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12/8: Clinton Leads Trump and Cruz… Competitive against Bush, Rubio, and Carson
December 8, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Election 2016, Featured, National, National Poll Archive, Politics
In the 2016 race for the White House, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 52%, leads businessman Donald Trump, 41%, by double digits and is ahead of Texas Senator Ted Cruz by seven points, 51% for Clinton to 44% for Cruz. However, the race tightens when Clinton is matched against former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Clinton edges Bush by four points, Rubio by three points, and she is in a virtual tie with Carson.
Among Latino voters nationally, Clinton has a wide lead. However, all of these Republicans, except Trump, are getting a greater proportion of Latino voters than either Romney or McCain did in their presidential bids against Obama.
Americans, 58%, including most Latinos, 64%, think the Democratic Party better represents the views of Latinos.
When it comes to impressions of the candidates, Clinton's rating is upside down among Americans. Yet, a majority of Latinos have a positive opinion of her, and a plurality thinks she is improving the image of the Democratic Party.
On the Republican side, Carson remains the candidate with the highest positive rating among Americans. However, as Carson has become better known, his negatives have more than doubled. Still, Carson and Rubio are the only candidates with higher positive than negative scores among both Americans and Latinos. Trump has the highest negative rating among Americans, 55%, and Latinos, 67%.
In addition, Trump is considered by nearly six in ten Americans, including nearly two-thirds of Latinos, to be hurting the Republican Party. Majorities of Americans and Latinos also consider Trump to be insulting and offensive and do not believe he is the type of leader the nation needs now. Republicans disagree. 71% of registered Republicans believe Trump "tells it like it is." 76% think he is the kind of leader the country needs although a majority of these voters think he should better censor how he says things.
What do voters value in a candidate? Half of the national electorate, 50%, thinks it is more important that a candidate reflects their positions on the issues while 46% say it is more important that a candidate share their values. Latino voters are slightly more likely to prefer a candidate who shares their values, 51%, than one who identifies with them on the issues, 47%.
Most voters, including nearly three in four Latinos, say it would not affect their vote if a presidential candidate chooses someone of Latino or Hispanic background to be their running mate. There is less of a consensus about whether or not voters would be more or less likely to support a candidate who supports the rollback of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.
When it comes to the issue driving the election, jobs and the economy still ranks first among both Americans and Latinos. Of note, terrorism has jumped to the number two spot among Americans. Latinos mention education and immigration as their next two important concerns.
Most Americans watched at least some of presidential debates. A notable proportion of both Americans and Latinos say the debates changed their mind about whom they would support for president.
Complete December 8, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
Poll points:
- Clinton, 52%, leads Trump, 41%, by 11 points among registered voters nationally. In the September MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll, Clinton was ahead of Trump by 13 points. Among Latino voters, Clinton's lead over Trump is 69% to 27%. In September, Clinton outdistanced Trump by 47 points among Latinos.
- Clinton, 51%, also has the advantage over, Cruz, 44%. Clinton's lead against Cruz has narrowed slightly from 11 points three months ago. Clinton, 61%, outpaces Cruz, 34%, among Latino voters. Clinton previously led Cruz by 33 points among the Latino electorate.
- Clinton, 49%, edges Bush, 45%, among the national electorate. The two candidates' support is identical to what it was in the last poll. Among Latino voters, Clinton, 61%, has a 26 point lead against Bush, 35%. She previously led Bush by 30 points.
- Clinton, 48%, and Rubio, 45%, are competitive. Earlier this fall, Clinton, 50%, edged Rubio, 44%. Among Latino voters, Clinton, 57%, outdistances Rubio, 38%, by 19 points. However, in September Clinton was ahead of Rubio by 30 points among Latinos.
- Clinton, 48%, and Carson, 47%, are in a virtual tie among registered voters. However, Clinton outpaces Carson by 26 points among Latino voters, 61% to 35%.
- Looking at the generic ballot, the Democratic candidate, 45%, and the Republican candidate, 45%, have identical support. Among Latino voters, the Democratic candidate, 56%, is the favorite, but 36% say they would support the Republican candidate.
- With 89% of Democrats reporting they would support the Democratic candidate and 94% of Republicans saying they would back the Republican candidate, there is a clear partisan divide. Among independent voters, 42% would vote for the GOP candidate while 39% would support the Democratic candidate. A notable 18% of independents are undecided.
- 58% of registered voters, including 64% of Latino voters, think the Democratic Party better represents the views of Latinos. 22% of the national electorate, including 24% of Latino voters, believe the Republican Party better reflects the opinions of Latinos.
- A majority of Americans, 55%, including 56% of Latinos, believe there have been enough members of the Clinton and Bush families in the White House. 40% of adults and 37% of Latinos disagree.
Candidates' Images
How do Americans view the leading candidates for president? Only Carson and Rubio have a higher positive rating than negative score among Americans.
Only 32% of Americans, including 43% of Latinos, think Hillary Clinton is helping the image of the Democratic Party. A majority of Democrats, 56%, believe Clinton is having a positive impact on their party.
A majority of Americans, 58%, including 65% of Latinos, believe Donald Trump is hurting the Republican brand. Republicans divide. 43% think he helps the image of the party, and 40% believe he hurts it. Americans and Latinos, alike, have reservations about Trump. A majority of Americans, 52%, including 65% of Latinos, consider Trump to be insulting and offensive. In contrast, 43% of Americans, including 31% of Latinos, say Trump tells it like it is. In September, Americans divided about Trump's manner of speaking. 49% thought he was insulting while 45% valued his candor.
When it comes to whether or not Trump is the kind of leader the nation needs, a majority of Americans, 55%, and an even greater proportion of Latinos, 68%, do not think he is the kind of leader the country needs now. Most Republicans, 76%, disagree including 24% who think he is right for the times and 52% who report he is the kind of leader the nation needs if he can rein in his rhetoric.
Deciding Factors
When deciding for whom to vote, 50% of registered voters nationally believe it is more important that a candidate is closest to them on the issues while 46% want someone who shares their values. Among Latino voters, 51% prefer a candidate who reflects their values while 47% think it is more important that a candidate is closest to them on the issues.
Most voters nationally, 88%, including 74% of Latino voters, say it makes no difference to their vote if a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential candidate who is of Latino or Hispanic background. A notable 23% of Latinos, though, would be more inclined to vote for a candidate who chooses a Latino or Hispanic running mate.
There is less consensus about whether or not voters would be more likely to support a candidate who favors the rollback of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. 36% of the national electorate would be more likely to cast their ballot for such a candidate. 26% would be less likely to do so, and 33% say a candidate's position on the issue makes no difference to their vote. The views of Latino voters closely reflect those of the overall electorate. 54% of Republicans would support a candidate with this position compared with only 22% of Democrats.
