ABC News: The Polling Unit

Supply Problems and Safety Concerns Continue to Hamper Swine Flu Program

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:46:48 -0500

Nearly half of parents don't intend to have their children vaccinated against the swine flu virus.

Vaccination - Swine influenza - Health - Influenza - Infectious disease

Views on the Terror Trials

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:04:23 -0500

Americans divide evenly on whether to try 9/11 suspects in U.S. civilian courts or military tribunals, a split – like so many – driven chiefly by partisan and ideological differences. Our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll asks whether suspects accused...

United States - Military tribunal - Military - Warfare and Conflict - War on Terrorism

Sarah Palin: Rogue for President?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:04:25 -0500

The buildup to her new book hasn’t eased Sarah Palin’s political challenges: Just over half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll have an unfavorable opinion of her overall, as many say they wouldn’t consider supporting her for...

Sarah Palin - United States - American Broadcasting Company - Alaska - Government

Chasing Feathers

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:34:23 -0500

The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Gallup Organization gave their 2008 Iowa Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls to "The Numbers" blog at a ceremony in Washington last night. My remarks represented an...

University of Iowa - Gallup Organization - Washington - Mass communication - United States

Tomorrow's Elections: An Obama Referendum?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:24:22 -0500

While spinmeisters from both sides will do their best after tomorrow’s results are in, it's a dicey business to draw broad conclusions from state and local off-year elections. The turnout's different and the issues and candidates are idiosyncratic, meaning conclusions...

Schwarzenegger's Nastygram: One in 10 Billion?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:34:23 -0400

What are the odds California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acrostic nastygram could have happened by random chance? My opening bid is about one in 10 billion. That’s not the right answer, but it does provide a rough sense of what the...

Executive Pay? Cut Away

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:34:21 -0400

The New York Times is reporting that the Obama administration plans to order deep cuts in executive compensation at companies that have received federal bailout funds – a move that draws broad and strong public support in our latest poll....

Pols, Polls and Pushback

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:54:22 -0400

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had some pretty harsh criticism of our latest poll today, charging in a radio interview that it was “deliberately rigged.” He's entitled, of course, to his opinion. But not to a distortion of the facts....

On Nuclear Iran, Diplomacy and Sanctions are Preferred to Hostilities

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:04:22 -0400

With talks underway in Vienna today, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly suspect Iran of trying to produce nuclear weapons – but by wide margins prefer diplomacy or economic sanctions to a military response by the...

Consumer Confidence: Watching the Wallow

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:53:17 -0500

Just 11 percent of Americans rate the economy positively.

Recreation - Picture Ratings - Adult - Parodies - Asus

Confidence Backs Off the Ledge… a Little

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:49:33 -0500

Just 11 percent of Americans rate the economy positively.

Recreation - Picture Ratings - Adult - Parodies - United States

Election-Day Confidence No Better than Last Year

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:47:44 -0500

Just 10 percent of Americans rate the economy positively.

Buying Climate Ratings Push Confidence to Three-Month Low

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:52:43 -0400

Just 10 percent of Americans rate the economy positively.

Poll: The Stress of Job Loss

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:11 -0500

Three in 10 say they or someone in their house has lost a job in the past year.

Stress - Health - Mental Health - Lost - Television

Poll: Support For Afghan War Slipping

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:27:50 -0500

Support for the war has ebbed to a new low in ABC News/Washington Post polls.

War in Afghanistan - Afghanistan - United States - Asia - Warfare and Conflict

EXCLUSIVE: Obama's Approval Stays Strong

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:47:47 -0500

Obama maintains approval in face of high unemployment and health care battle.

Health care - Health - United States - Health Policy - Barack Obama

Poll: Views on the Terror Trials

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:31 -0500

Americans divide evenly on whether to try 9/11 suspects in U.S. civilian courts or military tribunals.

United States - Military tribunal - Military - Warfare and Conflict - War on Terrorism

Sarah Palin: Rogue for President?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:27:35 -0500

Just over half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll have an unfavorable opinion of Palin.

Sarah Palin - United States - American Broadcasting Company - Alaska - Government

Year After Election: Obama vs. the Economy

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:18 -0500

Since the election, public opinion has not moved on the big issue, the economy.