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June 17, 2013

Poll: Obama’s ratings slip following recent controversies

NBC NEWS - The series of controversies in Washington over the last month have taken a political toll on President…
June 5, 2013

Obama approval rating remains steady despite Washington controversies

theGRIO REPORT - The survey showed 48 percent of voters approve of the president's performance, compared to 47 percent who…
January 24, 2013

Poll: Booker favored over Lautenberg for Senate in 2014

theGRIO REPORT - A recent poll from Quinnipiac University shows Newark mayor Cory Booker is preferred over incumbent N. J.…
December 27, 2012

Pew study: Blacks may have voted at higher rate than whites for 1st time in history

theGRIO REPORT - According to a new study from the Pew Research Center suggests that the 2012 presidential election marks…
December 19, 2012

CBS poll: President Obama's approval rating at 57 percent

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's approval rating is at its highest rate since the death of Osama bin Laden…
November 19, 2012

Obama's approval rating jumps in post-election poll

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama may be grappling with the fiscal cliff and the fallout from intelligence failure in…
November 15, 2012

Democratic lawmakers propose bills to combat long voter lines

theGRIO REPORT - Members of Congress have introduced election reform bills that would aim to reduce long waits at the…
November 13, 2012

How Obama won: A Q&A with Obama pollster Cornell Belcher

theGRIO Q&A - One of the members of President Obama's polling team, Cornell Belcher, chatted with theGrio via e-mail on…
November 8, 2012

The biggest myths that got debunked by Election 2012

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama victory accomplished something else: It debunked myths that were perpetuated over the course of this…
November 6, 2012

New movement takes hoodies to the polls

theGRIO REPORT - Nine months after Trayvon Martin's death, and in the midst of election season, a non-partisan organization has…
November 6, 2012

Poll problems cropping up in spots around US

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sporadic problems were reported Tuesday at polling places around the country, including a confrontation in Pennsylvania involving…
November 6, 2012

Fox News' Sean Hannity may have broken law with ballot tweet

theGRIO REPORT - Fox News' Sean Hannity, host of The Sean Hannity Show, joined the ranks of a number of…
November 6, 2012

Arizona GOP Senate candidate Jeff Flake accused of sending voters to wrong polls

theGRIO REPORT - A Republican senator in Arizona is being accused of sending Democratic voters to the wrong polling location...
November 5, 2012

Gallup: Majority of Americans expect Obama to win re-election

theGRIO REPORT - According to interviews conducted by Gallup's polling site, no matter how people plan on voting, Americans still…
October 22, 2012

Study proves black LGBT community no longer invisible

OPINION - Black LGBT people are here and they’re here to stay. However, nothing is more important for full equality…
October 18, 2012

Why you should stop obsessing over the polls

ANALYSIS - With fewer than three weeks left, election-obsessed Americans in both parties have turned into 24/7 poll-watchers, reading every…
October 15, 2012

Will Ohio propel President Obama to victory?

ANALYSIS - In Ohio, three surveys over the last week (CNN, NBC/WSJ/Marist and PPP) have shown Obama maintaining a small,…
October 10, 2012

Democrats on edge amid Obama debate fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's more than President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance that has some Democrats on edge a month…
October 10, 2012

Is the media responsible for Romney’s rise?

OPINION - Is this Romney surge the real deal, or is merely a media creation turned self-fulfilling prophecy?...
October 9, 2012

New polls show Romney surge

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney is now effectively tied with President Obama in a series of polls released since last…