But, do Americans consider immigration to be a key component in deciding their vote? Jobs and the economy, 28%, remains the leading campaign issue. Terrorism, 15%, health care, 12%, education, 12%, foreign policy, 9%, immigration, 9%, and taxes, 5%, follow. In September, jobs and the economy, 32%, topped the list. Education, 15%, health care, 13%, and immigration, 11%, also received double-digits. Of note, the proportion of Americans who cite terrorism as the leading campaign issue has more than doubled from 6% in September.
Among Latinos, the number one issue in deciding their voter is jobs and the economy, 25%. 19% mention education followed closely by 18% who say immigration. Terrorism is a concern of 11%. 10% mention health care. Seven percent cite foreign policy while 6% say taxes. In September's survey, 31% of Latinos considered jobs and the economy to be the leading issue in the presidential contest followed by immigration with 24%.
Debates Draw Large Audiences
More than three in four registered voters, 76%, including 77% of Latino voters, watched at least some of the televised Republican presidential debates. When it comes to the Democratic debates, more than six in ten registered voters, 63%, including 66% of Latino voters have tuned in for, at least, some of them.
Do the debates matter? Among registered voters who watched the debates, 61%, including 58% of Latino voters, say the debates have not changed their minds about the candidate they plan to support. Notable proportions of both registered voters, 35%, and Latino voters, 37%, say they have switched their support as a result of tuning into the debates.
Americans Confident U.S. will Defeat ISIS… More than One-Third Concerned about Terror Attack
Nearly seven in ten Americans, including 72% of Latinos, think the United States and its allies will be able to defeat ISIS. However, concern about another terror attack exists. A plurality of Americans say they are more concerned they will be a victim of a terror attack than of gun violence or police brutality.
Poll points:
- 69% of Americans and 72% of Latinos think the U.S. and its allies will be successful in defeating ISIS. 24% of residents overall, including 22% of Latinos, do not think the U.S. will be successful.
- 36% of Americans are more worried that they or someone they know will be a victim of a terror attack than gun violence, 31%, or police brutality, 17%. Among Latinos, 32% express concern over terrorism, 31% are worried about gun violence, and 24% are concerned about police brutality. More African Americans are concerned about being a victim of police brutality, 41% than either gun violence, 29%, or a terror attack, 16%.
Nature of the Sample and Complete Tables
9/21: American Opinion: The Papal Visit & U.S. Relations with Cuba
September 21, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Featured, National, National Poll Archive, Politics
Pope Francis will arrive in the United States tomorrow, following his trip to Cuba. So, what do Americans think of the Holy Father? And, what are their attitudes toward the United States' relationship with Cuba?
A majority of Americans, 51%, including nearly half of Latinos, 49%, have a positive opinion of Pope Francis. But, the Pontiff is not viewed negatively by Americans. Rather, notable proportions of residents, including Latinos, do not have an opinion one way or the other, or do not know enough about Pope Francis to weigh in. During his visit, nearly half of Americans, including Latinos, would prefer Pope Francis speak about social issues and economic policy and not just about religion and faith.
Most American Catholics have a favorable impression of the Holy Father including more than eight in ten Catholics who practice their faith. In fact, a majority of practicing Catholics believe Pope Francis has made them feel closer to their faith.
When it comes to the United States' relationship with Cuba, more than six in ten Americans, approve of opening up diplomatic relations with the country. This now includes more than two in three Latinos who share this view, an increase from a poll conducted earlier this year. Many residents and Latinos, alike, also support lifting the U.S. embargo against Cuba to permit travel to the nation. Latinos are more interested than Americans, as a whole, to want to personally travel to the country.
Complete September 21, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
Poll Points: Perceptions of Pope Francis
- 51% of Americans, including 49% of Latinos, have a positive impression of Pope Francis. Less than one in ten Americans, 9%, and Latinos, 7%, has a negative impression of the Holy Father. More than one in five residents, 27%, including 28% of Latinos has neither a positive nor negative opinion of Pope Francis.
- 68% of Catholic Latinos have a favorable view of the Holy Father, including 75% of Catholic Latinos who practice their faith.
- 49% of Americans would like Pope Francis to address social and economic policy during his upcoming trip to the United States. 36% say he should focus entirely on religion and faith. The views of Latinos reflect those of the overall public. 48% of Latinos report Pope Francis should speak to social issues and economic policy while 38% say he should stick to religion and faith.
- A majority of Catholics, 51%, want Pope Francis to address more than just religion and their faith. Practicing Catholics divide. 47% would like the Pontiff to speak to broader issues, and 45% believe he should address only religion and faith.
- 45% of American Catholics report Pope Francis has made them feel closer to their faith, including 53% of practicing Catholics. Among Catholic Latinos, nearly half, 49%, say they have a stronger bond with their faith because of Pope Francis, including 57% of Catholic Latinos who practice their faith.
Poll Points: Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
- 62% of Americans, including 67% of Latinos, approve of providing diplomatic recognition of Cuba by the United States. While there has been little change among Americans, overall, on this question since April, more Latinos support this change in U.S. policy. In April, 56% of Latinos supported opening up diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- About two-thirds of adults nationally, 66%, including 70% of Latinos, think the U.S. embargo against Cuba should be lifted to allow for U.S. trade and tourism.
- Americans divide about whether or not they would like to travel to Cuba if the embargo were lifted. 49% say they would not really want to travel to the country while 48% would. Among Latinos, 64% report they would like to go to Cuba.
Nature of the Sample and Complete Tables
9/14: Decision 2016: Clinton Leads GOP Rivals… Bush Most Competitive Against Clinton
September 14, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Election 2016, Featured, National, National Poll Archive, Politics
In hypothetical general election tossups, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads her potential Republican rivals among registered voters nationally. Clinton does best against businessman Donald Trump, leading him by 13 points. Her closest competitor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, trails Clinton by just four points. Among Latino voters, Clinton outpaces Trump by 47 points, Cruz by 33 points, and Rubio and Bush by 30 points. President Barack Obama carried the Latino vote in 2012 over Republican nominee Mitt Romney by 44 points.
If Vice President Joe Biden enters the contest and wins the Democratic Party's nomination, he would also lead his possible Republican rivals. Biden does best against Trump, leading him by 18 points. His closest competition comes from Rubio and Bush who he leads by 8 points. Biden is the overwhelming favorite among Latino voters. He leads Trump by 51 points, Cruz by 30 points, and Bush by 27 points. He is ahead of Rubio by only 14 points.
When it comes to perceptions of the candidates, Latinos, 55%, are more likely than Americans, overall, 42%, to view Clinton positively. Latinos are also more likely to think that Clinton is helping the image of the Democratic Party. Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont suffers from low name recognition. And, much talk has centered around whether or not Vice President Joe Biden will enter the presidential contest. If he does, Americans' perceptions of Biden are more positive than negative.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump has the highest negatives, especially among Latinos. Americans are not satisfied with Trump's impact on the image of the GOP party, are not overjoyed with the candidate's comments, and are not sold on the idea that Trump is the type of leader the nation needs now.
