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Located in Hamden, Conn., Quinnipiac University was founded in 1929 in New Haven as the Connnecticut College of Commerce. The school had such a meager enrollment at times that it had to close from 1943 to 1945 because most of the students were drafted into World War II. After the war, the college became a four-year school, merged with a small women's college and, in 1963, moved north to Hamden, to open land across from Sleeping Giant State Park....
Located in Hamden, Conn., Quinnipiac University was founded in 1929 in New Haven as the Connnecticut College of Commerce. The school had such a meager enrollment at times that it had to close from 1943 to 1945 because most of the students were drafted into World War II. After the war, the college became a four-year school, merged with a small women's college and, in 1963, moved north to Hamden, to open land across from Sleeping Giant State Park. The school now boasts 51 undergraduate programs in addition to 17 graduate programs and a law school, which was added in 1991. The school is also home to the widely respected Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. The Q Poll conducts regular surveys in Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and nationwide about hotly contested political races. The poll made its name by corectly predicting the outcome of the fiercely fought Schumer-D'Amato New York Senate race in 1998. The poll results are regularly cited by national and regional media. John L. Lahey, appointed Quinnipiac's president in 1987, is widely credited with raising the school's profile. He boosted enrollment, guided a campus building boom and oversaw a big jump in the endowment. Notable alumni include New Haven bagel king Murray Lender, William C. Weldon, chairman of the board and CEO of Johnson & Johnson and numerous television reporters, media professionals and public relations executives.
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Obama leads in key swing states, new polls find
Two of the states are familiar bellwethers, the third a relative newcomer to the swing-state category. For either Mitt Romney or President Obama, a clean sweep would guarantee victory on election night. And, for the moment, it's Obama with the...
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Analysis: Romney's 'magic number' to dodge Latino doom
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won’t carry the Latino vote this year. No Republican nominee for president ever has. But improving his margins among Latinos is crucial to his chances of defeating President Obama, as new poll numbers out of Florida show....
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Five rules on how to be smart about polls
The campaign for president has moved into an anxious phase for political junkies: A lot is going on, but nothing is really happening. Mitt Romney has largely consolidated support among his Republican base, matching the support that President Obama has...
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Poll: Romney catches Obama in Ohio, Florida but trails in Pa.
WASHINGTON -- It’s been more than 50 years since a candidate has won the White House without carrying at least two of the three swing states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, and a new poll shows Mitt Romney neck and neck with President Obama in...Tags: Politics, Mitt Romney, White House, Polls, Elections
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Sandusky scandal or not, voters would name stadium for Paterno
Pennsylvania may be a political battleground state, but when it comes to some things -- like football -- voters have a somewhat clearer, if still nuanced, message: Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno deserves to be honored. According to a...Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Politics, Lung Cancer, College Sports, Ted Stevens
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More trouble for Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania
Allentown Morning CallThe second poll in a week shows Mitt Romney cutting deep into Rick Santorum's lead in his home state, Pennsylvania. Romney now trails Santorum by just six points in the state with 35% to Santorum's 41%, according to a Quinnipiac University survey...Tags: Republican Party, Fox News Channel (tv network), Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Politics, Mitt Romney
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Poll: New Yorkers want to see teacher rankings (flawed or not)
Most New York City voters support the release of public school teachers' rankings, but nearly half of all voters and a majority of pupils' parents agree with teachers that the evaluation system is flawed, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
The...Tags: Politics, Los Angeles Unified School District, Polls, Teachers, Students
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Santorum and Obama neck and neck in Pennsylvania, poll shows
The Morning CallCutting into Mitt Romney's electability argument, Rick Santorum is statistically tied in a head-to-head matchup with President Obama in Pennsylvania. And the former Pennsylvania senator leads the Republican pack in the state. Obama has 45% to Santorum'...Tags: Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, Tom Ridge, Politics, Regional Authority
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Analysis: Romney, Santorum headed for a climax in Pennsylvania
The end of the Republican presidential contest was looming as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum headed for campaign stops Wednesday in Pennsylvania. A Romney victory on April 24 could be the culmination of a long and contentious primary war. Losing his...
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Obama starts general election contest with steady lead in polls
With both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney increasingly focused on their all-but-certain contest, now is a good time to look at their relative standing in head-to-head polls – a baseline for the race to come. Until mid-spring of the election year, a...
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Maybe Mitt Romney should stop the attack ads, period
With Rick Santorum staying off the campaign trail for another day to be with his hospitalized toddler, front-runner Mitt Romney has suspended the barrage of negative campaign ads he’s been airing. That seems like a humane move, and he seems like...
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Weekly jobless claims stay low; more voters say economy improving
Initial claims for unemployment benefits continued to remain at a nearly four-year low low last week as a new poll showed that a majority of voters now say the economy has begun to recover, a sharp turnaround from five months ago.
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