Election 2012: Generic Republican 49%, Obama 41%
A generic Republican candidate earns the highest level of support to date against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 4.
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September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
66% Say U.S. Society Fair and Decent
Most voters still think U.S. society is fair and decent and overwhelmingly believe that those who come here from other countries should adopt America's culture and language.
September 6, 2011
New High: 52% Predict Economy Will Be Weaker A Year From Now
Americans are more pessimistic than ever that the U.S. economy will improve during the next year.
September 6, 2011
48% Give Positive Marks to Government Response to Irene
Hurricane Irene didn’t hit the East Coast of the United States nearly as hard as was initially projected, but Americans give the government and the media generally good marks for not taking any chances.
September 6, 2011
Beware Easy 'Fixes' for Entitlement Programs By Froma Harrop
Please, everyone, stop monkeying around with Social Security and Medicare. We mean you, Republicans, and you, Democrats. No one's saying that Social Security can't be slightly recalibrated to keep the program on a sound footing or that significant savings can't be found in Medicare waste. We're saying that if Americans are not vigilant, these programs can be undermined by seemingly small "fixes."
September 6, 2011
Voters See Sun As Global Warming Factor But Blame Humans More
Al Gore may think it’s "BS", but most voters believe solar activity has an impact on global cooling and warming. A narrow plurality gives human activity the edge over sun activity, though, when it comes to which one has a bigger impact on the problem.
September 5, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 37%
Republicans post a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 4. The GOP has led on the ballot every week since June 2009.
September 5, 2011
Obama Speech Fiasco Shows 'Audacity of Weakness' By Michael Barone
I can't remember a more stunning rebuke of a president by a congressional leader than House Speaker John Boehner's refusal to agree to President Barack Obama's demand -- er, request -- that he summon a joint session of Congress to hear the president's latest speech on the economy at 8 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
September 5, 2011
57% Favor Health Care Repeal, 54% Say Repeal Likely
Most voters still want to repeal the national health care law and are more confident than ever that the law actually will be repealed.
September 5, 2011
Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%
Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.
September 5, 2011
For 17%, Labor Day Is One of the Top Holidays
Only a small percentage of Americans consider Labor Day one of the nation’s biggest holidays, and most celebrate it as the unofficial end of summer rather than a recognition of union workers.
September 4, 2011
Just 33% Took A Summer Vacation This Year
Fewer adults took a summer vacation this year, and half of those that did had to cut back for economic reasons.
September 3, 2011
62% Prefer Minimum Wage States Jobs As An Alternative To Welfare
A majority of voters nationwide like the idea of state governments offering jobs instead of welfare payments to those seeking work.
September 3, 2011
Obama 47%, Palin 35%
Sarah Palin, it seems, is the only one who know for sure whether she’ll run for president, but she continues to run worse against President Obama than the four top Republican hopefuls already in the race.
September 3, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 2, 2011
Lucky for President Obama the election is still 14 months away because the economic news couldn’t get much worse, capped with Friday’s report of zero job growth in August. That forced the president to kill plans for tougher clean air rules that critics said were a job killer, but the decision is sure to infuriate voters on his side of the aisle.
September 3, 2011
A Reagan Moment - Stop Our Economic Decline By Lawrence Kudlow
No sooner had President Obama shocked the political world with a gloomy economic forecast -- projecting 9.1 percent unemployment for this year and a reelection-killing 9 percent for 2012 -- than the dismal August jobs report arrived showing no gain in nonfarm payrolls. That’s right, no gain at all. Private jobs increased a scant 17,000, while hours worked and wages actually declined. Obama’s economic policies have failed.
September 2, 2011
59% Don't Like Pelosi, 41% Say Same of Boehner
Congress will return from its August recess next Tuesday, and its top leaders will come back just as disliked as when they left.
September 2, 2011
Just 34% Say America’s Best Days in the Future
Voters continue to have little faith in the future of America.
September 2, 2011
60% Say Palin Run Would Hurt the GOP
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to make a major appearance at a Tea Party gathering in Iowa tomorrow with many speculating about what she might announce. Voters aren’t really sure if she’ll run for president, but most think it would be bad for the Republicans if she entered the contest.