Ben Carson has the highest positive rating among the presidential GOP contenders. With the exception of Jeb Bush, many of the other Republican candidates suffer from low name recognition, especially among Latinos.
When it comes to the issue most likely to impact Americans' vote, jobs and economy are the determining factor for, both, the general population and Latinos. However, Latinos are more likely to cite immigration.
"Although the general election is a long way off, whether or not the GOP can connect with Latino voters is an important part of the 2016 narrative," says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. "Bush, Cruz, and Rubio narrow the GOP's margin among these voters from 2012 when matched against either Clinton or Biden. Trump, who is not well liked among many Latinos, widens it."
Complete September 14, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
General Election Prospects
Poll points:
- Clinton leads Trump, 53% to 40%, among registered voters nationally. Among Latino voters, Clinton has 69% to 22% for Trump.
- Clinton is ahead of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, 52% to 41%, among registered voters. Clinton leads Cruz, 62% to 29%, among the Latino electorate.
- Against Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Clinton's lead narrows to 6 points nationally. She receives the support of 50% of registered voters to 44% for Rubio. Among Latino voters, Clinton has a 30 point lead against Rubio, 61% to 31%.
- Bush is the most competitive Republican against Clinton. Clinton edges Bush, 49% to 45%, among registered voters nationwide. However, Clinton leads Bush by two-to-one, 60% to 30%, among the Latino electorate.
- Biden has an even wider lead over Trump, 56% to 38%, among registered voters. Biden is ahead of Trump by 51 points, 71% to 20%, among Latino voters.
- Against Cruz, Biden has a 15 point advantage, 54% to 39%, among the national electorate. Among Latino voters, Biden outpaces Cruz, 57% to 27%.
- Biden has an eight point lead against Rubio, 50% to 42%. Biden has only a 14 point lead against Rubio, 50% to 36%, among Latino voters.
- Biden is also ahead of Bush by 8 points. Biden garners the support of 50% of the national electorate compared with 42% for Bush. Among Latino voters, Biden has a 27 point advantage, 57% to 30%, against Bush.
Perceptions of the Candidates
How do Americans and Latinos view the key players in the presidential contest?
Looking at the Democratic side, Latinos, 55%, are more likely than Americans, overall, 42%, to have a positive opinion of Hillary Clinton. Latinos are also more likely than the general population to perceive Clinton as helping the image of the Democratic Party.
Bernie Sanders is not a household name for a notable proportion of Americans, 34%. This includes 52% of Latinos who do not offer an opinion about him. And, when it comes to Joe Biden, he is viewed more positively than negatively.
Donald Trump has the highest negatives among Americans, 55%, and especially Latinos, 70%, of any of the public figures measured. And, while Trump's demeanor is not overwhelmingly viewed favorably by Americans, overall, Latinos are more likely to frown upon Trump's impact on the Republican brand and his manner. Latinos are also more inclined than Americans, overall, to say Trump is not the kind of leader the nation needs now.
With the exception of Jeb Bush, many of the other Republican candidates suffer from low name recognition, especially among Latinos. However, Bush receives mixed reviews. He generates neither overwhelmingly positive nor negative feelings among Americans or Latinos.
Clinton and Biden are well received among voters who identify as Democrats nationwide. Sanders is also favorably viewed by the party's rank and file but is less well known to a national Democratic audience.
All of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination measured in this survey have a higher positive than negative score among voters who consider themselves Republican. Ben Carson has the highest positive rating among the presidential GOP contenders. A majority of Republicans also have a positive impression of Rubio and Trump. Trump and Bush have higher negatives than the other Republican candidates. Scott Walker is the least well known of the field.
42% of Americans describe Clinton as having a negative impact on the image of the Democratic Party. Only 28% believe she is having a positive one. In contrast, a plurality of Latinos, 47%, thinks she is helping the party's brand while just 19% say she is hurting it.
A majority of Americans, 52%, including 65% of Latinos, reports Trump is hurting the image of the Republican Party. 28% of Americans and only 13% of Latinos believe the Republican Party is benefitting from his candidacy. When it comes to Trump's manner of speaking, Americans divide with 49% describing his comments as insulting and offensive and 45% saying he is telling it like it is. However, Latinos, 70%, overwhelmingly consider Trump's comments to be offensive and insulting with just 26% saying his comments are on target. A majority of Americans, 53%, believe Trump is not the kind of leader the country needs now. This includes 69% of Latinos who have this view.
Prioritizing the Issues
Americans, 32%, including 31% of Latinos, cite jobs and the economy as the most important issue in determining their vote. Latinos, 24%, are more likely than Americans, 11%, overall, to place an emphasis on immigration as a central campaign issue.
- Registered voters nationally, 35%, and an identical share of Latino voters, consider jobs and the economy to be the most important factor in determining their vote for president. However, when looking at other key issues, immigration is of greater importance to Latino voters than American voters, overall. Among registered voters nationally, education, 14%, and health care, 12%, follow. Nine percent cite immigration while foreign policy, 7%, terrorism, 7%, and taxes, 6%, round out the list. For Latino voters, nearly one in five, 18%, mentions immigration followed closely by education at 16%.
Ready for a Woman or a Latino President?
Most Americans and Latinos think that the nation will be ready for a Latino or a woman president, if not now, than in the future.
- A majority of Americans, 56%, thinks the United States is ready for a Latino president, and an additional 29% believe the nation will be ready to embrace a Latino president in the future. Interestingly, Latinos, 49%, are slightly less likely to believe the nation is ready for a Latino president. Four in ten, 40%, however, do think the United States will embrace a Latino president in the future.
- About seven in ten Americans, 69%, including 63% of Latinos, believe the country is ready for a woman president. An additional 21% of U.S. residents and 27% of Latinos think that the nation will be ready for a woman president in the future, but not now.
Nature of the Sample and Complete Tables
9/14: Issues 2016: Immigration Reform and Race Relations
September 14, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Election 2016, Featured, National, National Poll Archive, Politics
Immigration reform and race relations continue to be hot-button issues in the headlines and for the 2016 presidential campaign. When it comes to U.S. immigration policy, many Americans, including more than eight in ten Latinos, think that birthright should remain in place so that children born in this country receive U.S. citizenship, regardless of whether or not their parents are undocumented immigrants. Americans divide about whether or not the term "anchor baby" is offensive. And, a plurality of residents say undocumented immigrants should be deported which would eliminate the need for so-called "sanctuary cities." Not surprisingly, a majority of Latinos consider the description "anchor baby" to be insulting, and about two-thirds support maintaining "sanctuary cities."
On the issue of police-community relations, nearly two-thirds of Americans say minorities are treated the same as anyone else. However, one in four U.S. residents, including 31% of Latinos, believe authorities treat minorities more harshly.
