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Blog Question of the Day: And how are you treating them?

May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 Skip

This is a tweet from Richard Fernandez concerning the EXTREMELY surprising result down under as the current Conservative Party in Australia won the national election when for months, the Labor (Liberal like the Democrats) ran primarily Green platform and were widely expected to have a clean sweep to victory. Are polls wrong because people are … Read more

Facebook Poll: 55% Say Let Women go Topless

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We’ve been a bit lax in the Facebook poll business lately. But when the 8th circuit ruled that States have an interest in not allowing women to expose their breasts in public, we figured we had to ask our Facebook Fans what they thought?

Democrat Campaign Committee Deletes Twitter Poll After Democracy Chooses Wrong Winner

May 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) thought it would be fun to do a Twitter Poll. They asked, “Do you want more Supreme Court justices like Ruth Bader Ginsburg or do you want more justices like Brett Kavanaugh?”

Another minimum wage poll at the Nashua Telegraph…

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 Skip

You know what to do here. The Poll is at the bottom of the page.

Poll: 99% of Conservatives Support a Border Wall

April 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A recent poll of over 19,000 Self-Identified Conservatives found that 99% approve of a border wall. Nearly universal support. The poll “also found that 97 percent of conservative activists support a “wall-plus” strategy that includes immigration legal reform, a topic that has stalled in Washington over partisan differences in handling illegal immigrants already in the … Read more

93% Say US Military Should be allowed to use deadly force to protect the Southern Border

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The results are in from last weeks Facebook Poll Question. “Should the US Military be allowed to use deadly force to protect the Southern Border?” Ninety-three percent of you said yes. Seven percent said no. How if at all did respondents clarify those positions?

This Weeks Facebook Poll Question – Local Schools as Gun Free Zones

February 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The gun-grabbers love to whittle away your ability to carry. Require permission. Make that process more complicated and expensive. Make it inconvenient to carry so that you are first forced and then get used to not doing it. Maybe get someone busted for carrying in some location where they have made it “illegal.” Use the media to … Read more

Poll Question: Should NH Require Abortion Providers to Have Some Medical Training?

February 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We asked our Facebook fans if New Hampshire should require abortion providers to have medical training. At present, it is not necessary. Anyone can perform an abortion in the Granite State. There is no requirement that these procedures even be reported. So, anyone could abort, and we’d never know.

Introducing Grok Facebook Polls – Into the Breach With a Question About Abortion

February 9, 2019February 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We launched a new feature on Facebook today. Facebook polls. They will run for up to a week, and we will then report the results here, along with some of the comments left in their wake. If you are on Facebook you can follow the Grok and participate here. I can tell you we’re already stirring things up a bit.

Quick Shot: New Poll – “Boomstick” Biden Tops Dems List of Presidential Hopefuls

January 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Politico Morning Consult Poll asked nearly 2000 registered voters “From the list of potential candidates below, who would you vote for if the Democratic primary for the 2020 presidential election were held today?” Boomstick Biden scored 26%. Ten points better than Bolshevick Bernie at 16%. Kamala ‘Prosecute your political enemies’ Harris rolled up 9%. Pasty … Read more

Quick Shot: Majority of Voters Say Shutdown Has Had No Impact on Them at All

January 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A recent survey reports that 89% of voters have felt little or no impact form the Government Shutdown. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 10% of Likely U.S. Voters say they have been personally affected by the shutdown in a major way. Another 35% say that in terms of … Read more

Data Point – Poll on an assault weapons ban

October 21, 2018 Skip

Emphasis mine:

Snapshot: Majority in U.S. Now Oppose Ban on Assault Rifles

Americans’ support for a ban on semi-automatic guns in the U.S. has dropped eight percentage points from a year ago, when opinions were more evenly divided after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Last year’s measure was unusually high for the trend over the past several years; the current 40% is back to within a few points of where it was between 2011 and 2016.

…The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%. The latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.

I understand the numbers but the phrasing is AWFUL and once again, we see that folk yammering about stuff they don’t know about.

