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    Section III: Candidate Traits and the ’08 Campaign Military service, being a Christian, and political experience lead the list of traits that Americans find most appealing in a presidential candidate. But even more Americans say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is an atheist or a political newcomer, and nearly […]

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    We’re Ready to Project …

    As 11 p.m. neared on November 7 and the networks were about to sign off, NBC projected the Democrats would take control of the House though the results of many races were still out. It soon had company. In the next 21 minutes, all the networks and cable channels made their calls as well on what was still a fairly fluid map. This was the most the networks would do on a difficult night.

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    The Television Websites

    TV Websites If one were to generalize, probably the most successful destinations for voters, whether they wanted a quick summary of results or to delve deeply into the demographics or even state-by-state data from the exit polls, were the Web sites of the broadcast and cable TV news organizations. If one wanted to see early […]

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    Are National Polls Reliable Predictors of Midterm Elections?

    National elections are the high season for pollsters and with Election Day now less than two weeks away, new polls on the fight for Congress are being released nearly every day. Commonly, pollsters use something called the “generic ballot” to assess the state of the congressional race. Just how accurate is the “generic ballot” in predicting election results?

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    Questions and Data

    August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and older Interviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on […]

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    Democrats Score in Statehouses and Governors’ Mansions

    For the first time since 1994, Democrats won control of a majority of the nation’s governors’ mansions, wresting away five Republican seats with unofficial results of the Nov. 7 election putting Democrats in charge in 28 states. Democratic gains also vastly outnumbered Republican gains in the nation’s state legislatures, enough to take control of legislative chambers in at least six states — including the New Hampshire House for the first time since at least 1922.

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    About this Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 1,479 adults, 18 years of age or older, from November 9-12, 2006. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]

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    Questions and Methodology

    August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Revised Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project  Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and olderInterviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on the […]