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Almost a full week after Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, a new poll suggests that very few Americans associate the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to increased “heated political rhetoric,” despite an ongoing campaign to pin blame on conservative groups. (more)

According to a new public policy poll, if the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Obama would win big against any potential Republican nominee – at least in Iowa. (more)

Despite overwhelming evidence that accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner was not motivated by either left wing or right wing political rhetoric, a large majority of MSNBC viewers seem to be under the opposite impression. (more)

A poll of conservative voters conducted this week by ConservativeHome indicates broad support for spending cuts and a higher degree of confidence in newly-elected Republican congressmen than in returning ones. (more)

According to a CNN/Opinion Research poll released on Tuesday, only 49 percent of Republican voters say they are likely to support Sarah Palin if she runs for her party’s presidential nomination. (more)

She told you so. (more)

A majority of Americans feel that America has is “on the wrong track,” and that they are worse off than they were in 2008. (more)

A broad majority of Americans, including conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats, support the deal brokered between President Obama and Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax rates for two years, a new poll from the Pew Center for the People and the Press reveals. (more)

Washington (CNN) – A new survey suggests that just over half of Americans say they’re worse off now than they were two years ago. (more)

PRINCETON, NJ — Of the nine U.S. presidents who have served in the past 50 years, John F. Kennedy continues to earn the highest retrospective job approval rating from Americans, now 85%. Ronald Reagan ranks second, with 74%. While these presidents’ ratings are largely unchanged from 2006, Bill Clinton’s rating has improved, putting him in third place, while Jimmy Carter, at 52%, has dropped from third to sixth. Richard Nixon remains the lowest rated. (more)

Barack Obama’s best chance to win Missouri may have passed…unless the Republicans nominate Sarah Palin or Newt Gingrich. After losing the state by the smallest of margins in 2008 Obama is now unpopular in the state, with 52% of voters disapproving of him to only 43% who approve. He trails Mike Huckabee by 7 points (49-42) and Mitt Romney by 6 points (47-41) in hypothetical match ups. But Palin and Gingrich are even more unpopular in the state than he is and as a result he leads Palin by a 46-43 margin and trails Gingrich only 45-44. (more)

We’re fast approaching the halfway point in Barack Obama’s term. With Nov. 2 behind him, everything the president does will be calculated to boost, or at least not harm, his chances of re-election in 2012. What’s not clear is whether he fully appreciates how badly the coalition he led to victory in 2008 has frayed in just two years. A look inside his poll numbers suggests that if he cannot turn around some key trends, he’ll be a one-term president. (more)

Political funnyman Eric Bergman asks: “Is a fifth-grade election too early for a push poll?” (more)

President Obama has passed the Big 4-0 — going the wrong way. (more)

Since Douglas Wilder’s suggestion in August that President Obama replace Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton to energize Democrats for his reelection bid, speculation has been rampant — despite official White House denials — that an Obama-Clinton ticket could be in the offing. But with Democrats less popular than live hookers at Charlie Sheen’s house, the best VP option might not be Clinton but George W. Bush. (more)

PPP’s final six state level 2012 GOP primary surveys, conducted right before this month’s election, find Mitt Romney strong in another key early state, Sarah Palin weak at home, and Newt Gingrich’s only first place finish out of the 18 states we polled. (more)

Sarah Palin is showing early signs of support among likely Republican voters in a handful of swing states that were surveyed shortly before last Tuesday’s election, a new analysis from a Democratic polling firm shows. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin is the most polarizing of the potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates, while impressions of Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney lean more positive, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. As for the rest — Pawlenty, Barbour, Thune, Daniels — most Americans say, “Who?” (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — TCU’s impressive victory over the weekend not only lifted the Horned Frogs to No. 3 in The Associated Press poll, it caused Auburn to move up behind top-ranked Oregon and Boise State to fall two spots to No. 4. (more)

The Daily Caller has compiled a list of state-by-state poll closing times. Polls close at different times throughout certain states, so the time listed is the first time when a majority of polls in a particular state close. All times are Eastern Standard Time. (more)