Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Support/ Favor
|
Oppose
|
DK Enough/ Neither/ No opinion
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
39%
|
45%
|
17%
|
CNN/ORC
|
11/1/09
|
45%
|
53%
|
2%
|
AP-GfK: In general, do you support, oppose or
neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in
Congress? CNN/ORC: From everything you have heard or read so
far, do you favor or oppose Barack Obama's plan to reform health care?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
For
|
Against
|
No
Opinion
|
Gallup
|
11/8/09
|
43%
|
48%
|
9%
|
Gallup: Thinking
about health care legislation now being considered by Congress: Would you
advise your member of Congress to vote for or against a health care bill this
year, or do you not have an opinion? If no opinion: As
of today, would you say you lean more toward advising your member of Congress
to vote for a health care bill, or lean more toward advising you member of
Congress to vote against a health care bill? Combined Responses.
Public Option Support
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Support/
Favor/ Include
|
Oppose/
Don't Include
|
CNN/ORC
|
11/1/09
|
55%
|
44%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
48%
|
42%
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
10/18/09
|
57%
|
40%
|
CNN/ORC: Now thinking specifically about the
health insurance plans available to most Americans, would you favor or oppose
creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal
government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance
companies? NBC/ WSJ: Would you favor or oppose creating a
public health care plan administered by the federal government that would
compete directly with private health insurance companies? ABC/ Wash Post: Would you support or oppose having the
government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health
insurance plans?
Would it be better to
pass Barack Obama's health care plan and make its changes?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Better to pass this plan
|
Better to not pass this plan
|
Neither/ Not sure
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
45%
|
39%
|
16%
|
NBC/ WSJ: Do you think it would be better to pass
Barack Obama's health care plan and make its changes to the health care system
or to not pass this plan and keep the current health care system?
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?
Republican Branding
Are the Republicans in
Congress doing enough to cooperate with Barack Obama?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Yes
|
No
|
CNN/ORC
|
11/1/09
|
31%
|
67%
|
CNN/ORC: In
your view, are the Republicans in Congress doing enough to cooperate with
Barack Obama, or not?
Party Self Identification
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
Ind/Und
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
35%
|
21%
|
43%
|
Ipsos/ McClatchy
|
11/1/09
|
34%
|
22%
|
44%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
30%
|
17%
|
44%
|
2010 Congressional Generic Ballot
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
Und/
Other
|
CNN/ ORC
|
11/1/09
|
50%
|
44%
|
7%
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
10/18/09
|
51%
|
39%
|
6%
|
Who would you like to control Congress after 2010 elections?
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
Und/
Other
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
46%
|
38%
|
16%
|
NBC/ WSJ: What
is your preference for the outcome of next year's congressional elections: a
Congress controlled by Republicans or a Congress controlled by Democrats?
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?
Congressional Republican's Job Rating Handling Health Care
reform
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Unsure
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
23%
|
64%
|
13%
|
CBS/ NY Times
|
10/8/09
|
17%
|
67%
|
16%
|
President Obama
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Positive/ Approve
|
Negative/ Disapprove
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
54%
|
43%
|
Gallup
|
11/9/09
|
54%
|
39%
|
How would you have
voted in the 2008 Presidential election knowing what you know now?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Obama
|
McCain
|
FOX/ OD
|
10/28/09
|
48%
|
41%
|
FOX/ OD: How would you have voted in the 2008
presidential election, if you knew what you know now - for Barack Obama or John
McCain?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Favorable
|
Unfavorable
|
Daily Kos/ Research
2000
|
11/5/09
|
55%
|
38%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
56%
|
33%
|
Afghanistan
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Support/ Favor/ Should
|
Oppose/ Should Not
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
43%
|
54%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
47%
|
43%
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
10/18/09
|
47%
|
49%
|
AP-GfK: Would you favor or oppose sending more
troops to Afghanistan? NBC/ WSJ: Would you strongly support, somewhat
support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose increasing troop levels in
Afghanistan? 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?
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
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
42%
|
48%
|
10%
|
CNN/ ORC
|
11/1/09
|
42%
|
56%
|
2%
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
46%
|
49%
|
CNN/ ORC
|
11/1/09
|
46%
|
54%
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Inherited
from Bush
|
Obama
Responsible
|
Some
of Both
|
FOX/ OD
|
10/28/09
|
58%
|
18%
|
9%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
63%
|
20%
|
15%
|
FOX/ OD: Who do you think is more responsible for
the current state of the economy - President Barack Obama or former President
George W. Bush? NBC/ WSJ: When you think about the current economic
conditions, do you feel that this is a situation that Barack Obama has
inherited or is this a situation his policies are mostly responsible for?
Has the government done
enough or too much to improve economic conditions?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Has not done enough
|
Has done right amount
|
Has done too much
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
10/25/09
|
36%
|
27%
|
30%
|
NBC/ WSJ: Over the past nine months, the government
has taken a series of measures that were intended to help improve economic
conditions. Do you think the government has done about the right amount, has
done too much, or has not done enough?
US Bureau of Labor
Statistics Unemployment Rate
Date
|
Rate
|
Oct. 2009
|
10.2%
|
Sept. 2009
|
9.8%
|
August 2009
|
9.7%
|
Oct. 2008
|
6.6%
|
The Conference Board
Consumer Confidence Index
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
|
CB
|
Oct.
|
47.7
|
CB
|
Sept.
|
53.1
|
CB
|
August
|
54.1
|
The Parties and Congress
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Unsure
|
Congress
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
30%
|
66%
|
-
|
Dems
|
CNN/ OPR
|
10/18/09
|
38%
|
59%
|
2%
|
Reps
|
CNN/ OPR
|
10/18/09
|
33%
|
66%
|
1%
|
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Right Direction
|
Wrong Direction
|
No
Opinion/ Mixed
|
AP-GfK
|
11/9/09
|
38%
|
56%
|
6%
|
Ipsos/ McClatchy
|
11/1/09
|
38%
|
57%
|
4%
|
Misc.
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Favor
|
Oppose
|
Unsure
|
CNN/ ORC
|
10/18/09
|
60%
|
37%
|
3%
|
CNN/
ORC: Under a proposal called 'cap and trade,' the
federal government would limit the amount of greenhouse gases that companies
could produce in their factories or power plants. If companies exceeded those
limits, they would either pay a fine or pay money to other companies that
produced smaller amounts of greenhouse gases. Would you favor or oppose this
proposal?
|