There a brand spanking new poll out today by the Washington Post and ABC News supposedly showing President Obama topping GOP front runner Mitt Romney nationally. It claims that 55% of the respondents dislike what they're hearing from the GOP candidates in general, that 57% approved of what they heard from President Obama's State of the Union address and that he tops Romney in a general e...

New poll numbers give the former House speaker a strong lead over his rival in Florida, as a group supporting his campaign received a new $5m donation

Tessa Jowell said today; "This poll shows that Boris Johnson is increasingly out of touch with Londoners facing a squeeze in their living standards. They know that under Boris Johnson, fares have gone up; violent crime including knife crime and robbery are rising while the numbers of police keeping Londoners safe are being cut. Ken will put Londoners first by cutting bus, tube and train fares and ...

It looks like the May's election for Mayor of London will be a close run thing. A new poll today from YouGov has Ken Livingstone two points ahead of Boris Johnson – a big turnaround from the eight point lead Boris had in June: Ken shouldn't be popping any champagne corks yet, of course. His lead is well within the poll's margin of error, and there's three and a ...

Mitt Romney’s status as the overwhelming favourite to be the Republican nominee for president is confirmed by a new poll out of South Carolina. It has Romney on 37 per cent, 18 points ahead of his nearest rival Rick Santorum. South Carolina is the next primary contest after New Hampshire, which takes place on Tuesday and which Romney is expected to win comfortably.   The significance of...

Today’s the day we launch our search for the Liberal Voice of 2011 to find the individual or group which has had the biggest impact on liberalism in the past 12 months. This is the fifth annual award, and as is our tradition, we’re looking beyond the ranks of the Lib Dems to find the

Newt Gingrich has surged to the front of the Republican pack, with a new poll putting his support in Iowa at almost double that of Mitt Romney

Open Europe reports in its press review: A new poll shows that 32% of Dutch prefer a return to the Guilder, while 47% favours a Northern Euro, up from 38% six months ago. Meanwhile, Patrick Van Schie, the head of the think tank of the VVD, the party of Dutch PM Mark Rutte, has said that a Northern Euro, without France, should be considered and that a decision on a new currency is needed. Dutch med...

David Cameron has emerged the clear winner from a new poll of attitudes towards political leaders to mark the start of the party conference season.

A NEW poll has shown that the Tories have increased their lead in being the most trusted party on the economy, despite the number of unemployed in the UK creeping over 2.5 mil