National Polling Summary

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October 22, 2009
Anzalone Liszt Research
National Polling Summary

Welcome to the Anzalone Liszt Research National Polling Summary, a quick look at national public polls detailing key political environmental measures as well as attitudes of voters on the pressing issues of the week.

You can see from the new Washington Post poll numbers what happens when Democrats take control of big issues like healthcare and energy, and take bold action while the Republicans play politics and obstruct. Voters are now punishing Republicans and their branding continues to deteriorate with only 19% having confidence in them to make the right decisions for the country and only 20% of all voters identifying themselves as Republicans - a new low. Voters are also much more inclined to vote for a Democrat (51%) for Congress than a Republican (39%) on a generic ballot test. This trend will continue as long as Democrats vocalize their support for the middleclass and back it up with action. We are no longer in the August recess. Action is rewarded. Inaction is not.

Enjoy,

John Anzalone and Jeff Liszt

Republican Branding

Party Self Identification

Polling Firm	Date	Dems	Reps	Ind/Und
ABC/ Wash Post*	10/18/09	33%	20%	42%
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	33%	22%	45%

ABC/ Wash Post*: 20% is the lowest that the Republican Party Self Identification has ever reached.

2010 Congressional Generic Ballot

Polling Firm	Date	Dems	Reps	Und/ Other
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	51%	39%	6%
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	46%	33%	19%

ABC/ Wash Post: If the election for the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2010 were being held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in you congressional district? CBS/ NY Times: If the 2010 election for U.S. House of Representatives were being held today, would you vote for the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate in your district?

Confidence in ____ to make the right decisions for the country's future

	Polling Firm	Date	A Great/Good Deal/Amount	Just Some	None at All
Obama	ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	49%	27%	24%
Dems in Cong.	ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	35%	37%	27%
Reps in Cong.	ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	19%	46%	33%

Marist: How much confidence do you have in ______ to make the right decisions for the country's future: a great deal of confidence, a good amount, just some or none at all?

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?

Congressional Republican's Job Rating Handling Health Care reform

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	17%	67%	16%

Afghanistan

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%

Support for Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Polling Firm	Date	Support/ Favor/ Should	Oppose/ Should Not	Unsure
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	47%	49%	-
CNN	10/18/09	39%	59%	-
USA Today/ Gallup	10/6/09	48%	45%	7%

ABC/ Wash Post: U.S military commanders have requested approximately 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan. Do you think Obama should or should not order these additional forces to Afghanistan? CNN: Would you favor or oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan? USA Today/ Gallup: Would you favor or oppose a decision by President Obama to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan?

Support for the War in Afghanistan

Polling Firm	Date	Favor	Oppose	Und/ DK
AP-GfK	10/5/09	40%	57%	2%

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.

Is the U.S. doing the right thing by fighting the war in Afghanistan?

Polling Firm	Date	Favor/ Right Thing	Oppose/ Should Not Be Involved	Und/ DK
Quinnipiac	10/5/09	52%	37%	11%

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?

Has the war in Afghanistan been worth fighting or not?

Polling Firm	Date	Worth Fighting	Not Worth Fighting
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	47%	49%

ABC/ Wash Post: On another subject, all in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war in Afghanistan was/has been worth fighting, or not?

President Obama's Job Rating on Afghanistan

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Und/ Neutral
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	45%	47%	-
Fox/ OD	10/14/09	41%	43%	15%
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	42%	34%	24%

Does the Obama Administration have a clear plan for handling the situation in Afghanistan?

Polling Firm	Date	Does	Does Not
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	31%	63%

ABC/ Wash Post: Do you think the Obama Administration does or does not have a clear plan for handling the situation in Afghanistan?

Health Care

Support for Health Care Reform Proposals

Polling Firm	Date	Support/ Favor	Oppose	DK Enough/ Neither/ No opinion
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	45%	48%	7%
AP-GfK	10/5/09	40%	40%	17%
Ipsos	10/5/09	40%	42%	18%

ABC/ Wash Post: Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the proposed changes to the health care system being developed by Congress and the Obama administration? AP-GfK: In general, do you support, or oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in Congress? Ipsos: As of right now, do you favor or oppose the healthcare reform proposals presently being discussed?

Support for Health Care Reform Bill Depends on Details

Polling Firm	Date	Support	Oppose	Depends
Gallup	10/19/09	25%	33%	39%

Gallup: as you may know, the White House and congressional Democrats are moving toward passing a healthcare bill, though the details of the final bill are still being worked out. Based on what you know or have read, do you think you will support the final healthcare bill, does it depend on some of the decisions that have yet to be made about the bill, or do you think you will oppose the final healthcare bill?

