Friday, March 2, 2012

Washington POll

  • A survey of Washington-area residents by WTOP-FM shows an increase in the number who think the local economy is going in the right direction.
  • (The Business Journal)
  • Washington state Republican voters overwhelmingly say presidential candidate Mitt Romney has the best chance to beat Obama in November.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hiring at small U.S. businesses edged higher in February as the number of firms laying off workers fell to its lowest since 2007, although companies scaled back plans to hire workers, a poll showed on Friday.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Eighteen percent of those surveyed said the president or the Obama administration are the most to blame for the spike in gas prices, a Washington Post/Pew Research Center poll found.
  • (Politico.com)
  • A Politico/George Washington University Battleground Poll released Monday indicates Obama topping former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 53% to 43% in a hypothetical general election matchup, with the president leading former Sen.
  • (CNN)
  • WASHINGTON — A new national poll shows Mitt Romney increasing his lead to 11 percentage points over top challenger Rick Santorum as the Republican presidential campaign intensified ahead of Super Tuesday's crucial votes in 10 states.
  • (Reno Gazette)
  • WASHINGTON — Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that climate change is real -- the highest level in two years -- as the public trusted its own observations of rising temperatures, a poll said Tuesday.
  • (Google)
  • WASHINGTON — Christian conservative Rick Santorum is holding a seven-point lead over Mitt Romney in Ohio a week ahead of the US Republican presidential primary in the key Midwest state, a poll showed Monday.
  • (Google)
  • University of Washington poli-sci Prof. Matt Barreto points out that at this stage, no national delegates are awarded.
  • (NPR News)
  • Only about one in five Israelis (19% ) favor a unilateral strike without US support, according to the poll, released at a briefing at the Brookings Institution here Wednesday.
  • (Asia Times)

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