A plurality of voters don’t want split government, and would prefer one party to control both the White House and Congress, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today. The survey showed 48 percent of voters saying they want the...
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People jog on the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Voters Weary of Divided Government
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JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, left, and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein leave the White House after they and 13 other bank heads met with President Barack Obama on March 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Washington Daybook: Banks, Budgets and Guns
President Barack Obama will meet with the heads of the world’s biggest banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Lloyd C. Blankfein and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon, seeking to strengthen ties that have been strained by new U.S. curbs...
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Charles "Charlie" Crist in Washington.
Crist’s Second Chance: Beating Scott
Charlie Crist, the only Florida governor to willingly decline a second term, looks well positioned if he wants his old job back. The second poll in as many days shows the Republican-turned-independent-turned Democrat leading incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Scott trailing...
Read more »Catholics Back Same-Sex Marriage: Poll
A majority of U.S. Catholic voters back same-sex marriage, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today that also shows majority support for relaxing the church’s prohibition against birth control and for President Barack Obama’s policy requiring religious-based institutions outside of houses...
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A student pauses near a targets during a pistol class taught by King 33 Training at a shooting range on Feb. 24, 2013 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Connecticut Voters Back Gun Control, General Assembly Ready
This may come as little surprise, post-Newtown: Connecticut voters support stronger gun control measures by a 2 to 1 margin, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released today. Among women, 75 percent want stronger gun laws, the poll shows. “The...
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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, arrives to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing chaired by Senator John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts, left, in Washington, in this May 23, 2012 file photo.
Clinton v. Christie: Garden-State Thriller
What do you get when you cross high personal approval ratings for the retired Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with record approval ratings for the very-active New Jersey Governor Chris Christie? A serious matchup for 2016 — at least in...
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Empty crates site next to a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail box in New York.
Americans Won’t Miss Saturday Mail
As the U.S. Postal Service proposes to suspend Saturday mail delivery, it appears few Americans will miss it. American voters have supported by a margin of 79-20 percent the idea of ending Saturday mail deliveries, a review of a Quinnipiac...
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Mitch Behm, assistant inspector general of the U.S. Transportation Department, left, and Senator Frank Lautenberg, center, a Democrat from New Jersey, before the start of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington.
Lautenberg Turns 89, Poll Negative
Frank Lautenberg might not be having such a good birthday: A new poll says the U.S. senator from New Jersey is vulnerable, and another high-ranking Democrat says he’s weighing whether to take on Gov. Chris Christie in November or seek...
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President Barack Obama during a meeting with governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Obama’s Calling Card: Another Poll
Support for President Barack Obama’s call to let the Bush-era tax rates expire as planned for wealthier Americans, and trust leaning more toward the president and congressional Democrats than congressional Republicans in handling the forthcoming convergence of scheduled tax hikes...
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Rachel Baker, left, and Christine Tully wait in line to get their marriage license at the Manhattan City Clerk's office in New York.
Same-Sex Marriage Gains Support
First, voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington state legalized same-sex marriage in November. Now comes a new poll showing strong support for that nationwide. The survey by Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University found 48 percent of U.S. voters supporting same-sex marriage,...
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