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?

 

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Oct 31

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?

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Oct

31

Dem

Ind

Rep

             

Approve

21%

6

17

50

16%

4

12

37

             

Disapprove

70%

89

68

36

76%

93

75

50

             

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?

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

White

Black

               

Approve

72%

82

60

58

71

75

               

Disapprove

10%

5

13

20

11

7

               

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?

rotate names 

 

Party ID

     

Oct

Oct.

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

               

31

7th

Better

29%

31

25

25

               

31%

31%

Worse

17%

13

24

23

               

20%

17%

About the same

51%

52

45

51

               

36%

42%

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?

 
 

All

Income

Ideology

Oct. 31

0-50K

51-100K

101-150K

150K+

Lib

Mod

Cons

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?

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Lib

Mod

Cons

             

Support

42%

48

32

35

48

32

35

             

Oppose

48%

42

54

58

42

54

58

             

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?

Rotate answers

All

Democrats

Independents

Republicans

 

Wall Street and the bad economy

13%

15

8

11

 

The company management

43%

47

47

34

 

The unions

13%

  6

13

27

 

Foreign competition

7%

  9

4

5

 

All the above (vol)

17%

17

23

16

 

None/other (vol)

4%

  4

2

6

 

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…?

 

All

D

I

R

   

Sep

‘08

Jun

‘08

Apr

‘08

Feb

‘08

Jan '08

Oct '07

Jun ‘07

Very well

14%

  6

15

29

   

19%

  9

10

13

12

10

5

Fairly well

38%

32

38

47

   

33%

32

29

32

27

25

21

Not too well

25%

32

26

12

   

24%

31

29

27

27

30

30

Not at all well

18%

25

12

  8

   

17%

23

26

22

27

28

37

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?

 

All

Party

     

Sep

Jun

Apr

Feb

Jan

Oct

Jun

   

D

I

R

     

‘08

‘08

‘08

‘08

‘08

‘07

‘07

Right thing

26%

11

26

55

     

28%

24

28

28

27

27

28

Mistake

69%

86

68

37

     

63%

69

64

   62

65

62

61

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

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?

All

Democrats

Independents

Republicans

Approve

58%

45%

55%

76%

Disapprove

30%

43%

32%

13%

DK/unsure

12%

11%

13%

11%

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