Polls

Mayor candidates on transportation: innovation vs. tried and true

2013-05-18 18:25:00

During eight years in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa staked much of his legacy on transportation. He lobbied Washington for millions of dollars in federal funding. He oversaw the addition of 150 miles of bike lanes. And, five years ago, he...

Garcetti leading Greuel in new USC Price/L.A. Times poll

2013-05-18 10:22:00

A new USC Price/Los Angeles Times poll shows Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to 7 percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is...

Garcetti's lead over Greuel at 7 percentage points in mayoral race

2013-05-17 21:30:00

Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC...

L.A. mayor's race result may be unknown for weeks after election

2013-05-16 22:10:00

After a contest for mayor of Los Angeles that has consumed the better part of two years, the two finalists, their staffs, the media and a largely disinterested electorate doubtless would welcome an end to the drama Tuesday, election day. But the large...

In low-profile race, Zine and Galperin have a feisty final debate

2013-05-17 00:00:00

In their feisty final debate before election day, controller candidates Dennis Zine and Ron Galperin repeatedly hammered an insider-versus-outsider theme, seeking to convince voters they would be best prepared to be the city's next chief auditor and...

Feuer, Zine continue leads in L.A. races, poll shows

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Former lawmaker Mike Feuer and City Councilman Dennis Zine continue to hold leads in their races for citywide Los Angeles offices, new polling released Monday showed. In polling conducted April 29 through May 7 by the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute...

On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'

2013-05-15 09:15:00

WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...

Feuer, Zine continue leads in L.A. city races, new polling shows

2013-05-13 14:38:00

Former lawmaker Mike Feuer and City Councilman Dennis Zine continue to hold leads in their races for citywide Los Angeles offices, new polling showed Monday. In polling conducted April 29 through May 7 by the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public...

Wendy Greuel's campaign coffers low

2013-05-10 21:35:00

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, after spending heavily on a TV advertising blitz that coincided with the start of early voting, entered the final stretch of the runoff campaign with roughly one-tenth the war chest of rival Eric Garcetti,...

Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur

2013-05-11 08:42:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...

Eric Garcetti woos female voters; says campaign will finish strong

2013-05-10 15:26:00

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti said Friday that Wendy Greuel’s dwindling campaign treasury would only bolster his argument that her campaign is being sustained by the independent spending on her behalf. With 11 days left before the...

Pakistan elections: Polls open amid more violence

2013-05-10 23:29:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistanis went to the polls Saturday to elect a new parliament amid continued violence marring the historic event, as militants detonated a bomb outside a liberal, anti-Taliban party’s campaign office in the southern port...

Pakistani voters queue for their turn to cast their vote outside a polling station in Karachi on May 11, 2013. Pakistani voters went to the polls on May 11, braving Taliban threats to cast their ballots in an election marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state.

2013-05-10 23:33:00

Centre students Kayla Ohlmer and Brittany Tucker wait outside the polling station at the Boyle County Fire Department on Lebanon Road on Tuesday to conduct exit polls with voters.

2012-11-10 16:41:00

Julie Kreif of Lutherville watches reacts to new poll results as she watches the coverage with her sons L.B., left, and Connor Martin, during a special election night event put on by The League of Women Voters and the Towson Library in Towson, Md.

2012-11-06 00:00:00