What do Americans and Latinos think of the Black Lives Matter movement? When compared with another movement in the United States, the Tea Party, more Americans view "Black Lives Matter" positively. 37% of Americans have a positive impression of "Black Lives Matter" compared with one in four Americans who says the Tea Party conjures up positive feelings for them.
Complete September 14, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
U.S. Immigration Policy
Poll points:
- More than six in ten adults nationally, 62%, report birthright should be continued in the United States. 31% disagree and say the U.S. Constitution should be amended so that children of undocumented immigrants are not automatically granted citizenship. Most Latinos, 83%, say birthright should be continued.
- 48% of Americans deem the term "anchor baby" to be offensive while 44% say the phrase is an accurate description of a child born to a pregnant woman who illegally crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. A majority of Latinos, 56%, believe the term is offensive.
- 48% of residents nationally believe undocumented immigrants should be deported which would eliminate the need for "sanctuary cities." 43%, though, think these cities are necessary to provide undocumented immigrants with services. 66% of Latinos report "sanctuary cities" should remain.
Police-Community Relations in the United States
Poll points:
- 64% of Americans, including 58% of Latinos, say police in their communities treat minorities the same as anyone else. 25% of residents, including 31% of Latinos, think minorities are dealt with more forcefully. Only 4% of Americans, including 6% of Latinos, report minorities are treated less harshly by authorities.
- 37% of Americans, including 32% of Latinos, have a positive association with the Black Lives Matter movement. 25% of residents and 12% of Latinos have a negative association with it. 38% of Latinos are unfamiliar with "Black Lives Matter."
- 25% of Americans view the Tea Party positively. 19% of Latinos agree. However, 36% of residents, overall, including 18% of Latinos, have a negative association with the Tea Party movement. 34% of Latinos are unaware of the Tea Party.
Nature of the Sample and Complete Tables
5/4: Newfound Money: What Would You Do? Latino Americans Emphasize Home Ownership
May 4, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Family Finances, Featured, Money, Money Vault
If given $100,000 to spend or invest, with no strings attached, saving for long-term expenses such as retirement or college, 25%, buying a home or paying off a mortgage, 24%, and paying down their debt, 22%, top the list of ways Americans would spend or invest their newfound funds. Among Latinos, buying a home or paying a mortgage, 32%, is the top way they would invest their newly acquired cash. Saving for long-term expenses, paying off debt, and starting a business, follow.
When it comes to cell phone usage, American and Latino cell phone owners, alike, use a smartphone. Among Americans, the iPhone, 35%, edges android phones, 31%. Latinos, however, are slightly more likely to use androids, 34%, than the iPhone, 29%.
Only 30% of American smartphone owners, including 26% of Latinos, use their phone mostly to talk. Most employ their smartphone for other purposes. 20% of smartphone owners, overall, report they use their phone primarily to text. 14% use it mostly to connect via social media, 12% send email, and 11% surf the Internet.
While smartphone use among Latinos reflects Americans' habits, overall, Latinos are more likely than Americans to use their smartphone mostly to listen to music, 14%, and are less likely to use it primarily to send email, 7%.
Complete May 4, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
Poll points:
- If given $100,000 to spend or invest, Americans would save for long-term expenses like retirement or college, 25%, buy a home or pay off their mortgage, 24%, or pay off their debt, 22%. 11% of residents would invest in the stock market while 10% would start a business. Five percent would use the money toward non-necessities like vacations, entertainment, and gifts.
- A plurality of Latinos, 32%, cites buying a home or paying down a mortgage. 21% would save for long-term expenses while 19% would pay off debt. 16% of Latinos would start a business including 26% of Latino men. Eight percent would invest in the stock market, and 3% would use the funds on non-necessities.
- 74% of American cell phone owners, including 76% Latinos, use a smartphone.
- Among Americans, the iPhone, 35%, and android phones, 31%, are the leading smartphones. The Blackberry, 1%, and a Windows phone, 1%, are little used. Six percent have a smartphone but are unsure which kind, and 25% of U.S. cell phone owners say they do not have a smartphone.
- 34% ofLatino cell phone users have an android phone while 29% own an iPhone. Only 1% owns a Blackberry, and the same proportion, 1%, has a Windows phone. 11% have a smartphone but are unsure what type it is, and 24% of Latino cell phone owners do not have a smartphone.
- Just three in ten American smartphone owners, including 26% of Latinos, say the primary use of their phone is to talk. 20% of smartphone owners, overall, say they mostly text with their phone, and 14% turn to social media on their smartphones. Email is the key function for 12% while 11% surf the Internet. Other activities include listening to music, 6%, playing games, 3%, taking and sending pictures, 1%, and watching videos, 1%.
Nature of the Sample and Complete Tables
4/9: Many Americans, Including Most Latinos, Consider Immigration Reform a Priority… Pathway to Citizenship Key Component for Majority of Americans, But Latinos Divide
April 9, 2015 by Marist Poll
Filed under Featured, National, National Poll Archive, Politics
Immigration reform is important to many Americans, especially Latino residents. Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 65%, including 81% of Latinos, think immigration legislation which provides a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants should be addressed by President Barack Obama and Congress. In fact, 41% of Americans and 59% of Latinos believe the issue should be an absolute priority for this year's Congress.
Of note, Latino residents who are U.S. immigrants, 74%, are more likely than those born in the United States, 46%, to consider immigration reform to be an immediate concern.
On the question of providing a pathway to citizenship for veterans of the armed forces, Americans and Latinos have similar views. 55% of residents, overall, and 61% of Latinos say providing citizenship to veterans should be an immediate priority for President Obama and Congress this year.
Americans, overall, are more concerned about the inclusion of the pathway to citizenship in immigration reform than Latinos. Among Latinos, there is slightly greater urgency to pass immigration legislation, even if it does not contain the pathway to citizenship. While 52% of Americans assert reform should only be passed if it includes this measure, 39% say reform should occur even if the measure is not included. Latino residents divide with 49% thinking it is more important that a bill be passed only if it includes a pathway to citizenship while 44% report it is more important to pass immigration reform even if it does not provide a way for undocumented immigrants to gain citizenship.
Latinos born in the United States, 52%, emphasize the pathway to citizenship while Latino adults born in another country divide on the issue.
When it comes to President Barack Obama's use of executive action to implement changes to immigration, opposition rests on procedure not policy. Nearly six in ten Americans, including more than three in four Latinos, approve of the president's order. Among those who disapprove, 56% of Americans and 58% of Latinos oppose the executive action because the president did not seek congressional approval, not because they are against the content of the policy.
If Congress does not pass immigration reform by the end of its current term, Republicans will face the most blame.
Complete April 9, 2015 MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist Poll of the United States
Poll points:
- 65% of Americans say passing immigration legislation which would create a pathway to citizenship for foreigners illegally staying in this country should be addressed by President Barack Obama and Congress. This includes 41% who think the issue should be an absolute priority. Most Latinos, 81%, including 59% who want the issue addressed immediately, consider passing such legislation a priority.
