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Despite an upside down approval rating, President Barack Obama leads the Republican frontrunners in the crucial swing state of Ohio. (more)

When delegates at the Florida straw poll overwhelmingly supported former Godfather’s CEO Herman Cain last week, it damaged the ad hominem argument that the tea party movement is motivated by racism disguised as a push for smaller government. (more)

(Reuters) – They may be witnessing their global superpower influence decline in the face of challenges from other emerging players on the world stage, but Americans have been voted the world’s “coolest nationality” in an international poll. (more)

NEWSMAX — Americans overwhelmingly believe that Sarah Palin should remain out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a new Fox News poll of registered voters reveals.
Respondents were asked: “Do you think Sarah Palin should run for president in 2012 or not?” Overall, 74 percent said no, just 20 percent said yes, and 6 percent said they’re not sure. (more)

Democrat Kathy Hochul leads Republican Jane Corwin in New York’s special election next Tuesday, according to a Siena Poll released Saturday. (more)

President Barack Obama has received an upward bump in the polls for his decision to eliminate Osama Bin Laden. The increase in his approval rating comes as no surprise when viewed beside Wednesday’s Rasmussen Reports survey on Americans’ opinion of the mission to get Bin Laden. (more)

A poll released Tuesday shows a nine percent bump in President Barack Obama’s approval rating in the aftermath of the successful mission to find and kill Osama bin Laden. (more)

Americans are more pessimistic about the nation’s economic outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time since President Obama’s first two months in office, when the country was still officially ensnared in the Great Recession, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. (more)

It’s almost exactly one year after the BP oil spill at the Macondo well, but according to a new CNN poll, most Americans support the expansion of offshore drilling.  The poll, released Tuesday, reveals that 69 percent of the public favor increased drilling in domestic waters. (more)

A Neighborhood Research poll of likely Iowa caucus voters released this week found Mike Huckabee once again leading the pack, while Donald Trump placed a surprising third place, ahead of big-name GOPers including Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich. (more)

This coming July, conservative women from around the country will meet in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third annual Smart Girl Summit (SGS), the yearly conference of Smart Girl Politics Action. Smart Girl Politics Action is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 to bring more conservative women into the political arena, be it as activists or as candidates. Previous conferences have featured such conservative rock stars as Michele Bachmann, Liz Cheney, Michelle Malkin, Marsha Blackburn, S.E. Cupp and many other leading conservative voices from politics, media and the grassroots. (more)

Though most of the public considers American nuclear power plants to be safe, the majority of Americans oppose the construction of more plants on US soil and the increased use of nuclear energy in the US in the wake of the accident in Japan. (more)

Seventy-two percent of likely voters believe that the country is on the wrong track, the highest recorded level of disapproval for the direction of the country since President Obama took office in 2009. (more)

The federal government’s latest survey on sexual behavior in the United States contains evidence for just about every theory, supposition, and hope that people hold about the secret world of Americans’ sex lives. (more)

The New York Times and CBS News have released a general public poll on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan as it relates to public sector unions, and critics are saying the poll results don’t necessarily support the conclusions drawn in the Gray Lady’s Tuesday front-page story. (more)

Twenty-nine percent of likely voters would blame Democrats for a government shutdown, compared to 23 percent who would hold Republicans responsible, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill. (more)

As Sarah Palin mulls a presidential bid, the former Alaska governor is getting mixed news from Iowa, the state that traditionally kicks off the presidential primary season. (more)

Likely Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee could beat Pres. Obama according to a series of polls conducted by Rasmussen. (more)

Though President Barack Obama received praise for his Jan. 25 State of the Union address, Gallup found no change in his job approval rating since he delivered the address. (more)

Washington (CNN) – Americans’ overall attitudes toward gun laws have not budged an inch in the wake of the shootings in Arizona, according to a new national poll. (more)