National Polling Summary

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January 13, 2010
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.

Happy New Year! We hope that your Holiday Season was a joyous one and your New Year has kicked off with a bang. The political world was an exhilarating and intense place during 2009, and 2010 promises even more fun, surprises, and challenges as we approach mid-term elections. In this edition of our newsletter you will notice that on many of the measures we feature we outline where voters' attitudes were at the beginning, middle and end of 2009.

Enjoy,

John Anzalone and Jeff Liszt

2009 Political "Winners"

Individual	Polling Firm	Date	Winner	Loser
First Lady Michelle Obama	USA Today/ Gallup	12/13/09	73%	21%
Sec. of State Clinton	USA Today/ Gallup	12/13/09	70%	25%
President Obama	USA Today/ Gallup	12/13/09	58%	38%
Justice Sotomayor	USA Today/ Gallup	12/13/09	57%	24%

President Obama

President Obama's Job Rating

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Not Sure
CNN	12/20/09	54%	44%	2%
CNN	6/28/09	61%	37%	3%
CNN	2/8/09	76%	23%	1%

President Obama's Popularity

Polling Firm	Date	Fav	Unfav	Und
Gallup/ USA Today	12/13/09	56%	42%	2%
Gallup/ USA Today	7/27/09	66%	33%	10%
Gallup/ USA Today	1/11/09	78%	18%	5%

Are Pres. Obama's views and proposed programs for the country too liberal?

Polling Firm	Date	Too Liberal	Not Liberal Enough	About Right
CNN/ ORC	1/10/10	46%	10%	42%
CNN/ ORC	8/3/09	40%	8%	50%
CNN/ ORC	3/15/09	36%	5%	58%

CNN/ ORC: In general, would you say that President Obama's views and proposed programs for the country are too liberal, not liberal enough, or just about right for the country?

Do you think Barack Obama has been a better Pres. than George W. Bush?

Polling Firm	Date	Better	Worse	Same
Quinnipiac	1/11/10	43%	30%	23%

Congress and the U.S.

Are the Democratic/ Republican Party's policy proposals good for the country?

Group	Polling Firm	Date	Good for the country	Will take the country in the wrong direction
Democratic Party's	CNN/ ORC	12/20/09	51%	46%
Republican Party's	CNN/ ORC	12/20/09	42%	53%

Party Self Identification

Polling Firm	Date	Dem	Rep	Ind
Pew	12/13/09	32%	25%	38%
Pew	6/14/09	34%	25%	34%
Pew	1/11/09	37%	25%	33%

Congressional Democrat's Job Rating

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Not Sure
Pew	12/13/09	36%	47%	17%
Pew	6/14/09	42%	45%	13%
Pew	2/8/09	48%	38%	14%

Congressional Republican's Job Rating

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Not Sure
Pew	12/13/09	29%	51%	20%
Pew	6/14/09	29%	56%	15%
Pew	2/8/09	34%	51%	15%

Generic Ballot

Polling Firm	Date	Dem	Rep
Economist	1/5/09	38%	44%
USA Today/ Gallup	12/13/09	48%	45%
PPP	12/7/09	44%	42%

Do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans or Democrats controlled Congress?

Polling Firm	Date	Dem	Rep
CNN/ ORC	12/3/09	40%	39%
CNN/ ORC	8/3/09	44%	34%
CNN/ ORC	1/15/09	56%	31%

US Direction

Polling Firm	Date	Right	Wrong	DK
NBC/ WSJ	12/14/09	33%	55%	12%
NBC/ WSJ	6/15/09	42%	46%	12%
NBC/ WSJ	12/8/08	26%	60%	14%

Terrorism

President Obama's Job Rating on Terrorism

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove
CBS	1/10/10	52%	35%
CBS	6/2009	57%	24%
CBS	2/2009	52%	17%

President Obama's Response to Terror Attempt

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove
CBS	1/10/10	57%	29%

Confidence in the ability of the U.S. government to protect its citizens from future terrorist attacks

Polling Firm	Date	A great deal	A fair amount	Not very much
CBS	1/10/10	15%	56%	23%

CBS: How much confidence do you have in the ability of the U.S. government to protect its citizens from future terrorist attacks - a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?

The Economy

Do you think America is in a state of decline, or do you feel that this is not the case?

Polling Firm	Date	State of decline	Not in a state of decline
NBC/ WSJ	12/14/09	61%	35%
NBC/ WSJ	9/22/08	74%	22%
NBC/ WSJ	11/07	57%	38%

Over the next year, do you think the country's economy will get better?

Polling Firm	Date	Get Better	Get Worse	Stay About the Same
AP-GfK	12/14/09	46%	20%	32%

Over the next year, do you think your own family's finances will get better?

