Economy

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Who do you trust to do a better job handling the economy: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?
58% Obama
25% Republicans in Congress
1% Both (vol.)
14% Neither (vol.)
2% Unsure

Secretary of State Clinton

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Hillary Clinton is handling her job as Secretary of State?
71% Approve
23% Disapprove

President Obama and the economy

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?
61% Approve
29% Disapprove

AIG

GALLUP POLL
Turning to reports that insurance company AIG -- one of the companies that received bailout money from the federal government -- is paying bonuses to its executives, how do you, personally, feel about these bonuses: outraged, bothered, or not particularly bothered?
59% Outraged
26% Bothered
11% Not bothered

President Obama and the economy

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?
59% Approve
40% Disapprove

Congress: Job rating

GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
39% Approve
54% Disapprove

Government

NEWSWEEK POLL
In general, government grows bigger as it provides more services. If you had to choose, would you rather have a smaller government providing less services, or a bigger government providing more services?
44% Smaller
44% Bigger

President Obama: Job rating

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Barack Obama is doing as president?
60% Approve
26% Disapprove

Direction of the country

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
All in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel that things are off on the wrong track?
41% Right direction
44% Wrong track

White House 2012

CNN/ORC POLL
Next, I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primary for president in 2012. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in the year 2012, or if you would support someone else. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
29% Palin
26% Huckabee
21% Romney
9% Jindal
10% Someone else
4% None/No one
2% Unsure

Economic stimulus

AP-GfK POLL
Do you favor or oppose the new economic stimulus package of nearly $800 billion in government spending and tax cuts?
52% Favor
41% Oppose

Congress: Job rating

GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
31% Approve
61% Disapprove

U.S.-Iran relations

GALLUP POLL
Turning for a moment to U.S. relations with Iran: Do you think the United States should or should not engage in direct diplomacy with Iran?
56% Should
38% Should not

Evolution

GALLUP POLL
Do you, personally, believe in the theory of evolution, do you not believe in evolution, or don't you have an opinion either way?
39% Believe in evolution
25% Do not believe
36% No opinion

President Obama -- Job rating

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
76% Approve
23% Disapprove

Economic stimulus

CNN/ORC POLL
As you may know, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would attempt to stimulate the economy by increasing federal government spending and cutting taxes at a total cost to the government of about eight hundred billion dollars. Based on what you have read or heard about this, do you favor or oppose the bill that the Senate is expected to vote on?
54% Favor
45% Oppose

Direction of the country

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?
23% Right direction
68% Wrong track

President Obama -- Job rating

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
64% Approve
25% Disapprove

Health care

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Should the government in Washington provide national health insurance, or is this something that should be left only to private enterprise?
59% Government in Washington
32% Private enterprise

President Obama: Job rating

FOX NEWS/OD POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
65% Approve
16% Disapprove