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THE WASHINGTON TIMES Americans have come to perceive conservatism as a stronghold of traditional ideas: According to a new Harris poll, the public believes conservatives support moral values and oppose same-sex "marriage," homosexual rights and abortion. And liberals provided almost a mirror image of the findings. According to a survey of 2,209 adults in mid-January, 85 percent said conservatives opposed same-sex "marriage." When asked the same question about liberals, 78 percent said the group would support same-sex "marriage." Another 81 percent said conservatives opposed homosexual rights while 82 percent said that liberals would support the same issue. In addition, 77...

A new Harris Poll measures the levels of trust which Americans have in important institutions, and compares the results with those in a virtually identical European survey. For many institutions the levels of trust, or distrust, on both sides of the Atlantic were similar. There were also some striking differences. Americans showed much less trust than Europeans in the media and in the United Nations. On the other hand, Americans, more than Europeans, trust religious institutions. Both Americans and Europeans had relatively high levels of trust in their police and military. Both Americans and Europeans had very little trust in...

December 27, 2004 -- Oprah for president! That's who Americans want in the White House, according to a new Harris pop-culture poll done for Parade magazine. When 3,077 adults were asked whom they'd most like to see run for president, the talk-show queen won with 21 percent. After Oprah, we voted for Bill O'Reilly, with 8 percent, Will Smith, with 7 percent, and Jon Stewart, Donald Trump and Richard Gere, all tied with 6 percent.

Harris Poll Uses Nuanced Definition of "Likely Voter."

Likely Voters* George W. Bush 47% John Kerry 48 Ralph Nader 1 Other 1 Not sure/Refused 2 Methodology: The Harris Poll was conducted online within the U.S. Oct. 21-25, 2004 among a nationwide cross section of 2,493 likely voters.

The Harris poll I linked to earlier had some interesting pieces of information in it. Here is the relevant section of the writeup again: Using one definition of likely voters, those who are registered to vote and are “absolutely certain” to vote, the poll shows President Bush with a modest two-point lead (48% to 46%). Using this definition but excluding all those who were old enough to vote in 2000 but did not do so, President Bush has a commanding eight-point lead (51% to 43%). This second definition has proved more accurate in the past, but there are some indications...

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mr. B. Wood" [REDACTED] Subject: Complaint about Misrepresented Polls from Harris To: info@ncpp.org CC: info@harrisinteractive.com Dear Sirs, Harris has noted that their polls comply with your requirements and standards. However, I have specifically requested 2 key items as noted in the message below, which they have not yet provided. The poll in question is the following: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=495 When considering that Gallup, and most other respected polling organizations (including CBS' own recent poll in the midst of "Rathergate") do NOT concur with these results, it is disingenuous, and potentially deceptive for them...

Subject:  9-16 Harris Poll and National Council on Public PollsDear Sirs at Harris,   I found your most recent poll very interesting.  Not only for the information that it presents, but also for what it appears to lack...    You have noted that your poll "conform[s] to the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls."  The most basic requirement and purpose of these standards is to provide a: "commitment to standards of disclosure designed to insure that consumers of survey results that enter the public domain have an adequate basis for judging the reliability and validity of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The presidential election is still very close. Neither President George W. Bush nor Senator John Kerry is campaigning hard, but neither has found a way to pull ahead. In the latest Harris Poll, the two candidates are tied 47 to 47 percent among likely voters. The only Harris Poll to find either candidate to have a clear lead was in June, when a poll taken shortly after President Ronald Reagan's death reported a ten-point Bush lead. We believed (and reported) this to be a blip caused by the good feeling surrounding the memories of...

What kind of effect do you think the documentary film, Fahrenheit 9/11, will have on public opinion toward the Bush administration? Poll: Harris Interactive Weekly Poll Results What kind of effect do you think the documentary film, Fahrenheit 9/11, will have on public opinion toward the Bush administration? Negative, this will focus even more attention on President Bush’s failed policies. 31% 128 of 401 Positive, this film and its director, Michael Moore, will do more damage to their own side with their distorted propaganda. 27% 109 of 401 Positive, liberals should not stoop to the level of conservative talk radio....

The Harris Poll. June 8-15, 2004. N=991 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (total sample). . "If the next presidential election were held today between George W. Bush for the Republicans, John Kerry for the Democrats, and Ralph Nader as an independent, for whom would you most likely vote?" . GeorgeW. Bush John Kerry Ralph Nader None of These (vol.) Not Sure % % % % % 6/8-15/04   ALL 48 42 7 - 2   Likely voters 51 41 6 - 1 . 4/8-15/04   ALL 43 43 9 2 2   Likely voters 46 43 8 1 2...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Is it the effect of the nation's memories of Ronald Reagan or the expanding economy? Whatever the cause, the latest Harris Poll has a lot of good news for President Bush and the Republicans. The good news includes: However, the most startling change in the new Harris Poll compared to a comparable survey in April, is that President Bush has widened his lead over Senator John Kerry, from three points among likely voters then to 10 points now.

New Harris poll shows Bush ahead by 10 points in three way race. Approval jumps for most cabinet members. Note: Harris does Zogby-like approval, asking Excellent/Good/Fair/Poor. Then splits into Excellent/Good and Fair/Poor. This tends to lead to a higher disapproval, as many who would say 'yes' to a simple approval Q will say 'fair' to this poll. Overall this is great news.

The Ronald Reagan Effect? Friday June 18, 7:00 pm ET President Bush's lead over Kerry widens and Cabinet members' ratings also rise ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Is it the effect of the nation's memories of Ronald Reagan or the expanding economy? Whatever the cause, the latest Harris Poll has a lot of good news for President Bush and the Republicans. The good news includes: * A very modest improvement in President Bush's job ratings (which is within the possible margin of sampling error) to 50% positive, 49% negative. * Significantly improved job ratings for Vice President Dick Cheney...

Every great enterprise has a natural competitor. Hertz has Avis. Coke has Pepsi. GM has Ford. And the Gallup Poll has ... well, we’re not sure. But last week, a potential competitor staked its claim to being the rightful alternative to Gallup. Once, the Harris Poll constituted the requisite competition for Gallup in the field of public polling. But Lou Harris’s organization has gone headlong into Internet-based polling and lost its competitive edge. The major news-organization polls, such as those by The New York Times, offer an alternative perspective, but other media don’t like to give them widespread coverage, limiting...

<p>Americans are very comfortable with the job first lady Laura Bush is doing, though many don't consider her a standout when compared with other recent first ladies, according to a new Harris Poll.</p> <p>Some 81% of adults said that Mrs. Bush has improved the image of the office of first lady. Meanwhile, respondents were split on Hillary Rodham Clinton's impact, with half saying she harmed the office's image and half saying she improved it.</p>

Democratic Lead (Now Only Three Points) in Party Identification Has Declined to a New Low, Says The Harris Poll Self-Identified Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals 2-to-1 but Still Trail Moderates ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, those who think of themselves as Democrats (regardless of how they actually vote) declined in 2002. The Democratic lead in party identification over Republicans has fallen from eight points in 2000 to five points in 2001 and only three points in 2002. Those who think of themselves as Democrats now outnumber Republicans by only 34% to 31%...