In a poll of 417 NFL fans, we asked how many points the Patriots will beat the Jets by this weekend. 4% of those fans believe the Jets will win this weekend while… 18% think the Pats will win by 7 points or less 33% say they will win by 7-14 points 27% think the [...]

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison for his role in a dogfighting operation. Of the 471 Roanoke-area adults who said they were familiar with news stories about Vick, 19% said the 23 month sentence is too harsh, 42% feel it’s too lenient, and 37% think it’s about right. Blacks and whites differ [...]

Mike Huckabee is 11 points above Mitt Romney and now 17 points above last month’s leader, Rudy Giuliani, in SurveyUSA’s latest South Carolina Republican Primary polling. What’s behind what everyone is calling a surge? Is it actually real, or is it just reaction to the polling being reported elsewhere? Well, why can’t it be both? [...]

When WKRG-TV in Mobile asked its viewers if schools should evaluate students to determine if they are underweight, overweight or at an average weight, this is what they told us… You can find full results and crosstabs here .

With the problems Southern California is having with recent rain, KABC-TV in Los Angeles wanted to ask its viewers how the forecasted rain would affect their daily routine. 20% said the rain would affect their daily routine a lot. 42% say their routine will be affected a little. 37% said the rain will not affect [...]

85% of New York area adults say it’s very or somewhat likely that something like the Omaha Mall Shooting will happen again. When we asked New Yorkers if it’s possible or impossible to make public places such as malls, train stations and sports stadiums completely secure, 32% said it’s possible…63% said it’s impossible. Compared to [...]

Yesterday’s news reports about NYPD sting operations involving dropping wallets and purses in the city’s subways to see what people would do with them led WABC-TV to conduct a poll. 25% of  subway riders say they would use the information inside the wallet to try to return it to its rightful owner…putting them at risk [...]

We’re conducting our religion & politics research tonight in the states of New York, Kansas, and California. Results will be posted to the breaking news page as the polls become public at 11 pm eastern (NY and KS) and 11 pm pacific (CA) time tonight.

Two separate SurveyUSA polls of early primary states, one northern, one southern, show stark differences when it comes to the importance of religion in determining which candidate a voter will support. In New Hampshire , SurveyUSA polling conducted for WBZ-TV and covered on this blog yesterday showed faith was not a factor for the vast [...]

We asked adults in the San Francisco area if they would go out of their way to celebrate the holidays in ways that are environmentally friendly. 46% said they would go out of their way. 47% said they would not. 60% say they will buy wrapping paper that is environmentally friendly. Of 318 adults who [...]