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Friday, May 29, 2009

Health care

CNN/ORC POLL
Would you prefer a health care reform plan that raises taxes in order to provide health insurance to all Americans, or a plan that does not provide health insurance to all Americans but keeps taxes at current levels?
47% Raises taxes, insures all
47% Current tax levels, doesn't insure all
4% Neither
2% Unsure

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Supreme Court

GALLUP POLL
As you may know, President Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Generally speaking, how would you rate Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
19% Excellent
28% Good
20% Only fair
13% Poor
20% Unsure

Monday, May 18, 2009

Roe v. Wade

CNN/ORC POLL
The 1973 Roe versus Wade decision established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, at least in the first three months of pregnancy. Would you like to see the Supreme Court completely overturn its Roe versus Wade decision, or not?
30% Yes, overturn
68% No, not overturn

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Supreme Court

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you have confidence that Barack Obama will nominate good justices to the Supreme Court, or are you uneasy about who he will choose?
55% Have confidence
35% Uneasy

Monday, May 11, 2009

Economy

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Has the U.S. economy turned the corner on the current crisis, is the worst yet to come, or have things stabilized but not yet begun to improve?
10% Turned the corner
38% Worst yet to come
48% Stabilized

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Waterboarding

CNN/ORC POLL
As you may know, the Bush administration authorized the use of harsh interrogation procedures, including the procedure known as waterboarding, when the U.S. captured suspected terrorists. Based on what you have read or heard, do you approve or disapprove of the Bush administration's decision to use those procedures while questioning suspected terrorists?
50% Approve
46% Disapprove

Friday, May 1, 2009

Marijuana

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
In general, do you favor or oppose legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use?
46% Favor
52% Oppose

Global warming

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases from sources like power plants, cars and factories in an effort to reduce global warming?
75% Should
21% Should not