- Americans, 33%, are more likely than Latinos, 16%, to report immigration reform should not be pursued at all.
- Nearly three in four Latinos who were not born in the United States, 74%, believe immediate action on immigration reform should be taken compared with 46% of Latinos who were born in the U.S.
- 55% of Americans, including 61% of Latinos, assert immigration legislation which provides a pathway to citizenship for veterans of the armed forces should be an absolute priority for this year's Congress.
- 52% of U.S. residents think the pathway to citizenship is essential to immigration reform while 39% believe it is more important to pass immigration legislation even if it does not include a pathway to citizenship. While a plurality of Latinos, 49%, says the pathway to citizenship is key to immigration reform, more Latinos, 44%, when compared with the overall population, are willing to accept reform that does not include such a pathway.
- 52% of Latinos born in the United States believe it is more important for immigration reform to be passed with a pathway to citizenship, but Latinos who were not born in this country divide. 48% believe immigration reform should be passed even without a pathway to citizenship while 46% insist the pathway is the crux of immigration reform.
- Compared with 57% of Americans, overall, more Latinos, 78%, approve of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.
- Among those who disapprove of the president's executive order, 56% of Americans, including 58% of Latinos, do so more because Mr. Obama acted without congressional authorization and not because they oppose the policy. In fact, only 29% of U.S. residents who disapprove of the president's executive order, including one in three Latinos – 33%, say they are against the substance of the policy.
- If an agreement on immigration reform is not reached before the end of Congress' current term, a plurality of U.S. residents, 43%, including 46% of Latinos, will place the blame on the Republicans in Congress. 26% of U.S. residents and 22% of Latinos will point a finger at President Obama. 11% of Americans, including 13% of Latinos, will blame the Democrats in Congress.
Diplomatic Recognition of Cuba Supported by Majorities of Americans and Latinos
The opinions of Latinos closely reflect those of the overall population when it comes to U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba.
Poll points:
- A majority of Americans, 59%, including 56% of Latinos, approves of the recent decision for the United States to provide diplomatic recognition of Cuba.
- 26% of U.S. residents disapprove of the action, and 15% are unsure. Similar proportions of Latinos are against granting diplomacy to Cuba or are unsure.
Economic Sanctions against Venezuela Considered Appropriate by Half of Americans
50% of Americans, including a slim majority of the Latino population, consider the economic sanctions placed on government officials in Venezuela for acts of violence and the prohibition of freedom of expression of protestors to be the right form of censure. Latinos, 19%, are slightly more likely than Americans, overall, to say the punishment is too strong.
Poll points:
- 50% of the U.S. adult population, including 52% of Latinos, think the economic sanctions levied against Venezuela are the appropriate punishment for acts of violence endorsed by the nation's leaders and prohibiting freedom of expression among protesters.
- 19% of Latinos, compared with 13% of the general population, say the sanctions are too severe. 20% of U.S. residents, including 16% of Latinos, believe the sanctions are not strong enough.
Equal Treatment under the Law?
Americans, 65%, are more likely than Latinos, 54%, to believe police in their local community treat minorities the same as anyone else. Latinos, especially those under 45, are more likely to report minorities are treated more harshly.
- 35% of Latinos, compared with 27% of the overall population, report minorities are treated more harshly by their local police. Only 4% of U.S. residents, including 5% of Latinos, believe minorities are treated less harshly.
- Latinos under 45 years old, 39%, are more likely than older Latinos, 28%, to say minorities are treated more harshly than anyone else.
The Impact of Pope Francis on the Views of the Catholic Church
37% of Americans say Pope Francis has improved their opinion of the Catholic Church, and 29% report he has made little difference in their opinion. The views of Latinos are similar to those of the overall population.
- A plurality of Americans, 37%, including 32% of Latinos, reports Pope Francis has given them a more favorable view of the Catholic Church. Only 6% of Americans, including 7% of Latinos, say the Pope has lessened their view of the Church. 29% of Americans, similar to 32% of Latinos, think the Pontiff has made little difference in their views. 29% of residents, including 28% of Latinos, don't know enough about the Pope to comment.
Football Takes Top Spot as Americans' Favorite Sport… Shares Honors with Soccer among Latinos
Football, 42%, is Americans' favorite pastime. Among Latinos, football, 31%, and soccer, 28%, vie for the title of top sport.
- 42% of Americans consider football their favorite sport. Baseball, 15%, is a distant second followed by basketball, 14%. 11% choose soccer while 5% like hockey. Three percent cite another sport, and 4% do not have a favorite sport.
- Football, 31%, and soccer, 28%, are cited as the top sports by Latinos. Baseball, 15%, and basketball, 14%, trail behind. Only 2% of Latinos are hockey fans, and 3% mention another sport as their favorite. Two percent do not have a favorite sport.


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You know, with all the talk about which teams are getting third jerseys this season, I guess it makes sense to mention confirmation of those that aren't.
According to Curtis Zupke from the OC Register, Ducks management says they will be one of handful without one. It's funny because, 1) they could use one, and 2) history shows Anaheim has been one of the most prolific clubs in terms of thirds. A quick look back at the last 12 years turns up four different alternate sweaters for the Ducks alone.
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Here We Go Magic's creative center, singer/songwriter Luke Temple, first made his name as a muralist, and the Brooklyn band's music fully fits that pedigree. HWGM's ethereal collage of indie folk, baroque pop, and plains country (and whatever else strikes their fancy) lolls back with dizzyingly hypnotic vocals, generating the feel of a vast, splashed-on panorama. Originally from Boston, Temple bounced nomadically about the country before settling in New York City by the mid-2000s. While the bandmembers are cagey about the group's origin, Here We Go Magic had expanded to a quintet by the 2009 release of their self-titled debut on Western Vinyl. The similarly psychedelic pop-inflected Pigeons arrived in 2010, followed by the Secretly Canadian-released January EP in early 2011. The band teamed up with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich for 2012's A Different Ship.


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Enjoy Mother Nature's backyard by visiting two magnificent parks located in southeast Missouri's Arcadia Valley. According to the Missouri State Parks, Johnson's Shut-ins State Park has about one billion years of geological history. The 8,549-acre park was formed through a combination of erupting volcanoes and natural erosion caused by wind and rain. Camping, swimming, horseback riding and taking a walk …Read More »
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Men's Health magazine named the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour one of America's Best Brewery Tours, so men bring your buds (pun intended) for some brews in St. Louis. Ladies you are certainly welcome and, yes, children can take the tour. While anyone younger than 21 can't (obviously) taste any of the beer they can check out the famous Clydesdale horses, the …Read More »
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LOS ANGELES - Lisa Willis doesn't playbasketball.
That's a sporting term that would describe her more leisurely participation in such activities as Chutes and Ladders, Hide-and-Go-Seek or, if she were to take it up, tackle football.
