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BY THE NUMBERS

Perceptions of Obama

Results

Links

Obama Approval Index

-7

A, C, T

Strongly Approve

31%

A, C, T

Strongly Disapprove

38%

A, C, T

Taxes Will Go Down

7%

V, C, T

Gov't Spending Will Go Up

69%

A, C, T

Obama on Economy - Ex/Good

43%

V, C, T

Obama on Nat'l Sec - Ex/Good

46%

V, C, T

Leadership - Ex/Good

43%

V, C, T

Views Society as Fair

43%

V, C, T

Politically Liberal

71%

A, C, T

Iraq Priority - Troops Home

59%

A, C, T

Troops Home - End of 1st Term

66%

A, C, T

Obama on Energy - Ex/Good

44%

V, C, T

Supreme Ct Choices Too Liberal

48%

V, C, T

More Ethical Than Most Politicians

32%

A, C, T

Ethics Ex/Good

39%

V, C, T

Trust Obama on Economic Crisis

27%

A, C, T

Select above: A = Article, V = Video, C = Crosstabs, T = Trends


National Tracking: Economy

 

Links

Rasmussen Consumer Index

75.1

A, C, T

Rasmussen Investor Index

87.6

A, C, T

Rate Economy - Ex/Good

10%

A, C, T

Rate Economy - Poor

55%

A, C, T

Economy Getting Better

28%

A, C, T

Economy Getting Worse

47%

A, C, T

Rate Personal Finances - Ex/Good

32%

A, C, T

Rate Personal Finances - Poor

27%

A, C, T

Finances Getting Better

19%

A, C, T

Finances Getting Worse

49%

A, C, T

Economy in a Recession

73%

A, C, T

select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends www.rasmussenreports.com


National Tracking: Rasmussen Employment Index

 

Links

RR Employment Index

66.1

V

Hiring

15%

V

Laying Off

27%

V

Happy with Job

74%

V

Worried about Losing Job

28%

V

select above: A for article, V for video


America's Political Mood

Results

Links

Partisan Identification

Dem +6

A, C, T

Generic Congressional Ballot

GOP +4

A, C, T

Congress: Excellent/Good

15%

A, C, T

Supreme Court: Excellent/Good

43%

A, C, T

The US is on the Wrong Track

61%

A, C, T

America's Best Days in Future

35%

A, C, T

select above: A for article, V for video, C for crosstabs, T for trends
www.rasmussenreports.com


National Tracking: War On Terror

Results

Links

US is Winning the War On Terror

34%

A, C, T

In 6 months, Iraq Will be Better

24%

A, C, T

In 6 months, Afghanistan Will be Better

13%

A, C, T

US is Safer than before 9/11/2001

45%

A, C, T

select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends
www.rasmussenreports.com

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National Tracking: Partisan Politics

Results

Links

More Partisan?

55%

A, C, T

More Cooperative?

23%

A, C, T

Obama Governing as Bipartisan?

34%

V, C, T

GOPs acting Bipartisan?

20%

A, C, T

Dems acting Bipartisan?

22%

A, C, T

select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, V for Video, T for trends
www.rasmussenreports.com


National Tracking: Taxes

Help

Hurt

Tax Increases Help or Hurt Economy?

19%

56%

Tax Cuts Help or Hurt Economy?

57%

16%

Increases in Gov't Spending Help or Hurt Economy?

24%

55%

Decreases in Gov't Spending Help or Hurt Economy?

49%

26%

See article, crosstabs, or trends


Importance of Issues

Very Important

Links

Economy

85%

A, C, T

Gov't Ethics/Corruption

76%

A, C, T

Health Care

73%

A, C, T

Nat'l Security/War on Terror

65%

A, C, T

Social Security

65%

A, C, T

Taxes

62%

A, C, T

Education

59%

A, C, T

Immigration

47%

A, C, T

War in Iraq

47%

A, C, T

Abortion

41%

A, C, T

Select above: A = Article, C = Crosstabs, T = Trends


Trust on Issues

Dem

GOP

Links

Education

38%

43%

A, C, T

Health Care

40%

46%

A, C, T

Social Security

37%

45%

A, C, T

Taxes

35%

50%

A, C, T

National Security

31%

54%

A, C, T

Economy

35%

49%

A, C, T

War in Iraq

31%

50%

A, C, T

Abortion

35%

47%

A, C, T

Gov't Ethics/Corruption

29%

33%

A, C, T

Immigration

33%

40%

A, C, T

Select above: A = Article, C = Crosstabs, T = Trends


National Tracking: Energy

Results

Links

Global Warming Serious Problem

60%

A, C, T

Global Warming Caused By Humans

38%

A, C, T

Nuclear Power Plants Should Be Built?

54%

A, C, T

select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends



Congressional Favorables

Fav

Unfav

Links

Nancy Pelosi

34%

58%

A, C, T

Harry Reid

28%

45%

A, C, T

Mitch McConnell

28%

31%

A, C, T

John Boehner

21%

40%

A, C, T

Select above: V = Video, C = Crosstabs, T = Trends

NOTE: Data on this page is the most current polling data. Since articles are not written for every survey the article linked may be for a prior survey.