Posted Feb 09, 2012 at 9:30 AM by Maurice Berger
A new poll by DailyKos/Public Policy Polling suggests a potential problem for the GOP in its quest to unseat President Obama: The poll finds that 58% of Democrats were "very excited" about voting in
this year's election, as compared to 54% of Republicans. Six months
ago, enthusiasm tilted towards Republicans, 54% to 48%.
The Daily Kos observes: "Generally you would expect voters to get more excited as the election
gets nearer. That trend is occurring on the Democratic side, but not for
the GOP."
Tagged: Election 2012, Democratic Party, President Barack Obama, same sex marriage, Voter Enthusiasm
Posted Apr 27, 2009 at 9:21 AM by Maurice Berger
Although the president and many members of congress have come out strongly against same sex marriage, the idea appears to be catching on in many states. Take New Jersey, for example, where a new poll finds that by a 49 - 43 percent margin, state "voters support a law that
would allow same-sex couples to marry . . . And voters support 63 - 30 percent the existing law establishing
civil unions for same-sex couples. A proposed same-sex marriage law wins 64 -
29 percent support from Democrats and 50 - 41 percent from independent voters,
but Republicans oppose it 67 - 26 percent, the independent Quinnipiac
(KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Men oppose it 48 - 44 percent while
women back same-sex marriage 53 - 39 percent. Black voters oppose same-sex
marriage 54 - 38 percent, while white voters support it 50 - 42 percent. Voters
who attend religious services once a week oppose same-sex marriage 65 - 28
percent while voters who attend services less frequently support it 61 - 30
percent."
Tagged: 2009, New Jersey, gay rights, same sex marriage
