Zogby Interactive: Obama Job Approval Drifts to 48%
UTICA, New York - President Barack Obama's job performance rating has fallen to 48% in a new Zogby Interactive survey, after holding steady at 49% since October.
The Zogby Interactive survey of 3,024 likely voters nationwide found 48% approving of Obama's job performance, 52% disapproving and 1% undecided. The survey was conducted Dec. 8-11, 2009, and carries a margin of error of +/- 1.8 percentage points.
Zogby Interactive: More Americans Have Little or No Concern About Climate Change
Survey finds less than half (44%) believe U.S. should act to reduce energy use if it means major lifestyle changes
UTICA, New York - As the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen heads into its final week, nearly half of Americans -- 49% -- say they are only slightly or not at all concerned about climate change, while 35% are somewhat or highly concerned, a new Zogby Interactive survey shows. Zogby's latest polling shows an increase in those who hold this view compared with 2007, when 39% said they were slightly or not at all concerned about climate change and 48% said they were somewhat or highly concerned.
Intensity of concern about global climate change has shifted over the past three years in favor of those who are not at all concerned - 27% held this view in 2007, compared to 37% who say the same now. Fewer now say they are highly concerned - 20% today compared to 30% in 2007. This latest survey shows more than two-thirds of Republicans (68%) and 46% of political independents say they are "not at all concerned" about global climate change and global warming, compared to just 7% of Democrats. Thirty-eight percent of Democrats are highly concerned, compared to 4% of Republicans and 14% or independents.
Florida likely voters have mixed opinion of President's health reform proposal but majority hold favorable opinion of President; GOP leads generic Congressional ballot
Forty-six percent of likely voters in Florida say they support President Obama's proposed healthcare reform while 47% oppose the plan, a new SayfieReview.com/AIF/Zogby telephone survey shows. On the healthcare issue a strong partisan divide splits Florida, with a majority of Democrats (51%) expressing strong support and a more than two-thirds of Republicans (68%) voicing strong opposition.
Zogby-ScoopDaily Poll: Most Want Jobs, Economy to Be Top Domestic Priorities
Survey finds younger voters more concerned about education and national debt than those from older generations
UTICA, New York - Most likely voters want jobs (31%) or the economy (26%) to be the top domestic priority for the U.S., a new Zogby-ScoopDaily poll shows.
Fewer likely voters believe national security (13%), healthcare (10%), and the national debt (8%) should be the nation's primary focus, with education (3%), taxes (3%), the environment (2%), or immigration (2%) among the least likely to be listed as a top priority.
Zogby Interactive: Half of U.S. Adults Say They Will Spend Less on Holidays This Year
Survey finds 52% have holiday spending budgets, and the vast majority are sticking to them
UTICA, New York--Forty-nine percent of Americans say they and their families plan to spend less on holiday shopping this year, according to a recent Zogby Interactive survey. Just 9% say they plan to spend more than they did in 2008, and another 40% say they plan to spend the same amount.
Other poll results included:
•Fifty-two percent of U.S. adults have set specific holiday shopping budgets. Of those who have set budgets, 92% say they have been successful staying within their pre-set spending limits. •Seventy-two percent of those with budgets say they have not purchased a gift because it would put them over budget. •Twenty-eight percent say they set aside funds during the year for holiday gift buying. •When given the hypothetical of what they would do if they found the perfect gift for someone, but it would put them over budget, 40% of those with budgets said they would buy it anyway, 35% would pass on another gift to stay on budget and 20% would return another already purchased gift to make room for the new gift. •Most Americans say they plan to spend less than $500 in total holiday spending. (Details are demonstrated in the table below.)
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Thursday, December 24, 2009 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16 (see trends).
Earlier this morning, the United States Senate passed its version of health care reform on a party-line vote. The Senate Democrats must now reconcile the bill with the version passed by the House of Representatives and then hope to sell voters on the idea. Most voters (55%) oppose the health care legislation working its way through Congress. Those who feel strongly about the legislation are overwhelmingly opposed to it.
Most voters (54%) also believe they personally will be worse off if the health care plan passes. Just 25% think they will be better off. Some Democratic leaders and strategists have suggested the plan will become more popular once it has been passed and people see how it works.
66% Rate Christmas as Nation's Most Important Holiday Thursday, December 24, 2009
Two-out-of-three (66%) Americans rate Christmas as one of the nation’s most important holidays in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That puts it at the top of the list for American holidays. The Fourth of July is second as 62% consider the nation’s birthday one of our most important holidays.
