(Week of 6/9/2012) After an initially erratic period during his first year in office, public opinion about President Obama quickly settled into a relatively stable position. As can be seen in the chart below, weekly approval measures for the president have not deviated too much in the last few years. ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) While the Romney campaign would like nothing more than to make President Obama and his record the entire focus of the presidential race, the Obama campaign will surely make every effort to shift the focus of the race to Romney himself. Pooled results from the last four ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) The country now has divided control in its national government: President Obama is a Democrat, and Republicans control the House of Representative and can block most legislation in the Senate. But the latest Economist/YouGov Poll indicates that most Americans don’t necessarily want it that way. Instead, most believe ...
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Coinciding with ads urging soccer star David Beckham to take off his shirt, women’s perception of Burger King has heated up over the past three weeks in the US, while the earlier Steven Tyler spots have had a similar effect on men. As a matter of fact, women have had ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) As the Supreme Court nears the release of its decision on the Obama Administration’s health care reform law, Americans overwhelmingly doubt the Court will keep the law intact. Only 10% of those in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll say the law will survive without changes, while more than half ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) President Obama continues to hold a narrow lead over Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll. But the margin is so narrow it falls within the poll’s margin of error. 44% of registered voters in this week’s poll say they will vote for the ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) This fall’s presidential campaign will focus on the country’s most important issue — the state of the economy. More than eight in ten registered voters claim a candidate’s position on economic issues will be most or very important in their vote choice, more than say that about social ...
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Last week, we asked a nationally-representative sample of YouGovers to tell us who, if they could ask any famous person, they would invite over for dinner. Rather than be given a prompted list of ‘likely’ invitees, we gave respondents total free rein over who they chose. Every famous person to ...
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Picking your preferred pet has historically been divided between cat and dog lovers. How cat or dog owners take care of their pets, particularly in public, is another case altogether. YouGov polled dog owners about their dog-related habits and caretaking. Of all respondents, 42% own a dog. Among demographics, more ...
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(Week of 6/2/2012) Overall, 66% blame Wall Street bankers a great deal or a lot for the poor economic conditions of the past few years in this current Economist/YouGov poll (Week of June 2, 2012). That is a greater proportion of Americans blaming Wall Street bankers a great deal or a ...
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