President Obama's Job Rating on Afghanistan
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Und/
Neutral
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
46%
|
41%
|
14%
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
42%
|
40%
|
17%
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
44%
|
35%
|
21%
|
Support for the War in Afghanistan
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Favor/
Support/ Right Thing
|
Oppose/
Should Not Be Involved
|
Und/
DK
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
52%
|
37%
|
11%
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
40%
|
57%
|
2%
|
Fox/ OD
|
9/16/09
|
46%
|
45%
|
9%
|
Quinnipiac: Do
you think the U.S. is doing the right thing by fighting the war in Afghanistan
now, or should the U.S. not be involved in Afghanistan now? AP-GfK: Do
you favor or oppose the war in Afghanistan. Fox/ OD: Do
you support or oppose theU.S.
war in Afghanistan
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Support/ Favor
|
Oppose
|
Unsure
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
46%
|
50%
|
4%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
9/20/09
|
44%
|
51%
|
5%
|
Fox/ OD
|
9/16/09
|
41%
|
50%
|
9%
|
Do you trust Pres. Obama to make the right decisions about
U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unsure
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
55%
|
38%
|
7%
|
Should we have an immediate and orderly withdrawal of all
troops from Afghanistan?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unsure
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
9/20/09
|
38%
|
55%
|
7%
|
What should be the primary focus of the U.S. mission in
Afghanistan?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Stabilizing
the country
|
Eliminating
Threats
|
Neither/
Unsure
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
49%
|
45%
|
5%
|
AP-GfK: If
you had to choose, which should be the primary focus of the U.S. mission in
Afghanistan: stabilizing the country, so that terrorists can't use the country
as a haven over the longer term, OR, identifying and eliminating existing
terrorist threats, worrying about longer-term stability later?
Is building a stable democratic government in Afghanistan a
worthwhile goal for U.S. troops ?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
DK
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
39%
|
52%
|
9%
|
Quinnipiac: Do
you think building a stable democratic government in Afghanistan is a
worthwhile goal for American troops to fight and possibly die for or not?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
DK
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
22%
|
62%
|
16%
|
Quinnipiac: Do you think the United States will be
successful in building a stable democratic government in Afghanistan or not?
Is eliminating the threat from terrorists operating from
Afghanistan a worthwhile goal for U.S. troops ?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
DK
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
65%
|
28%
|
7%
|
Quinnipiac: Do
you think eliminating the threat from terrorists operating from Afghanistan is
a worthwhile goal for American troops to fight and possibly die for or not?
Will the U.S. be successful in eliminating the threat from
terrorist operating from Afghanistan ?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
DK
|
Quinnipiac
|
10/5/09
|
38%
|
49%
|
13%
|
Quinnipiac: Do
you think the United States will be successful in eliminating the threat from
terrorist operating from Afghanistan or not?
Impression of how things are going for the U.S. in
Afghanistan
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Well
|
Badly
|
Unsure
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
35%
|
53%
|
12%
|
CBS/ NY Times: What
is your impression of how the war in Afghanistan is going for the United States
right now?
Effect of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan on the threat
of terrorism
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Increase
|
Decreased
|
Stayed
About the Same
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
43%
|
9%
|
42%
|
CBS/
NY Times: If the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, do you
think the threat of terrorism against the United States would increase,
decrease, or stay the same?
Health Care
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Very/Somewhat
|
Not very/ Not at all
|
Fox/ OD
|
9/30/09
|
70%
|
26%
|
Fox/ OD: How concerned are you that Congress will
fial to pass health care reform legislation and leave many Americans uninsured?
View on taking on
health care reform right now
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
More important than ever
|
Cannot afford to take on now
|
Kaiser
|
9/18/09
|
57%
|
39%
|
Kaiser: Which comes closer to describing your own
views? Given the serious economic problems facing the country we cannot afford
to take on health care reform right now OR it is more important than ever to
take on health care reform now?
