Survey and Party Registration
In the first week of October in 2006, we did a comparison of the party identification in several public polls which had just been released and the historical results seen in election exit polls done by VNS and EMR from 1992 forward. In that comparison, we found the samples in the early October public polls had larger margins favoring Democrats than in any exit poll results from 1992 forward.

March 10, 2008

Recent Polling on Party Identification
In looking at VNS/Media exit surveys over recent cycles, I am seeing party identification in recent public surveys that is not consistent with past historic results. Since party identification is critical to the generic ballot, this is an important point of discussion.

October 16, 2006

Obama seems to set his own standards for straight talk
Last Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) appeared on the “Today” show, looked straight into the camera and told Meredith Vieira and millions of viewers a real whopper. All that was missing was the wagging finger. The morning show anchor raised the issue of New York Times columnist Frank Rich’s scolding of Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for their cynical assertions that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to fight the Iraq War for another 100 years. Vieira asked Obama, “Are you willing to admit that you’ve distorted his statements?”

March 4, 2008

McCain the Maverick Well-Positioned Against Democratic Opponent
On April 10, 1917, four days after the United States declared war against Germany, former President Theodore Roosevelt met with then-President Woodrow Wilson at the White House. Still the “man in the arena” itching to get back in the saddle, literally, Roosevelt offered to raise and lead a cavalry division to join the fight in France.

March 4, 2008