Gingrich: Is his rise sustainable?

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  December 8th at 05:30 PM  | 

Candidates for office aren’t always well known at first. This difference in name recognition can distort early polling, which is why in this Republican Presidential primary race I keep watching approval ratings for clues. So my personal find today of Gallup’s Positive Intensity Score tracker I think is worth a look, especially as we consider whether Newt Gingrich’s lead is here to stay.

Polling catastrophe for President Obama

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  August 29th at 02:00 PM  | 

I mentioned recently that broader polling pools favor Democrats, so when a big new poll of adults comes out from Gallup that shows Barack Obama to be in trouble, I take notice.