The buildup to her new book hasn’t eased Sarah Palin’s political challenges: Just over half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll have an unfavorable opinion of her overall, as many say... [continue]

The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Gallup Organization gave their 2008 Iowa Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls to "The Numbers" blog at a... [continue]

While spinmeisters from both sides will do their best after tomorrow’s results are in, it's a dicey business to draw broad conclusions from state and local off-year elections. The turnout's different... [continue]

What are the odds California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acrostic nastygram could have happened by random chance? My opening bid is about one in 10 billion. That’s not the right answer, but it does... [continue]

The New York Times is reporting that the Obama administration plans to order deep cuts in executive compensation at companies that have received federal bailout funds – a move that draws broad and... [continue]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had some pretty harsh criticism of our latest poll today, charging in a radio interview that it was “deliberately rigged.” He's entitled, of course, to his opinion.... [continue]

With talks underway in Vienna today, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly suspect Iran of trying to produce nuclear weapons – but by wide margins prefer diplomacy or... [continue]