The Numbers Archives
A Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer
— -- February 2010
2/17 In Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Finance, the Public Dissents
2/11 Financial Regulation: Popular, But Less So
2/9 On Bipartisanship, Room for Improvement
2/5 Polling Positions at ABC News
January 2010
1/29 Perspectives on Partisanship
1/28 The President and Nuclear Power
1/26 In Race and Politics, Context Helps
1/14 Polling in Afghanistan: An Antidote to Anecdote
1/12 Civilian Casualties: Placing the Blame
1/11 In Afghanistan, the Importance of Public Opinion
1/5 Happy at Work? Depends Who's Asking.
1/4 Na'vi vs. Scarlett and Rhett
December 2009
12/17 Guest Blog: Survey Accuracy - Revisiting the Benchmarks
12/11 Attitudes on Abortion: The Yellow Flag Stays Out
12/7 The Price of Better Polling
12/2 Obama and Afghanistan: The Case that Needs Making
12/1 Over Obama's Shoulder, Wartime Presidents Past
November 2009
11/24 In Afghanistan Decision, Risks Abound
11/17 Views on the Terror Trials
11/16 Sarah Palin: Rogue for President?
11/2 Tomorrow's Elections: An Obama Referendum?
October 2009
10/28 Schwarzenegger's Nastygram: One in 10 Billion?
10/20 Pols, Polls and Pushback
10/19 On Nuclear Iran, Diplomacy and Sanctions are Preferred to Hostilities
10/9 Polling, Politics and Nobels
10/6 The War in Afghanistan: Reassessment, Eight Years On
10/5 In Autism Studies, Keep an Eye on the Definition
10/2 Beyond Unemployment, the Damage Resonates
10/1 Abortion Support: A Trend Away?
10/1 Polling on the Chicago Olympics: Let the Games Begin
September 2009
9/28 Guest Blog: More on the Problems with Opt-in Internet Surveys
9/24 Health Reform Challenge: Seniors and their Medicare
9/23 Research Group Censures an '08 Primary Pollster
9/16 Obama's Strong Disapproval
9/15 Afghanistan Troop Boost Looks Unpopular
9/14 A Year Later, Many Say Economic Reforms are Lacking
9/14 News Ratings... and the Meaning of Media
9/10 Health Care Data: Commence Nitpicking
9/9 Advancing Obama's Address: A Summary of Health Care Data
9/8 Obama's Health Care Address: Have We Seen This Movie?
9/4 Obama's Slide: An Appraisal
9/3 The Trauma of Unemployment
9/1 Study Finds Trouble for Opt-in Internet Surveys
August 2009
8/28 Exit Poll Response Rates: Don't Bring Me Down
8/26 Ted Kennedy: A Life of Political Challenges
8/25 ABC Wins Iowa Gallup Award for Poll Coverage
8/25 Assessing the Afghanistan Election
8/24 Views on a Public Option: Let the Fur Fly
8/19 Demand May Outstrip Initial Supply for Swine Flu Vaccine
July 2009
7/30 Blame and the Beer Summit
7/29 Most Oppose Terror Probe, with Sharp Partisan Rift
7/27 Biden's Approval: Like Obama's - Only Weaker
7/23 Racial Discrimination: Obama, Gates and the Police
7/22 Obama and the Health Care Hurdles
7/21 Sotomayor Holds the Center... and a Bit More
7/19 Thumbs Up for Apollo 11; Current Efforts, Less So
7/14 Two Emmy Nominations for ABC News Poll in Iraq
7/8 Sarah Palin: Up Among Republicans?
June 2009
6/29 In Iraq, Progress - and Problems
6/24 Mark Sanford and the Affairs of State
6/15 Iran's Election: The Odds of Fraud
6/5 Affirmative Action: Words Matter
6/4 Hold on Groves: Mystery Hour at the Senate
6/4 "Medical Bankruptcies:" a Data Update
6/3 Obama and the Muslim World
6/2 What We Don't Know About China
May 2009
5/27 Sotomayor and Hispanic Judges: Doing the Math
5/26 Sotomayor: The Political Equation
5/26 Supreme Court Pick: The Public Perspective
5/19 Emission Standards: Watch the Pothole
5/18 Public Opinion on Abortion: No Easy Answer
5/6 Obama, Karzai and Zardari: Behind the Smiles
April 2009
4/27 Joe Biden: Popular, but he's no Obama
4/27 Broad Backing for Cuba Relations
4/24 Bird Strikes: The Feathers Fly
4/23 Obama, Cheney and the Politics of Torture
4/14 Obama, the Economy... and Thin Ice
4/8 Pot smokers vs. President Obama: Let's Vote
March 2009
3/31 Michelle Obama: Bragging Rights
3/30 NH Meltdown: The Report is In
3/27 Afghanistan: An Opinion Review
3/6 Confidence to the Rescue? Don't Hold Your Breath.
