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

Economic stimulus

GALLUP POLL
As you may know, Congress is considering a new economic stimulus package of at least 800 billion dollars. Do you favor or oppose Congress passing this legislation?
52% Favor
37% Oppose

Mideast

CNN/ORC POLL
In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?
60% Israelis
17% Palestinians

Bush presidency

CNN/ORC POLL
Looking back on George W. Bush's eight years in office, in general, would you say his presidency was a success or a failure?
31% A success
68% A failure

President-elect Obama

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Are you generally optimistic or pessimistic about the next four years with Barack Obama as president?
79% Optimistic
16% Pessimistic

Bush presidency

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush has handled his job as president over the last eight years?
22% Approve
73% Disapprove

Economic stimulus

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
Thinking about the economic stimulus legislation, which is a more important priority? Tax cuts that will allow people to spend more. Government spending that will help create jobs.
33% Tax cuts
63% Spending

President-elect Obama

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the transition and his preparations for becoming president?
71% Approve
14% Disapprove

President Bush -- Job rating

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing as president?
27% Approve
67% Disapprove

Gaza

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Regardless of your personal feelings, who do you believe is more to blame for the current conflict: Hamas or Israel?
44% Hamas
14% Israel
9% Both (vol.)
4% Neither (vol.)
29% Unsure

President-elect Obama

ABC NEWS POLL
Do you think Barack Obama's election as president represents progress for all blacks in America more generally, or do you think it is only a single case that does not reflect broader progress for blacks overall?
65% All blacks
22% Single case