Poll Watch: Quinnipiac 2012 Political Survey

Quinnipiac 2012 Political Survey

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 46%
• Disapprove 46%

Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 45%
• No/Does not 47%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the budget deficit?

• Approve 36%
• Disapprove 58%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

• Approve 38%
• Disapprove 59%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling foreign policy?

• Approve 43%
• Disapprove 45%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?

• Approve 43%
• Disapprove 46%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling health care?

• Approve 40%
• Disapprove 56%

Who do you trust to do a better job handling the economy, President Obama or the Republicans in Congress?

• Republicans 45%
• Obama 45%

Who do you trust to do a better job handling the budget deficit, President Obama or the Republicans in Congress?

• Republicans 46%
• Obama 43%

Who do you trust to do a better job handling health care, President Obama or the Republicans in Congress?

• Obama 46%
• Republican 43%

Do you support or oppose cutting off federal government funding to NPR, National Public Radio?

• Support 40%
• Oppose 49%

Do you support or oppose cutting off federal government funding to Planned Parenthood?

• Support 43%
• Oppose 53%

Do you think raising income taxes on households making more than $250,000 should or should not be a main part of any government approach to the deficit?

• Should 64%
• Should not 32%

Do you think cutting the growth of spending on Social Security benefits should or should not be a main part of any government approach to the deficit?

• Should 25%
• Should not 70%

Do you think cutting the growth of spending on Medicare benefits, which is the government program which pays for health care for the elderly should or should not be a main part of any government approach to the deficit?

• Should 25%
• Should not 72%

Do you think cutting the growth of spending on Medicaid benefits, which is the government program which pays for health care for low income people, should or should not be a main part of any government approach to the deficit?

• Should 37%
• Should not 59%

Do you think cutting defense should or should not be a main part of any government approach to the deficit?

• Should 46%
• Should not 48%

If you had to choose, which do you think should be cut the most?

• Defense 49%
• Medicaid 22%
• Social Security 8%
• Medicare 7%

If you had to choose, which do you think should be cut the least?

• Social Security 36%
• Defense 23%
• Medicare 20%
• Medicaid 14%

Survey of 1,887 registered voters was conducted February 21-28, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.3 percentage points.