A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 500 likely voters in Connecticut finds U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd losing to his three Republican challengers.
Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons is leading Dodd 48 percent to 35 percent. Linda McMahon is ahead 44 percent to 38 percent, and Peter Schiff, president [...]
A Rasmussen telephone poll of 500 state residents yesterday shows -- perhaps predictably -- that Chris Dodd isn't making any progress in head-to-head match-ups with his Republican challengers. Rob Simmons remains the strongest Republican candidate, though he's got to be concerned that he only outpolls the inexperienced, unknown and vulnerable McMahon' [...]
Morales appears to have strengthened his grip on power with a landslide victory [EPA]
Evo Morales has claimed victory in Bolivia's presidential election after exit polls indicated he had easily won re-election with more than 60 per cent of the vote.
"This process of change has" [...]
Just some interesting statistics from the November 2009 Marlborough election.
There were approximately 1150 voters who turned out at the polls out of about 4,200 who are registered, which was a 27.4% turnout.
The registered voters in Marlborough are comprised of:
Democrat: 32% (Up from previous years when it used [...]
Morales enjoys a 60 per cent approval rating, much of which comes from Bolivia's indigenous majority [EPA]
Voters in Bolivia are preparing to head to the polls for presidential and congressional elections with Evo Morales, the nation's first indigenous president, expected to win a second term in [...]
Or maybe it’s the price of deception.
According to a new Daily Kos poll, the Democrats are still ahead in generic polling. The problem is that very few of them intend to show up at the polls in November, as compared to Republicans and Independents, both of whom intend to [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Campaign officials for Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd say Vice President Joe Biden will visit Hartford on Dec. 11 for a fundraiser for the senator, who is trailing in the polls in his 2010 re-election bid.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Senator Chris Dodd pledged to fight back against low approval numbers in public opinion polls but it now appears he is losing the fight. A new Quinnipiac University Poll shows the number of voters who disapprove of Connecticut’s Senior senator is growing again.
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Standing outside the Community Child Guidance Clinic in Manchester state Rep. Ryan Barry, D-Manchester, offered his wholehearted support to former House Speaker James Amann's bid for governor in 2010.
"This is the kind of guy who grabs you by the lapels in the middle" [...] It’s been almost two decades since the Republicans held more of the city’s top political offices than they captured this year.
“This is wonderful,” city GOP Chairman T.J. Barnes told party faithful as the results poured in after the polls closed on Election Day.
“We’ve come a long way,” Barnes [...]
