By: John McLaughlin Saturday August 14 th, 2010 On the web National Voter Perceptions
Opinion Barack Obama 2 McLaughlin & Associates
PollDateFavorableUnfavorableNet Difference Averages6/17-7/ Quinnipiac7/13-7/ Bloomberg7/9-7/ Fox News6/29-6/ Marist6/17-6/ Resurgent Republic 6/20-6/ Opinion Barack Obama Source – Real Clear Politics - McLaughlin & Associates 3
Barack Obama: Job Approval 4 McLaughlin & Associates
PollDateApproveDisapproveNet Difference Average7/21-8/ Rasmussen8/9-8/ Gallup8/8-8/ NBC/WSJ8/5-8/ USA Today/Gallup7/27-8/ PEW Research7/21-8/ Fox News7/27-7/ Democracy Corps7/26-7/ Job Approval: Barack Obama Source – Real Clear Politics - McLaughlin & Associates 5
In the next election for President, do you feel that Barack Obama has performed his job well enough to deserve re-election, or do you think it is time to give a new person a chance? 6 McLaughlin & Associates
Generic Vote for Congress 7 McLaughlin & Associates
PollDateRepublicanDemocratNet Difference Average7/13-8/ GOP +5 Gallup8/2-8/8 4943GOP +6 Rasmussen8/2-8/8 4639GOP +7 PEW Research7/21-8/5 4445DEM +1 Fox News7/27-7/ GOP +11 Reuters/IPSOS7/22-7/ GOP +2 CNN/Opinion Research7/16-7/ GOP +5 Quinnipiac7/13-7/ GOP +5 Generic Ballot: Republican vs. Democrat Source – Real Clear Politics - McLaughlin & Associates 8
Since Barack Obama is President, who would you prefer to represent you in Congress? A Democrat congressman who will help Barack Obama pass his agenda. OR, A Republican congressman who will be a check and balance to Barack Obama. 9 McLaughlin & Associates
Opinion Nancy Pelosi 10 McLaughlin & Associates
Democrat Majority in Congress Job Approval 11 McLaughlin & Associates
Republican Minority in Congress Job Approval 12 McLaughlin & Associates
Total Vote GOP Vote Dem Vote Und Voted Obama/ Not Dem Economic Economy/Create Jobs Wasteful Govt. Spending Hold Line on Taxes34133 Lower Gas Prices11113 Social Health Care Education52887 Fix Immigration System22243 Environment10110 Honesty/Integrity of Govt Traditional Family Values23121 National Defense/Terror22132 DK/Refused74994 National Most Important Issue 13 McLaughlin & Associates
Total Vote GOP Vote Dem Vote Und Voted Obama/ Not Dem Unemployment/Jobs Health Care/Insurance The Economy Financial44546 Budget/Deficit47231 Taxes37015 Terrorism33332 Social Security32331 Education22312 Housing21333 Govt. Inference24000 Socialism24010 Govt. Spending23010 Don’t Know What is the greatest fear you have for your family's immediate future? (Top Verbatim Responses) 14 McLaughlin & Associates
Thinking about the country's economic conditions, have we pretty much hit the bottom, or is there still a ways to go before we hit the bottom? Source – NBC News/Wall Street Journal- 15 McLaughlin & Associates
In the past two years, do you personally know someone who has lost their job? 16 McLaughlin & Associates
In the past two years, do you personally know somebody who has had to take a pay cut from their current job, somebody who has had to take a job for less money than they made in their previous job, or somebody who has been forced to take a part time job, just to make ends meet? 17 McLaughlin & Associates
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "America is at a critical crossroads. If the policies and changes being forced on us from Washington are not stopped our children and grandchildren will not enjoy the same freedoms and opportunities that previous generations of Americans have enjoyed." 18 McLaughlin & Associates
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “Government borrowing and spending is out of control. President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress, have spent a trillion dollars on a stimulus plan that didn’t create jobs, bought a car company, bailed out the banks, passed a trillion dollar health care plan and are running a one point six trillion dollar yearly deficit. We simply don’t have the money for all this spending and we have to elect new people to leadership positions to get government spending under control.” 19 McLaughlin & Associates
Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statement? "President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats' agenda of the federal government taking over the banks, auto industry; and health care, is driving this country in a direction that will fundamentally change what we know and love about America." 20 McLaughlin & Associates
By: John McLaughlin Saturday August 14 th, 2010 On the web National Voter Perceptions