Willis does something no other player can do with a UCLA women's basketball game. She turns it into a trial.
Her shots aren't just shots; they're prosecution because they come at the opponent from any preposition you want to slap in front of "______ the basket" and most of the time land one way. In.
As for the skills of steal-making, blocking and flat-out stalking that prompted women's basketball analyst Nancy Lieberman to call Willis "the best defender in the nation," defense can win cases.
It is from her 342 steals that the often-scowling Willis has run away with the ball, the game, the judge and the jury of fans of No.40.
At 1 p.m. today, when the Pac-10 third-place running Bruins (15-9, 10-5) play their final regular-season home game at Pauley Pavilion against rival USC (15-9, 9-6), Willis, the senior guard from Narbonne High, will continue wrapping up her closing arguments on her basketball career.
No other player in UCLA women's basketball history has hit 70 three-pointers in a single season. Willis has done it twice. Willis holds the UCLA career record for three-point baskets with 228, nearly a hundred more than the No.2 player. Only two women in the Pac-10 have hit more in their careers.
Only one Bruin - the legendary Ann Meyers, who played from 1975-1978 - accounted for more Bruins career steals (403). She currently leads the league with 3.54 steals per game, ranking her ninth in the NCAA.
Her biggest steal might be that of the occasional show every now and then on a team best known for two other Naismith Trophy candidates: senior point guard Nikki Blue and junior wing and leading scorer Noelle Quinn.
Must be tough getting a courtroomthere.
"Did I tell you that I want to be a lawyer, maybe even a judge, after I play in the WNBA and overseas for three to five years?" asked Willis, who played on the gold-medal winning World University Games team in the summer.
She grew up watching "Matlock," the legal drama in which Andy Griffith played a no-nonsense attorney.
"Matlock was The Man, and I'd wake up at 7:05 in the morning to watch him when I was like 12 years old. He made me want to be a lawyer," she said.
Her first basketball trial came around that time, when her club coaches moved her from point guard to wing and said, "basically, shoot threes or die on the bench," she remembers.
Her most challenging trial has come at UCLA, where Willis signed in the shadow of the touted Blue.
Willis didn't have Blue's reputation or suitors who were willing to ride unicycles while balancing spinning plates atop canes just to get her attention. Willis was talented and a quick signee wanting to stay close to her parents and four brothers and sisters in Venice.
"Mark my words," Narbonne High coach James Anderson said, shortly after Willis signed with UCLA. "They may all be talking about, and excited about, Nikki Blue right now, but Lisa Willis is going to be a big surprise. She's got game."
Entire lineups of players have come to Westwood and disappeared, slipping between the cracks in lustrous Nell and John Wooden Court. Some just sit so long on a bench that they blend into the motionless scenery such as the NCAA championship banners that hang limp in the highest parts of Pauley Pavilion.
For every Ann Meyers, Natalie Williams, Maylana Martina, Michelle Greco and Nikki Blue, there are dozens more in the media guide, commemorated in fine print on the all-time roster, still being dwarfed by bigger images of more legendary players who decorate Pages 86 and 87.
One day, both Blue and Willis will be in pictures; Blue, a four-time All-Pac-10 first-team selection and 1,700-plus point scorer as expected; and Willis, because she made her points well.
Entering today, she has played in 111 games and has started the past 82, never out since Bruins coach Kathy Olivier plugged her into the "Triple Threat" backcourt of Blue, Willis and Quinn.
Willis, the Bruins' second-leading scorer (17.6 points per game), still strings together plays like arguments, pounding home one after the other, point after piercing point, striking from a distance with a sly trademark step-back move and snaking inside for a gutsy layup.
Her 1,527 career points rank her 10th all-time in Bruins scoring. She could move into ninth, ahead of Dora Dome's 1,589, by season's end. That's plenty of proof.
She dribbles hard, drives harder and falls the hardest, laying herself out - as if we need more bodies of evidence.
We hear the knock of her elbows and knees against the court. That's effort.
It's the sound of a hundred judges banging their gavels at once.
The trial is over, even though the games continue for Willis and the Bruins.
Case closed on this success story.
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Short Cruise, large bus lot's of people with the usual shopping stops and one stop to eat. Not much to see here but it was still alright. We are generally not big on the ship tour's or sheep's tours as the cost is often 40% or more than the same or equal private tours and are usually larger groups on big buses. It was a convenience issue here as again there wasn't a lot to see or do in Manzanillo unless you wanted to travel to Colima.Read robov's full Norwegian Sun cruise review
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I have been working on the Zeigler/Dent lines of a friend and am so tremendously impressed with your research. I was curious as to your thoughts on Mariah Zeigler (born c. 1815) who is listed as a child of Jacob and Catherine Zeigler in many records. I came across a biography of Lewis Henry Crumpler that was published in 1904 in "Notable Men of Alabama."
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Thanks for the update. Hannah Wagoner is actually a relative of my son's. I'd be glad to take it over. I'm now traveling so may be able to contribute photos.
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The dates for James Harvey Crosby does not line up with the tombstone. I appreciate all that you do for all of us, but there must be some kind of mistake. Please let me know what you find out. Sincerely
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My AT&T note 3 is rooted and I have not updated to to kit kat and will not and do not want to....I keep getting a notification to upgrade my Samsung account...like the hub store and in order to update my gear it says I need to update my Samsung account.
My question is can I update my Samsung account and not mess with my root? Keep in mind I do not want KK. ...I want everything the same as what I have right now.
Pardon me for the dumb questions. I truly do not know my way around this root stuff but I know I like my rooted phone better than I did my non rooted phone. I am just not very literate on the technical and cellular levels but I love my note 3 and can not live without it so you see my need to ask simple questions to give me some peace of mind before I brick my phone.
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Situated amongst a variety of tourist hot spots, boutiques and dining options, La Islita Boutique Hotel is ideal for guests wanting to explore Granada and its surroundings.
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The rooms at La Islita Boutique Hotel are comfortable with amenities such as a private bathroom. Internet access is also provided.
La Islita Boutique Hotel Granada houses a restaurant and a bar where guests are able to relax of an evening. The hotel also serves breakfast each day.
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Cancer starts when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer. To learn more about how cancer starts and spreads, go to What Is Cancer?
Melanoma is a cancer that starts in a certain type of skin cell. To understand melanoma, it helps to know a little about the skin.
Normal skin
The skin has 3 layers. From the outside in, they are:
- Epidermis: This top layer of the skin is very thin. The flat cells at the top of this layer are called squamous cells. Below this are cells called basal cells. Cells called melanocytes are also in the epidermis. These cells make the brown pigment melanin, which gives the skin its tan or brown color. Melanocytes are the cells that can become melanoma.
- Dermis: This middle layer of the skin is much thicker than the epidermis. It contains hair shafts, sweat glands, blood vessels, and nerves.
