Vote Now & Get Prizes

Emily and I are both taking some time off this week, so I will be posting links to whatever polls are released in a daily 'outliers' entry that will appear in the middle column on the front page. We'll be back to our usual schedule on 1/4.

We hope you are enjoying whatever holiday's you are celebrating, thank you for your continuing support and look forward to updating you on all the polls in 2010!

Moore Information (R) for Linda McMahon
12/15-16/09; 400 likely Republican primary voters, 5% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Moore release)

Connecticut

2010 Senate: Republican Primary
37% Linda McMahon, 35% Rob Simmons, 4% Peter Schiff (chart)

Public Policy Polling (D)
12/18-21/09; 1,199 likely voters, 2.8% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
(PPP release)

Kentucky

2010 Senate
Grayson (R) 40%, Conway (D) 33%
Paul (R) 42%, Conway (D) 36%
Grayson (R) 44%, Mongiardo (D) 35%
Paul (R) 42%, Mongiardo (D) 36%

Favorable / Unfavorable
Jack Conway: 19 / 18
Treey Grayson: 19 / 17
Dan Mongiardo: 25 / 37
Rand Paul: 26 / 23

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 35 / 59
Gov. Beshear: 36 / 39
Sen. McConnell: 48 / 41
Sen. Bunning: 29 / 44

CNN / Opinion Research Corporation
12/16-20/09; 1,160 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(CNN release)

National

Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan?
43% Favor, 55% Oppose

Ifopposed: Which of the following statements comes closer to your view: You currently oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan because you opposed the initial decision in 2001 to go to war in that country, or you favored the initial decision in 2001 to go to war in Afghanistan but events since then have made you change your mind?
43% Favor (from previous question)
31% Opposed initial decision in 2001
23% Oppose now but favored in 2001

Regardless of how you feel about the war in general, do you favor or oppose President Obama's
plan to send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the situation there?
59% Favor, 39% Oppose

If opposed: Do you think the U.S. should keep the same number of troops in Afghanistan as it currently has, or do you think the U.S. should reduce the number of troops in that country but keep some there, or do you think the U.S. should immediately withdraw all troops from Afghanistan?
59% Favor (from previous question)
5% Keep the same number of troops
10% Reduce the number of troops
23% Withdraw all troops

Who do you think is currently winning the war in Afghanistan -- the U.S. and its allies, the insurgents in Afghanistan, or neither side?
18% U.S. and its allies
14% Insurgents
67% Neither side

Quinnipiac
12/15-20/09; 1,616 registered voters, 2.4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone intereviews
(Quinnipiac release)

National

Obama Job Approval / Disapproval
46% Approve, 43% Disapprove (chart)
Reps: 13 / 79 (chart)
Dems: 80 / 12 (chart)
Inds: 41 / 46 (chart)
Foreign Policy: 46 / 44 (chart)
Afghanistan: 47 / 43
Global Warming: 40 / 40

Job Approval / Disapproval
Dems in Congress: 32 / 59
Reps in Congress: 29 / 62

Do you think the U.S. is doing the right thing by fighting the war in Afghanistan now, or should the U.S. not be involved in Afghanistan now?
51% Right thing, 41% Shouldn't be involved

How concerned are you about global warming or climate change?
29% Very, 30% Somewhat, 17% Not too, 23% Not at all

Do you believe that the earth is getting warmer or not?
59% Yes, 34% No

If Yes:Do you believe that the earth is getting warmer - mostly because of human activity such as burning fossil fuels, or mostly because of natural patterns in the earth's environment?
57% Human activity, 33% Natural Patterns

As you may know, representatives of governments from all over the world have been meeting in Denmark to seek agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Do you think the U.S. should sign a treaty to reduce greenhouse gases:
30% Only if other major countries, such as India and China, agree to make similar economic sacrifices
33% The U.S. should sign a treaty even if these other countries do less
28% The U.S. should not sign a treaty to reduce greenhouse gases, no matter what other countries do

Which comes closer to your point of view about the Obama Administration
36% It is striking the right balance between helping reduce greenhouse gases and protecting American jobs
38% It is going too far in protecting the environment at the expense of American jobs
8% It is going too far protecting American jobs at the expense of the environment?