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A New Poll ... ... by the good government group Democracy Rising shows Pennsylvanians coming down strongly on the side of reform issues in state government. Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of respondents to the poll conducted by Terry Madonna Opinion......

The deadline to place a ¼ cent law enforcement sales tax on the November ballot is set to expire. The tax recommended by the Safety & Justice Roundtable will likely not be on the November ballot in Greene County. It was supposed to go toward...

The Occupy Wall Street protest may be the answer to a favorite question of social scientists ever since the bank bailouts of 2008 -- where is the social movement? Americans are famously willing to tolerate a relatively large amount of income inequality...

Virginians are religious. That's probably not a surprise, but just how religious are people in the Commonwealth? How many of us go to church, read a holy book, or believe in the afterlife?  A scientific poll was conducted across Virginia by the...

So, how are things going? Does everything make sense? Do you believe your opinion matters? Is the governor listening? Pollsters ask these questions, and polls reveal that Gov. Tom Corbett is not listening and that not only aren't things going well, but...

Newt Gingrich has soared to a big lead over his rival Republican presidential candidates, according to a new InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research done for the Florida Times-Union, The former House Speaker, who's been making a big run lately in...

Results of a recent Roanoke College poll confirm that Tea Party groups are building a signifcant base of support in Virginia.  The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College conducted the survey and interviewed 601 Virginia residents....

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY LAUNCHES IN CHICAGO Families can help researchers by providing information that is expected to improve the health and development of children for generations to come CHICAGO --- Why are so many babies born prematurely? Why do so...

New polls show race snapshots as early voting begins in many states as soon as next week....

From GOP pollster Scott Rasmussen's polling shop: Republican Rick Scott continues to hold a small lead over Democrat Alex Sink in Florida’s gubernatorial race. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida finds Scott with 4...

Polling expert Nate Silver of the New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog notes: Rasmussen Reports ... came under heavy criticism this year... because its polls showed a strong lean toward Republican candidates. Indeed, Rasmussen polls quite consistently...