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15. Are you leaning more toward the Democratic Party candidate or more toward the Republican Party candidate? (Registered voters responding)
(Leaning toward) Democratic candidate 47%
(Leaning toward) Republican candidate 43%
(Leaning toward) Tea Party1%
(Leaning toward) Other 3%
Don't know / No answer 6%
16. If control of the Congress switched from the Democrats to the Republicans after November's election, would this be a good thing for the country, a bad thing, or wouldn't it make much difference?
Would not make much Difference 36%
Good Thing 36%
Bad Thing 24%
No answer / Don't know 4%
17. Generally speaking, you usually think of yourself as ...
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Poll Date
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Something Else
No answer /
Don't Know 7/12/10 - 7/13/10 22% 33% 30% 14% 2% 10/26/09 - 10/27/09 24% 34% 29% 9% 4% 7/27/09 - 7/28/09 23% 34% 32% 8% 3% |
18. Do you lean more toward the Republican Party or more toward the Democratic Party? (People who did not specify partisanship responding)
Lean Republican 30%
Lean Democrat 47%
Don't lean to either party 17%
No answer / Don't know 6%
19. The combined results from the previous two questions, showing the totals tending toward Republicans and Democrats:
Republican / Lean Republican 26%
Democrat / Lean Democrat 40%
Independent 30%
Don't lean to either party 3%
No answer / Don't know 1%
20. Turning to the economy, how would you rate economic conditions in the country today?
Excellent 1%
Good 8%
Only fair 38%
Poor 52%
No answer / Don't know *
21. Would you say that economic conditions are better today than they were a year ago, worse, or about the same?
Same 42%
Better 29%
Worse 28%
No answer / Don't know 1%
22. A year from now, do you expect that economic conditions will be better than they are now, worse than they are now, or be about the same?
Better 43%
Same 36%
Worse 18%
No answer / Don't know 3%
23. Which administration do you think is more to blame for the economic problems the country faces today: the Bush administration or the Obama administration?
Bush administration 61%
Obama administration 27%
Someone else 5%
No answer / Don't know 8%
24. Have the policies of the Obama administration helped the economic recovery, hurt it, or have they not had much impact?
Not much impact 39%
Helped 31%
Hurt 26%
No answer / Don't know 4%
25. In general, which political party do you trust more to handle the economic recovery: the Republicans or the Democrats?
Democrats 43%
Republicans 39%
Neither 13%
Both 1%
No answer / Don't know 4%
26. Last year Congress passed a stimulus program of additional federal spending to help the economy recover. Would you say that the stimulus program has helped the economy a lot, helped it some, hurt the economy some, hurt it a lot or didn't it have much impact?
Helped a lot 5%
Helped some 38%
Hurt it some 11%
Hurt it a lot 11%
Didn't have much impact 32%
No answer / Don't know 3%
27. The additional federal spending for the stimulus program increased the federal budget deficit. Is the economy better off today because of the stimulus package or would we have been better off it the government had not spent the additional money on the stimulus program?
Better off if had not spent the money 53%
Better off with stimulus package 38%
No answer / Don't know 9%
28. Would you favor or oppose additional government spending for a second stimulus package?
Oppose 67%
Favor 24%
No answer / Don't know 9%