Latest findings in Economist/YouGov Poll

Americans have favorable opinions of both Planned Parenthood and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, but this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012) suggests that last week’s controversy over the Komen Foundation defunding Planned Parenthood and then reversing that decision may have brought politics into the picture, if it wasn’t there already.    ...
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The public wants to see traditional values when it comes to teaching children behavior in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012). Americans choose respect for elders over independence and good manners over curiosity by wide margins. More narrowly, they would rather have disciplined children than creative ones.    However, they also are more ...
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While he may be trailing President Obama in the latest head to head contest in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012), there are several qualities where GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney outperforms the incumbent President — most critically, on the issue of experience.  Just 17% of Americans would describe President Obama as “experienced.” 31% would ...
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In this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012), Americans were asked whether they regarded various religious groups as Christian or not. The jury is out when it comes to Mormons. Overall, just 35% say they are.    There is much more consensus when it comes to Catholics, Baptists, Episcopalians, and Evangelicals. Between 53% (Episcopalians) ...
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Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s Saturday victory in Nevada keeps him at the top of the GOP pack — but there are still many Republican primary voters who have not committed to the man who has won three of the first five Republican events.  Romney is the choice of 32% of registered voters ...
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Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012) may be beginning to feel better about the state of the country: the percentage saying that it is off on the wrong track has dropped six points in the last few weeks. Though it is still a majority, it suggests that the declining unemployment rate, ...
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President Barack Obama has struggled with the American public for the last few years, as less than half the public approves of the way he is handling his job as President. And while his approval rating continues to be mired in the mid-forties in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 1/28/2012), he continues to ...
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One way to reduce the divide between rich and poor is to change the tax code. Warren Buffett, for one, has said that those who make most of their income from investments should not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class Americans, whose income comes mostly from salaries. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week ...
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Is there a class divide? Ask the American public, and they say there is. In this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 1/28/2012), 74% agree that “There is a growing divided in the United States between elites and ordinary people.”    More than eight in ten Democrats agree; but so do seven in ten ...
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Last week, just after former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s victory in the South Carolina Primary, 57% of GOP voters said they were satisfied with their choices. Only 22% wanted someone else to enter the race. But in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 1/28/2012), satisfaction levels have dropped again — and just ...
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