SurveyUSA looks at the two most likely Republican nominees, alone and paired as a Republican ticket, running against the existing Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and a new Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Here is the progression of match-ups, and the results: • Obama 31% • Romney 56% • [...]

SurveyUSA poll data from the state of Pennsylvania, conducted for KDKA-TV Pittsburgh: Pennsylvanians are not yet of one mind on Joe Paterno: * 46% say Paterno is a scape-goat, but: * 44% say Paterno participated in the cover-up of criminal behavior. * 13% expect Paterno to be charged with a crime, But: * 47% disagree [...]

SurveyUSA looks at the two most likely Republican nominees, alone and paired as a Republican ticket, running against the existing Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and a new Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Here is the progression of match-ups, and the results: * Obama 44% * Romney 44% * [...]

One year to election day In head-to-head match-ups for President of the United States in Minnesota, Barack Obama leads all Republican challengers, 1 of them by less than the 10 percentage points that Obama defeated John McCain by in 2008, the rest by more. Minnesota is a key battleground state that Obama needs to carry [...]

One year to Election Day, Incumbent U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, of the DFL party, leads 2 well-known Minnesota Republicans by a dozen points, and leads lesser known Republicans by 30 points, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis St Paul. In head-to-head matchups among MN registered voters, SurveyUSA finds: Klobuchar 49%, Tim Pawlenty 37% [...]

Results of a SurveyUSA poll  of the state of California: 64% say Herman Cain is unfit to be President of the United States (including a majority of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, a majority of men and women, and a majority of whites and blacks). 48% say Cain should drop out of the race for president. A [...]

What do Pennsylvania adults make of the news stories coming out of Penn State University about the sexual molestation of children over 15 years: Just 13% say Penn State did what it could to prevent crimes against children. 65% say Penn State looked the other way and could have done more to protect children. 16% [...]

Cell-phone respondents are significantly more likely to call for the resignation of Joe Paterno, the head football coach at Penn State University, than are home-phone respondents. In a survey of Pennsylvania adults conducted for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, SurveyUSA found a 25-point difference between how home-phone and cell-phone respondents look at the issue. n=604, released 11/08/11. [...]

51% of Pennsylvanians following news stories about Penn State University say University President Graham Spanier should resign, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KDKA-TV News in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvanians are divided about head football coach Joe Paterno. 40% say Paterno should resign, 45% say he should not. Both individuals, though not accused of crimes, have [...]

64% of Californians interviewed immediately after the verdict was announced in the Michael Jackson wrongful death court case agree with the jury’s guilty verdict, according to a SurveyUSA poll  conducted for KABC-TV in Los Angeles, KPIX-TV in San Francisco, and KGTV-TV in San Diego. Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death [...]