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Friday Poll: Favorite Easter Candy?

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/30/2012

With Easter not long from now, stores shelves are brimming with treats. What’s your favorite, from among a few of the most popular kinds? Favorite Easter Candy

Friday Poll: Favorite Season

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/23/2012

It’s early Spring, and I’d guess that most people would list Spring and Summer as their favorite seasons. (I’d say Fall.) What’s your favorite season? Favorite Season?

Friday Poll: March Madness Edition

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/16/2012

Marquette’s in the West, Wisconsin’s in the East, but who’ll have a better NCAA tournament? One might be fans of both, but this question’s just asking for a prediction. What do you think? NCAA Tournament: Marquette or Wisconsin?

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Friday Poll: Should the robin remain the Wisconsin state bird?

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/09/2012

A simple question, suitable for the weeks before spring, when robins are talked up as a happy sign of milder weather: should the robin remain the Wisconsin state bird? I would never do anything to bias the results of this poll. I’ll simply offer a photo of an ordinary-looking, two-bit robin, followed by a photo…

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Friday Poll: Who’s smarter – chimps or dolphins?

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/02/2012

Who’s smarter: chimps or dolphins? A story about dolphin communication, Dolphin Call Offers Introduction, Invitation to Play, Study of Bottlenose Greeting Ritual Shows, prompted this poll. Dolphins and chimps are intelligent, but of the two, which animal do you think is sharper?

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Friday Poll: Which film will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/24/2012

The Academy Awards are Sunday on ABC. So, which film do you think will win Best Picture at the Oscars? Which film will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?

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Ryan Braun wins appeal of positive drug test

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/23/2012

Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun became the first major-league player to have a positive drug test overturned when he was informed Thursday that an arbitration panel ruled in his favor on appeal and decided against a 50-game suspension for the reigning National League most valuable player. Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Congratulations, sharp readers — you…

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Friday Poll: Will Ryan Braun be Exonerated?

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/17/2012

Tom Haudricourt at the JS reported on the latest a few days ago — Panel chairman Shyam Das was given more time to deliver the three-person verdict as to whether Braun must serve a 50-game suspension to begin the 2012 season. The decision is expected to be announced before the NL MVP is required to…

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Friday Poll: Are traditional gifts like flowers or candy still welcome on Valentine’s Day?

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/10/2012

A simple question: Are traditional gifts like flowers or candy still welcome on Valentine’s Day? (Here I am assuming that they once were; are they still?) Still a place on Valentine’s Day for flowers or candy?

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Friday Poll: Patriots or Giants?

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/03/2012

A simple question on Super Bowl weekend — Patriots or Giants?

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Poll: When will Wisconsin see its last snowfall this season?

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/27/2012

When will Wisconsin see its last snowfall this season?

Politics, Poll, Wisconsin

On Marquette’s January Political Poll

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/26/2012

I’ve posted before about a new poll, from pollster Charles Franklin, now visiting at Marquette (from UW-Madison). Link to poll: Walker and Obama have single digit leads in Marquette Law School Poll and results & data (instrument, methodology, and full topline results). Franklin’s a serious pollster and political scientist, and he’s one of the founders…

Gov. Walker, Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2012, Recall

Marquette Political Poll: Walker, Obama up slightly in Wisconsin

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/25/2012

The first of Charles Franklin’s polls while visiting at Marquette is now available online : Walker and Obama have single digit leads in Marquette Law School Poll. I’ll review the poll tonight, and post more tomorrow. The results are — at first glance — more disparate (and almost conflicting) than one might have expected, but…

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Poll: Patriots or Ravens?

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/20/2012

I’ll leave aside the NFC for a bit, and ask an AFC question: Patriots or Ravens? The question’s intentionally ambiguous — one can answer for either the team one prefers, or the team one expects to win, should that require a different answer. Patriots or Ravens?