Elizabeth Colbert-Busch (D), sister of Stephen Colbert, has released an internal poll showing her with a small lead over former Gov. Mark Sanford (R). According to the poll conducted by Lake Research Partners, Colbert Busch is at 47 percent in the special election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional district, while Sanford is at only 44 [...]

Just how despised is Congress these days? Well Public Policy Polling decided to poll it against some of the most hated things in the world and the results are not pretty. Here are just five things that Americans have a higher opinion than Congress.

In the past few days three new polls of Virginia have found President Obama with a lead outside of the margin of error. Mitt Romney has managed to gain no traction in the state. The polling indicates the size of Obama’s lead is basically unchanged from a month ago, but voters are now more locked [...]

Two new polls both show that Democrat Elizabeth Warren leads incumbent Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race. This an improvement from earlier in the cycle when some polls showed Brown with a small advantage. The Western New England University poll of likely voters has Warren leading by six points. It found Warren 50 [...]

Another poll finds that Mitt Romney’s net favorability rating continues to tank at a remarkable rate. From Public Policy Polling’s new survey of North Carolina: The Republican nomination process has taken a huge toll on Romney’s image in North Carolina. In February of 2011 voters in the state were almost evenly divided on him with [...]

After his win in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Mitt Romney now holds a small five point lead over Rick Santorum in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania according to Public Policy Polling. Mitt Romney’s taken the lead in PPP’s newest poll of Rick Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania. Romney has 42% to 37% for Santorum with Ron [...]

Heading into the Wisconsin and Maryland primaries tomorrow Mitt Romney holds a solid lead over Rick Santorum in both states according to Public Policy Polling. In Wisconsin Romney leads by seven, and in Maryland he leads by a very impressive 25 points. Mitt Romney looks to be headed for another pair of victories in Tuesday’s [...]

Once again it appears Mitt Romney is heading towards a serious defeat in the South. Ahead of Louisiana’s primary tomorrow Rick Santorum holds an impressive 14 point lead over Romney, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling. Rick Santorum is headed for a commanding win in Louisiana on Saturday. We find him with [...]