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
Republicans are the party of lower taxes and less government spending. But we are also the party of responsible government and spending within our means. Or at least we claim to be. From that standpoint, an extension of the payroll tax holiday is a bad idea for Republicans. More importantly, it is a bad idea for the country. Read More
Obama Job Performance Update: Still Positive in Washington State Read More
Voters in California’s most competitive Congressional Districts are divided in their partisan preference for Congress and are, likewise, divided in their assessment of President Obama’s performance and latest jobs proposal. Read More
Likely voters in Washington State are widely impressed with private forest landowners’ efforts to protect water quality and habitat and, as a result, less than one-in-three favor more regulation of private forest land and more than six-in-ten are comfortable with their own use of wood products. Read More
Rob McKenna currently leads Democrat contender Jay Inslee in the race for Governor by a margin of 37% to 32%. There are still a number of undecided voters in this race, but McKenna appears to be doing well among key demographic groups critical to a Republican victory in Washington State. Read More
Results of our recent survey in Washington show Maria Cantwell's reelect number in negative territory with just 38% of Washingtonians saying she deserves reelection while 46% say it's time for a new person. Additionally, her hard reelect score (those people who say she deserves reelection regardless of who runs against her) stands at just 23%. Read More
In the current debate over federal spending much is made of entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare and their role in runaway budget deficits. Recently we asked a Smith/Jones question which presented two options to voters: should we manage Social Security, Medicare and the rest of the federal budget as three distinctly different programs or should we allow the funds to intermingle allowing one program to cover shortfalls in another program from year to year. By a staggering 3:1 margin voters say these three items should be managed and maintained separately. Read More
It's often said in politics that if you are educating, you are losing. So, when we talk about the long term solvency of Medicare and the soundness of the system it's important to assess voters' perceptions and determine what, if anything, they think needs to be done to protect the program. We asked some questions on a recent statewide survey in Washington State to measure what voters thought about the health of the Medicare Program and what they thought of the Ryan Plan to fix the current problems. Read More
If the new post-redistricting Electoral College map had been in place in the 2008 Presidential election John McCain would still have lost by a very wide margin. Read More
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