(Week of 5/5/2012) Some of the most frequently-mentioned contenders for the position of Mitt Romney’s running mate aren’t even known by most of the Republican voters who helped make Romney the GOP’s presumptive nominee. A large majority of Republicans say they have yet to hear about Ohio Senator Rob Portman, ...
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(Week of 5/5/2012) This week’s Economist/YouGov poll shows a re-tightened presidential race, with President Obama leading challenger Mitt Romney by only 44%-43% among registered voters. Both the President and his challenger are suffering from poor — and nearly identical — favorability ratings among registered voters. 46% of registered voters report having ...
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(Week of 5/5/2012) While the deficit trails the economy when it comes to perceptions of the country’s most important issue, it does concern Americans. 63% in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll want the federal government to act now to reduce the deficit. And they support a number of ways to do ...
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(Week of 5/5/2012) Americans are somewhat more optimistic than pessimistic about the country’s chances of remaining the strongest nation in the world. In the latest Economist/YouGov survey, 50% believe it is likely that the U.S. will remain the world’s strongest country thirty years from now while only 36% believe it is ...
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(Week of 5/5/2012) The first Obama television ad attacking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was one that focused on Romney’s foreign policy skills and toughness. The ad claimed that Romney would not have issued the order to kill Osama bin Laden. It was followed by an emphatic statement ...
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(Week of 4/28/2012) You might think Mitt Romney’s base problem can be boiled down to one statistic from the Economist/YouGov poll: Only 41% of conservatives rate Romney a conservative (and only 5% of conservatives rate him very conservative). That raises the question: Does it take one to know who is ...
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(Week of 4/28/2012) Strong majorities of Democrats approve of President Obama’s job performance on every issue in this week’s Economist/YouGov poll, from three-quarters support or more from Democrats on Obama’s performance on terrorism, Iraq, health care and taxes, plus more than two-thirds support on Afghanistan, the economy, the environment, Medicare ...
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(Week of 4/28/2012) The rapid economic rise of China is quickly changing the landscape of world politics and American foreign policy. In the latest Economist/YouGov poll, Americans express a view about China’s rise that is neither optimistic nor pessimistic. 44% say China’s rise is both a good and bad thing, ...
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(Week of 4/28/2012) The killing of Osama Bin Laden one year ago was a major cause for celebration and a high mark in the government’s now decade-long fight against terrorism. In the wake of news about Bin Laden’s death, a special Economist/YouGov poll was conducted at this time last year ...
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(Week of 4/28/2012) With former Governor Mitt Romney effectively locking up the Republican presidential nomination, political pundits have turned en masse to the question of who his running mate in the fall campaign will be. This week, the Economist/YouGov poll began asking respondents about their knowledge and opinions of many ...
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