One year after the BP Gulf Oil spill, a majority of Americans favor increasing offshore drilling for oil and natural gas. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, 57% favor more drilling, while 30% oppose that. Support is lower than it was just over a year ago, before the spill. ...
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Americans are no more optimistic this week about the fortunes of those fighting against the Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi than they were a week ago. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, 27% of those who have heard about the uprising now expect the rebels to overthrow the ruler. 24% don’t. ...
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The budget deficit may not be the number one issue for most Americans (the economy takes top place), but for some, it is a close second. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, just over a quarter of Tea Party identifiers rank it as priority number one. Which of these is ...
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The rebels in Libya appear to be losing ground to the forces of Muammar Gaddafi’s government in the fight to control Libya, and American support for action in Libya appears to be on the decline. The latest Economist/YouGov Poll suggests that may be tied to increasing skepticism about the rebels ...
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The unemployment rate is inching down — but gas prices are soaring. And Americans are concerned about the future of the U.S. economy. Before and since President Obama took office, the economy has been the most important issue for voters, but in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll, the percentage who think ...
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As the country gets closer to the tax filing date, now less than a week away, more Americans feel the pinch of taxes — those saying they pay more than their fair share of them in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll has gone up six points in the last week. And ...
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No one gets much — or sole – credit for staving off a government shutdown last week. When asked in the Economist/YouGov Poll who they credit most for averting a shutdown, four in ten can’t credit anyone. Combined, President Obama and Democrats in Congress fare better than the Republicans in ...
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Republicans and Democrats in Congress barely averted a government shutdown Friday and agreed on a budget that should be adopted this week, but the process brought little acclaim to either party or to the President, according to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll. Americans — especially Republicans — continue to worry about ...
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Americans don’t want the U.S. acting alone when it comes to military intervention, and while half of those interviewed in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll believe the recent interventions in Libya were the right thing to do, there is still confusion about what happens next. By more than two to one, ...
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Americans are dubious about the country’s ability to reduce the amount of foreign oil it imports — and while they still believe in the safety of both nuclear power and offshore drilling, there is less support for both of those technologies in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll than there was a ...
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