(Week of 7/14/2012) Leaders from both political parties have recently begun to voice their views about how (or whether) the country should avoid falling off the proverbial "fiscal cliff" — the automatic tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts that would be triggered at the beginning of next year unless Congress ...
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(Week of 7/14/2012) Looking past the 2012 elections, Americans expect little change in party control of the federal government. The latest Economist/YouGov Poll finds Americans expect a Democratic President will once again square off against a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Nearly twice as many registered voters think that Barack Obama ...
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(Week of 7/14/2012) The presumptive Republican nominee currently is seeking a running mate, and may announce his choice soon. But Americans admit they know little about some of the most often-mentioned contenders. And many in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll claim that, whomever Mitt Romney picks, the choice will have little ...
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(Week of 7/7/2012) Terrorism may have slipped behind other issues, but still remains a concern for most Americans. Overall, 80% rate terrorism an important issue, far behind Topic A: The economy (97%), and also behind health care (93% and rising with a bullet since the Supreme Court decision), Social Security ...
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(Week of 7/7/2012) Most Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll know that the Supreme Court upheld the bulk of the 2010 Affordable Care act, which requires nearly all Americans to purchase health insurance or make a payment to the government. The Supreme Court ruled that the health insurance requirement was ...
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(Week of 7/7/2012) Last week’s Economist/YouGov Poll found significant public disagreement with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the signature legislation of the Obama Administration. And while many Americans (especially Republicans) may have changed their opinion about the Court for the worse after the decision, both parties ...
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(Week of 7/7/2012) Americans think many approaches to stimulating the economy could help, even if they may seem contradictory. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans think a middle class tax cut would be effective, but around half also think that reducing the deficit or increasing government spending ...
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(Week of 7/7/2012) The latest jobs report, showing that unemployment continues to hover above 8%, has given greater fodder for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s attacks on President Obama’s economic leadership. The latest Economist/YouGov poll suggests Americans are receptive to Romney’s claims about the President’s economic stewardship. According to the ...
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(Week of 6/30/2012) The public hasn’t paid close attention to the debate over Operation Fast and Furious, a program created by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that kept illegal guns on the street in hopes of building better criminal cases against gun traffickers. Only 56% in the ...
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(Week of 6/30/2012) Americans continue to have a slightly more favorable opinion of incumbent President Barack Obama than likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney in the most recent Economist/YouGov poll (Week of June 30, 2012). Overall, 50% have a favorable opinion of Obama to 44% unfavorable, For Romney, it is 41%-49%. ...
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