Republicans losing public opinion wars in "fiscal cliff" talks
Negotiations are expected to continue Thursday on the "fiscal cliff" with Republicans at a growing public opinion disadvantage and approval ratings for President Barack Obama rising to levels not seen...
View ArticleItaly leftist PM candidate Bersani tops opinion poll, Monti second
Centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani is favorite among Italians to lead the next government, with outgoing technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti second most popular and Silvio Berlusconi coming a...
View ArticleAfter Newtown shootings, some polls show change in attitude toward guns,...
The shootings in Newtown, Conn., two weeks ago sparked an intense reaction across the country, and opinion polls captured major changes in the way the public interprets such events and how strict gun...
View ArticleAP-GfK poll: After Conn. school shooting, nearly 6 in 10 Americans back...
Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month’s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons...
View ArticleOver 90 percent of Americans support gun background checks: poll
More than 90 percent of U.S. voters supported background checks for all gun buyers, while much smaller majorities were for stricter gun control laws such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity...
View ArticleBroad Support for Path to Citizenship, Poll Finds
Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor giving illegal immigrants an opportunity for legal status, according to a poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution.
View ArticleHillary Clinton leads Bush, Rubio in Florida poll
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has double-digit leads over either of Florida's favorite sons, former Gov. Jeb Bush or U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, in an early look at the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleNBC/WSJ poll: Strong majority backs citizenship for undocumented immigrants
With a bipartisan group of senators expected to unveil immigration-reform legislation in the next few days, a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans –...
View ArticleGlobal economy muted again in 2013: Reuters polls
This year now looks unlikely to deliver much improvement in the world economy's growth rate, with a weaker outlook for Europe and the United States tempering the cautious optimism that was evident in...
View ArticlePoll: Christie is Republicans' third choice to run for president
Gov. Chris Christie is the third most popular choice to run for president in 2016 among Republicans, according to a new national poll released today by Fairleigh Dickinson University.read more
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