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Poll: 4 in 10 Southerners Still Side With Confederacy

A century and a half after the opening shots of the U.S. Civil War, nearly four in 10 Southerners say they still sympathize with the Confederacy. That's according to a new CNN poll released on the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, when Union soldiers raised a U.S. flag over Fort Sumter in South Carolina and...

Obama Approval Numbers Surging, But Why?

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll confirms what other pulse trackers are finding of late: President Barack Obama's popularity is on the rise. In the latest poll, 53 percent of Americans say that they approve of the way the president is doing his job, 41 percent said they disapprove and 6 percent said they were not...

Obama Would Lose to Romney or Huckabee in 2012, But Still Bests Palin in Poll

(Nov. 4) -- On your marks, get set...prognosticate! Though the dust is still settling on the 2010 midterm elections, pollsters are already at work sizing up the impact of the Republican electoral landslide on the still hypothetical races to come in 2012. According to a new CNN/Opinion research poll, President Obama may be...

Judge Walker Says Calif. Gays Can Wed Soon; America Moves Toward Acceptance

(Aug. 12) -- The incoming tide shows no signs of turning. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that legally recognized marriages of gay and lesbian couples living in California can resume on Aug. 18, the Los Angeles Times reported. Walker's directive comes after the state's governor, Arnold...

1 Year Later, How's Obama Doing?

Whether or not Tuesday's voting turns out to be a referendum on President Obama, people are already making it clear how they feel about his job performance one year after his election. Obama has a 54 percent approval rating in a new CNN poll, nearly matching the 53 percent of the vote he got last November. What's changed...

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10/05/11 CNN Poll of Polls: New lineup in battle for GOP... Source: CNN Political Ticker What a difference a couple of weeks make.
04/22/11 CNN Poll Of Polls President s Approval Rating Declining Source: NBC - KPRC-TV Local 2 - Houston TX President Barack Obama's job approval rating among Americans is edging down, according to an average of the most recent national polls.
03/22/11 Early Polling Shows No Democratic Base Retreat Over... Source: Swampland - Time Barack Obama won the Democratic primaries in 2008 largely because of his opposition to George W. Bush's war of choice in Iraq, which Obama called "a dumb war" from the beginning.
10/22/10 CNN Poll of Polls: GOP holds 8-point advantage Source: CNN Political Ticker A CNN Poll of Polls compiled and released Friday indicates that 50 percent of likely voters would choose a Republican candidate for Congress if the election were held today, with 42 percent saying they would vote for a Democrat.
10/06/10 CNN Poll of Polls: Likely voters favor GOP candidates... Source: CNN Political Ticker According to the first CNN Poll of Polls in this year's battle for control of Congress, likely voters favor Republican candidates over Democrats in the midterm matchup that's just 27 days away.