Polling Firm	Date	Get Better	Get Worse	Stay About the Same
AP-GfK	12/14/09	37%	13%	50%

President Obama's Job Rating on the Economy

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove
CNN/ ORC	1/10/10	44%	54%
CBS	1/10/10	41%	47%
ARG	12/20/09	45%	52%

Who do you trust to do a better job handling the economy?

Polling Firm	Date	Obama	Reps
ABC/ Wash Post	12/13/09	48%	36%
ABC/ Wash Post	11/15/09	52%	37%

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate

Date	Rate
Dec. 2009	10%
Nov. 2009	10%
Sept. 2009	9.8%
Dec. 2008	7.4%

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index

Polling Firm	Date
CB	Dec. 09	52.9
CB	June 09	49.3
CB	Jan. 09	37.7

Health Care

Average percentage of adults without health insurance

Polling Firm	Date	Percentage of adults (18+) without health insurance
Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index	2009	16.2%
Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index	2008	14.8%

Support for the Senate Healthcare Bill

Polling Firm	Date	Favor	Oppose: Too Liberal	Oppose: Not Liberal Enough
CNN/ ORC	12/20/09	42%	39%	13%

CNN/ ORC: As you may know, the U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would make major changes in the country's health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about that bill, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it? If oppose: Do you oppose that bill because you think its approach toward health care is too liberal, or because you think its approach toward health care is not liberal enough?

Support for Health Care Reform Proposals

Polling Firm	Date	Support/ Favor	Oppose	DK Enough/ Neither/ No opinion
Economist	1/5/10	45%	56%	-
AP-GfK	12/14/09	36%	44%	-
ABC/ Wash Post	12/13/09	44%	51%	5%

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? AP-GfK: In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in Congress? 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?

Would you advise your member of Congress to vote for or against a healthcare bill this year?

Polling Firm	Date	Vote for	Vote against
Gallup	1/10/10	49%	46%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Dems/Reps in Congress are handling health care?

Party	Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove
Dems	CBS	1/10/10	29%	57%
Reps	CBS	1/10/10	24%	61%

Who do you trust to do a better job handling health care reform

Polling Firm	Date	Obama	Reps	Neither
ABC/ Wash Post	12/13/09	46%	39%	13%

President Obama's Job Rating on Health Care

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Und
CNN/ ORC	1/10/10	40%	59%	-
CBS	1/10/10	36%	54%	-
Economist	1/5/10	41%	53%	-

Afghanistan

Barack Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan

Polling Firm	Date	Favor/ Approve	Oppose/ Disapprove
CNN/ ORC	12/20/09	59%	39%
ABC/ Wash Post	12/13/09	58%	40%

CNN/ORC: Regardless of how you feel about the way in general, do you favor or oppose President Obama's plan to send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the situation there? ABC/ Wash Post: Do you support or oppose Obama's decision to send approximately 30,000 additional U.S. military forces to Afghanistan

President Obama's Job Rating on Afghanistan

Polling Firm	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Und/ Neutral
Quinnipiac	1/11/10	45%	45%	-
CNN/ ORC	1/10/10	51%	47%	3%
CBS	1/10/10	46%	38%	-

Who do you trust to do a better job handling Afghanistan?

Polling Firm	Date	Obama	Reps	Neither
ABC/ Wash Post	12/13/09	47%	35%	14%

Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan?

Polling Firm	Date	Favor	Oppose	Unsure
CNN/ ORC	12/20/09	43%	55%	3%
CNN/ ORC	5/17/09	50%	48%	3%
CNN/ ORC	12/2/08	52%	46%	2%

Misc.

Pew's most and least religious states

State	Overall Rank
Mississippi	1
Alabama	2
Arkansas	3
Louisiana	4
Tennessee	5
Maine	43
Massachusetts	44
Alaska	45
N.H./ Vermont	46

2009 Political "Winners"

Individual

Polling Firm

Date

Winner

Loser

First Lady Michelle Obama

USA Today/ Gallup

12/13/09

73%

21%

Sec. of State Clinton

USA Today/ Gallup

12/13/09

70%

25%

President Obama

USA Today/ Gallup

12/13/09

58%

38%

Justice Sotomayor

USA Today/ Gallup

12/13/09

57%

24%

President Obama

President Obama's Job Rating

Polling Firm

Date

Approve

Disapprove

Not Sure

CNN

12/20/09

54%

44%

2%

CNN

6/28/09

61%

37%

3%

CNN

2/8/09

76%

23%

1%

President Obama's Popularity

Polling Firm

Date

Fav

Unfav

Und

Gallup/ USA Today

12/13/09

56%

42%

2%

Gallup/ USA Today

7/27/09

66%

33%

10%

Gallup/ USA Today

1/11/09

78%

18%

5%

Are Pres. Obama's views and proposed programs for the country too liberal?

Polling Firm

Date

Too Liberal

Not Liberal Enough

About Right

CNN/ ORC

1/10/10

46%

10%

42%