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BBC Country Ratings Poll: China and Japan much less popular, North Korea stable

The BBC World Service has released the 2013 edition of its annual Country Ratings Poll, which surveyed over 26,000 people in 25 different countries. [ more › ]

LOOK: How To Get 'Stupid' Parents To Leave You Alone

Parents don't know anything and are like, always on their kids' cases. According to an unofficial poll of every teen in America, parents need to...

Screengrab Snafu: The Royals graphics department is just giving up

This gem appeared on Fox Sports Kansas City tonight during their coverage of the Royals-Angels game. A simple poll about the best young stars in baseball... and there are so many screw-ups here, they are worth counting one by one. 1)...Show More Summary

Poll - Who's Your Favorite Act in the Showville Series Premiere?

Did the people of Holland, Michigan make the right call?

India links: Gandhi's blood, India poll 2013, Li Keqiang in New Delhi, and more

Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations. In case you missed it, the Lowy Institute in partnership with the Australia India Institute released the India Poll 2013 on Indian attitudes to their future in the world. Show More Summary

Tennessee now evenly split on marriage equality; nearly 2/3 support benefits to same-sex partners

It's going to take a while, but the trends are clear: A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found that 49 percent of Tennesseans support gay marriage or civil unions while 46 percent are opposed to both, suggesting the...Show More Summary

Here's Why Gun Control Could Be A Defining Issue For Senators In The 2014 Election

Senators' votes on a recently failed amendment to expand background checks on gun purchases could have reverberations in the 2014 election, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll suggests. According to the poll, 67 percent of respondents said that the Senate "did the wrong thing" by rejecting the proposal. Show More Summary

Poll: Germany is the world's 'most popular' country

According to a new BBC poll of more than 26,000 people in 22 countries, Germany is viewed more positively than any other country tracked -- a surprise to anyone who has followed the painful bailout negotiations in Spain, Greece and Cyprus,...Show More Summary

Lessons From LA: Sentimental Selections, Bad Polling, Unintended Results

There are some obvious lessons from Monica Ratliff's stunning and instructive defeat of Antonio Sanchez in this week's LAUSD School Board runoff for District 6. Ratliff went from having come in ten points behind Sanchez in the primary (34-44) to beating Sanchez by four points in the runoff (52-48). Show More Summary

WaPo/ABC Poll: Obama Lying About Benghazi, IRS Targeting ‘Inappropriate,’ Media Still Distrusted

A new poll conducted jointly by The Washington Post and ABC News revealed some interesting trends. Among other findings, more Americans feel that Obama and his administration are lying about Benghazi, a majority feel that the IRS acted...Show More Summary

Tyranny of the Minority, ObamaCare Edition

Michael F. Cannon This: A Fox News poll released Wednesday finds that while 26 percent of voters say their health care situation will be better under the new law, twice as many – 53 percent – say it will be worse. Another 13 percentShow More Summary

Global Twitter Poll Shows 88% For PS4, 12% For Xbox One

The big thing now is to gauge consumer interest for both Microsoft and Sony's upcoming consoles. While VoucheCodesPro showed a near 50/50 split between people interested in the Xbox One and people not interested in the Xbox One, a more indubitable poll has surfaced pitting the XB1 versus the PS4 and there's no doubt about which one the world's gaming community prefers.

Will 'Save Me's' Ratings Make a Case For Its Salvation? - Poll

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The Rev. John Thomas: No act of God caused Chicago schools closings

Chicago officials are going ahead with the largest mass closing of public schools in the country’s history despite polls showing that a majority of city residents oppose it and looming questions about the rationale offered for the action. The final … Continue reading ?

Poll: Public Support for Chained CPI; Only Tepid Support for Health Care Law

Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the president’s proposal to slow the growth of Social Security by using chained CPI to calculate benefit increases, but President Obama may have the public on his side: 57 percent favorShow More Summary

Xbox One Reveal Splits Gamers, According To Poll

Gamers seem to be split concerning their opinion of the Xbox One reveal that took place this past Tuesday. A UK money saving website, VoucherCodesPro, decided to get a better feel for the overall consensus, however, asking 1,112 gamers their opinion about the upcoming next gen console. In short: About half were ?excited? while half were ?underwhelmed.?

Poll: Obama Approval Drops, 68% Think Government 'Out of Control'

A new Fox News poll shows Obama's disapproval rating among registered voters has spiked to 51%, up from 45% last month. The poll shows an 8-point swing against Obama since April. Another shocking finding, undoubtedly linked to recent...Show More Summary

Political Polling Popularity?

Originally Posted http://www.tothetick.com/political-polling-popularity Popularity is something that can be determined by two things. Firstly, it doesn’t last! When too many people start liking you anyway, there is always someone that is there ready to knife you in the back. Show More Summary

Working past retirement: 75% will do it, most because they want to

Three in four American workers say they intend to work past retirement age. Slightly more of them say it’s because they want to do so, not because they have to, according to a new poll from Gallup.