Some highlights of what you can expect from SurveyUSA in the coming days of this short holiday week: Fresh U.S. Senate head-to-head numbers out of New Mexico, and our first look at the Democratic and Republican primaries there that will determine if it’s Wilson or Pearce vs. Udall or Chavez. November approval rating numbers on [...]

SurveyUSA has tracked the approval rating of Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski for 31 months. For the first year and a half, Kulongoski’s Net Job Approval was negative, and his approval rating never broke 45%. During 2007, however, Kulongoski has had a positive Net Job Approval each month but one — until now, when for the [...]

66% of Tampa-area adults say they approve of a deal Governor Charlie Crist has made with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to expand gambling options in their casinos.  A majority of every demographic group approves of the deal. While most say they back the arrangement, they also say it won’t affect how often they visit [...]

Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, denied re-election on November 6, today has a 32% approval rating, a 64% disapproval rating, and a Net Job Approval of Minus 32, his lowest in nearly a year. Fletcher’s previous low was Minus 35 in December of 2006; his all-time low, recorded in August 2006, was Minus 49. In 31 [...]

66% of San Francisco-area adults familiar with Barry Bonds say he knowingly took steroids. Another 25% say Bonds took steroids, but didn’t know they were steroids at the time. 57% say Bonds lied to a grand jury investigating the use of steroids by professional athletes; 20% say he did not. Full results are here. Research [...]

Looking beyond the Iowa caucus and into possible 2008 head-to-head contests, we find Barack Obama ahead of each of the four most likely GOP nominees in the Hawkeye State. Obama leads… Giuliani by 13 points Romney by 14 points Huckabee by 21 points   (no track; this is the first time we’ve run that pairing) McCain [...]

SurveyUSA has now tracked the approval rating of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for 31 straight months. For the first 18 months, Schwarzenegger had a negative approval rating. He didn’t break 40% until the last three of those 18 months. In the 13 months since then, Schwarzenegger’s approval rating has been negative only once, in February [...]

A majority in Boston say airport security has more to do with the appearance of safety than with actually keeping air travel safe, according to our latest  WBZ-TV News poll. Back in July, Boston adults felt almost exactly the opposite way. This, of course, comes after reports today of airport security screeners failing to catch [...]

Interesting data point in today’s Ohio head-to-head data: On its own, it’s doesn’t seem very notable; last month, John McCain and Hillary Clinton each got 46% in Ohio. This month, and it’s difficult to see, McCain has a statistically insignificant one point lead — that’s really unchanged from last month’s data, and on its own, [...]

85% of Boston-area fans of the Red Sox say the team’s planned 9% increase in ticket prices next season is unreasonable. 82% of fans say the current price of tickets is too high. 66% say the increased cost will lead them to attend games less often than they do now. Research conducted for WBZ-TV in [...]