Latest findings in Economist/YouGov Poll

Texas Governor Rick Perry had held a (shrinking) lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in Economist/YouGov polls in the weeks since Perry entered the race. This week, a new potential candidate was added to the list — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Perry, Romney and now Christie make the race for the GOP ...
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The Tea Party is moving from a popular new force in American politics to a potential problem for the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee.  In Economist/YouGov polls conducted between June 2010 and today, support for the Tea Party remains steady, but opposition is growing among both Democrats and Republicans. In the ...
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In the next few days, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas plans to ask for United Nations admission and recognition of the state of Palestine. The United States has promised it would veto that request as it passes through the Security Council. American sympathies have always been more with Israel than with the Palestinians, but their ...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry remains in front of the rest of the GOP field — announced and unannounced — as the choice of registered voters who say they will participate in a Republican primary or caucus next year — but one issue finds those voters disagreeing with Perry. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, ...
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The President has a way to go to convince Americans that his economic stimulus proposal, the “American Jobs Act,” is what needs to be done to reduce unemployment in the country. In this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll, only 27% believe it will create a substantial number of new jobs; 45% disagree.    One week ...
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This week’s Economist/YouGov Poll is full of bad news for President Barack Obama. The frontrunners for the GOP nomination in the 2012 contest are pulling very close to him in head-to-head matchups, and his approval rating has been at or near the lowest levels of his Presidency for the last few weeks. And ...
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Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll claim they don’t use the U.S. Postal Service much— at least not to send mail. But nearly two in three say it would be a serious problem if the Post Office were forced to shut down-and more than a third think that would be a very ...
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One of the reasons for President Obama’s low ratings on the economy (in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (just 30% approve) is that most Americans don’t think his policies are helping them personally. 53% believe the Administration’s policies have hurt the middle class, not much improvement  in the last month. In mid-August 56% said ...
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The jobs speech that President Obama gave to Congress and country last week changed relatively little in how the public views his performance on jobs and the economy. Just 17% in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll think the President is doing enough to create jobs and stimulate the economy. Last week, 18% said yes.  ...
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Some of the major Republican candidates for President have taken on the Social Security System, particularly Texas Governor Rick Perry, who described it in his 2010 book Fed Up! as a Ponzi scheme for younger Americans. Many Republican voters in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll agree — although even more agree with former Massachusetts Governor ...
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