Tables
Table 1
Question US1: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track? |
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All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
Oct 31 |
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Right direction |
34% |
44 |
20 |
20 |
34 |
34 |
13% |
Wrong track |
52% |
46 |
61 |
62 |
53 |
51 |
78% |
Unsure |
13% |
11 |
19 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
9% |
Table 2
Question US2: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President? |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Oct 31 |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
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Approve |
21% |
6 |
17 |
50 |
16% |
4 |
12 |
37 |
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Disapprove |
70% |
89 |
68 |
36 |
76% |
93 |
75 |
50 |
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Unsure/ref. |
9% |
5 |
15 |
13 |
8% |
3 |
14 |
12 |
Table 3
Question US3: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his transition to President? |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
White |
Black |
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Approve |
72% |
82 |
60 |
58 |
71 |
75 |
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Disapprove |
10% |
5 |
13 |
20 |
11 |
7 |
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Unsure/ref. |
18% |
13 |
27 |
23 |
18 |
18 |
Table 4
Question US4: Six months from now do you expect the economy will be better, worse, or about the same? |
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rotate names |
Party ID |
Oct |
Oct. |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
31 |
7th |
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Better |
29% |
31 |
25 |
25 |
31% |
31% |
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Worse |
17% |
13 |
24 |
23 |
20% |
17% |
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About the same |
51% |
52 |
45 |
51 |
36% |
42% |
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Depends, unsure (vol.) |
4% |
3 |
6 |
3 |
13% |
10% |
Table 5
Question US5: Given what you have heard or read at this point, do you approve or disapprove of the government’s efforts to deal with the financial crisis? |
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All |
Income |
Ideology |
Oct. 31 |
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0-50K |
51-100K |
101-150K |
150K+ |
Lib |
Mod |
Cons |
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Approve |
31% |
33 |
24 |
28 |
30 |
32 |
34 |
25 |
44% |
disapprove |
54% |
49 |
66 |
61 |
57 |
53 |
50 |
62 |
35% |
DK |
15% |
18 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
13 |
21% |
*The October question read: “Given what you have heard or read at this point, do you support or oppose the government’s plan to deal with the financial crisis?”
Table 6
Question US6: Given what you have heard or read at this point, do you support or oppose the government’s plans to loan money to American car makers like General Motors and Chrysler? |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Lib |
Mod |
Cons |
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Support |
42% |
48 |
32 |
35 |
48 |
32 |
35 |
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Oppose |
48% |
42 |
54 |
58 |
42 |
54 |
58 |
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Unsure/ref. |
10% |
10 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
Table 7
Question US7: Who or what is most responsible for the current financial problems of the auto-makers…READ? |
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Rotate answers |
All |
Democrats |
Independents |
Republicans |
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Wall Street and the bad economy |
13% |
15 |
8 |
11 |
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The company management |
43% |
47 |
47 |
34 |
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The unions |
13% |
6 |
13 |
27 |
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Foreign competition |
7% |
9 |
4 |
5 |
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All the above (vol) |
17% |
17 |
23 |
16 |
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None/other (vol) |
4% |
4 |
2 |
6 |
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Don’t know / ref. (vol) |
2% |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Table 8
Question US8: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…? |
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All |
D |
I |
R |
Sep ‘08 |
Jun ‘08 |
Apr ‘08 |
Feb ‘08 |
Jan '08 |
Oct '07 |
Jun ‘07 |
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Very well |
14% |
6 |
15 |
29 |
19% |
9 |
10 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
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Fairly well |
38% |
32 |
38 |
47 |
33% |
32 |
29 |
32 |
27 |
25 |
21 |
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Not too well |
25% |
32 |
26 |
12 |
24% |
31 |
29 |
27 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
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Not at all well |
18% |
25 |
12 |
8 |
17% |
23 |
26 |
22 |
27 |
28 |
37 |
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Unsure / Ref. |
5% |
5 |
9 |
3 |
6% |
4 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
Table 9
Question US9: Considering everything, do you think the United States did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, or do you think it was a mistake? |
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All |
Party |
Sep |
Jun |
Apr |
Feb |
Jan |
Oct |
Jun |
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D |
I |
R |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘07 |
‘07 |
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Right thing |
26% |
11 |
26 |
55 |
28% |
24 |
28 |
28 |
27 |
27 |
28 |
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Mistake |
69% |
86 |
68 |
37 |
63% |
69 |
64 |
62 |
65 |
62 |
61 |
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Unsure/Ref. |
5% |
3 |
6 |
7 |
8% |
7 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
Tables from Oct. 11, 2001
"On a different subject, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as President? " [Q4]
Approve |
Disapprove |
Unsure |
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Likely Voters |
84% |
6% |
10% |
Democrats |
78% |
10% |
13% |
Republicans |
96% |
– |
4% |
Independents |
83% |
6% |
11% |
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way he is handling the economy? " [Q5]
Approve |
Disapprove |
Unsure |
|
Likely Voters |
73% |
14% |
13% |
Democrats |
65% |
20% |
15% |
Republicans |
84% |
6% |
10% |
Independents |
74% |
15% |
11% |
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is doing dealing with the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? " [Q6]
Approve |
Disapprove |
Unsure |
|
Likely Voters |
91% |
5% |
4% |
Democrats |
67% |
8% |
5% |
Republicans |
97% |
1% |
3% |
Independents |
91% |
5% |
4% |
Table from Oct. 18, 2002
Question: Do you approve of the United States taking military action against Iraq to try and remove Saddam Hussein from power? |
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All |
Democrats |
Independents |
Republicans |
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Approve |
58% |
45% |
55% |
76% |
Disapprove |
30% |
43% |
32% |
13% |
DK/unsure |
12% |
11% |
13% |
11% |
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