Latest NBC/WSJ Poll – Trump Hits Highest All-Time Approval Rating

October 21, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Forty-three percent of registered voters say the GOP better handles the economy, while 28 percent pick the Democrats; the GOP held a 14-point edge on this question in August. Republicans also hold the advantage on trade (R+17), handling the Supreme Court nomination process (R+3) and changing how Washington works (R+1). Red State has more here … Read more

Kuster’s Last Stand

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself with the title – but I promise that it’s very applicable. Essentially, I predict we won’t have Annie Kuster to kick around anymore – at least not in Congress for the next two years. Looking at the St. Anselm College Survey Center’s April, 2018 poll, our stealthy District-2 Congresswoman is in … Read more

Question: GraniteGrok Meetups

September 26, 2018July 20, 2018 Skip

BUMPED from July 14th: Reminder, the poll closes on Saturday!

As we try to ramp GraniteGrok to the next level, one of the things being contemplated is doing Meetups – instead of you coming here, we Groksters would come out and meet with you folks. Purpose? Just to yak, talk, converse – you know, share a bit of fellowship. So, I’d like to find out IF our loyal readers think this might be a good idea, and if it might be, where should they be held and how often? Completely ad hoc or with a bit of an agenda? Just yak, or as Steve said, perhaps have a “GrokThink!” component (yes, I will keep you in suspense). As always, I read all the comments. But I do want to do a couple of polls after the jump (if I can figure this thingy out as I’ve never used the plugin that Steve has been using lately) so each poll might get adjusted as I correct mistakes.

OK, first question: how often?

6 in 10 Say Yes to SCOTUS Nominee Vote Before November Elections

September 26, 2018July 5, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A recent NBC poll reports that 62% of Americans believe the vote on Mr. Trump’s next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court should happen before the November Election.

The vast majority of Republicans surveyed, 85 percent, said the Senate’s vote on the nominee should take place before the election. Roughly six in 10 Independents, or 61 percent, agreed. However, more than half of Democrats, 55 percent, believe the voting on a new justice should wait.

Gallup Poll: Inaccuracy, Misinformation, and Bias in Media News Coverage

September 26, 2018June 23, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Gallup’s latest opinion poll adds another nail to the Media coffin. A growing majority believe it is biased.

Overall, U.S. adults estimate that 62% of the news they read in newspapers, see on television or hear on the radio is biased. They think the news media mostly provide accurate information, but still estimate that 44% of what they see is inaccurate. And they believe that more than a third of the news they see in these channels is misinformation — false or inaccurate information that is presented as if it were true.

Grok Poll – Will You Vote for Gov. Sununu After He Advanced The Radical Democrat Agenda?

September 26, 2018June 8, 2018 Steve MacDonald

It’s sad to say but New Hampshire’s ‘Republican’ Governor, Chris Sununu just signed two bills that should be challenged in court. One is a gag order that violates free speech and rights of conscience. The other deprives women of privacy in sex-specific spaces (not to mention a host of other issues). All to appease a sliver of the population that will never vote for him anyway.

GrokTALK! – Polling Concealed Carry Part II

July 15, 2024June 2, 2015 Steve MacDonald

We continue the analysis of the Women’s Defense League Poll on concealed carry with Emily Sandblade. Does carry permitting prevent criminals from getting guns? Should a few wealthy out of state donors be able to influence state law? (Will you be surprised at how the Democrats polled responded?)

Here’s a great example of what’s causing Republican angst lately – and a fact staring down the NH Dems

September 26, 2018October 2, 2012 Skip

Tim has a great chart about political registration – while it is true that it is not all roses blooming for the Republicans, it looks downright nasty for the Democrats. And using that as the foundation, look at this from (yes, again) The Corner:

Obama Three Points Ahead

Among likely voters, President Obama is at 50 percent and Mitt Romney at 47 percent in a new CNN poll. The partisan breakdown is 37 percent Democrat, 34 percent independent, and 29 percent Republican.

This is a perfect example of front loading Democrat participation using a turnout model that just doesn’t exist in the real world. Really, a model that has only 29% Republican? I realize that there is a lot of discussion going on about what the right mix should be – and I will admit that the independent number looks right. The Democrat has a mix that is 8 points higher than the Republicans? Really?

Add this in from Breitbart (emphasis mine):