ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Electorate Unhappy Heading Into Midterms By Dana Blanton With the midterm election just five months away, American voters are angry at incumbents, distrustful of the federal government, dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country and feeling gloomy on the economy.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: States Should Have Right To Make Immigration Laws By Dana Blanton Amid the ongoing controversy over Arizona's new immigration law, voters by a 2-to-1 margin think individual states should have the right to make their own immigration laws. And a majority of voters would like their own state to follow Arizona's lead.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Oil Spill Expected to Cause More Damage Than Katrina By Dana Blanton The poll also finds that support for increasing offshore drilling continues to erode, though a majority still favors it.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Obama Job Rating Slips Back Into Negative Territory By Dana Blanton Views are mixed on the job President Obama is doing, and for the first time his approval rating has dipped below 80 percent among Democrats, a ӣƵ poll finds.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Is Times Square Bomber a Criminal or Combatant? By Dana Blanton American voters split down the middle over whether the Times Square bomber should be treated like a criminal or a combatant, but nearly half believe that the botched terror attempt was a failure for homeland security.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 60 Percent Still Favor Offshore Drilling After Spill By Dana Blanton Though support for offshore drilling has dipped in the wake of the recent oil spill in the Gulf, a majority of American voters still favor increasing drilling in U.S. coastal waters, according to the latest ӣƵ poll.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 2010 Election Remains Close, 2012 Vote Splits Evenly By Dana Blanton If the Congressional election were held today, 42 percent of voters would back the Republican candidate in their district, while 40 percent would support the Democrat, according to the latest ӣƵ poll.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Unknown Newcomers Preferred Over Incumbents By Dana Blanton Voters are much more likely to support a newcomer over an incumbent in the November elections, according to a ӣƵ poll released Friday. If the voter only knew that one candidate was the incumbent and the other was a new challenger, twice as many say they would vote for the newcomer.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Kagan's Supreme Court Nomination By Dana Blanton Even though many American voters are unfamiliar with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, most expect her to be confirmed as the next justice — though women are less likely than men to think her qualified for the job or to personally approve of her nomination.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Health Care and the Midterm Elections By Dana Blanton ӣƵ poll finds Obama’s overall job approval rating dropped to a new low of 43 percent -- and finds by a 54 to 39 percent margin, American voters oppose the new health care law.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 53% Disapprove of Obama’s Handling of the Economy By Dana Blanton Voters are particularly unhappy with how the president is handling the federal deficit: 31 percent approve and 62 percent disapprove.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 58% Think the Federal Government Is Broken By Dana Blanton A new ӣƵ poll finds 58 percent of American voters think the federal government is 'broken,' while 30 percent feel it’s working “just okay” and 9 percent say it’s working 'pretty well.' Voters are equally frustrated with Democrats in Congress as they are with Republicans in Congress.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Obama Approval Up; Most Say Stop Blaming Bush By Dana Blanton A ӣƵ poll released Thursday finds 66 percent of voters think President Obama should start taking responsibility. That’s more than three times as many as the 21 percent who think it’s right to continue to blame the Bush administration for the way things are going today.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Most OK With No Protestants on Supreme Court By Dana Blanton Most American voters are okay with having no Protestant on the Supreme Court, but only 9 percent think President Obama should pick another Ivy Leaguer according to a ӣƵ Poll released Wednesday.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 55% Oppose Health Care Reform By Dana Blanton As Americans wait for Congress to act on health care, a ӣƵ poll released Thursday finds 55 percent oppose the reforms being considered, while 35 percent favor them.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 79% Say U.S. Economy Could Collapse By Dana Blanton The latest ӣƵ poll finds that 79 percent of voters think it’s possible the economy could collapse, including large majorities of Democrats (72 percent), Republicans (84 percent) and independents (80 percent).
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Most Parents Would Let Their Kids Ride in a Toyota By Dana Blanton Seventy-three percent of parents say they would allow their children to ride in a Toyota vehicle, while 26 percent say they wouldn’t, according to a ӣƵ poll.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Voters Tired of Partisan Bickering, Loud Cell Phone Talkers By Dana Blanton What are you fed up with? Americans say they're sick and tired of partisan bickering in Washington and the booming federal deficit — and that's just the beginning of their woes.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 78 Percent Say Government Spending Is Out of Control By Dana Blanton A vast majority of American voters say they think government spending is out of control -- and nearly six in 10 say they do not trust the federal government, up a striking 23 points since 2002.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Sharp Division on Health Care Reform By Dana Blanton A ӣƵ poll released Thursday finds that while 46 percent of voters want a health care bill this year, slightly more -- 50 percent -- want legislators to do nothing for now.
ӣƵ Poll December 23, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Majority Thinks Obama Better at Campaigning Than Governing By Dana Blanton The consensus among American voters is Barack Obama is better at campaigning for the job than at doing the job, according to a ӣƵ poll released Thursday.