Sunday, July 24, 2011

Poll Watch: Rasmussen Trust on Issues Survey

Rasmussen Trust on Issues Survey

I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue.

Economy
  • Republicans 45% (46%) [48%]
  • Democrats 35% (42%) [39%]
National security and the War on Terror
  • Republicans 45% (47%) [50%]
  • Democrats 37% (39%) [35%]
War in Iraq
  • Republicans 41% (42%) [45%]
  • Democrats 37% (40%) [37%]
War in Afghanistan
  • Republicans 42% (42%) [44%]
  • Democrats 37% (40%) [36%]
Immigration
  • Republicans 47% (43%) [48%]
  • Democrats 33% (39%) [37%]
Government ethics and corruption
  • Republicans 38% (35%) [43%]
  • Democrats 35% (39%) [35%]
Taxes
  • Republicans 46% (42%) [52%]
  • Democrats 40% (41%) [33%]
Health care
  • Republicans 46% (42%) [52%]
  • Democrats 43% (43%) [38%]
Social Security
  • Republicans 42% (39%) [46%]
  • Democrats 40% (40%) [36%]
Education
  • Democrats 42% (42%) [38%]
  • Republicans 38% (35%) [40%]
National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted July 18-19 and July 20-21, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted May 11-12 and May 15-16, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted January 11-14, 2011 are in square brackets.

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