Only 6% deem Christmas as one of our least important holidays while 24% say it's somewhere in between. Four percent (4%) aren't sure.
In terms of religious affilliation, 76% of Evangelical Christians, 73% of Protestants, and 67% of Catholics consider Christmas to be one of the country's most important holidays.
Earlier surveys showed that 66% of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday while 20% support it as a secular holiday.
Voters Frown on Health Plan Details - Abortion, Proof of Citizenship, Public Option Thursday, December 24, 2009
Senate Democrats are celebrating this morning for passing their version of health care reform, but voters still don’t like much of what they see.
At the start of the week, 41% of voters nationwide were in favor of the health care bill, but 55% were opposed. This is the fifth straight week with support for the legislation between 38% and 41%. Rasmussen Report is continuing to track support for the plan on a weekly basis and will have new numbers on Monday morning. Part of the opposition comes from a general skepticism about Congress, rather than specific policy issues.
But there are specific policy issues that also raise challenges as the Democrats try to pass a final version of this legislation in early 2010.
Fifty-four percent (54%) say taxpayer-funded health insurance should be prohibited from covering abortions, up six points from September. The House version of the legislation includes such a prohibition, but the Senate version does not.
Fourteen percent (14%) of U.S. voters say health insurance paid for or subsidized with government funding should be required to cover abortions. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say the legislation should have no requirements one way or the other.
On another hot-button topic, 87% believe that before anyone receives government health care subsidies, they should be required to prove they are legally in the United States. President Obama and congressional Democrats insist the health care plan will not cover illegal immigrants, the legislation does not require proof of citizenship for those seeking taxpayer-funded health care help.
Only eight percent (8%) of voters oppose the requirement for proving that recipients of health care subsidies prove they are in the country legally. Public attitudes on this point have changed little since September.
It’s the Day Before Christmas and 23% Have Not Finished Holiday Shopping Yet Thursday, December 24, 2009
As they wake up on Christmas Eve morning, 23% of American adults have not yet finished their holiday shopping. In fact, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 17% have not even gotten started yet.
Those figures suggest that stores and malls throughout the land will be packed with harried last-minute shoppers today.
But it’s not clear how much they’ll be spending. Just 13% of all adults say they’re spending more on gifts this year, while 66% are spending less.
66% Rate Christmas as Nation's Most Important Holiday Thursday, December 24, 2009
Two-out-of-three (66%) Americans rate Christmas as one of the nation’s most important holidays in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That puts it at the top of the list for American holidays. The Fourth of July is second as 62% consider the nation’s birthday one of our most important holidays.
Only 6% deem Christmas as one of our least important holidays while 24% say it's somewhere in between. Four percent (4%) aren't sure.
In terms of religious affilliation, 76% of Evangelical Christians, 73% of Protestants, and 67% of Catholics consider Christmas to be one of the country's most important holidays.
Earlier surveys showed that 66% of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday while 20% support it as a secular holiday
Main Entry: 1hol·i·day Pronunciation: \ˈhä-lə-ˌdā, British usually ˈhä-lə-dē\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdæg, from hālig holy + dæg day Date: before 12th century 1 : holy day 2 : a day on which one is exempt from work; specifically : a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event 3 chiefly British : vacation —often used in the phrase on holiday —often used in plural 4 : a period of exemption or relief
----Jesus Christ(mass) found so important was the INDIVIDUAL 'holy(i)days' to the mountain tops/wilderness for clearing of the mind/spirit/soul..... I fail to see a how a country doing so could be so cleansing considering all the banter about 'Holy(i)day' shopping and the stress of the Christmas Holy(i)day.........
I think we are mixing our apples and oranges and that is how we accept the CRAP put forth by our elected folks........JMHO.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Sunday, December 27, 2009 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, released Thursday, shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16 (see trends).
Thirty-eight percent (38%) now believe the economic stimulus plan passed earlier this year has hurt the economy. Just 30% believe it helped. That’s the first time since the legislation passed that a plurality offered a negative assessment.
Most voters (52%) are concerned that the government will do too much in terms of responding to the economic challenges. Just 35% fear it will not do enough.
For First Time, Plurality Believes Stimulus Plan Hurt the Economy Saturday, December 26, 2009 A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of voters nationwide believe the $787-billion economic stimulus plan has helped the economy. However, 38% believe that the stimulus plan has hurt the economy. This is the first time since the legislation passed that a plurality has held a negative view of its impact.
