Tag Archive | Real Clear Politics
Posted on August 6, 2013. Tags: Democratic Primary, Dewhurst, Electoral Law, Facebook, Female Graduate, Gop Chairman, Katon Dawson, Lindsey Graham, Line Of Reasoning, Nancy Mace, Political Survival, Real Clear Politics, Runoff System, Senate Campaign, Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Legislature, Stark Terms, Tea Party, Tooth And Nail, Unintended Consequence, Usa Today
These two reports are encouraging to those who hope that Senator Lindsey Graham is retired by the voters in South Carolina next year. The first one is in USA Today. Here’s an important bio on the two new candidates (Businessman Richard Cash is the first to get into the race): Nancy Mace, the first female […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on November 5, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Battleground, Election Day, George Washington, George Washington University, Internal Numbers, Internal Poll, Margin Of Error, Math, Mitt Romney, Monday Through Thursday, Nugget, Percentages, Poll Numbers, Presidential Candidates, Raw Numbers, Real Clear Politics, Republican Side, Statistical Dead Heat, Tracking Poll
In looking through the polls, I always check the math. Believe it or not, there are sometimes errors in simple addition as well as more complex issues. The latest Politico poll writeup states: DENVER— With just two days to go until Election Day, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are tied in the race for […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 1, 2012. Tags: Backlash Against, Blogger, Connecticut, Fearless Predictions, Few Days, Frustrations, hannity, Hook, Margin Of Victory, Mitt Romney, Mogul, Nutmeg State, Polls, Presidential Campaigning, Real Clear Politics, Senate Race, Shocker, Surprise, Third Parties, Wile
This photo of the word “ROMNEY” written on a New Jersey beach submitted by Twitchy gave me the hook to talk about something I think could happen Tuesday, and it would be a shocker: New Jersey goes for Mitt Romney! Maybe Connecticut, too. And it’s all Sandy’s fault (That’s Sandy the Super Storm not Sandy […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on November 1, 2012. Tags: Computer Model, Computer Modeling, Demographics, Independent Voters, Independents, Modeling Software, New Computer, Party Affiliation, Presidential Elections, Rasmussen, Ratios, Real Clear Politics, Republican Resurgence, Republican Sweep, Republicans, Significant Numbers, Skew, State Offices, State Senate, Voter Turnout
Virginia Right! has created a new computer modeling program that allows us to plug in the poll demographics of today’s polls and calculate the results based on the actual voter turnout as far as party affiliation in the presidential elections of 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition, the software calculates the what-if scenario if Republicans, […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 15, 2012. Tags: Abc News, Anxiety, Couple Of Days, Democrat, Democratic Poll, Democrats, Energy Boost, Latest Poll, Liar, Margin Of Victory, Mitt Romney, Outlier, Point Advantage, Post Debate Poll, Ppp, Rcp, Real Clear Politics, Republicans, Wapo, Washington Post
Comparing this post debate poll from WaPo / ABC to the last one they did before the debate 15 days ago, there are some things that jump out at you. The earlier poll sampled 3% more Democrats than Republicans (33% D’s, 30% R’s) a +3 lean towards Democrats and the latest poll samples 9% more Democrats […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 9, 2012. Tags: Analogy, Barack Obama, Consistency, Demographic Mix, Demographics, Exception To The Rule, Illusions, Important Factors, Internal Numbers, Margin Of Error, Mitt Romney, Normalization, Platinum Members, Political Poll, Poll Check, Pollsters, Real Clear Politics, Recipes For Soup, Republicans, Skew
Up until today, most of the polls have been illusions. Rasmussen may be the single exception to the rule. Watching the Rasmussen internal numbers, there has been a great deal of consistency in the polling demographics, which makes for an easy time telling if there has been movement to Mitt Romney or towards Barack Obama. Rasmussen has […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 27, 2012. Tags: Anomaly, Barack Obama, Cnn, Conservatives, Daily Tracking Polls, Decline, Disaster, Disgust, Erick Erickson, Excuse, Fixation, Libya, Margin Of Error, Observation, Occasions, Radio Show, Real Clear Politics, Realclearpolitics, Redstate, Tenths
Erick Erickson’s a politically savvy guy. He shows up on CNN and other news outlets regularly, has a radio show and is the main drive behind the popular conservative blog RedState. I have met Erick on several occasions and have a lot of respect for him. But I take exception to his column this morning at Redstate […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 26, 2012. Tags: Advantage, Ahead, Bias, Cross Tabs, Democrats, Demographics, Few Days, Keen Interest, Political Poll, Poll Average, Poll Averages, Polls, Rcp, Real Clear Politics, Screen Shots, Snapshot, Validity
I have been watching the polls with a keen interest of late. As I look into the Cross Tabs and Demographics of the numerous polls that seem to favor Obama, what I find is that the polls sample Democrats at a much higher rate than is reasonably believable. Real Clear Politics is supposed to be […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 26, 2012. Tags: Bloomberg, Democrats, Lead, Mitt Romney, Normalization, Point Advantage, Political Poll, Poll Check, Poll Results, Polls, Real Clear Politics, Republican
There they go again. Another day another skewed poll. But the good news is that after “Normalization” to correct the Democratic leaning of the poll Republican Mitt Romney actually has a 3 point lead, not a 6 point Obama advantage as the poll pretends to show. The complete analysis of this Bloomberg Poll is here. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 11, 2012. Tags: Cnn, Cnn Abc, Cnn Poll, Democrats And Republicans, Double Digits, Election Republicans, Ibd, Independent Voters, Independents, Mainstream Media, Obama, Opinion Research, Party Makeup, Poll Analysis, Real Clear Politics, Republicans And Democrats, Romney, Single Point, Wapo, Waste Of Time
