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Republicans lead Democrats on the generic congressional ballot by five points, five points lower than the previous week, on a Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday. While the Republicans look to retake control of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections — which are only 102 days away — after being in the minority for roughly four years, the most recent Rasmussen Reports survey showed that 46 percent of likely U.S. voters would elect a Republican, compared to the 41 percent who said they would vote for the Democrat. Thus the Republicans only have a five-piont lead, five less then the previous...

To understand the fraudulent nature of supposedly "scientific" polls, you only need to review the Twitter Feed of their directors. Patrick Murray is the Director of Monmouth Polls. Review his Twitter Feed here. Patrick Murray, Monmouth Polling Director Then ask yourself whether you think someone as open and as proud of their pro-Hillary, anti-Trump bias as he is, will produce anything but a biased poll that supports his chosen candidate.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Newsweek’s polling leaves much to be desired. Nevertheless, a poll showing Hillary essentially tied with the leading Republican candidates will probably get a lot of attention on a weekend where the former First Lady took the plunge with her exploratory committee. Newsweek shows Hillary leading John McCain by 1 and trailing Rudy Giuliani by 1. John Edwards’ advantage over McCain and Giuliani is 5 and 3 points respectively. Obama leads McCain by 2 and trails Giuliani by 2. In polling against Hillary, both leading Republicans capture more of their base than...

More than 1,000 voter registration forms and absentee ballot requests may be fraudulent in Lake and Summit counties, where investigations of irregularities are broadening. Lake County Sheriff Daniel Dunlap said Thursday that he will investigate an attempt to register a dead person and other possibly fraudulent documents that were submitted to the Lake County Board of Elections. Advertisement Dunlap also said he has notified the FBI and the Ohio secretary of state. "We want to make sure the election here in Lake County is the best possible," Dunlap said. "I don't know if this was a concerted effort or if...

chatterboxChatterbox Exonerates New York Times!Does Howell Raines' Times weight polls to favor Democrats? Nope.By Timothy NoahPosted Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 7:17 PM PT In his forthcoming book, Off With Their Heads, Dick Morris levels the sensational accusation that the New York Times has been rigging its national polls in order to favor Democrats. The attack is well-timed, coming as it does when the Times is already reeling from the Jayson Blair affair and the suspension and subsequent resignation of star prose jock Rick Bragg. Like many others, Morris is convinced that Howell Raines is ruining the New York Times,...

The recent barrage of congressional and media criticism directed at President Bush for his handling of the widening corporate financial scandal has failed to damage his popularity, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey found that Bush's job approval rating stands at 72 percent, virtually unchanged from a month ago. An equally large proportion of people still view the president as honest and trustworthy, despite recent news accounts that he benefited as a business executive from some of the same practices he now publicly criticizes. Click here for the entire article.