Romney and Gingrich lead in their home states, but trail Santorum in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Five days before the crucial Republican primaries on "Super Tuesday" (March 6), former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum holds narrow leads over his opponents in Oklahoma and Ohio and a wider margin in Tennessee. The ...
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The Republican and Democrats parties have taken different positions on many social issues, and on most of these the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/18/2012) finds party differences. But there are a few behaviors that most Democratic and GOP voters agree are morally acceptable. Gay rights: Partisans differ dramatically on gay rights. 73% of ...
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The recent conflict between President Obama and the Catholic Church over requiring health plans to cover contraceptives, even when those plans are paid for by organizations affiliated with religions that oppose birth control like the Catholic Church, has drawn the attention of most Americans. More than half of the public in the latest Economist/YouGov ...
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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is now the clear frontrunner when it comes to which candidate GOP primary voters would like to see emerge as their nominee. In this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/18/2012), he holds a nine point lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas ...
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The President’s prospects for re-election are likely to depend on the state of the economy, and there are signs in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/18/2012) that things may be improving. As the figure below shows, the percentage of respondents who think the economy is getting better has risen substantially over the past ...
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Americans see a big impact of foreclosure and the mortgage crisis in their communities, and while many worry about paying their mortgages, less than one in ten voters in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/11/2012) say they have personally fallen behind in their payments. In fact, those most affected are not registered to ...
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The Obama Administration’s conflict with the Catholic Church over requiring employers to have health insurance plans that cover birth control may wind up being more political than religious. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/11/2012), Catholics are evenly divided: 41% in favor, 42% opposed. Republican voters oppose the plan by more than three to ...
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President Obama may be gaining something as the Republicans battle for their party’s presidential nomination. His approval rating in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/11/2012) is still below 50%, but he still leads all the GOP candidates in hypothetical fall horseraces. This week, 45% say they approve of the way the President is ...
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One fact nearly all Republican primary voters know is that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is a Mormon. 83% of GOP voters in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/11/2012) say he is. By contrast, less than half of Republican voters know that Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are Catholics. The issue for Romney ...
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GOP voters’ level of satisfaction with their choices this year has risen and fallen, as the fortunes of conservative candidates rise and those of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have slipped. Three weeks ago, after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s victory in the South Carolina primary, 58% of GOP voters said they were satisfied ...
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