Healthcare
Should lawmakers in Washington keep trying to pass a
comprehensive health care reform plan?
Party ID
|
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Keep Trying
|
Give Up
|
All
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
63%
|
34%
|
Dems
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
88%
|
8%
|
Reps
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
42%
|
55%
|
Ind
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
56%
|
39%
|
ABC/ Washington Post: do you think lawmakers in Washington
should keep trying to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan, or should
give up on comprehensive health care reform?
Obama's Job Rating on Healthcare
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Unsure
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
43%
|
53%
|
3%
|
CBS
|
1/17/10
|
40%
|
54%
|
6%
|
Who do you trust to do a better job handling health care
reform
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Obama
|
Reps in Congress
|
Neither
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
46%
|
41%
|
9%
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
12/13/09
|
46%
|
39%
|
13%
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Support
|
Oppose
|
Unsure
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
47%
|
49%
|
5%
|
Ipsos/
McClatchy
|
1/31/10
|
37%
|
51%
|
12%
|
ABC/ Washington 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? Ipsos/ McClatchy: As of right now, do you favor or oppose the health care
reform proposals presently being discussed?
Should businesses be required to provide private health
insurance for their full-time employees?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Should
|
Should Not
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
72%
|
27%
|
ABC/ Washington Post: Do you think the government should or
should not require businesses to offer private health insurance for their
full-time employees?
Should insurance companies be required to sell coverage to
people regardless of pre-existing conditions?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Should
|
Should Not
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
80%
|
19%
|
ABC/ Washington Post: Do you think the government should or
should not require insurance companies to sell coverage to people regardless of
pre-existing conditions?
Bipartisanship
Do
you think Obama is doing too much, too little or about the right amount to
compromise with the Republican leaders in Congress on important issues?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Too Much
|
Too Little
|
About Right
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
9%
|
44%
|
45%
|
Do
you think the Republican leaders in Congress are doing too much, too little or
about the right amount to compromise with Obama on important issues?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Too Much
|
Too Little
|
About Right
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
8%
|
58%
|
30%
|
President Obama
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
51%
|
46%
|
Gallup
|
2/6/10
|
49%
|
44%
|
Ipsos/McClatchy
|
1/31/10
|
50%
|
46%
|
Group
|
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Great
deal/ Good amount
|
Some/
None
|
Obama
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
1/15/10
|
47%
|
53%
|
The Republicans in Congress
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
1/15/10
|
24%
|
75%
|
The Democrats in Congress
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
1/15/10
|
32%
|
68%
|
ABC/Washington Post: How much confidence do
you have in (Obama/The Republicans in Congress/The Democrats in Congress) to
make the right decisions for the country's future - a great deal of confidence,
a good amount, just some or none at all?
Congress and the U.S. Generic Ballot
Generic
Ballot
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dem
|
Rep
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
46%
|
46%
|
Dem
Corps
|
2/4/10
|
46%
|
45%
|
NPR
|
1/23/10
|
39%
|
44%
|
Which party do you trust to do
a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next
few years?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dem
|
Rep
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
43%
|
37%
|
Congressional
Democrat's Job Rating
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Not Sure
|
CNN
|
1/24/10
|
46%
|
46%
|
8%
|
CBS
|
1/17/10
|
44%
|
48%
|
8%
|
Congressional
Republican's Job Rating
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Not Sure
|
CNN
|
1/18/10
|
33%
|
66%
|
1%
|
CBS
|
1/17/10
|
34%
|
55%
|
10%
|
Party
Self Identification
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dem
|
Rep
|
Ind
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
32%
|
26%
|
39%
|
Ipsos/McClatchy
|
1/31/10
|
30%
|
26%
|
45%
|
NBC/
WSJ
|
1/25/10
|
31%
|
24%
|
40%
|
The Economy
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Has
|
Has not
|
|
|
2/8/10
|
45%
|
53%
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
12/13/09
|
50%
|
49%
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
11/15/09
|
44%
|
54%
|
ABC/ Wash Post: Regardless of whether or not the
recession is over, in terms of your own personal experience, do you feel the
economy has or has not begun to recover?
How much blame do you
think The Bush administration/The Obama administration deserve(s) for the country's
economic situation?
Bush Admin/Obama Admin
|
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Great deal/ Good amount
|
Some / hardly any / none
|
Bush
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
1/15/10
|
67%
|
33%
|
Obama
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
1/15/10
|
36%
|
64%
|
ABC/ Washington Post: How much blame do you think (The Bush Administration,
for inadequate regulation of the financial industry/ Obama administration, for
not doing enough to turn the economy around) deserve(s) for the country's
economic situation - a great deal, a good amount, only some or hardly any?
President Obama's Job Rating on the Economy
Polling
Firm
|
Date
|
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
ABC/ Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
45%
|
53%
|
NBC/ WSJ
|
1/25/10
|
47%
|
49%
|
Who
do you trust to do a better job handling the economy Obama or Republicans?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Obama
|
Reps
|
ABC/
Wash Post
|
2/8/10
|
47%
|
42%
|
Who
do you trust to do a better job handling the economy Democrats or Republicans?
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
Dems
|
Reps
|
AP-GfK
|
1/17/10
|
49%
|
40%
|
US
Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate
Date
|
Rate
|
Jan. 2010
|
9.7%
|
Dec. 2009
|
10%
|
Nov. 2009
|
10%
|
Jan. 2009
|
7.7%
|
The
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index
Polling Firm
|
Date
|
|
CB
|
Jan. 10
|
55.9
|
CB
|
Dec. 09
|
52.9
|
CB
|
June 09
|
49.3
|
CB
|
Jan. 09
|
37.7
|
|