- Subcutis: This deepest layer of the skin contains proteins and fat, which help keep in body heat and act as a shock absorber to help protect the body's organs from injury.
Skin tumors that are not cancer
Most skin tumors are not cancer (they are benign). These rarely, if ever, turn into cancer. Some of them include:
- Mole (also called a nevus): a benign skin tumor that starts from melanocytes. Almost everyone has some moles. Nearly all of them are harmless, but some types can raise your risk of melanoma.
- Spitz nevus: a kind of mole that sometimes looks a lot like melanoma
- Seborrheic keratosis: a tan, brown, or black raised spot with a "waxy" texture
- Hemangioma: a benign blood vessel growth, often called a strawberry spot
- Lipoma: a soft growth made up of fat cells
- Wart: a rough-surfaced growth caused by some types of human papilloma virus (HPV)
Melanoma skin cancers
Melanoma is a cancer that begins in the melanocytes. Most of these cells still make melanin, so melanoma tumors are often brown or black. But melanomas can also appear pink, tan, or even white.
Melanoma most often starts on the trunk (chest or back) in men and on the legs of women, but it can start in other places, too. Having dark skin lowers the risk of melanoma, but a person with dark skin can still get melanoma.
Melanoma can almost always be cured in its early stages. But it is likely to spread to other parts of the body if it is not caught early.
Other skin cancers
Other types of skin cancers are sometimes grouped together as non-melanoma skin cancers.
Basal cell and squamous cell cancers are much more common than melanoma. Because they rarely spread to other parts of the body, these cancers are often less worrisome and are treated differently from melanoma. They are discussed in Skin Cancer: Basal and Squamous Cell.
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Other types of non-melanoma skin cancer are much less common than basal and squamous cell cancers and are treated differently. They include:
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Tower Group (NASDAQ:TWGP) collapsed by over 40% on Tuesday, October 8th. In fact, Tower has fallen more than 20% three times in the last two months.
On August 8th the stock fell about 24% when it held off on releasing its 2nd quarter earnings and on September 18th when it dropped about 28% on warnings of reserve charges. It didn't help that FBR Capital downgraded Tower from Outperform to Perform due to capital reserve concerns.
Putting it all together, in the last 52 weeks they've seen their shares slashed by right around 60%. It's going to get worse.
Business Overview
Tower underwrites all types insurance from commercial, to personal, to specialty insurance to reinsurance products. Their current market cap is now hovering around $250M and enterprise value is about $625M at this point. To put all this in perspective they have less than 1% of the market cap as The Travelers (NYSE:TRV). They are happy to tell you that they are one of the 50 largest providers of property and casualty insurance products and services in the U.S. But, let's get real. They are a tiny blip on the radar.
The Ugly Details
Tower Group clearly has its back against the wall. Let's look at their recent reinsurance agreements. On the 1st of October, 2013 they entered into agreements with Arch Reinsurance Ltd., Hannover Re and Southport Re to "enhance" their financial flexibility. That's a euphemism for we are scared little rabbits. Although to be fair, the vast majority of the insurance industry offloads their liabilities.
On Monday, the 7th of October, Tower announced the semi-independent review of their loss reserves through June 30th. I say "semi-independent" because it reads like these consultants were knee deep in the swamp with Tower. Together, they indicated a need to strengthen loss reserves by about $365M, which is clearly not chump change for a business this size. Note that the loss reserve increase is specifically for:
"...accident years 2009 through 2011 in commercial insurance lines of business, including workers' compensation, commercial multi-peril, commercial auto and other liability lines."
And more importantly, this reserve increase…
"…reflects adverse loss emergence, coupled with changes in judgment, including actuarial factors."
There are other official corporate documents and press releases that I could reference. What matters here is that Tower appears quite sloppy. When a financial company doesn't run a tight ship, people lose confidence. And, when investors lose confidence businesses get punished. Uncertainty can kill an insurance business. Let's dig deeper.
The Class Action "Fat Pile of Doom"
To be fair, since 2010, Tower has been shifting their business away from the underwriting activities that caused the problems in the first place. But, there's clearly a giant target on their back. The sharks are looking for a kill. I'll get to the lawyers in a minute.
First, I want to emphasize something. Many investors looking at Tower might think the bad news is strictly financial, i.e., impairments and loss reserve issues. But, there's a crisis of confidence here. Tower doesn't help itself when they use language like changes in judgment, or when they admit actuarial issues. Underwriting is all about those tables and counting beans.
To emphasize: The key reason Tower is getting destroyed is a lack of confidence.
OK, back to the lawyers. Many investors are clearly freaked about by the financial discrepancies. But, to make matters worse, I'm aware of two class action suits against Tower right now. Ryan & Maniskas, LLP and Levi & Korsinsky, LLP are looking to drain some blood. They claim that Tower did some improper accounting, lacked appropriate internal controls, provided misleading financial statements and made inappropriate positive statements during the last couple of years.
This fat pile of doom is not yet in full motion because these class action suits are just getting started. But, that doesn't matter here. What the savvy investor will realize is that this magnifies the problems that the company is now scrambling to resolve. It's like the proverbial ant under the microscope with focused, intense heat causing major pain.
Emotions are running wild. But, when there's blood in the streets there might be an opportunity for overselling to occur. Below are some catalysts to consider.
Is Tower Group Evil?
All the evidence indicates that Tower took their eye off the ball. They weren't strict enough. They didn't stick to the knitting. In short, they screwed up but I don't think they are pure evil.
In fact, I noticed something funny about Tower. They've released no less than five announcements about their 2nd quarter results:
- Jul 24, 2013
- Aug 07, 2013
- Sep 10, 2013
- Sep 17, 2013
- Oct 07, 2013
This doesn't appear to be a company working hard to hide information. You don't issue a flood of press releases and updates like this when you're trying to cloak the truth. I admit that it's crazy they can't get their act together but they are keeping investors abreast of things.
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What's more interesting is that Tower Group reached out to J.P. Morgan for additional financial advice. They've also been in talks with Blackstone, KKR and Warburg Pincus to find ways to bolster capital. It hasn't gone well so far but that doesn't make Tower a wicked witch.
In short, the catalyst here is that Tower has a bunch of cash, they've got a strong coach in their corner, and they're actively managing the crisis. They might stay in one piece, or they might sell off assets, or they might get some "wild and crazy" cash injection. I don't know. But, it's clear they are not positioning themselves for death and they have been cautiously updating investors on what they're doing. It seems like they are trying to stay alive.
Who's Gambling and Who's Taking Money Off the Table?
Point blank, I do not believe that Tower is an appropriate investment for a long-term investor seeking to protect capital or add to a blue chip dividend portfolio. They are not a dividend champion, contender, or challenger. At best, this is a speculative play. I'm staying away from this hot mess. This is for gamblers, not investors.
