GDP Data Explain Trump Surge, Fed Rate Hike Timing
- Published on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 10:32
- Written by Ed Carson, Investor's Business Daily
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The economy rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter, revised down from 2.1% and Q2's 3.9%, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The U.S. is on pace for a 10th straight year of failing to achieve 3% annual growth. That helps explain why it took nearly a decade for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and why Donald Trump has had so much support in his presidential run.
Personal Financial Outlook Is Most Upbeat In 3 Years
- Published on Monday, 21 December 2015 16:12
- Written by Jed Graham, Investor's Business Daily
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Americans are more upbeat about their own financial prospects than at any point in the past three years, even though they're still not optimistic about the direction of the broad economy, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.
IBD/TIPP Poll: 56% In U.S. Oppose Admitting 10,000 Syrian Refugees
- Published on Tuesday, 15 December 2015 14:02
- Written by IBD Editorials, Investor's Business Daily
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President Obama ended his address Sunday with a plea to reject discrimination against people we admit into the country. But a new IBD/TIPP Poll finds that his audience couldn't agree less.
U.S. Consumer Confidence Brightens in December
- Published on Tuesday, 08 December 2015 09:59
- Written by TIPP Staff
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The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index improved 1.7 points, or 3.7%, in December, posting a reading of 47.2 vs. 45.5 in November. The index is 0.7 points below its 12-month average of 47.9, 2.8 points above its reading of 44.4 in December 2007 when the economy entered the last recession, and 1.9 points below its all-time average of 49.1.
Don’t Shoot The Messenger, Joe! Our Polls Are Solid, And Chris Christie Didn’t Make The Cut
- Published on Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:13
- Written by Raghavan Mayur, TechnoMetrica
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Joe Scarborough makes no secret of his disappointment about the decision of the Fox Business Network to exclude New Jersey Governor Chris Christie from tonight’s Republican presidential debate.
Politico, MSNBC, Christie Slam IBD/TIPP Poll And Get Their Facts Completely Wrong
- Published on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:20
- Written by John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
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When Fox Business News decided not to include Gov. Chris Christie or Mike Huckabee in the main Republican debate on Tuesday, several news reports blamed the latest IBD/TIPP Poll, which Fox used along with three other polls to determine who made the cut.
Thank You, Joe Scarborough, For Being So Biased And Fact Challenged
- Published on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 13:53
- Written by IBD Editorials, Investor's Business Daily
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Those tuning into Monday's "Morning Joe" on MSNBC might've wondered about the "worst record" poll that host Joe Scarborough said unfairly kicked Chris Christie off the Fox debate stage. We wondered, too.
TIPP Poll Methodology
- Published on Sunday, 08 November 2015 12:33
- Written by Administrator
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TechnoMetrica uses "traditional" telephone methodology for data collection for its public opinion surveys. Using a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system, we conduct our interviews from our call center in Ramsey, NJ. Typically, 50% of interviews in our poll come from landline samples and 50% using cell phone samples. We use regional quotas based on four census regions and nine census divisions.
Christie, Huckabee fail to make main stage at upcoming GOP debate
- Published on Friday, 06 November 2015 11:21
- Written by Daniel Strauss and Hadas Gold, Politico
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Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee failed to make the cut for the main stage at next week’s Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal debate, a particularly harsh blow for the New Jersey governor who has struggled to gain traction in the presidential race after being seen as a rising GOP star in 2012.
GOP candidate line-up announced for Fox Business Network/WSJ debate
- Published on Friday, 06 November 2015 11:14
- Written by FOXBusiness
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FOX Business Network has announced the candidate lineups for the two Republican primary debates to be co-hosted with the Wall Street Journal next Tuesday, November 10.
IBD/TIPP Poll: Economic Pessimism Fed By Washington
- Published on Wednesday, 04 November 2015 09:38
- Written by Ciaran McEvoy, Investor's Business Daily
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U.S. consumers are feeling increasingly pessimistic, with the November IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index edging down 1.8 points, or 3.8%, compared to a month earlier, fed by a lack of faith in the federal government.
ObamaCare Support Tumbles As Open Enrollment Starts
- Published on Tuesday, 03 November 2015 09:40
- Written by John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
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The latest IBD/TIPP poll found that 52% of the public opposes ObamaCare, which is up seven points from when this question was last asked in August. That puts opposition to ObamaCare close to the all-time high since IBD started asking the question.
60% Think Hillary Clinton Basically Lied About Benghazi
- Published on Monday, 02 November 2015 16:46
- Written by IBD Editorials, Investor's Business Daily
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Hillary Clinton's performance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi was praised. But to the public, it was evidence that she and others misled the public about the causes of the 2012 attack.
Clinton Email: The So-What Democrats Shrug Off A Serious Charge
- Published on Friday, 02 October 2015 09:30
- Written by IBD Editorials, Investor's Business Daily
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Hillary Clinton has not been charged with a crime. But the appearance of wrongdoing is strong enough to warrant an investigation. Yet Democrats just brush it all off, saying there's nothing here to see.
Clinton Emails: What Did Obama Know And When Did He Know It?
- Published on Friday, 04 September 2015 16:24
- Written by IBD Editorials, Investor's Business Daily
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The FBI is probing Hillary Clinton's server to see if spies accessed her emails. It's the right move. There could be probative value there. But the FBI should also be looking for emails to or from the president.
Why outsiders are doing so well in GOP polls
- Published on Friday, 04 September 2015 13:36
- Written by Andrew Malcolm, Investor's Business Daily
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When the Founding Fathers needed a site for their new nation's federal capital, the choice was really very easy. Maryland donated a chunk of useless land, a bug-infested swamp that became the District of Columbia. Since then, the place has been filled up with monuments and immense buildings packed by egos of equal dimensions.
66% Fear Hillary's Private Emails Hurt National Security
- Published on Friday, 04 September 2015 12:55
- Written by John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
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Two-thirds of those following the Hillary Clinton email story say that she likely compromised national security by using an unsecured private email address while secretary of state, the latest IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Just 30% call it unlikely that her private email use was a problem.
How IBD/TIPP Conducts Its National Monthly Polls
- Published on Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:28
- Written by John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
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When Fox Business News decided to include the IBD/TIPP poll as one of four used to decide who would participate in the Republican debate Tuesday, it generated considerable interest, as well as some misinformation, about the poll.
50 Politicos to Watch: Raghavan Mayur
- Published on Wednesday, 31 July 2013 09:17
- Written by Steve Friess
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Long before blogger Nate Silver shot to fame for his 2012 election predictions, there was Raghavan Mayur.
The Little-Known Pollster That Bested All the Others
- Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 19:56
- Written by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Businessweek
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The venerated Gallup Poll took a beating this year for being such an outlier in its predictions of who would win the presidency, and the New York Times's Nate Silver has now served up further evidence that the firm has lost its mojo. Silver analyzed the results obtained by about two dozen top polling firms that ran multiple surveys in the last three weeks of the campaign and then ranked the pollsters based on their accuracy: Gallup came in dead last, with an average error of 7.2 points compared to the actual results.
