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?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question will ask people if they think New Years is an optimistic or pessimistic time of year. 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. ESPN recently announced it will launch a 3D network in June 2010. How interested would you say you are in viewing 3D programming from ESPN – very interested, somewhat interested, or not at all interested?
2. What’s your favorite non-religious holiday/day of celebration? New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Earth Day, Mother’s Day/Father’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving or something else?
3. There has been discussion in the news lately concerning the use of full-body scans at airports. Full-body scans show images of the body through clothing. Some supporters of full-body scans argue that tests of the scans show them to be highly effective in keeping dangerous materials off airplanes, particularly non-metal materials that metal detectors won’t catch. Some opponents argue that because the images of the body are so detailed, the image scanning can be humiliating to passengers and are too invasive. Some argue the need for a balance between the need for security measures and airline safety.
Do you agree or disagree that full-body scans should be allowed at airports?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Voter turnout was higher than expected last week! To thank you for your vote, we have decided to run the top two winning questions from last week’s Top Question Tuesday on an upcoming poll! The two questions that will be added to an upcoming nationwide survey will ask Americans if they think “In God We Trust” should appear on US coins and the second question will ask Americans if they agree or disagree with Obama critics who argue that Obama is leading the US toward socialism. 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 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. Do you think women should receive their first mammogram starting at age 40, starting at age 50, some other age, or should women not receive mammograms at all?
2. Do you think having a graduate degree, such as a masters or doctoral degree, makes it is easier to get ahead in the workplace?
3. Which of the following domestic issues do you think should be the number one priority for the U.S.?
1. National Security 2. Jobs 3. Education. 4. Healthcare. 5. Taxes. 6. Environment 7. The economy 8. Something else/None of these
In a recent nationwide Zogby Interactive survey, respondents were asked, “Have you already or do you plan to be vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu virus this year?” About 30% of the sample chose “I have already been vaccinated” or “Yes, I plan to be vaccinated.” A majority (62%) of the sample claimed to have no plan to be vaccinated. Another 8% chose “not sure.”
When the results are broken down by ideology, we find that liberals are most likely to plan on receiving the vaccine. About 48% of liberals are either already vaccinated or plan to be vaccinated, compared to 36% of moderates and 18% of conservatives and libertarians.
Have you been vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu? If not, do you plan to be vaccinated? What do you think accounts for the ideological differences when it comes to flu vaccination?
Courtesy of our friends at The Onion, we are pleased to bring you new results from a truly groundbreaking Zogby poll!
Poll: 100% Of Grandsons Talented
November 9, 2009 | 14.02
ATLANTA—A Zogby poll of 1,542 American grandparents published Monday found that grandsons were described as “very” to “extremely” talented by 1,542 of the respondents. “Participants in the poll were emphatic in their descriptions of the talents of grandsons in fields as diverse as advertising and sales, choral performance, baseball, talking, crawling, making their beds, video games, and instructing their elders on proper cell-phone use,” pollster Tom Waterton said. “In addition, an overwhelming percentage of grandchildren were described as outgoing, sharp, and looking just like Uncle Andy, you remember Uncle Andy, he was always up to something, too bad he passed so young, he would have loved the grandchild in question.” Sources at Zogby admitted that the survey was incomplete, as several hundred pollsters are still unable to get their assigned grandparents off the phone.
Feel free to leave your own feelings about your talented grandsons in the comments!
The latest Zogby approval numbers for Obama are out and show Obama’s overall job approval rating at 49%, a number unchanged from the last time we asked about Obama’s job approval three weeks ago on October 19. While ratings of Obama among core supporters such as First Globals™, Democrats, and Liberals remain high, ratings among independents have dipped slightly, from 47% approval on September 28, to 43% on October 19, to 40% on our most recent survey. Pollster John Zogby notes that “inside this poll are warning signs for the President…given his drop among independents, who our polling finds include many conservatives, the President has little slack to give from his base.”
The complete press release can be read here. What are your feelings on these numbers? Should Obama be worried about the decline in approval among independents if his overall approval remains steady?
Today, the politics of Afghanistan are Obama’s problem, and what he said during the campaign now gives him much less room to maneuver in Afghanistan, especially politically.
A Zogby Interactive poll of nearly 2,300 likely voters conducted Nov. 4-6 reinforces the dilemma Obama now faces with Afghanistan.
Read John Zogby’s column at Forbes.com that discusses the latest public opinion on the War in Afghanistan and finds several similarities to the Vietnam War.
There has been plenty of talk over what mid-term election outcomes will mean. Will majority changes mean that Americans disagree with the President? Are people simply discontent with the state of America in general? In a recent Zogby Interactive poll (administered November 4 – 6), 72% of likely voters said they believe that Democrats will lose seats in 2010. This is amidst Republican wins last Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey, but a Democratic win in New York’s 23rd. The President’s approval rating hovers around 50% and few are happy with leadership for healthcare reform, a major topic not only of political debate but also of our everyday news. On top of these figures, 89% of likely voters say that the American public is polarized.
With these indicators that voters are discontent and the belief that America is polarized, how should pundits and other media figures interpret these numbers? Do you think the 2010 elections will mean Democratic losses and if so, why?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question will ask people if they think Americans with unhealthy habits should pay higher healthcare premiums. 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 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. The PBS children’s television show Sesame Street recently celebrated 40 years of being on the air. Which of the following muppets is your favorite Sesame Street muppet, or are you unfamiliar with the show?
Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Oscar, Grover, Elmo, The Count, another muppet, or are you too unfamiliar with the show to choose.
2. Do you plan to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving?
3. How many working TVs are used in your household? None, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more
We at Zogby have noticed that it is not uncommon for political analysts to treat moderate and independent voters as equivalent. However, in our recent Huffington Post article, we show that these two groups, while overlapping, are not the same. And in the case where main parties are strategizing to attract more voters, this distinction can be important.
Moderates are an ideological group that sits in the middle of ideological continuum between conservatives and liberals. On the other hand, independents are a group of people that doesn’t belong to the two main parties. Many of them are ideologically moderate, but important numbers of them aren’t, and the overall ideology of independents is tilted towards the right.
This fact is relevant for the discussion of whether Republican Party should become more or less conservative. On one hand, its members clearly want it to be more conservative, and this could attract some independent conservatives. On the other hand, if it moves too far, it will alienate independent moderates, a crucial swing-vote.
So the answer is, in a sense, that it should be both. This might sound impossible, but look at the Democrats! They have managed to capture both moderates and liberals. Such a large coalition is not always the easiest thing to manage but it is the only way for either party to be in power.
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"Unless otherwise noted, all data used on this blog comes from various surveys conducted by Zogby International. Please contact us with any additional questions relating to survey data and methodology."
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