Support for Health Care
Reform Proposals
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Support/ Favor
|
Oppose
|
Don't Know Enough/ Neither
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
40%
|
40%
|
17%
|
Economist
|
9/29/09
|
49%
|
51%
|
-
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
30%
|
23%
|
46%
|
AP-GfK: In general, do you support, or oppose or
neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in
Congress? Economist: Overall, given what you know about them,
do you support or oppose the proposed changes to the health care system being
developed by Congress and the Obama administration? CBS/ NY Times: Do you mostly support or mostly oppose
the changes to the health care system proposed by Barack Obama, or don't you
know enough about them yet to say
Public Option Support
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Support/ Favor
|
Oppose
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
65%
|
26%
|
Kaiser
|
9/18/09
|
57%
|
37%
|
CBS/ NY Times: Would you favor or oppose the government
offering everyone a government-administered health insurance plan - something
like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get - that would compete
with private health insurance plans? Kaiser: Now I'm going to read you some different
ways to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance. As I read
each one, please tell me whether you would favor it or oppose it: Creating a
government-administered public health insurance option similar to Medicare to
compete with private health insurance plans.
Do you think _____
would be better or worse off if health care reform was passed?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Category
|
Better Off
|
Worse off
|
Wouldn't make a diff.
|
Kaiser
|
9/18/09
|
Your Family
|
42%
|
23%
|
28%
|
Kaiser
|
9/18/09
|
The Country as a whole
|
42%
|
23%
|
14%
|
Kaiser: Do you think _____ would be better off or
worse off if the president and Congress passed health care reform, or don't you
think it would make much difference?
President Obama's Job
Rating Handling Health Care reform
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
48%
|
47%
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
47%
|
45%
|
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Trying to work with reps
|
Not trying to work with reps
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
60%
|
32%
|
CBS/ NY Times: Do you think Barack Obama is trying to
work with Republicans in Congress in order to reform the health care system, or
isn't he?
Do you think
Republicans are trying to work with Obama to reform health care?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Trying to work with Obama
|
Not trying to work with Obama
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
30%
|
61%
|
CBS/ NY Times: Do you think Republicans in Congress are
trying to work with Barack Obama in order to reform the health care system, or
aren't they?
Who has better ideas
about reforming the health care system?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Obama
|
Republicans in Congress
|
Neither
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
52%
|
27%
|
11%
|
CBS/ NY Times: Regardless of how you usually vote, who
do you think has better ideas about reforming the health care system: Barack
Obama, or the Republicans in Congress?
Congressional
Republican's Job Rating Handling Health Care reform
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
9/20/09
|
21%
|
65%
|
The Economy
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Unsure
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
50%
|
44%
|
6%
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
50%
|
40%
|
10%
|
Stimulus Package's Effect
on the Economy
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Helping
|
Keeping from Getting Worse
|
Having No Effect
|
Hurting
|
Bloomberg
|
9/14/09
|
24%
|
23%
|
27%
|
22%
|
Bloomberg: Do you think the economic stimulus passed
by Congress earlier this year is helping the economy, is keeping the economy
from getting worse, is having no effect, or is hurting the economy?
View on the Stimulus
Package and Job Creation
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Has/Will Create Jobs
|
Will Not Create Jobs
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
59%
|
38%
|
CBS/ NY Times: From what you know so far, which comes
closest to your own view? The economic stimulus package has already created a
substantial number of new jobs in the U.S. Or, It will create a substantial
number of new jobs but hasn't done that yet. Or, It will not create a
substantial number of new jobs?
President Obama
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Positive/
Approve
|
Negative/
Disapprove
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
56%
|
39%
|
Gallup
|
10/5/09
|
50%
|
43%
|
Fox/ OD
|
9/30/09
|
50%
|
42%
|
The Parties and Congress
Party Self
Identification
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
Ind/Und
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
33%
|
21%
|
47%
|
Pew
|
10/4/09
|
34%
|
23%
|
43%
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
9/23/09
|
37%
|
22%
|
41%
|
2010 Congressional
Generic Ballot
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
Und/ Other
|
Gallup
|
10/5/09
|
46%
|
44%
|
10%
|
Economist
|
9/29/09
|
48%
|
41%
|
-
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Right
Direction
|
Wrong
Direction
|
No Opinion
|
AP-GfK
|
10/5/09
|
41%
|
51%
|
8%
|
Kos/ Research 2000
|
10/1/09
|
42%
|
53%
|
5%
|
|