.com,2003:post-676783272009-06-05T11:39:15-04:002009-06-05T15:44:44ZDo you generally favor or oppose affirmative action programs for racial and ethnic minorities? Let me put that another way: Do you think affirmative action programs that give preferences to blacks and other minorities in hiring, promotions and college admissions...Gary LangerHold on Groves: Mystery Hour at the Senatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-676491132009-06-04T19:01:21-04:002009-06-04T23:01:21ZThree weeks after Robert M. Groves sailed through his confirmation hearing to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, a Republican U.S. senator has placed the nomination on hold. As for who and why, it’s Mystery Hour at the U.S. Senate. A...Gary Langer"Medical Bankruptcies:" a Data Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-676390892009-06-04T15:08:53-04:002009-06-04T19:08:53ZThe academic group that put out a much-covered and deservedly much-debated study on so-called "medical bankruptcies" a few years ago has released an update today. In some important ways it improves on the earlier version, which I’ve blogged about before....Gary LangerObama and the Muslim Worldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-675818092009-06-03T07:56:18-04:002009-06-04T18:59:25ZAhead of President Obama’s speech tomorrow in Cairo, views of the United States in the Muslim world can best be described as better, but far from good. And views the other way – Americans’ attitudes about Islam – have their...Gary LangerWhat We Don't Know About Chinatag:typepad.com,2003:post-675441952009-06-02T10:11:50-04:002009-06-02T16:22:15ZWhat’s most interesting about public opinion in China, 20 years after Tiananmen Square, is what’s not asked there. Think about, say, confidence in the national government, elections, the military and the judicial system; views of national leaders; or satisfaction with...Gary LangerSotomayor and Hispanic Judges: Doing the Mathtag:typepad.com,2003:post-673167992009-05-27T08:37:44-04:002009-06-10T13:47:49ZJudge Sonia Sotomayor has been getting heat from critics for her comment in a 2001 speech saying she’d hope “a wise Latina woman… would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that...Gary Langer