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

GOP must showcase ideas, not more pork and more attacks
Once and for all, Congressional Republicans didn't lose the 2006 elections because of scandal. They got fired because they forgot the purpose of a political party is to govern, not simply to get reelected. They forgot that ideas matter.

June 3, 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