October 30, 2009
Americans are closely divided on healthcare reform, meaning that public opinion offers no real political advantage to either champions or opponents of the idea. That said, a review of Gallup polls conducted throughout the debate reveals five ...
October 28, 2009
A majority of Americans, 55%, have at least a fair amount of trust in President Barack Obama on healthcare reform, compared with 48% expressing trust in the Democrats in Congress and 37% trusting the Republicans in Congress.
October 28, 2009
More Americans choose the economy (41%) than any other issue as the top priority for Barack Obama, but that is down sharply from last November (64%). By contrast, the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the federal budget deficit, and healthcare ...
October 26, 2009
After peaking at 59% last November, Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable rating continues to decline and now stands at 42%. That barely exceeds his 40% unfavorable rating, and continues to trail President Obama’s favorable rating.
October 23, 2009
The majority of Americans (61%) say President Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, but as many Americans say they are “glad” he received it (46%) as say they are not glad (47%). Attitudes are predictably divided by partisanship.
October 21, 2009
Barack Obama averaged 52.9% approval in his third quarter in office, down sharply from a 62% average in his second. That is the largest drop between those quarters for an elected president since 1953, and one of the largest quarter-to-quarter ...
October 15, 2009
President Barack Obama’s favorable rating is down 22 points since January, to 56%. Meanwhile, his chief rival for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination (and current Secretary of State) Hillary Clinton has a favorable rating of 62%, little ...
October 12, 2009
Barack Obama’s job approval rating, which had slipped to as low as 50% last week, now stands at 56%, getting a slight bounce after the announcement of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win on Friday.
October 9, 2009
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama comes as Americans give Obama slightly below-average job approval ratings overall, and a 53% rating for his handling of foreign affairs. Two-thirds of Americans (67%) do think ...
October 8, 2009
Americans are now divided on sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan: 48% say they would favor President Obama’s deciding to send more troops and 45% say they would oppose his doing so. Two weeks ago, Americans were more likely to oppose than ...
