Sarah Palin

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you think Sarah Palin would have the ability to be an effective president?
22% Yes
65% No

Supreme Court

CBS NEWS POLL
How important do you think it is for there to be a Hispanic on the Supreme Court? Would you say it is very important, somewhat important, not very important or not important at all?
21% Very important
32% Somewhat important
20% Not very important
25% Not important at all

Iran

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think the results of the recent election that were released by the Iranian government were an accurate reflection of how Iranians voted, or do you think those results were a fraud that were an attempt by the government to steal the election?
10% Accurate
82% Fraud

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
22% Should not

Health care

ABC/WASHINGTON POST 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.
58% Necessary
39% More harm than good

Marriage

CBS/N.Y. TIMES 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
30% Form civil unions
32% No legal recognition

Supreme Court

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Do you think the Senate should or should not vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice?
54% Should
21% Should not
26% Unsure

Economy

MARIST POLL
Do you think the current economic conditions are mostly something President Obama inherited or are they mostly a result of his own policies?
74% Inherited
18% His own policies

Mideast

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you think there will or will not come a time when Israel and the Arab nations will be able to settle their differences and live in peace?
32% Will
66% Will not

Supreme Court

AP-GfK POLL
Do you think the U.S. Senate should confirm or should not confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice?
50% Should
22% Should not
28% Unsure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Direction of the country

CBS/NEW YORK TIMES 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?
41% Right direction
50% Wrong track

President Obama

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Obama has been president for about three months or nearly 100 days. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much, or little or nothing?
24% A great deal
39% A good amount
21% Not very much
15% Little or nothing