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.
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June 21, 2011
June 21, 2011
High-Tech, High-Touch: Back to the Future By Froma Harrop
While fetching my digital camera from the repair shop, I noted a bunch of clunky old film cameras and their flashes lining a back table. I thought no one used film anymore. Wrong.
June 21, 2011
47% See Buying A Home As Family’s Best Investment
Most Americans continue to believe now is not a good time for someone to sell their house. At the same time, confidence that buying a home is the best investment a family can make has fallen to a new low.
June 20, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 37%
Republicans hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 19.
June 20, 2011
Confidence in Housing Values Plummets
Overall confidence in housing values among homeowners has plummeted, with the number who say their home is worth more than what they owe on their mortgage lower than ever.
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
Government Looks to Past, Free Enterprise to Future By Michael Barone
Two years ago, in June 2009, the American economy emerged from recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. But as this week's Economist noted, with typical British understatement, "The recovery has been a disappointment."
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 19, 2011
49% Say Mother Was Most Influential Parent, 33% Name Father
Looking back, nearly half of American adults nationwide say mom influenced them more than dad when they were growing up.
June 19, 2011
73% Say Being a Father is Most Important Role for Men in Today’s World
Today is Father’s Day, and most adults will be doing something for their dad today.
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
77% Say Two-Parent Home Very Important for Children
Americans almost universally agree that it’s better for children to grow up in a home with both their parents and feel strongly that such children have an edge over those whose parents are divorced.
June 17, 2011
61% Oppose Online State Lottery Sales
Many cash-strapped states are considering selling lottery tickets online to boost revenue. Some like Minnesota and New Jersey have already begun the process. But most Americans nationwide aren’t keen on the idea, perhaps because many think online gambling shouldn’t be legal.
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
You Make Me Feel So Young By Susan Estrich
It was about six years ago that my old friend Anne and I were sitting around daydreaming, and I started talking about my "perfect" house: three bedrooms (I have two children), convenient to my son's school, a yard for the dogs and, oh, yes, a peek at the ocean. Then I mentioned my spending limit, and we both burst out laughing. Not possible. When we stopped laughing, Anne announced that her mother would find it for me.
June 17, 2011
Washington's Deeper Immorality By Joe Conason
While the well-deserved departure of Anthony Weiner draws rapt attention in our tabloid nation, the depredations of less colorful but more powerful politicians go unnoticed, so long as no genitalia are involved.
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
Economy, Health Care, Taxes Continue to Be Top Issues for Voters
The economy remains the number one issue on voters' minds, but the number who consider it Very Important has fallen to its lowest level since late 2007. The importance of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also has dropped to record lows.
