Poll News

Poll: No problem of racial division In Paterson-Cuomo primary

By theGrio

10:48 AM on 02/03/2010

The new Quinnipiac poll of New York finds that state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues to have a very wide lead over incumbent Gov. David Paterson...

Large portion of GOP thinks Obama is racist, socialist, non-U.S. citizen

By theGrio

5:20 PM on 02/02/2010

From The Huffington Post - 31 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a "Racist who hates White people", according to a new Daily Kos poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters...

For race, what a difference a year makes - and doesn't

By Michael E. Ross

9:05 AM on 11/04/2009

OPINION - In Grant Park one year ago, a multigenerational, multiracial crowd celebrated the change they could believe in: a nation finally living out the true meaning of equality and opportunity...

Poll: What's the 'Obama Effect' on race relations?

By theGrio

11:06 AM on 10/23/2009

FROM USA TODAY> While some of the soaring optimism of Election Day has tempered, more than six in 10 Americans predict in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that Barack Obama's presidency will improve race relations in the United States in the years ahead. Four in 10 say it already has. As...

Obama's approval ratings up despite concerns

By theGrio

10:09 AM on 10/07/2009

President Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as America's mood begins to brighten. But concerns about the economy, health care and war persist, and support for the war in Afghanistan is falling...

Facebook poll asked if Obama should be killed

By theGrio

4:28 PM on 09/28/2009

Facebook users come across lots of surveys created by other users. But this one caught the attention of the U.S. Secret Service. It asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated...

Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama

By theGrio via AP

8:01 AM on 08/21/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.

Obama mishandled Gates arrest, most Americans say

By theGrio via AP

5:08 PM on 07/30/2009

Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Barack Obama has dealt with the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar -- with white voters especially likely to take a negative view, according to a poll released Thursday...

Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'

VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...