Previous polls and results
January 3, 2012 – March 15, 2012 Will 2012 be better than 2011? Yes - 3,928 votes (39.49%) No - 6,018 votes (60.51%) 9,946 total respondents December 7, 2011 - January 3, 2012 Are you going to spend more this year on things like gifts, food and travel than you did last holiday season? Probably - 91 votes (12,67%) Can't afford to - 584 votes (81.31%) Don't know - 43 votes (5.99%) 718 total respondents Should the Bush tax cuts for high-income people be allowed to expire next year as part of the next step in deficit reductions? Yes - 16,791 votes (49.68%) No - 16,895 votes (49.99%) No opinion - 111 votes (0.33%) 33,797 total respondents
July 5 - August 4 In deficit talks, if you could help avoid cuts to Social Security and Medicare by closing tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy, should that be an option? Yes - 12,493 votes (49.02%) No - 12,846 votes (50.41%) Don't know - 145 votes (0.57%) 25,484 total respondents
June 20 - July 5 What do you think about the body that oversees dot-com domain names announcing it will now sell all kinds of new names, like dot-toyota, dot-apple or dot-coke? Super-duper - 34 votes (9.1%) Baloney - 160 votes (43.0%) Who cares - 178 votes (47.9%) 372 total respondents
June 6 - June 20 Which of the following do you think is the biggest threat to America right now? The federal debt - 226 votes (31.2%) The education system - 45 votes (6.2%) Falling home values - 16 votes (2.2%) The loss of blue-collar jobs - 229 votes (31.6%) The widening gap between top and bottom incomes - 108 votes (14.9%) Declining morality - 29 votes (4%) Terrorism - 4 votes (0.6%) Wall Street run amok - 23 votes (3.2%) Other - 44 votes (6.1%) 724 total respondents
Should oil companies be allowed big tax breaks for the cost of cleaning up a major spill? Yes - 994 votes (46.4%) No - 1,133 votes (52.9%) No Opinion - 16 votes (0.7%) 2,143 respondents
April 29 - May 18 Does the Republican plan to privatize Medicare worry you? Yes - 1,530 votes (48.2%) No - 1,545 votes (48.7%) Don't know enough about it - 99 votes (3.1%) 3,174 respondents
April 25 - April 29 Are you planning to watch coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials? Yes - 81 votes (33.2%) No - 163 votes (66.8%) 244 respondents
April 6 - April 25 Do you think the threat of a government shutdown is a partisan political stunt? Yes - 1,417 votes (73 %) No - 524 votes (27%) 1,941 respondents
March 16 - April 6 Given events in Japan, should the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission require additional, but sure-to-be expensive safety measures at nuclear plants in the U.S.? Yes - 694 votes (52.42%) No - 481 votes (36.33%) Would not matter. Nukes cannot be made safe. - 149 votes (11.25%) 1,324 respondents
March 2 - March 16 Should the U.S. and its allies intervene in Libya? Yes - 363 votes (28.03%) 1295 total respondents
Feb. 8 – March 2 Are you concerned about the situation in Egypt? Concerned -1173 votes (61.93% ) 1894 respondents
Jan. 25 – Feb. 8 In what ways has the Great Recession most directly affected you? Loss of value in your home - 209 votes (22.82%) Loss in your retirement savings - 127 votes (13.86%) Loss of a job - 72 votes (7.86%) One or more of the above - 430 votes (46.94%) It has not much affected me or my family - 50 votes (5.46%) Actually, I am better off today - 28 votes (3.06%) 916 respondents
Jan. 13 – Jan. 25 Will the address by President Obama at the Tucson memorial service make a difference long-term in toning down overly harsh political rhetoric? Yes – 175 ( 27% ) No – 468 (73% ) 644 respondents
Jan. 3 – Jan. 13 Do you think key oil industry analysts are correct when they say rising gas prices are due largely to speculation in oil futures? Agree – 331 (50%) 652 respondents
Dec. 23, 2010 – Jan. 3, 2011 Do you agree with some Wall Street heavyweights who now say it's time to put more money back into stocks? Disagree – 269 (59%) Agree – 189 (41%) 458 respondents
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