Sixty-seven percent of voters believe Gov. Dannel P. Malloy handles a crisis well. Whether it’s the Newtown shooting or a blizzard, Malloy gets high marks from voters in Tuesday’s Quinnipiac University poll, which found the governor’s approval rating at an all-time high of 48 percent — up 5 points from a week ago.

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Hours after the legislature’s gun task force released its divided recommendations on stricter gun control measures, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute unveiled a poll, which shows voters support stricter gun laws 66 to 30 percent.

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The conservative Yankee Institute’s poll of 500 voters found Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a 54 percent approval rating — his highest rating yet since the group started polling three years ago.

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Nervous about whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy would maintain his commitment to education reform prior to his budget address, an education advocacy organization hired Global Strategy Group to survey the public about the popularity of the reforms passed last year.

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A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found that 35 percent of 1,772 voters surveyed want President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address tomorrow to focus on the economy.

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A new poll found that 64 percent of Connecticut residents favor stricter gun laws, with 57 percent saying the Sandy Hook shooting made them more likely to back gun control measures.

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In overwhelming numbers, Connecticut teachers favor stronger gun restrictions and do not want to see educators carrying guns in schools, according to a survey by the state’s largest teachers union.

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A majority of voters believe President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are better equipped to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff” than their Republican colleagues, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. 

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his staff are still mum about a re-election bid, but a poll released Tuesday gives the unpopular governor a shot at re-election.

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(Updated 1:02 p.m.) Women and older voters are shifting their support away from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon giving Democrat Chris Murphy a 49 to 43 percent lead among likely voters in the latest Quinnipiac University poll .

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