http://www.quinnipiac.eduRSS Feed for the latest polls from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in Hamden, Conn.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1398Three-quarters of American voters - 74 percent - like President Barack Obama as a person, but only 47 percent like most of his policies, and voters disapprove 51–35 percent of the health care overhaul passed by the House of Representatives which he has endorsed, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Nov. 19.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1397President Barack Obama's job approval rating is 48 - 42 percent, the first time he has slipped below the 50 percent threshold nationally, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 18. Support for the war in Afghanistan and approval of President Obama's handling of the war also is down in the last month, and Republican support for the war is more than twice as strong as Democratic support.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1296.xml?ReleaseID=1395Former Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons has an early lead in the Republican primary race for the 2010 U.S. Senate contest and runs better than any other challenger against Sen. Christopher Dodd, topping the Democratic incumbent 49–38 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 12.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1396For the first time, Republican Rob Portman is inching ahead of the two Democrats in the 2010 race for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 12. Also for the first time, Ohio voters disapprove 50–45 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, down from his 53–42 percent approval September 16 and 49–44 percent approval July 7.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1394Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s lead over John Kasich in the 2010 race for reelection has dropped into a 40–40 percent tie, with Ohio voters seeing the possible Republican challenger as better able to handle rebuilding the state economy and handling the budget, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 11.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1296.xml?ReleaseID=1393In an early look at the 2010 election for Connecticut governor, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz runs best among possible Democratic challengers, trailing Republican incumbent Jodi Rell 46–40 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 10.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=1392One day before the New York City mayoral election, incumbent Michael Bloomberg leads comptroller William Thompson 50-38 percent, with 10 percent undecided, among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 2. Conservative Party candidate Stephen Christopher has 1 percent.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1391In the see-saw New Jersey governor’s race, Republican challenger Christopher Christie has 42 percent to Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine’s 40 points, with 12 percent for independent candidate Christopher Daggett, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Nov. 2. Six percent remain undecided.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1390By a 58–28 percent margin, New Jersey residents are cheering for the New York Yankees to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 29. Only 14 percent are undecided.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1389New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine leads Republican challenger Christopher Christie for the first time in their five-month slugfest, on top 43–38 percent among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 28. Independent candidate Christopher Daggett has 13 percent, with 5 percent undecided.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=1388New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leads comptroller William Thompson 53–35 percent, with 10 percent undecided, among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 26. Conservative Party candidate Stephen Christopher has 3 percent.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1386Gov. Charlie Crist’s lead over former state house speaker Marco Rubio in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary has been cut in half from 55–26 percent to 50–35 percent, but the governor tops the leading Democrat, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, 51–31 percent among all voters, while Rubio trails Meek 36–33 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 21.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1318.xml?ReleaseID=1387New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo leads Gov. David Paterson 51–24 percent among black Democrats in a primary contest for the 2010 governor’s race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 21, and does better than Gov. Paterson among black voters in job approval and favorability.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1385New Jersey voters support 65–28 percent merging local governments and school districts to reduce property taxes, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 15. Support is consistent across the political spectrum and in every region of the state.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1384The New Jersey governor’s race is going down to the wire as Republican challenger Christopher Christie gets 41 percent of likely voters, with 40 percent for Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine and 14 percent for independent candidate Christopher Daggett, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 14.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1382American voters oppose 47–40 percent President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan, and don’t want an overhaul that only gets Democratic votes, but they support key parts of the plan, including 61–34 percent for giving people the option of a government health insurance plan that competes with private plans, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Oct. 8.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1381By a 65–28 percent majority, American voters are willing to have American soldiers “fight and possibly die” to eliminate the threat of terrorists operating from Afghanistan, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 7. But voters say 49–38 percent that they do not think the U.S. will be successful in eliminating this terrorist threat.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1327.xml?ReleaseID=1379The seesaw 2010 senate race in Pennsylvania tips to Republican Pat Toomey, who has 43 percent to recently converted Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter’s 42 percent, too close to call, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 1. This reverses a 45–44 percent tip to Sen. Specter July 22 and wipes out a 20-point Specter lead May 4, in the flush of Specter’s switch from Republican to Democrat to escape a primary battle with Toomey.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1380A total of 41 percent of New Jersey voters are “very worried” or “somewhat worried” that they or a loved one will get swine flu, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Oct. 1. Another 58 percent are “not too worried” or “not worried at all.”http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1377Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine has cut Republican challenger Christopher Christie’s lead in half and now trails the former federal prosecutor 43–39 percent among New Jersey likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 30. Independent candidate Christopher Daggett has 12 points, with 6 percent undecided.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1327.xml?ReleaseID=1378Despite reaching agreement with the Legislature on a state budget, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s job approval rating remains decidedly negative, 42–51 percent, a slight improvement from his record low of 39–53 percent recorded July 21, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 30. Only 26 percent of voters approve of his handling of the state budget, while 53 percent say he has been too inflexible and 30 percent call him courageous.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=1376New York City Comptroller William Thompson, denied a bounce after his Democratic primary victory, trails Mayor Michael Bloomberg 52–36 percent among New York City likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 24. Conservative Party candidate Stephen Christopher has 2 percent, with 9 percent undecided.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=1375The Democratic primary runoff races for New York City comptroller and public advocate remain close with City Council Member John Liu slightly ahead in the comptroller’s race while the public advocate race is a dead heat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 23. With voter participation in the Sept. 29 runoff election expected to be less than 10 percent, get-out-the vote efforts by the candidates could alter significantly the final outcome.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1296.xml?ReleaseID=1374Connecticut voters disapprove 49–43 percent of the job Sen. Christopher Dodd is doing, his best score in six months and better than his 52–42 percent disapproval July 23, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 17.http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1372President Barack Obama’s job approval among Ohio voters is 53–42 percent, up slightly from 49–44 percent July 7, but voters split 44–44 percent in their support of his health care plan, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Sept. 16.