Swing Group Leaning To Obama: Americans With Some College Experience But Not A Four-Year Degree

Politics

05/25/2012

The Oldest And The Extremes Of Opinion

By Thom Riehle



(Week of 5/19/2012) Fewer than half of all Americans (only 45%!) strongly disapprove of the job Congress is doing.  That’s being sarcastic.  It is hard to soften up the views of anyone who has gotten all the way to a ... read more

05/24/2012

Presidential Approval

By YouGov Staff



(Week of 5/19/2012) The President’s approval rating in the Economist/YouGov Poll remains below 50%. Just 44% of Americans approve of how he is handling his job. 50% disapprove. Economist/YouGov poll archives can be found here Photo source: Press Association read more

Consumer

05/24/2012

Southwest, Delta and JetBlue retain Satisfaction top spots

By Ted Marzilli



The US domestic airline industry has been staging a modest comeback in leisure traveler customer satisfaction since last September. Capitalizing on this trend, Southwest, Delta and JetBlue retain their top spots as the domestic airlines with the highest customer satisfaction ... read more

05/22/2012

JP Morgan Buzz score collapses to lowest point recorded

By Ted Marzilli



Goldman Sachs may have to relinquish its title as Wall Street’s poster boy for bad behavior. After its recent admission of multibillion dollar trading losses JP Morgan’s consumer perception has dropped very sharply to the same levels as Goldman Sachs ... read more

Life

05/10/2012

What is in your closet? 18% say most expensive item is $50 or less.

By YouGov Staff



Hardcore discount-store shoppers, coupon-mavens, skintight household budgets, or the realization that fancy clothes really do not make the man?  Whatever the cause, US clothing purchases are frequently quite frugal. Eighteen percent of Americans revealed that their most expensive clothing item ... read more

05/08/2012

Noise Pollution - Small Impact for Most Americans

By YouGov Staff



For those of us living in a city full of trucks, construction noise and thoughtless neighbors, it is almost unimaginable that for 40 percent of Americans, noise poliution is not a problem at all.  In fact only 5 percent of ... read more