Looking today at 2008 head to head matchups in Kansas, where we find John McCain is the only candidate whose leads are larger than the margins of error.

McCain leads Hillary Clinton by 17 points in Kansas, and leads Barack Obama by 16 points. Neither Democrat has closed the gap to single digits at any time […]

A month after Democrat Steve Beshear captured the Kentucky statehouse, Hillary Clinton today holds leads — albeit statistically insignificant ones in some cases — in head-to-head presidential matchups against Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain.

Meantime, Barack Obama, who has shown greater strength this month in some states, trails Giuliani by 14 , […]

When we asked 1,000 adults from across the country what they planned to do about shopping the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year, 69% said they would avoid the Black Friday madness. 21% said they would get up early and go. 8% said they would go later in the day…possibly once […]

We asked 1,000 adults from across the United States what their favorite Thanksgiving side dish is. Overall…

36% say it’s stuffing.
19% pick mashed potatoes.
16% prefer sweet potatoes.
8% like green bean casserole the most.
5% go with cranberry sauce.
8% look forward to pumpkin pie for dessert.
3% say pecan pie is their favorite side.

Some interesting regional differences — stuffing […]

Washington and Oregon head-to-head presidential numbers are similar in some ways (Democrats lead in most — but not all — pairings) and different in some others (Washington likes Clinton more than Obama; Oregon likes Obama more than Clinton)
Full results, with crosstabs and tracking, are here for Oregon; Washington is here.
Of particular note:

Clinton leads Giuliani by […]

75% of Charleston adults plan to donate to charity during the holiday season.
Of the 376 adults who will donate…

23% will donate money
9% will donate food
6% will donate clothes
5% will donate their time
54% will donate a combination of these
 
Will you donate more? Less? Or the same amount as last year?

Research conducted for WCSC-TV in […]

In 31 months of SurveyUSA tracking, United States Senator from Kentucky Mitch McConnell has had job approval ratings ranging from a low of 48% to a high of 56%. His Net Job Approval, determined by subtracting disapproval from approval, ranged from Plus 4 last month to Plus 24 in June of 2005.
This month, for the […]

Our latest election polling from New Mexico shows Heather Wilson 19 points in front of Steve Pearce in a GOP Primary for United States Senate, shows Tom Udall leading Martin Chavez by 30 points in a Democratic Primary, and shows Udall beating either Wilson or Pearce in a general election matchup. Should Chavez win the […]

SurveyUSA separately asked 438 NFL fans from the Boston area and 784 NFL fans from across the entire country if the Patriots will go to the Super Bowl this year. 98% in Boston said they would, compared with 63% in the rest of the country.
Will the Patriots remain undefeated this year? 64% in Boston […]

The last time Virginia voted for a Democrat in a presidential election, it was LBJ in 1964. On the other hand, the state’s current and former governors are both Democrats, as is US Senator Jim Webb, elected in 2006; Democrats also now control the state senate, all of which have led to speculation the Old […]