3/5 Medical Bankruptcies: A Data-Check
3/2 Sleep Survey: A Recurring Nightmare
February 2009
2/24 Strong. But Average. And Way Divided.
2/23 Latest on The Lancet Imbroglio
2/23 Obama Wins Economic Approval, Despite Deficit Woes
2/13 What Holbrooke Should Hear
2/9 The News from Wardak... Badghis... Zabul... Parwan...
January 2009
1/30 Michael Steele and the GOP
1/26 Bipartisanship on the Stimulus: Clean Power and... Um...
1/21 Gitmo and Torture: Slam Dunks?
1/20 Post-Partisanship? Let's See
1/19 The Inauguration Audience
1/6 Racial Discrimination: An Army Survey
December 2008
12/24 The Veteran Vote - an Update
12/15 Obama: The Transition and the Senate Seat Scandal
12/8 Big Three Bailout: Opinion Update
12/3 Big Three Bailout: A Data Drive-Through
November 2008
11/20 Socrates in Jeopardyland
11/11 Ideological Underpinnings
11/10 The Key, or the Chimera?
11/6 Work, Widgets and Perfect Polls
11/2 Obama Matches his Best, Boosted by Economic Woe
October 2008
10/31 New Direction vs. Experience (and an Early Voting Update)
10/29 Do You Know This Candidate?
10/26 Divided Gov't and McCain's Closing Case
10/22 Battlegrounds, Reds and Blues
10/21 The Economy... and those Clinton Democrats
10/15 Dissecting the "Bradley Effect"
10/10 Of Markets and Marriages
September 2008
9/24 Views on the Bailout... um, Investment
9/23 Emmy Award Cites ABC's Iraq Poll
9/19 Cell-Onlies: Report on a Test
9/16 Game On: Here Come the Votes
9/15 Economic Discontent: The Brass Ring
9/9 White Women and Movability
9/2 Work-Life Balance: Beyond the Politics
August 2008
8/27 National Security, Joe Biden and WJC
8/25 Rethinking Working-Class Whites
July 2008
7/22 Taking Aim at the Military Vote
7/15 ABC's Iraq Poll Draws 2 Emmy Nominations
June 2008
6/12 SCOTUS, Security and Civil Rights
6/4 39 States, 68 Contests, 79,281 Interviews
6/4 Vote Tally: Can We Just Call it a Tie?
6/2 Campaign Ad Spending: Fun With Numbers
6/1 Dicing the Democratic Vote
May 2008
5/28 Gay Marriage: The California Questions
5/27 Democratic Voter Groups: A Second Look
5/13 Obama and Working-Class Whites
5/5 Battling Data: What Gives?
April 2008
4/29 The President and Public Opinion
4/23 The Role of Race, Revisited
4/21 PA Primary: What to Watch
March 2008
3/14 War in Iraq: The Five-Year View
3/12 Iraq and AQ: Suspicion vs. Belief
February 2008
2/29 A New Hampshire Post-Mortem
2/11 In the Democratic Race, Whither White Men
2/8 Turnout and the Youth Vote
January 2008
1/22 Consumer Confidence and the Markets
1/11 The New Hampshire Polls: What We Know
1/9 New Hampshire's Polling Fiasco
1/7 In New Hampshire, is it the Indies?
1/2 IA and NH: A Quizzical Homage to Firstness
December 2007
12/30 So Who the Heck's Ahead?
12/18 Teens and Steroids: Keep an Eye on the Stats
November 2007
11/7 Robertson and Rudy: Does it Matter?
October 2007
10/19 A Closer Look at "Values Voters"
10/18 Battle of the Sexes, News of the Day
10/17 President Bush: Where He's At
10/12 Al Gore's Campaign: Turning up the Heat
September 2007
9/28 Gingrich as Speaker: Remembering When
9/24 The Use and Misuse of Polls
9/10 Polling in Iraq: The Unsung Heroes
August 2007
8/28 Online Ballots: Let the Clicker Beware
8/3 Polling in Iowa: To List, or Not To List
July 2007
7/24 Election Polls: What We're After
7/9 Out of Iraq: Not Whether, but When and How
June 2007
6/25 If the Dunce Cap Fits, Wear it