Generic Republican Candidate 45%, Obama 43%
Voters continue to be almost evenly divided when asked if they want to reelect President Obama.
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May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
61% Favor A State Law That Would Shut Down Repeat Offenders Who Hire Illegal Immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court late last week upheld the legality of an Arizona law cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, and most voters support having a similar law in their own state.
May 31, 2011
NJ Voters Like Christie’s Budget Performance Better Than Obama’s
New Jersey voters give President Obama the edge over Governor Chris Christie in a hypothetical 2012 matchup, but they think their governor is doing a better job than the president when it comes to handling current budget problems.
May 30, 2011
51% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 47% Say Measure Bad for the Country
The national health care law is still viewed as bad for the country by nearly half of U.S. voters, and most continue to favor repeal of the controversial measure.
May 28, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 28, 2011
Voters still seem to share Ronald Reagan’s view that government is the problem, not the solution.
May 27, 2011
63% Say U.S. Society is Fair and Decent
Voters still believe U.S. society is fair and decent and tend to think President Obama doesn't agree with them.
May 27, 2011
53% Say Politics Involved in Government Response to Specific Disasters
While voters recognize the importance of the federal government’s role in disaster relief, many believe the response to a particular disaster may be politically motivated. There is also little confidence the government does a good job making sure relief money is distributed to all areas of need.
May 27, 2011
In New Jersey, It’s Obama 49%, Christie 44%
In Democratic-leaning New Jersey, both home state Governor Chris Christie and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are within single digits of President Obama in hypothetical 2012 election match-ups.
May 26, 2011
49% Consider Themselves Pro-Choice, 41% Pro-Life
A plurality of voters considers themselves pro-choice on the issue of abortion, but most still consider abortion morally unjust most of the time.
May 26, 2011
50% Expect U.S. Government To Go Bankrupt Before Budget Is Balanced
Voters clearly aren’t confident that their elected officials will wrestle federal spending under control. In fact, many now think the government’s more likely to go belly up.
May 26, 2011
GOP Voters Still More Critical of Their Congressmen Than Democrats Are
Republican voters are slightly less critical of the job their representatives in Congress are doing, but most still think the legislators are out of sync with the party base. Democratic voters, by contrast, are not as happy with the performance of their congressmen as they were a year ago.
May 25, 2011
46% Rate Obama’s Leadership Style As Good or Excellent
Positive ratings for President Obama’s leadership are at their highest level since January, but one-in-four voters still gives him poor marks in this area.
May 25, 2011
56% Favor Spending Cap Tied to Population Growth and Inflation
Voters strongly comprehend that government spending has risen over the past decade, and most favor a cap on annual spending increases limited to population growth and inflation.
May 24, 2011
Obama 45%, Generic Republican 44%
For the third week in a row, voters remain almost evenly divided over whether they want to reelect President Obama or elect a Republican to replace him.
May 24, 2011
63% Say Japanese Earthquake Will Hurt U.S. Economy
Less than two months after Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Americans remain strongly concerned that the disaster will hurt the U.S. economy, although the number concerned has fallen slightly from last month.
May 23, 2011
Support for Phasing Out U.S. Nuclear Plants Down to 29%
Japan continues to deal with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March that caused an historic-level nuclear disaster. With problems continuing at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Americans remain concerned about nuclear power plant safety at home but aren’t quite ready to phase out those plants just yet.
May 23, 2011
51% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 42% Think Repeal Is Likely
Most voters still want to repeal the national health care law but are now evenly divided over the likelihood of the controversial measure actually being repealed.
May 22, 2011
Only 8% Rate National Security as Top Voting Issue
Just eight percent (8%) of voters nationwide currently rate national security issues such as the War on Terror as their top voting issue. That’s down from 20% on Election Day 2008 when Barack Obama was elected and down from 41% on Election Day 2004 when George W. Bush was reelected.
May 21, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 21, 2011
There was more muddle in the Middle East as the week came to a close.
May 20, 2011
12% Say U.S. Should Help Defend Cuba If It's Attacked
Treaties signed over the years sometimes make strange bedfellows, and surprisingly one such regional treaty puts the United States in the position of helping Fidel Castro’s Cuba if it gets in a jam.
