What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 25, 2011
Americans appear more pessimistic about the economy than they have been in months and also express little confidence that their elected leaders will do anything about it.
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June 25, 2011
June 24, 2011
29% Say Legal System Puts Individual Rights Over National Security
Voters appear less concerned these days with protecting individual rights when it comes to national security and public safety.
June 24, 2011
51% Want All U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan Within A Year
President Obama this week announced that the United States will withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan this year and will bring another 23,000 home by the end of next summer. But most voters don't think the president has gone far enough.
June 24, 2011
One-in-Three Voters View Social Security, Medicare Unfavorably
Medicare and Social Security are big helps to most retired Americans, but one-third of voters don’t care much for either of the long-standing government programs.
June 23, 2011
61% Are Still Angry At The Media
Most voters are still angry at the media, but they’re less convinced that the majority of reporters are biased in favor of President Obama.
June 22, 2011
46% Say Average Reporter Is More Liberal Than They Are
Voters still think most reporters are politically biased and tend to view them as more liberal than they are.
June 22, 2011
25% Favor Abolishing EPA, 61% Oppose
Though voters nationwide place more importance on jobs than environmental protection, just one in four thinks the Environmental Protection Agency should be abolished.
June 22, 2011
Most Favor Immigration Police Checks, Tough Sanctions on Those Who Hire or Rent to Illegal Immigrants
Alabama this month became the latest state to authorize routine police checks of immigration status and to require employers to verify that those they hire are in this country legally. Voters continue to strongly support tougher enforcement in both areas.
June 21, 2011
44% Give Obama Positive Marks On Leadership
Voter perceptions of President Obama’s leadership skills remain relatively stable.
June 21, 2011
Most Americans Put Deficit Reduction Ahead of Increasing Food Safety Inspections
Just a few days after the House of Representatives passed a bill that slashes spending on food safety and nutrition programs, most Americans say reducing the deficit is more important than increasing food safety inspections. Either way, Americans are mostly confident their food is safe.
June 21, 2011
Mixed Reviews for EPA—47% Favorable, 45% Unfavorable
Protecting the environment is a concept most Americans embrace, but they’re not so sure about the agency set up to handle that mission.
June 21, 2011
Generic Republican Candidate 45%, Obama 43%
For the fourth week in a row, a generic Republican candidate holds a very slight advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.
June 20, 2011
70% Say Default is Bad for Economy, 56% Say Failure to Cut Spending is Worse
Voters strongly agree that failing to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling is bad for the economy. But most see a failure to make big cuts in government spending as a bigger long- and short-term threat than the government defaulting on the federal debt.
June 20, 2011
53% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 49% Say Measure Bad For Country
Voters continue to support repeal of the national health care law and feel the new law will be bad for the country. But they also tend to agree that it won't force them to change their existing health insurance coverage.
June 20, 2011
64% Say Border Control Top Immigration Priority
Most voters continue to support a welcoming immigration policy but also believe that border control should be the nation’s top immigration priority.
June 18, 2011
45% Likely To Purchase Alternative Fuel Car During Next Decade
Despite the big jump in gas prices in recent months, Americans are no more enthusiastic than they were a year ago about buying a car that runs on alternative fuel.
June 18, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 18, 2011
For the third week in a row, a generic Republican candidate edges President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 matchup, but the race to become the GOP candidate remains wide open.
June 17, 2011
Just 11% Say U.S. Should Be World’s Policeman
"Being the world's policeman" is a phrase often used to suggest America is the nation chiefly responsible for peace and the establishment of democracy in the rest of the world. But just 11% of Likely U.S. Voters think that should be America’s role.
June 17, 2011
83% of GOP Voters Intend to Vote Republican No Matter Who’s The Nominee
Mitt Romney declared in Monday night’s debate that any one of the current Republican candidates would make a better president than Barack Obama, and GOP voters overwhelmingly agree with him. More emphatically, they intend to vote Republican even if their first choice doesn’t win the nomination.
June 16, 2011
46% Are Okay With Keeping U.S. Troops in Iraq Past End of Year
Nearly two-out-of-three voters believe it is unlikely all remaining U.S. troops in Iraq will be brought home by the end of the year, and if the Iraqi government asks for some of those troops to stay, a plurality feels we should comply. Voters have mixed feelings about what America has accomplished in Iraq, but most feel the country is better off without Saddam Hussein in power.
