Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

Paul Uncategorized

A recent Zogby poll examining American attitudes towards security, terrorism, profiling, and safety found that a majority of us (54%) support ethnic and religious profiling, 51% of us expect a major terrorist attack this year, and 71% agree that full-body scans should be allowed at airports. More results from this survey can be found here.

What are your opinions on the questions above? And what is your view on the relationship between terrorist attacks (and expectation of terrorist attacks) and privacy/security – if we get through the year without a major terrorist attack, are we less likely to support profiling or enhanced security measures such as full body scans?

Katy Uncategorized

It seems like the last time the nation stood united politically was in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. While we have not experienced another terrorist attack on U.S. soil since, the memory is still strong and has been revived by the failed attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner and the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his role in the 9-11 attacks.

Zogby International has polled various aspects of terrorism in the past month. On some questions about terrorism, we found the same partisan differences as we do on most major issues. However, there is a good deal of agreement across party lines and the demographic groups that normally lean to the left or right about what are reasonable measures to protect ourselves against terrorism.

Read all of John Zogby’s column about public attitudes on terrorism at Forbes.com.

Paul John Zogby, terrorism

Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about whether Americans understood the health care bills currently  being debated in Congress.  Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.

This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.

1. Music producer Quincy Jones and Singer/Songwriter Lionel Ritchie have collaborated with Producer/Musician Wyclef Jean to produce a remake of 1985’s “We Are the World” to benefit Haitian earthquake relief efforts.  The remake will make its debut during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and will available to purchase as a music single or video.  How likely would you be to purchase such a recording to benefit Haitian earthquake relief—very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, or not at all likely?

2. This year, 10 movies will be nominated as finalists for an Oscar award for Best Picture. In previous years, only 5 movies were named as finalists. Do you think including ten movies as finalists is an attempt to generate and interest more viewers, or do you think the Academy is trying to recognize a year of exceptional movies?

3. Which of the following is closest to your opinion:  The Obama administration’s stated plans to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is…

a. The right decision and should happen now.

b. The right decision but should happen later.

c. The wrong decision.

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Katy Uncategorized

Every week, John Zogby grades the performance of President Barack Obama for U.S. News and World Report. Read the full report card by clicking on the quote below.

Paul Uncategorized

Results of a new Zogby poll on cloture, health care reform, and partisanship show sharp differences between Republicans, Democrats, and Independents on each of these issues. Cloture stands out as one area that is especially partisan: eliminating the 60 vote cloture rule is supported by 32% of Americans, 52% of Democrats, 11% of Republicans, and 28% of Independents.  You can read our full release and additional numbers from this poll here.

Do you support any revisions to the current cloture rules? Do you think Republicans would be more likely to eliminate the 60 vote rule if they held the majority in Congress?

Katy Uncategorized politics

One year into Obama’s presidency, a majority of Americans are proud to have Obama as President.  A Zogby poll conducted just before Obama’s recent State of the Union Address found that 51% of Americans overall, along with 88% of Democrats, 45% of Independents, and 11% of Republicans, said they were proud to have Obama as President.  The full press release can be read here.

What do you think – are you proud or ashamed to have Obama as President? Can one be proud to have Obama as President while still disapproving of the job he is doing?

Katy politics Obama, politics, zogby

Health care reform legislation seemed like a sure thing just a few weeks ago, but now that the Democrats only have a 59-41 majority in the U.S. Senate, passing a comprehensive bill looks less likely with each passing day.

Sixty Senate votes are needed to seal a bill’s fate, and Democrats must try to find a way around that. A small majority of adults (53%) see no need to change the cloture rule, even though it makes it nearly impossible to pass any major legislation in a hyperpolarized Congress and nation. That may be just fine with people, especially independents, who want that bipartisanship, but distrust government.

Read all of John Zogby’s column on attitudes toward the Senate cloture rule at Forbes.com.

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about whether the results of the Massachusetts Senate election were a referendum on President Obama’s presidency .  Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.

This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.

1. How likely is it that a celebrity endorsement of a charity will influence
you to donate to that charity?

2. President Obama was recently selected for jury duty but did not serve due
to his schedule. Do you believe President Obama was justified in seeking an
exemption from jury duty?

3. Which of the following best describes your view of the public’s knowledge
of the healthcare bill:

a) The public doesn’t understand the bill, but if they did understand it,
they would support it.

b) The public doesn’t understand the bill, but if they did understand it,
they would not support it.

c) The public understands the bill and does not support it.

d) The public understands the bill and supports it.

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Katy Uncategorized Top Question Tuesday

During a recent Zogby Interactive survey of adults nationwide, respondents were asked whether they agree that the US should give money to help less developed countries combat climate change. About 30% of the sample agreed with the statement compared to 57% who disagreed. Another 13% chose “not sure.”

Groups more likely to be in favor of providing the financial aid are liberals (59%), Democrats (52%), union members (41%), respondents who see themselves as residents of the planet earth (60%), those who never shop at Walmart (52%), those who never attend religious services (45%) and those who are single (40%).

Groups that are more likely to be against the idea include Republicans (91%), conservatives (89%), respondents who consider themselves residents of their city or town (69%), those who themelves or whose family are members of the Armed Forces (75%), NASCAR fans (74%), members of investor class (70%) and people who shop at Wal-Mart at least a few times a month (67%).

What do you think? Do you think that the US should give money to less developed countries to help them with their efforts to combat climate change?

Grace Uncategorized