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By Dave Andrusko In findings from its latest “Values and Beliefs survey,” conducted May 8-11, Gallup says that 47% of Americans consider themselves to be pro-choice and 46% consider themselves to be pro-life. In May 2013, 48% called themselves pro-life and 45%...
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. While my family and I are on vacation, we are running some of our favorite NRL News Today stories from the last four months, entries from our “Roe at 40" series, and an occasional update. Last week NRL News Today provided readers with...
By Dave Andrusko Yesterday NRL News Today carried a story about the vastly under-reported truth that a poll that appeared in the Texas Tribune showed both a whopping support for a ban on abortions after 20 weeks (62%) and a 3-2 advantage for those Texans who thought...
By Dave Andrusko In the reporting trade, it’s called “burying the lead”—talking about what is most important in the story not at the beginning but often waaay into the story. I’m not sure how you would categorize this lead out from Gallup: “PRINCETON, NJ -- The...
By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha One of the many nice things about updating NRL News Today throughout the day is that you can include new polling data. What we’re hearing so far today continues the theme of a Romney campaign on the ascendency. In the eleven...
By Dave Andrusko In anticipation of tonight’s third and final presidential debate, when we post our late afternoon/early evening National Right to Life News Today stories, we’ll probably be updating the polls yet again. Here’s what we know as of now. (Spoiler alert:...
By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha “With three weeks to go in the campaign, Obama appears to be losing momentum, and now trails Romney by four percentage points among likely voters.” -- Lydia Saad, Gallup. Gallup today explained in elaborate detail why...
By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha Gallup headlined its important story today, “Abortion Is Threshold Issue for One in Six U.S. Voters,” which is true—clearly true. Less true--decidedly less true--is the subhead: “Nearly as many single-issue abortion voters...
By Dave Andrusko Gallup reported yesterday that “GOP Favorability Matches 2008 Pre-Convention Level: Democrats' image ties GOP's, but at two-decade convention-time low.” While Republicans’ favorability ratings have improved somewhat since 2008, over the same period...
By Dave Andrusko There is a reason the Gallup Poll is pretty much conceded to be the gold standard. Not just that it polls constantly but also because Gallup polls HUGE numbers. I was out of the loop for much of Friday, so I didn’t get a chance to talk about “Young...