Thursday, November 17, 2011

Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey


In Europe, a government’s leadership sometimes faces a confidence vote by the legislative body. Imagine for a moment that the United States allowed you to cast a similar type of vote -- would you give the current White House a vote of confidence or a vote of no confidence?
  • Vote of confidence 40%
  • Vote of no confidence 56%
Among Democrats 
  • Vote of confidence 65%
  • Vote of no confidence 30%
Among Republicans
  • Vote of confidence 17%
  • Vote of no confidence 79%
Among Independents 
  • Vote of confidence 33%
  • Vote of no confidence 62% 
Among Liberals
  • Vote of confidence 61%
  • Vote of no confidence 34%
Among Moderates
  • Vote of confidence 44%
  • Vote of no confidence 46% 
Among Conservatives
  • Vote of confidence 25%
  • Vote of no confidence 71%
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
  • Approve 42%
  • Disapprove 48%
Let's say you had to balance the federal budget by cutting money from -- national security programs OR from domestic programs -- which would you choose?
  • Domestic programs 43%
  • National security programs 38% 
  • Both (vol.) 8%
  • Neither (vol.) 6%
So far, do you think Barack Obama’s economic policies have helped or hurt the economy?
  • Helped 35%
  • Hurt 48%
  • No difference (vol.) 10%
In the long run, do you think Barack Obama’s economic policies will help the country’s economy or hurt the country’s economy?
  • Help 44%
  • Hurt 48%
Survey of 914 registered voters was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) November 13-15, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  

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