I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
President Barack Obama leads former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson by a wide margin in a hypothetical presidential matchup, according to a poll from a Democratic polling firm from North Carolina. Obama leads other potential Republican candidates by smaller margins.
The poll by Public Policy Polling finds that Obama beats Johnson 46 percent to 28 percent. This largely is a function of Johnson being an unknown. According to the polling memo, “81 percent of voters have no opinion of Gary Johnson; those who do are negative, 4-15.”
Obama leads former Alaska governor Sarah Palin 50 percent to 43 percent, the only candidate against whom he reaches the fifty percent mark. He also leads Mike Huckabee 46 percent to 45 percent, Newt Gingrich 49 percent to 42 percent and Mitt Romney 46 percent to 44 percent.
Obama trailed or was tied with all but Palin in an April poll. The changes, however, are within the poll’s margin of error.
The poll shows Obama’s approval rating at 50 percent and his disapproval rating at 46 percent.
“The election is still over two years away, but this is another indication that President Obama’s and Democrats’ prospects have been boosted in recent weeks as the economy improves and the health care battle recedes in voters’ minds,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling.
Public Policy Polling will release the results of a poll on the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination tomorrow.
Public Policy Polling polled 707 registered American voters from May 7th to 9th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.7%.
