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Florida and Ohio Politics, Late October 2008
Poll 563. October 24-27, 2008. Live telephone interviews, RDD Samples. In FL: Interviewed 871 adults including 809 registered voters and 639 likely voters. In OH: 856 adults, including 816 registered and 644 likely voters. RDD sample. Margin of sampling error in each state for adults, registered voters is +/- 3 and for likely voters +/-4 percentage points.

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Press Release - The Presidential Election in Florida and Ohio Release 3:00 pm pst 10/28

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National Politics and the Economy, October 2008
Poll 562. October 10-13, 2008. Interviewed 1,543 adults including 1,446 registered voters and 1,030 likely voters by telephone. National RDD, with cell phone sample. Margin of sampling error for adults, all registered voters and likely voters +/-3 percentage points each.

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Press Release - The Economy and Bailouts Released October 14th
Press Release - The Election Released October 14th

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National Politics and the Economy, September 2008
Poll 560. September 19-22, 2008. Interviewed 1,428 adults including 1,287 registered voters and 838 likely voters by telephone. Includes cell phone sample. Margin of sampling error for adults, all registered voters and likely voters +/-3 percentage points each.

Poll 561. September 27-29, 2008. Interviews with registered voters who watched Friday’s presidential debate. The survey re-contacted all 1,287 registered voters who had completed interviews in the September 19-22 survey after the debate to sample their opinions of the candidates and the debate. After multiple attempts over three days, 701 were interviewed, and among them, 448 had watched the debate.

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560 Press Release 1 - The Economy and Bailouts (Released September 23, 4:30 p.m.)
560 Press Release 2 - The Election (Released September 24th, 2:50 p.m.)
Panelback Press Release - Post Debate (Released September 29th)


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National Politics and the Economy, August 2008
Poll 559. August 15-18, 2008. Interviewed 1,375 adults including 1,248 registered voters by telephone. Includes cell phone sample and black oversample. Margin of sampling error for adults and registered voters +/-3 percentage points.

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Press Release 1 - Election 2008 Released August 19, 3:00 p.m. Updated 7:10 p.m.
Press Release 2 - The Economy Released August 20, 2008 2:00 p.m. Updated 8/21/08

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National Politics and the Economy, June 2008
Poll 557. June 19-23, 2008. Interviewed 1,233 adults including 1,115 registered voters by telephone, using RDD sample. Margin of sampling error for adults and registered voters +/-3 percentage points.

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Release 1 - Election 2008 (released June 24, 2008, updated 6:05 pm)
Release 2 - The Economy (released June 25, 2008, correction update - 7/14)

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Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
Poll 556. May 20-21, 2008. Interviewed 834 adults including 705 registered voters. Margin of sampling error is +/-3 for all adults, +/-4 for registered voters

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Release 1 - Court Decision and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Relationships ( released May 22, 2008 )
Release 2 - November Matchups in California(released May 23, 2008 2:00 pm )

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The National Economy and Investment Climate
Poll 555. May 1-8, 2008. Interviewed 2,208 adults, 1,986 registered voters, 1.657 investors, 650 with $100K+ hh income; 607 investors with $100K+ hh income. Margin of error for adults, reg voters, investors is +/-3. For high income households and investors in those households, it is +/-4.

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Release 1 - Election 2008 ( released May 9, 2008 - updated 5/9/08 4:45)
Release 2 - The Economy (released May 13, 2008 )
Release 3 - Investors and Personal Finance (released May 14, 2008)
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2008 Primaries and The Economy
Poll 554. April 10-14, 2008. Interviewed 687 Democratic-primary voters in Indiana, 623 in Pennsylvania, and 691 in North Carolina. Margin of error for Democratic primary voters in each state is (+/-4). Contacted random samples of adults in IN and PA; In NC used a combination of listed and RDD, weighted to give all voters equal probability of selection. For full methodology and question wording see press release and stat sheet.

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Release 1 - Primaries 2008
Release 2 - The Economy & Trade


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2008 Elections and The Economy
Poll 553. February 21-25, 2008. Interviewed 1408 adults, including 1246 registered voters (+/-3); 436 Democratic-primary voters (+/-5); 290 Republican-primary voters (+/-6). Cell phone households were included in the sample.

