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 continues to have decent approval ratings while Gov. Bill Richardson’s approval ratings continue to be, well, horrible. That’s according to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll.
Another poll shows that Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has a healthy lead over Democratic candidate Diane Denish. This time, a poll by Rasmussen Reports shows that Martinez leads 50 percent to 40 percent. When “leaners” are added, it…
Freshman Democrat Martin Heinrich leads Jon Barela, his Republican challenger, by 49-42 percent, according to a poll of 400 voters released today by the conservative group American Action Forum. The poll (pdf) was conducted from August 23-26 and August 29,…
Tea party movement supporters and members of the Republican Party are similar in their views on many political issues, though tea party supporters are more likely to believe that government debt is an “extremely serious threat” to the United States’…
Eight out of every 10 tea party supporters identify as Republicans and more than half say they are conservative Republicans, according to a series of national polls from Gallup.
“Their similar ideological makeup and views suggest that the Tea…
In a fundraising appeal sent to supporters ahead of the 2nd quarter fundraising deadline, Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Tom Mullins bragged that “the most recent Magellan poll has me in a dead heat (43 to 42 percent) with my opponent,” incumbent…
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s endorsement may not be a blessing to congressional candidates, Greg Sargent finds in the internals of a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. The same, to a much lesser degree, could be said…
The race between Republican Susana Martinez and Democrat Diane Denish is “a statistical dead heat,” according to Republican polling firm The Magellan Strategies. Although the poll showed that 44 percent of likely voters back Denish and 43 percent back…
Democrats in battleground districts, including New Mexico Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, will face a tough election according to a new NPR poll showing that likely voters in swing districts are more happy with Republicans than Democrats.
According to…
Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez leads former state party chair Allen Weh 41 to 30 percent with less than a week before the primary, shows a poll commissioned by New Mexico Politics With Joe Monahan and…
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…
According to a poll commissioned by the campaign for Sandy Jones, the race for State Land Commissioner is up for grabs. The poll by FDR Services shows Ray Powell at 23.5%, Jones at 22.4%, Harry Montoya at 9.1% and 45%…
Internal polls released by Harry Teague’s campaign show the freshman Democrat is roughly even with Steve Pearce in the 2nd Congressional District race. The move to release the poll came after a taunt by the National Republican Campaign Committee…
A nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll released yesterday finds that a majority (53 percent) of tea party supporters are “angry about the way things are going in Washington,” most (63 percent) watch Fox News, and they are more than…
According to a recent Gallup poll, tea partiers are mostly white (79 percent), conservative (70 percent) and male (55 percent). While 68 percent of tea party supporters have not graduated from college, 55 percent—make more than $50,000 per year.…
A poll by the Pew Hispanic Center finds little evidence of a boycott of the census by foreign-born Hispanics. The poll finds that 91 percent of foreign Hispanics, versus just 78 percent of those born in the United States,…
A Rasmussen poll shows that Lt. Gov. Diane Denish leads each of her Republican challengers by between 9 and 22 percent. And while views on health care reform are mixed, New Mexicans generally have a negative opinion of the tea parties.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows the vast majority of those in the Tea Party movement consider themselves Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents. Although a Republican would beat a Democrat on a generic House ballot (that is, an unnamed Republican…
A recent poll shows that although the Republican Party has made a small gain in partisanship figures, New Mexico still remains one of the states with the most self-identified Democrats. New Mexico, Gallup finds, is one of 23 states…
A large majority of New Mexicans do not want money to be cut from the education budget, even when told that New Mexico is facing “a budget deficit of around $650 million.” That’s according to a poll conducted by Research…
