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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s October 11 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics (last 7 days) Obama vs Romney: 48-47% Obama (was 49-46% Obama) President Obama job approval: 51-47% approve/disapprove (was 49-48% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote: 45-44% Democratic (was 45-45% Democratic) US Senate Projections: 47 Democrats, 44 Republicans, 1 Independent, 8 Tossups (was 50-45-1 Democrat) Governor’s Race Projections: 30 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 Independent, 2 […]

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s October 4 Presidential scorecard

(Note:Now that the tempo of the general election season has accelerated, we have shortened the time period of the “look back” period for polls from 15 to 7 days, and it will remain at that interval for the remainder of election season) Part 1: Summary Statistics (last 7 days) Obama vs Romney: 49-46% President Obama […]

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Decision 2012 – Can we trust the polls ?

Part I: Introduction In a political race (particularly the Presidential race), there is a “horse race” aspect to it: people (particularly influentials and campaign donors) are interested in knowing who’s ahead, who’s fallen behind, who has a chance, who is a lost cause, and so forth. One of the means this narrative can be shaped […]

Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s September 27 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics (last 15 days) President Obama job approval: 49-47% approve/disapprove (was 49-47% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote: 46-44% Democratic (was 46-44% Democratic) US Senate Projections: 48 Democrats, 46 Republicans, 1 Independent, 5 Tossups (was 47-44-1 Democratic) Governor’s Race Projections: 30 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 Independent, 2 Tossups (was 30-18 Republican)

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s September 14 Presidential scorecard

(Note: now that the general election season has begun, we have revised the format of these weekly updates and have shortened the “look back” period for polls from 30 to 15 days) Part 1: Summary Statistics (last 15 days) President Obama job approval: 48-48% approve/disapprove (was 47-49% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote: 45-44% Democratic (was 42-43% […]

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s September 7 Presidential scorecard

(Note: now that the general election season has begun, we have revised the format of these weekly updates) Part 1: Summary Statistics (last 30 days) President Obama job approval: 47-49% approve/disapprove (was 47-50% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote: 42-43% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) US Senate Projections: 49 Republicans, 44 Democrats, 1 Independent, 6 Tossups (was 49-45-1 […]

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s August 30 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 47-50% approve/disapprove (was 47-50% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 44-42% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 67 (56 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 14 (13 in the House and 1 in the […]

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Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s August 23 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 47-50% approve/disapprove (was 47-50% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 44-42% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 66 (55 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 13 (12 in the House and 1 in the […]

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JMCEL’s “Pulse of Louisiana” Poll – 2012 edition

Louisiana was one of the strongest states for John McCain in the 2008 election (in fact, it was one of three states that have steadily voted more Republican since the 1996 Presidential election). Even though Louisiana is not on anyone’s target list for the 2012 elections, we thought it would be worthwhile to poll the […]

Decision 2012 – JMCEL’s August 16 Presidential scorecard

Part 1: Summary Statistics President Obama job approval – last 30 days: 47-50% approve/disapprove (was 47-49% approve/disapprove) Generic Congressional Vote – last 30 days: 44-42% Republican (was 44-42% Republican) Congressional retirements (including defeats): 66 (55 in the House and 11 in the Senate) Congressional Primary defeats: 13 (12 in the House and 1 in the […]

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