By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  January 12th at 11:20 PM  | 

PART 3 OF 4.  You can read part 1 here, and part 2 here. Paul Ibbetson interviews Benjamin Hodge on KRMR 105.7 FM about poll in Gardner, Kansas from Benjamin Hodge on Vimeo. Related links: – http://www.redstate.com/benjaminhodge/2012/12/29/gardner-news-runs-article-on-poll-about-property-taxes-and-mayors-election-in-fast-growing-kansas-city-suburb/ – http://libertylinked.com/posts/10138/full-poll-results—gardner/View.aspx “The Conscience of Kansas” runs daily at 5-6 p.m. in central Kansas on 105.7 FM “The Patriot,” the station that carries Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 29th at 03:36 AM  | 

PART 1 OF 4. Click here for the full results and methodology to our 22-question poll of likely April 2013 voters in Gardner, Kansas. The city of Gardner, Kansas, is a suburb of Greater Kansas City and one of the fastest growing cities in the state.  In 2010 to 2011, the entire state grew at a 0.6% rate, while Gardner experienced almost three times the | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 14th at 07:01 PM  | 

US Senator Pat Roberts, who chose to join Sam Brownback in cheerleading in 2009 for Kathleen Sebelius to run our national healthcare, is currently running for re-election. I think Roberts is very vulnerable to a primary challenger, especially if it’s one of two men:  First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp or Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Recently, the PAC I chair performed a poll the Kansas City | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:42 AM  | 

In the 2002 movie “Signs,” Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to “swing away.”  Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant.  With confidence, Merrill “swung away.”  The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss.  Merrill “swung away” with | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 5th at 01:00 AM  | 

As people smarter than me have said, such as RedState’s Dan McLaughlin and The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost, there is no precedent for BOTH the national polls being correct, and Barack Obama winning re-election.  If Obama wins, either national polls have been wrong about Independent voters, or Obama sets a new precedent. Here are national exit polls for 2000, 2004, and 2008. In 2000: George W. Bush won | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  September 16th at 02:06 AM  | 

Poll: Three out of four likely voters say reporters try to help candidates.  And by a 59-18% margin, voters say Barack Obama received better coverage than Mitt Romney. Click here or below to listen to the audio of Paul Ibbetson’s interview of Benjamin Hodge.   Broadcast date August 31, 2012. Click here to read the Rasmussen poll. Some of the questions: When covering a political | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 22nd at 06:15 AM  | 

To read more details from our extensive poll of likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, KS, go to StateandLocalEducation.org.  Below is a portion. ——————————– Part 3 of results Telephone survey among likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, KS.  Conducted Tuesday, August 9, and Wednesday, August 10, by the State and Local Educational Foundation of Kansas.  Margin of error +/- 5.4%.  Party breakdown:  51% Republican, 29% Unaffiliated, 20% and | Read More »