Polls

According to the poll, 53 percent said they would want their congressman to vote in favor of Obama’s proposals.

Gallup and USA Today are splitting up after a 20 year polling relationship, the parties announced in separate statements released Friday.

Hillary Clinton will step down from her job as head of the State Department this month with nearly 70 percent of the country approving the job she’s done there, according to a new poll released Thursday.

The public’s support for tighter gun laws nearly matches Obama’s approval rating, with 55 percent saying they support stricter measures.

Surveys by Pew and Washington Post/ABC show support for background checks, an assault weapons ban and armed guards in schools.

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Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are the favorites to represent their respective parties in the 2016 presidential election, according to a survey released Thursday from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling.

The National Rifle Association's (NRA) popularity has declined over the last month, according to a new poll.

Democrats have reestablished their edge in party affiliation, with 47 percent of American voters identifying themselves as belonging to the party versus just 42 percent for Republicans, according to a new survey from Gallup.

Democrats have regularly held an advantage in such surveys, although the two parties had been essentially tied in 2010 and 2011. The GOP has only held an advantage in the poll once since Gallup began taking the poll: in 1991, during the Gulf War.

Polling firms typically use voter identification surveys to weigh their polling results — a practice that came under fire during the 2012 presidential election, when some conservative commentators argued that polls unfairly oversampled Democratic voters. 

A new poll shows Sen. Scott Brown in good shape to win another special election if Kerry leaves for the State Department.

A new poll finds Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) atop a field of potential Republican U.S. Senate candidates vying to challenge Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) in her 2014 reelection bid.

Foxx pulled 17 percent of Republican primary voters surveyed by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, good for a narrow lead over Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), the choice of 14 percent of those surveyed. 

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) rounded out the top three with 13 percent, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) drew 11 percent, and former federal prosecutor George Holding earned 9 percent. Congressman-elect Richard Hudson, Mark Meadows, and State Speaker of the House Thom Tillis round out the field, with none earning higher than 6 percent.