This is a small insurance company that let their operations slip. To be fair, there's moderate insider ownership (about 7.5%) so there's probably some genuine incentive to keep this ship afloat. However, it gets a little ugly when you realize that Michael Lee (the CEO) sold a monster block of stock on September 18th. That $12.6M sale isn't for a Happy Meal or a Disney World vacation.
More Shoes Will Drop and Some Final Comments
The biggest risk is that when earnings are finally released the news could be catastrophic. But even if the news isn't horrific, the secondary risk is that future write-downs are right around the corner. Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Here's a final piece of news. There's a "wild card" price catalyst in this fog. If Tower becomes too weak it could become a takeover target. I'm hearing rumors of $9 per share have been circulated by Guggenheim Partners who initiated their coverage on September 18th. With a takeover, anything could happen. Maybe someone can clean up Tower and unleash whatever value is hiding.
As always I strongly recommend that you conduct your own due diligence.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Is there anyone out there who could explain how under normal efficient market conditions a very profitable company could trade at 60% of its tangible book value? And by profitable, I mean very, very profitable. For the first 9 months of 2008, Precision Drilling Trust (NYSE:PDS) reported net GAAP income of $1.67/trust unit, with last quarter's earnings beating average analyst expectations by more than 8%. Expectations for Q4 are another 64 cents/unit. With PDS trading at $6.33/unit, the price at which I bought them shortly before Thursday's market close, that works out to an estimated 2008 PE of under 2.75!
Amazing, you would think, but that's far from the whole story, of course. And as is most often the case with equities trading at deep discounts to their peers, there are many important facts hiding behind the surface. Why these facts didn't dissuade me from buying PDS is yet another question, which I will attempt to answer here shortly.
I'll start by telling you what PDS is, was and plans to be. PDS currently provides contract drilling, completion and production services to oil and natural gas companies in Canada (mostly) and the United States. This one very agile company has Canadian roots going back to the early 1950s. By 2004, this trust's predecessor company had grown to include operations virtually world-wide and then by the end of 2005, the company divested all its non-Canadian operations and converted to a unit trust income structure for tax reasons. Expansion outside Canada started again the following year with a rig in Texas.
By the end of Q308, PDS had expanded its US operation to 28 rigs and its Canadian drilling fleet stood at 220 rigs, with operating days up 14% from last year. Yes, you read that right, up 14% from last year and BTW and at that time PDS units where trading at about 3x their current price. In fact, I first bought these same PDS shares at $17.91 just over a year ago and sold them for a whopping $23.51 at the end of March this year. At one point in 2006, these units even traded at over $38. But that's all history. What I want to know is how much these units are worth today, in today's tough economic environment and with prices of oil having come down by over a factor of three from their peak. I also want to know where this company is going in the future.
Let's look into the crystal ball first. On December 23, PDS is expected to complete its acquisition of Grey Wolf, Inc. (GW) - a US based drilling competitor. When this deal was first announced on August 25, the world was quite a different place and paying $5 plus 0.188 PDS shares per share of GW, a competitor with a decent footprint in the US, may have looked quite reasonable. On the date of the announcement, PDS closed at $20.18 and GW at $8.48. At those values, PDS was paying an equivalent of $8.79 a share, or a mere less than 4% premium. Borrowing costs were still reasonable for viable businesses like PDS and PDS was expecting to be able to borrow the money needed for this transaction at 8%.
However, times have changed… Grey Wolf shareholders are actually getting a very sweet deal at this point - a blended equivalent of approximately $6.20/share. (Which actually begs a different question, "Why didn't I buy GW shares, which closed at $6.03 today in anticipation of the exchange?" I will leave the answer to this question to my readers' imaginations, or another day's discussion topic.) While this deal was pending, financing rates have also skyrocketed and PDS is now expecting to borrow at 11% and incur additional upfront costs in the form of original issuance discounts and fees of approximately US$76 million! To stay within caveats of financing, PDS will also have to significantly reduce its monthly distributions - they are anticipating paying out less than 1/3 of what they have paid before.
All that sounds rather disastrous, doesn't it? And to some extent, it really is and on some level I am even hoping that this deal will not close, but I know that it will and that the very astute PDS CEO - Kevin Neveu has some very good reasons to stick to the deal. I am convinced that the scare over GW acquisition costs is what drove this stock into the ground. More so than any other factor like the precipitous drop in the price of oil. This scare is also what created the present buy opportunity.
For other reasons I still like PDS, please take a look at my previous notes on the company from 2007 at http://stockvalues.org/new-investment-strategy.
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It was a program called ticketsbite, based in Nevada I think, although it looks like they may have gone out of business (the website seems to be down). There is also trafficare international, which seems to be still up.
If they remove the requirement that you must break the law, then it is probably legal as a type of insurance. For example, there exists in the US insurance for speeding, expired tags, etc. that will pay your fine. You just have to phrase it as "if you forgot and broke the law accidentally, we will cover your ticket".
Who's Performing the great ghost dance in Russia?
Not sure you should have picked 30 years ago. Here is a list of movies from 1981:
Body Heat
The Cannonball run
Escape from new york
The Evil Dead
Fort Apache, the bronx
The Fox and the Hound
History of the World, Part I
Mommie Dearest
On Golden Pond
The Postman always rings twice
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Some of them you may not like due to subject matter or whatever, but many of these are considered classics (or at least cult classics).
Of course, you also got movies from 1981 like Condorman and Pirahna 2, The Spawning, but it seems like the ratio of good movies to sucky movies were better.
You know, if I was hired to run a convoy of supply trucks near a war zone, dropping a thousand dollars on a cheap UAV plus operator in the front cab seems like a wise investment. He could keep an eye out for ambushes, someone setting up IEDs, or even road problems that might delay us. I might even be able to expense it, depending on the contract.
Pass laws that any creature with human DNA is human and has the same rights as any other human. Have the law make those who create such creatures be financially responsible for them until such time as they can be demonstrated to be able to care for themselves.
And he who breaks the law shall be punished back to the house of pain!
This means a teacher can discuss examples of creationism from other religions (like from Islam) without fear of reprimand. With, of course, supporting text from the Koran.
What if some agent took the picture of a 12 year old girl home to "enjoy" in his free time? Could he be charged with possession of child pornography then? I'd say yes.
You know, if a single small accident could lead to a horrible, horrible death... I'd be okay with boring checklists.
You're not supposed to read the newspaper either.
Ah, but the volume of an object increases as a cube, so if we increase the sphere so that the increase in the radius is 3, that would increase the volume by 27. Since we want to have a surface gravity similar to earth, that would mean the density of the planet to be about 2.04. (mass increases by 10, volume increases by 27, density of the earth is approximately 5.52)
Interestingly, that is very close to the range of the bone density of many animals, so the answer is obvious. We need to find the skeletal remains of a spherical space whale that is 3 times the size of the earth, and immigrate there.
Of course, with my luck, it would already be inhabited and I would be put to work in the calcium mines.
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