That’s the percentage of registered voters in 12 swing states who are “extremely” or “very” enthusiastic about voting in the Nov. 6 presidential election, according to Gallup surveys conducted Sept. 11-17. That’s up from 46 percent in late June. Voter enthusiasm in...
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Voting at the Gilpin County Courthouse outside of Central City, Colorado.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 59
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John Boehner on Capitol Hill.
Boehner: White House Contest a `Card Game’
House Speaker John Boehner says he isn’t going to be discouraged by “political handwringing by these Washington insiders.” They are “trying to make this race look like its over for the president, who’s going to win.” With some polls showing...
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A Federal food stamp card.
Poll: Government Does Too Much
A majority of Americans think the government does too much, but it’s a smaller majority than it was just a few months ago. Fifty-four percent of respondents to a new Gallup poll said the government is taking on too many...
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Job seekers reflected in a mirror during a fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in San Diego.
Jobless Race to 8% and Under: Gallup Seeing Break in Clouds?
Since January 1948, The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected monthly unemployment data — collecting 776 months of data. The unemployment rate has stood at 8 percent or higher in three periods: for 12 months in 1975, for 27...
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Mitt Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse.
Romney Pollster Calls Obama Post-Convention Bump A ‘Sugar High’
Mitt Romney’s pollster has a message for voters, donors, and the journalists covering the presidential race: Don’t believe the polls. At least not the recent ones that indicate President Barack Obama has opened a lead over the Republican nominee following...
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Kelly Jacobs, a delegate from Mississippi, with an Obama dress before the start of day one at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Washington Daybook: Bounce Factor
Bill Clinton in 1992 produced the largest post-convention bounce in modern history, helping him turn a 7 percentage point deficit in polls into a lead he would never relinquish. Tonight, Clinton takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention to demand a second...
Read more »Close Elections Boost U.S. Stocks, Deutsche Bank Says
With Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tied in polls, Deutsche Bank AG says investor uncertainty going into the elections may actually be priming the U.S. stock market for the biggest possible gains. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index typically gains 5 percent through year...
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Republican National Convention mugs in Tampa.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 44
That’s the share of registered voters who have a favorable view of the Republican Party, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll taken Aug. 20-22, about a week before the party’s national convention began in Tampa. The party had a 41...
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Former Republican presidential contender Herman Cain at a Tax Day Rally in Washington, DC.
Cain, Women: No War, No Skirmish
Let’s preface this with the reason Herman Cain quit his quixotic campaign for president: allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women and the public assertion by one of a long-time extramarital affair with the former Godfather’s Pizza chief....
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Gallup’s Margin of Error: $10 Million, According to Whistle-blower’s Suit
A lawsuit filed by a former Gallup Inc. employee and joined by the Justice Department says the venerable polling organization, billing itself as “the most trusted name in polling,” has been dishonest with the U.S. government. The suit in U.S....
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