Well, there they go again. Polls should measure public opinion, not attempt to sway it. What makes for a good poll these days? Well, the same as always. A good sample size, I prefer at least 1,000. And most importantly, a party makeup that realistically reflects the public at large. These days, I accept a […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 21, 2012. Tags: Ahead, Democrats, Gallup, Lead, Mitt Romney, Monmouth University, Paul Ryan, Poll, Polls, Rasmussen, Real Clear Politics, Republicans, Running Mate, Vp
Monmouth University just released a poll that over-sampled Democrats 33% to 27% and shows Obama leading by only 1%. Rasmussen and Gallup are presently showing Romney leading by 1 and 2 points respectively. Real Clear Politics has Obama ahead by 2.5 points but they are still adding in 3 polls prior to Paul Ryan being selected […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 10, 2012. Tags: Board Of Directors, Commonwealth, Eminent Domain, Goochland County, Hanover, Iclei, Lasolette, Legislative Positions, Lobbies, Municipal Associations, Party Group, Party Initiative, Real Clear Politics, Referendum, Remarkable Story, Richmond, State Constitution, Suburban County, Tea Party, Virginia Association
This is a remarkable story: Major suburban county in Virginia pulls out of its association of counties! Here’s the story from Real Clear Politics! The Goochland County Board of Supervisor (sic) is withdrawing from a state association that supports counties and lobbies on their behalf, saying some of the group’s legislative positions do not reflect […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on June 3, 2012. Tags: Austerity, Backlash Against, Backstop, Beppe Grillo, Eloquent Plea, Euro Zone, Europeans, Global Stage, Great News, Inroads, Kupchan, Local Elections, Market Share, Pact, Pirate Party, Political Mainstream, Politician, Real Clear Politics, Tweedledee And Tweedledum, Undoing
These two articles found on Real Clear Politics show the threat to the US that the European Union is. The first article makes a eloquent plea that the euro will survive but maybe not the EU. This is great news for liberty and the United States. Though it is not too late to save the […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on May 31, 2012. Tags: 16oz, Agenda 21, Beverage Association, City Beverage, City Health Department, Conscious Decision, Government Power, Hollowed, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, New York City Health, New York Observer, Ny Observer, Observer Reporter, Political Courage, Real Clear Politics, Soft Drinks, Sugary Drinks, Unhealthy Obsession
Many are criticizing (rightly) the proposed large soda ban in NYC proposed by Mayor Bloomberg. “There they go again. The New York City Health Department’s unhealthy obsession with attacking soft drinks is again pushing them over the top,” said Stefan Friedman, spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association. Here is the transcript on a […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on December 2, 2011. Tags: Becky, Blizzard, Caucus Night, Caucuses, Drawback, Erick Erickson, Foreign Policy, Fundraiser, Gingrich, Inclement Weather, Iowa Politics, Iowa Republican, Longtime Observers, Nonconformist Views, Obama, Pat Robertson, Real Clear Politics, Reluctant Candidate, Ron Paul, Snowstorm
This article from Real Clear Politics is revealing: But in a race that has seen as many shifting variables as this one, Paul retains the potential to surprise everyone — especially if Iowa’s particularly inclement weather is a factor on caucus night. “If there is a snowstorm, Paul wins,” said one state Republican insider. The […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 16, 2011. Tags: Debt Ceiling, Freedoms, House Democrats, Joe Biden, Lawmakers, Members Of Congress, Party Activist, Party Activists, Political Discourse, President Joe, Private Conversation, Real Clear Politics, Rhetoric, Rhodes, Socialist, Spokeswoman, Tea Party, Town Hall, Vp, Washington Post
My heroes for the week are Ryan Rhodes, a founder of the Iowa Tea Party and his unnamed friend, when they confronted President Obama about the alleged statement by Vice President Biden that tea party activists were “terrorists”. Here’s the article from Real Clear Politics: President Obama got into a heated back and forth with […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 26, 2010. Tags: Approval Rating, Cnn, Fox News, Gallup, Ipsos, Jrnl, Likelihood, Nbc News, News 8, Obama, Opinion Research, Previous Elections, Primaries, Rasmussen Reports, Real Clear Politics, Respondents, Reuters, Time Poll, Variance, Wide Margin
As the media begins to hype polls for the November elections, one thing stands out to anyone that compares the polls. There is a huge variance between the different polling outfits. For example, Real Clear Politics, a group that averages the polls and tries to use that average as a measure of how the public […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 19, 2010. Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Budget Surplus, Cato Institute, Fica Tax, Harry Reid, Ious, John Stossel, Obama, Partial Privatization, Real Clear Politics, Retirement Age, Security Trust Fund, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Harry Reid, Social Security Trust, Social Security Trust Fund, Stock Crash, Stock Market Decline
John Stossel is a wonderful and prominent libertarian voice today. His article on Social Security at Real Clear Politics is right on point. Social Security is popular but unsustainable. Its commitments over the next 75 years exceed its expected revenue by $5.3 trillion (http://tinyurl.com/29nclg7). Politicians know this, but pander anyway. He caught Senator Harry Reid […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 4, 2010. Tags: Anger, Approval Results, Congress, Democrats, Ipsos, Job Approval, Mid Term Elections, National Polls, Negative Territory, Overwhelming Vote, Pelosi, Real Clear Politics, Reuters, Snapshot, State Polls
Real Clear Politics averages the national polls, as well as some state polls, to give a pretty good snapshot of what the polls are saying. Today, the average job approval results for Obama are 44.7% approve, 50% disapprove. It should be noted that all of the polls are in negative territory for Obama except Reuters/Ipsos, […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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