Recent Polls & Analysis


  • Why Class Warfare is Working

    Over the years the familiar refrain from Republicans in response to various Democratic economic proposals has been that the Democrats are engaging in "class warfare," pitting Americans against each other based on economic standing. And Republicans have pretty much convinced themselves that Democrats' line of attack is not very effective and that most Americans see past it. Read More

  • Washington Voters - No Appetite for New Taxes, Spending

    Washington voters are in no mood for raising taxes, and at the same time they want their state government to hold the line on spending. In fact, when it comes to addressing Washington State’s budget challenges, voters prefer reducing spending instead of raising taxes, by significant margins. These are some of the key findings in the latest Moore Information survey of 400 voters in the Evergreen State. Read More

  • Survey of CA Latino Voters Reveals Opportunities and Challenges for Republicans

    GROW Elect, a political organization dedicated to electing Latino Republicans to office in California, and Moore Information, a prominent Republican polling firm based in Portland, Oregon, jointly released a survey today of registered Latino voters in ten California congressional districts expected to be competitive in the 2014 mid-term elections. Read More

  • Republicans Are Too Concerned With the Rich

    Republicans are too concerned with the rich and Democrats tax and spend too much. This is what voters told us in our recent national voter survey. We asked a sample of 996 voters nationwide which of four issues is their major complaint or concern about the Republican and Democrat Parties. Read More

  • BIPAC Survey Shows Employers are Trusted, Could Communicate More

    This past election cycle we saw a proliferation of third party groups, or Super PACs, working to impact the outcome of elections. Both sides of the political aisle had their supporters and in several instances these third party groups actually accounted for more spending than did the campaigns themselves. This onslaught of political advertising presents many challenges for candidates and their supporters, but it also provides unique opportunities for organizations that can communicate directly with their stakeholders. Read More

  • Washington Voters’ Perceptions of the Republican Gubernatorial Drought

    In a recent survey of Washington voters we asked respondents which of two views best describes why they think voters in the state have not elected a Republican governor since 1980. We found that voters are more likely to attribute the drought to the GOP’s policies favoring big business and the rich than they are a Conservative social agenda. Read More

  • Throw Open the Tent Flaps – America is Changing

    After every election all the instant historians tell us what it all means, why one candidate lost, why another won and what lessons we should take from the results. It's generally a helpful exercise, but sometimes the analysis and talking points are based on erroneous information which oftentimes is more apocryphal than enlightening. Read More

  • New Poll Shows Obama Leading, but Republicans More Likely to Vote

    Our recent poll of likely voters in Washington State shows Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney, 46-36% with 6% saying they will vote for neither candidate and 11% undecided. At the same time, however, we also find Republicans in our poll are more likely than Democrats to consider this year’s Presidential election important. Read More

  • A Plurality of Oregon Voters Favor Coal Exports

    n a recent survey of Oregon voters we asked respondents several questions about coal exports. Here is a summary of the findings. Thirty-five percent of voters recall recent news coverage about coal exports, despite a significant amount of coverage in the news. Awareness is higher in the Portland metro area and Willamette Valley than elsewhere in the state. Read More

  • Oregon’s First Congressional District: Poll Update

    The campaign to replace David Wu in Oregon’s First Congressional District is going right down to the wire. In a Moore Information poll of 300 likely voters in the district, conducted January 11-12, Cornilles was supported by 42%, Bonamici by 46%, while 10% were undecided and 2% said they wouldn't vote for either candidate. Read More