The number who believe that the stimulus plan has hurt the economy rose from 28% in September, to 31% in October, and 34% in November before jumping to 38% this month. The week after the president signed the bill, 34% said it would help the economy, while 32% said it would hurt.
The Political Class has a much different view than the rest of the county. Ninety percent (90%) of the Political Class believes the stimulus plan helped the economy and not a single Political Class respondent says it has hurt. (See more on the Political Class).
The underlying reason for skepticism about the stimulus plan is that 50% of voters believe increasing government spending is bad for the economy. Just 28% believe that increased government spending helps the economy.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Polls: Majority Disapprove of Health Care Legislation By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Despite the increasing confidence of Senate Democrats that they will pass health care legislation later this week, the American people are still unhappy with Congressional attempts at an overhaul, according to two new polls.
A Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll released Tuesday found 53 percent of the public disapproving of the effort and 36 percent supporting it. The poll was taken last week, just as Senate Democrats were securing the necessary votes for passage.
That approval level is not much different from what Quinnipiac found a couple of weeks ago, when 52 percent disapproved of the health care overhaul and 38 percent approved. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
U.S. Voters Believe In Global Warming, Mixed On Treaty, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Obama Under 50% As Support For Afghan War Drops
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American voters believe 59 - 34 percent that the earth is getting warmer, but most voters say the U.S. should not sign a treaty promising to reduce greenhouse gases, or should not sign such a treaty unless other nations do the same, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Among voters who believe in global warming, 57 percent believe it is caused by human activity.
American voters approve 46 - 43 percent of President Barack Obama's overall job performance, virtually unchanged from a 46 - 44 percent approval in a December 9 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. Handling issues, President Obama gets: •A split 40 - 40 percent approval on his handling of global warming; •A near split 46 - 44 percent for handling foreign policy; •A narrow 47 - 43 percent approval for his handling of the war in Afghanistan.
The U.S. should sign a treaty to reduce greenhouse gases only if other nations make the same commitment, 30 percent of voters say, while 33 percent say the U.S. should sign such a treaty even if other nations don't match America's commitment. Another 28 percent say the U.S. should not sign such a treaty, no matter what other nations do.
The Obama Administration is "going too far in protecting the environment at the expense of American jobs," 38 percent of voters say, while 36 percent say the administration is striking the right balance between jobs and the environment and 8 percent say it is too focused on protecting jobs, at the expense of the environment.
"President Barack Obama's job approval remains below 50 percent, but for now has stabilized," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "The President continues to have sizable gender, racial and age gaps in his support, and smaller income gaps."
Men disapprove of him 49 - 42 percent; women approve 50 - 38 percent. Whites disapprove 50 - 38 percent; blacks approve 91 - 5 percent. Voters 18 to 34 years old approve 53 - 35 percent while older voters disapprove 46 - 44 percent. Approval by income group ranges from 47 - 40 percent among those making less than $50,000 per year to 46 - 44 percent among those making $50,000 to $100,000 to a negative 45 - 48 percent among those making more than $100,000.
Obama's job approval had been on an incremental decline since the summer and dropped under 50 percent for the first time last month. He retains the confidence of Democrats, 80 - 12 percent, but gets a 79 - 13 percent disapproval from Republicans and a 46 - 41 percent thumbs down from independent voters.
Meanwhile, the lead that Democrats in Congress held over Republicans in how the two parties are judged in their job performance has significantly narrowed from earlier this year. Now voters disapprove of the Republicans 62 - 29 percent, and the Democrats 59 - 32 percent.
"Roughly twice as many Americans disapprove as approve of the job performance of lawmakers of both parties. Since March, the Democrats have lost 13 points in their approval rating," Brown said. "For the most part, it's not that Republicans in Congress have improved that much, since GOP remains a four-letter word in much of America. It's more that the Democrats have sunk to the Republican level in the eyes of voters."
American voters say 51 - 41 percent that the U.S. is doing the right thing fighting in Afghanistan, down from 57 - 35 percent December 8, in the wake of Obama's West Point announcement that he was sending 30,000 more troops to fight there.
Republican support, 68 - 27 percent, is little changed in two weeks. Democrats went from a 47 - 46 percent split December 8 to 52 - 39 percent opposed today. Independent support has dropped from 58 - 34 percent to 51 - 40 percent.
From December 15 - 20, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,616 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.
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