Public Option Support

Polling Firm	Date	Support/ Favor/ Include	Oppose/ Don't Include
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	57%	40%
Gallup	10/19/09	50%	46%
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	62%	31%

ABC/ Wash Post: Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans? Gallup: If Congress passes a healthcare bill, do you think it should or should not include a public, government-run insurance plan to compete with plans offered by private insurance companies? 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?

Public Option Support After Informed

Polling Firm	Date	Support	Oppose
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	76%	21%

Preference for type of bill passed

Polling Firm	Date	Prefer gov't-sponsored insurance	Prefer Republican support
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	51%	37%

ABC/ Wash Post: Which of these would you prefer - a plan that includes some form of government-sponsored health insurance for people who can't get affordable private insurance, but is approved without support from Republicans in Congress; or a plan that is approved with support from Republicans in Congress, but does not include any form of government-sponsored helth insurance for people who can't get affordable private insurance?

Support for a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance

Polling Firm	Date	Support	Oppose
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	56%	41%

ABC/ Wash Post: Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?

Taxing "Cadillac" Health Care Plans

Polling Firm	Date	Support/ Favor	Oppose
Gallup	10/19/09	34%	61%
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	35%	61%

Gallup: Next, please tell me whether you favor or oppose each of the following as a way to pay for the health care bill: imposing a tax on insurance plans that have the most expensive benefit packages. ABC/ Wash Post: One idea would put a tax on the most expensive health insurance policies. Supporters say this would help pay for health care reform, and encourage insurers to offer cheaper policies. Opponents say this would make these policies too expensive for people who want them. Would you yourself support or oppose this tax?

How concerned are you Congress will fail to pass health care reform legislation and leave many uninsured?

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?

Would you be pleased or disappointed if health care reform does not pass this year?

Polling Firm	Date	Pleased	Disappointed
CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	29%	61%

CBS/ NY Times: If Congress doesn't pass any health care reform by the end of the year, and the current system continues as it is, would you be pleased or disappointed?

Do you think President Obama is trying to work with Republicans in Cong. to reform health care?

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?

The Economy

President Obama's Job Rating on the Economy

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	50%	48%	1%
Fox/ OD	10/14/09	48%	49%	3%

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?

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate

Date	Rate
Sept . 2009	9.8%
August 2009	9.7%
July 2009	9.4
Sept. 2008	6.2%

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index

Polling Firm	Date
CB	Sept.	53.1
CB	August	54.1
CB	July	47.4

President Obama

President Obama's Job Rating

Polling Firm	Date	Positive/ Approve	Negative/ Disapprove
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	57%	40%
Gallup	10/19/09	50%	43%
CNN/ ORC	10/18/09	55%	43%

President Obama's Popularity

Polling Firm	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable
Kos/ Research 2000	10/8/09	54%	38%
Quinnipiac	10/5/09	53%	37%

The Parties and Congress

Congressional Job Rating

	Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
Congress	CBS/ NY Times	10/8/09	22%	65%	13%
Dems	Quinnipiac	10/5/09	33%	56%	11%
Reps	Quinnipiac	10/5/09	25%	64%	11%

United States Direction

Polling Firm	Date	Right Direction	Wrong Direction	No Opinion
ABC/ Wash Post	10/18/09	44%	54%	2%
Marist	10/12/09	47%	47%	6%

Republican Branding Party Self Identification

Polling Firm

Date

Dems

Reps

Ind/Und

ABC/ Wash Post*

10/18/09

33%

20%

42%

CBS/ NY Times

10/8/09

33%

22%

45%

ABC/ Wash Post*: 20% is the lowest that the Republican Party Self Identification has ever reached.

2010 Congressional Generic Ballot

Polling Firm

Date

Dems

Reps

Und/ Other

ABC/ Wash Post

10/18/09

51%

39%

6%

CBS/ NY Times

10/8/09

46%

33%

19%

Confidence in ____ to make the right decisions for the country's future

Polling Firm

Date

A Great/Good Deal/Amount

Just Some

None at All

Obama

ABC/ Wash Post

10/18/09

49%

27%

24%

Dems in Cong.

ABC/ Wash Post

10/18/09

35%

37%

27%

Reps in Cong.

ABC/ Wash Post

10/18/09

19%

46%

33%

Marist: How much confidence do you have in ______ to make the right decisions for the country's future: a great deal of confidence, a good amount, just some or none at all?

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?

Congressional Republican's Job Rating Handling Health Care reform

Polling Firm

Date

Approve

Disapprove

Unsure

CBS/ NY Times

10/8/09

17%

67%

16%

Afghanistan

Republican Branding

Party Self Identification