President Barack Obama on Meet the Press

Poll Watch: Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Survey on Federal Funding for Hurricane Sandy

FDU PublicMind Poll on Federal Funding for Hurricane Sandy 

Some people think that the federal government should fund reconstruction from natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy, and worry about how to pay for it later. Others say that the federal government shouldn’t spend money it doesn’t have, even if there is a natural disaster. What comes closer to your view?

• Fund 66%
• Don't fund 23%

Among Democrats

• Fund 77%
• Don't fund 13%

Among Republicans

• Fund 54%
• Don't fund 36%

Among Independents

• Fund 61%
• Don't fund 24%

Among Men

• Fund 61%
• Don't fund 26%

Among Women

• Fund 70%
• Don't fund 21%

National survey of 814 registered voters was conducted December 10-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Party ID: 34% Democrat; 26% Republican; 39% Independent; 1% Other.

Chris Christie on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Olympia Snowe on Face the Nation

President Obama Holds a Press Conference

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Poll Watch: Pew Research/Washington Post Survey on the Fiscal Cliff

Pew Research/Washington Post Poll on the Fiscal Cliff 

Do you think President Obama and Republicans in Congress will reach an agreement to prevent automatic spending cuts and tax increases from going into effect before January 1st, or not?

• Yes, will 38%
  
• No, will not 51%

Democrats

• Yes, will 47%
• No, will not 40%

Republicans

• Yes, will 25%
  
• No, will not 66%

Independents 

• Yes, will 37%
  
• No, will not 51%

If an agreement is not reached, who do you think would be more to blame: Republicans in Congress or President Obama?

• Republicans in Congress 53%
• President Obama 29%

Democrats

• Republicans in Congress 85%
• President Obama 7%

Republicans

• Republicans in Congress 12%
• President Obama 68%

Independents 

• Republicans in Congress 53%
• President Obama 23%

Survey of 1,000 adults was conducted November 8-11, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points.

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Survey on the Fiscal Cliff

Rasmussen (R) Poll on the Fiscal Cliff 

If Congress and the President take no action, a variety of tax cuts will expire on December 31. These include the Bush tax cuts and temporary cuts in payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare. Should Congress and the President extend the tax cuts for another year or should they let the tax cuts expire?

• Extend tax cuts another year 60%
• Let tax cuts expire 28%
• Undecided 12%
  

If Congress and the President take no action, automatic spending cuts including cuts in defense spending and Medicare are scheduled to go into effect on January 1. Should Congress and the President allow these automatic spending cuts to go into effect?

• Yes, they should 32%
• No, they should not 48%
• Not sure 19%
  

If the tax cuts expire, will that be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

• Good 18%
  
• Bad 56%
• Have no impact 10%
• Undecided 16%
  

If the automatic spending cuts in government programs go into effect, will that be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

• Good 24%
  
• Bad 41%
• Have no impact 12%
• Undecided 23%
  

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted November 8-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

Inside the numbers: 

Most Republicans (80%) and voters not affiliated with either major political party (60%) want to see the tax cuts extended. Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats also want to see the tax cuts extended, but 41% do not.

However, 54% of Republicans and 50% of Democrats agree that the government should not allow the automatic spending cuts to take place, while 46% of unaffiliated voters think those cuts should be allowed to go into effect.

Regardless of what voters believe, 76% of them are following news of the “fiscal cliff” closely, including 44% who are following very closely.

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Push Poll on Auto Industry Bailouts

Rasmussen (R) Push Poll on Auto Industry Bailouts 

Looking back, were the bailouts of the auto industry good for the United States or bad for the United States?

• Good 51%
• Bad 38%
• Not sure 12%
  

Official estimates indicate that the government will lose tens of billions of dollars on the auto bailouts. Knowing that the government lost money on the auto bailouts, would you say that the bailouts were a success or a failure? 

• Success 42%
• Failure 45%
• Undecided 14%
  

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted November 8-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Democrats think the auto bailouts were good for the country, compared to 22% of Republicans. A plurality (46%) of voters not affiliated with either political party agrees more with Democrats.

After learning that the government will lose money on the bailouts, 66% of Democrats still support them while 74% of GOP voters and 50% of unaffiliateds deem them a failure.

Younger voters are more supportive of the auto bailouts compared to their elders.

Fox News Sunday: Can Key Lawmakers Compromise on Fiscal Cliff?

This Week: Interview with Sens. Patty Murray and Saxby Chambliss

David Axelrod on Face the Nation

Sens. Schumer and Coburn on Meet the Press

President Obama Delivers Weekly Address: "Extending Middle Class Tax Cuts to Grow the Economy"

Ann Wagner Delivers Weekly Republican Address

9NEWS' Kyle Clark Interviews President Obama

Third Presidential Debate (Foreign Policy Edition)

This Week: Interview with Rahm Emanuel

This Week: Interview with Marco Rubio

President Obama Delivers Weekly Address: "Congress Should Join the President to Help Responsible Homeowners"

Rep. Jeff Flake Delivers Weekly Republican Address