Poll Watch: SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Petersburg Political Survey

SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Pete Political Poll 

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?

• Approve 48% (48%)
• Disapprove 49% (48%)

Among Democrats

• Approve 82% (80%)
• Disapprove 14% (17%)

Among Republicans

• Approve 18% (13%)
• Disapprove 79% (82%)

Among Independents

• Approve 39% (47%)
• Disapprove 59% (50%)

Among Men

• Approve 44% (50%)
• Disapprove 54% (46%)

Among Women

• Approve 52% (45%)
• Disapprove 44% (50%)

President Obama says that no photographs or video of Osama Bin Laden's dead body will be made public. Is this the right decision? The wrong decision? Or, do you not know enough to say?

• Right decision 59%
• Wrong decision 30%
• Don't know enough 11%

Among Democrats

• Right decision 76%
• Wrong decision 17%
• Don't know enough 7%

Among Republicans

• Right decision 49%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 14%

Among Independents

• Right decision 50%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 14%

Among Men

• Right decision 54%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 10%

Among Women

• Right decision 63%
• Wrong decision 24%
• Don't know enough 13%

There is a proposal in the state senate that would require welfare recipients to undergo drug testing at their own expense. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

• Support 64%
• Oppose 29%

Among Democrats

• Support 55%
• Oppose 38%

Among Republicans

• Support 79%
• Oppose 16%

Among Independents

• Support 60%
• Oppose 32%

Would you support or oppose legislation that would require women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and then review it with the doctor unless first declining it in writing?

• Support 39%
• Oppose 49%

Among Democrats

• Support 32%
• Oppose 64%

Among Republicans

• Support 56%
• Oppose 31%

Among Independents

• Support 31%
• Oppose 48%

Among Men

• Support 38%
• Oppose 49%

Among Women

• Support 40%
• Oppose 49%

Pro-Choice

• Support 22%
• Oppose 66%

Pro-Life

• Support 68%
• Oppose 21%

Would you support or oppose legislation that would require written notification be sent to parents of a minor seeking an abortion?

• Support 75%
• Oppose 22%

Among Democrats

• Support 61%
• Oppose 35%

Among Republicans

• Support 88%
• Oppose 10%

Among Independents

• Support 80%
• Oppose 17%

Among Men

• Support 81%
• Oppose 18%

Among Women

• Support 70%
• Oppose 25%

Pro-Choice

• Support 67%
• Oppose 31%

Pro-Life

• Support 91%
• Oppose 6%

Survey of 500 adults in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota metropolitan area was conducted May 5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 37% (37%) Democrat; 30% (36%) Republican; 31% (25%) Independent. Political ideology: 42% (39%) Moderate; 33% (34%) Conservative; 18% (21%) Liberal.  Abortion: 61% Pro-choice; 36% Pro-life.  Results from the poll conducted May 2, 2011 are in parentheses.