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Thursday, April 23, 2009

President Obama: Job rating

AP-GfK POLL
Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president.
64% Approve
30% Disapprove
2% Neither
3% Unsure

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Environment

GALLUP POLL
How would you rate the overall quality of the environment in this country today -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
5% Excellent
34% Good
45% Only fair
16% Poor

Friday, April 17, 2009

Congress

COOK/RT STRATEGIES POLL
Regardless of how you might plan to vote in your own district, which party would you like to see in control of Congress after the congressional elections in 2010: the Democrats or the Republicans? (IF UNSURE:) Well, which way do you lean -- more toward the Democrats or the Republicans?
49% Democrats
38% Republicans

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Mexico

CNN/ORC POLL
I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. Is your overall opinion of each of the following very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? Mexico.
9% Very favorable
43% Mostly favorable
26% Mostly unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable

Monday, April 13, 2009

Income tax

GALLUP POLL
Do you regard the income tax which you will have to pay this year as fair?
61% Yes, fair
35% No, not fair

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Cuba

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you favor or oppose re-establishing U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba?
71% Favor
27% Oppose

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Taxes

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Do you think the tax code should be changed so that middle and lower income people pay less in taxes than they do now and upper income people pay more in taxes than they do now, or don't you think the tax code should be changed?
65% Should be changed
29% Should not be changed

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Relations with Muslim nations

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
How important do you think it is for Obama to try to improve U.S. relations with Muslim nations . . . ?
46% Very important
36% Somewhat important
9% Not so important
10% Not important at all

Friday, April 3, 2009

Gay marriage

CBS NEWS POLL
Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry. OR, Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry. OR, There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship.
33% Legally marry
27% Form civil unions
35% No legal recognition

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

President Obama and world leaders

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think leaders of other countries around the world have respect for Barack Obama, or do you think they don't have much respect for him?
72% Respect
24% Not much respect

Monday, March 30, 2009

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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

Monday, March 23, 2009

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

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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

Monday, March 16, 2009

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Congress: Job rating

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

Saturday, March 7, 2009

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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