These are the topline results of a YouGov/Economist survey of 1000 US adults interviewed April 12-14, 2014 on Jeb Bush. The results show that Republicans tend to think that Jeb Bush shouldn't run in 2016. The margin of error is 4.2%.
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Have you heard mostly positive or mostly negative news stories about the economy, or have you not heard much news at all about the economy?
Mostly positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Equally positive and negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Mostly negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42%
Not heard much news about the economy at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
When you have discussed the economy with your friends and family, has the discussion been mostly positive or mostly negative, or have you not discussed the economy at all with your friends and family?
Mostly positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Equally positive and negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Mostly negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49%
Not discussed the economy at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
Should the federal government attempt to stimulate economic growth through various incentives, laws and regulations or should the federal government not be directly involved?
Federal government should attempt to stimulate economic growth . . . . . . .50%
Federal government should not be directly involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
How would you rate the job the federal government has done in stimulating economic growth?
Asked of those who think the federal government should attempt to stimulate economic growth
Very good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%
Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40%
Very poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Federal government should not be directly involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0%
Not sure if federal government should be involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0%
Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely, that in the country as a whole unemployment rates during THE NEXT YEAR will increase, decrease or remain about the same?
Unemployment rates will be a lot lower than they are today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Unemployment rates will be somewhat lower than they are today . . . . . . . . 22%
Unemployment rates will be about the same as they are today . . . . . . . . . . .31%
Unemployment rates will be somewhat higher than they are today . . . . . . . 16%
Unemployment rates will be a lot higher than they are today . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Overall, do you think the economy is getting better or worse?
Getting better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23%
About the same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39%
Getting worse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
