Climate change

USAT/GALLUP POLL
As you may know, representatives from around the world are gathering for a United Nations conference on global climate change in Copenhagen. Do you favor or oppose the U.S. signing a binding global treaty at the Copenhagen meeting that would require the U.S. to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
55% Favor
38% Oppose

Health care

ABC/WPOST POLL
Which comes closer to the way you feel? Government reform of the nation's health care system is necessary to control costs and expand coverage. OR, Government action on health care will do more harm than good.
51% Necessary
46% Do more harm than good

Global warming

CBS/NYT POLL
Which comes closer to your view? Global warming is a very serious problem and should be one of the highest priorities for government leaders. Global warming is serious but does not need to be a high priority. Global warming is not serious and can be addressed years from now?
37% One of highest priorities
33% Serious, not high priority
23% Not serious, address later
4% Not serious, never address (vol.)

Banks

BLOOMBERG POLL
To avoid any more taxpayer bailouts, which of the following do you think is the better course: break up large banks, impose stricter regulation of large banks, or allow large banks to fail?
10% Break up
52% Stricter regulation
31% Allow to fail

News media

GALLUP POLL
In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media -- such as newspapers, TV and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly: a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?
10% A great deal
35% A fair amount
37% Not very much
18% None at all

Economy

BLOOMBERG POLL
Which do you think would do the most good to help the economy: more government spending even if it means a bigger budget deficit, or cutting spending even at the risk of a longer-lasting recession?
28% More spending
62% Cutting spending

Afghanistan

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan?
39% Favor
58% Oppose

Health care

AP-GfK POLL
In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in Congress?
34% Support
49% Oppose
15% Neither
2% Unsure

Unions

GALLUP POLL
Would you, personally, like to see labor unions in the United States have more influence than they have today, the same amount as today, or less influence than they have today?
25% More
28% Same
42% Less
5% Unsure

Afghanistan

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Do you favor, or oppose, sending additional combat troops to Afghanistan?
35% Favor
56% Oppose

Swine flu

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
How concerned are you that you or someone in your immediate family might catch the H1N1 virus known as swine flu? Is that something that worries you a great deal, somewhat, not too much or not at all?
13% A great deal
26% Somewhat
30% Not too much
31% Not at all

Hillary Clinton

FOX NEWS/OD POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Hillary Clinton is doing as secretary of state?
66% Approve
24% Disapprove

Congress

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans controlled Congress, or if the Democrats controlled Congress?
44% Democrats
34% Republicans

President Obama

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you consider the first six months of the Obama administration to be a success or a failure?
51% Success
37% Failure
11% Too soon to tell (vol.)

Health care

CNN/ORC POLL
From everything you have heard or read so far, do you favor or oppose Barack Obama's plan to reform health care?
50% Favor
45% Oppose

President Obama

NBC/WSJ POLL
When it comes to the policies and the programs of Barack Obama, would you say that they are taking the country in the right direction, taking the country in the wrong direction, or do you feel they are mixed?
35% Right direction
30% Wrong direction
34% Mixed

Policing

CBS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL
Thinking about the country as a whole, do you think most police generally treat blacks and Hispanics better than whites, do they treat blacks and Hispanics worse than whites, or do they generally treat all groups the same?
3% Better
38% Worse
46% Same
5% Depends (vol.)
8% Unsure

White House 2012

FOX/OD POLL
I'm going to read a list of potential candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination. Please tell me which one you would like to see as the Republican presidential nominee.... [AMONG REPUBLICAN VOTERS]
22% Romney
21% Huckabee
17% Palin
13% Giuliani
9% Gingrich
3% Jindal
1% Jeb Bush
1% Pawlenty
0% Sanford
13% Other/Unsure

Health care

GALLUP POLL
When it comes to health care reform legislation now being considered in Congress, what would you advise your representative in Congress to do: pass a new health care reform law by the end of this year, pass a new health care reform law but not necessarily by the end of this year, or not pass a new health care reform law at all?
41% This year
30% Not necessarily this year
24% Not at all

President Obama

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you think President Obama's proposals to address the major problems facing the country call for too much expansion of government power, the right amount, or not enough expansion of government power?
52% Too much
35% Right amount
10% Not enough