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Release 1 - Elections 2008
Release 2 - The Economy, Stimulus Spending, Health Care
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California Democratic And Republican Primaries and State Issues
Poll 552. January 23-27, 2008. Interviewed 2212 adults, including 1820 Registered voters (+/-2); 918 Democratic Primary Voters (+/-3); 518 Republican Primary Voters (+/-4); 690 Democratic likely voters (+/-4) and 437 Republican likely voters (+/-5)

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Release 1 – Republican and Democratic Primaries - Analysis and Data Tables
Release 2 – Prop 93 and California Track - Analysis and Data Tables

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Democratic And Republican Primaries/Caucuses and The Economy
Poll 551. January 18-22, 2008. Interviewed 1541 adults, including 1312 registered voters (+/-3); 532 Democratic-primary voters (+/-4); 337 Republican-primary voters (+/-6)

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Release 1 – Rep and Dem Primaries & Nov. Matchups - Analysis and Data Tables
Release 2 – The Economy - Analysis and Data Tables


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conducted by Opinion Research Corporation

California Democratic And Republican Primaries and State Issues
Poll 550. January 11-13, 2008. Interviewed 1205 adults, including 1054 Registered voters (+/-3); 486 Democratic Primary Voters (+/-4); 317 Republican Primary Voters (+/-6); 384 Democratic likely voters (+/-5) and 255 Republican likely voters (+/-6)

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Release 1 – Republican and Democratic Primaries - Analysis and Data Tables
Release 2 – California Issues - Analysis and Data Tables

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Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary
Poll 549. Survey Dates: December 20-23,26 2007
Interviewed 2,312 adults in Iowa and 1,459 adults in New Hampshire including... In Iowa : 2145 registered voters (MOSE +/-2) ; 580 Democratic caucus voters (+/-4); 389 Dem likely caucus voters (+/-5); 310 Republican caucus voters 310 (+/-6); 174 Republican likely caucus voters (+/-7). New Hampshire: 1279 registered voters (+/-3) ; 519 Democratic primary voters (+/-4); 361 Democratic primary likely voters (+/-5); 442 Republican primary voters (+/-5); 318 Republican likely primary voters (+/-6)


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Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary - Press Release
Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary - Press Release - Tables Only


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The 2008 Elections, The Economy And More
Poll 548. November 30-December 3, 2007. Interviewed 1467 adults, including 1245 registered voters, 529 Democratic likely primary voters and 428 Republican likely primary voters. Margin of error +/- 3 for all adults and registered voters, +/-4 for Dem, +/-5 for Rep primary voter subgroups.

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Release 1 – Elections and The Economy by Selected Demographics - Press Release
Release 1 – Elections and The Economy by Selected Demographics - Tables Only
Release 2 – Immigration by Selected Demographics - Press Release
Release 3 – Military Families - Press Release

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The 2008 Elections, Healthcare, The Economy And More
Poll 547. October 19-22, 2007. Interviewed 1209 adults, including 1039 registered voters, 469 Democratic primary voters and 364 Republican primary voters. Margin of error +/- 3 for all adults and registered voters, +/-4 for Dem/Rep primary voter subgroups.

Quick Links to Data Table, Poll Analysis and Methodology:
1. - 10/24/2007 Hillary Clinton Shores Up Democratic Vote...(pdf)
2. - 10/25/2007 Public Pessimistic On The Economy... (pdf)

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Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina Pre-Election Poll
Poll 546. September 6-10 2007. Contacted adults in three states. Subsamples were registered voters and Democratic and Republican caucus/primary voters. For the full methodology including sample sizes and margins of errors, see releases below.

LAT0546 Stat Sheet: Survey Data Tables, Selected Vote Demographics, and Methodology

Data Tables, Poll Analysis, and Methodology: Press Releases
1. - 09/11/2007 - Presidential Picks ... (pdf)
2. - 09/12/2007 - Iraq Is The Top Issue...(pdf)

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Economy, Gas prices, Iraq and Illegal Immigration

Poll 545. June 7-10, 2007. Interviewed 1183 adults, including 1056 registered voters, 449 Democratic Primary Voters and 449 Republican Primary voters. Margin of sampling error is +/- 3% for all adults and registered voters, +/-5 for Dem/Rep Primary voters.

LAT0545 Stat Sheet: Survey Data Tables, Previous Findings, and Methodology

Analysis and Data Tables: Press Releases
1. - Election 2008...(pdf)
2. - Iraq, Immigration, Job Approvals...(pdf)

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National and California Exit Polls - The Story Behind The Vote
The Los Angeles Times Poll interviewed 5,154 voters who cast ballots in the general election Tuesday November 2 as they exited 136 polling places across the nation including 3,357 California voters as they exited 50 polling places across the state. Precincts were chosen based on the pattern of turnout in past general elections. The survey was a self-administered, confidential questionnaire, in English and in Spanish. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for all voters, including California voters. For some subgroups, the error margin may be somewhat higher. Fieldwork provided by Schlesinger Associates of Edison, New Jersey and Davis Research of Calabasas, California.

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Data Tables - Press Release - pdf
National exit poll "Superchart" - pdf
California exit poll "Superchart" - pdf
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August 24, 2003
Of oversamples, likely voters and other mysteries of the polling trade. >>

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