Download e-book for kindle: Winning the White House 2008: The Gallup Poll, Public by Frank Newport, Jeffrey M Jones, Lydia Saad, Alec M Gallup

By Frank Newport, Jeffrey M Jones, Lydia Saad, Alec M Gallup Jr., Fred L Israel

This research refers to Barack Obama's historical win in November 2008, recounting this attention-grabbing presidential crusade. It gains greater than a thousand polls taken in the course of the crusade via Gallup, the oldest and most useful polling corporation on this planet.

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S. troops in Iraq. S. troops in Iraq to help stabilize the situation there. Do you favor or oppose this? % Strongly % Only moderately 59 38 44 19 19 15 Favor Oppose The results show virtually no change from a poll taken a week ago, on January 5–7, 2007, before the president’s speech. In that poll, a similarly worded question that included the phrasing “temporary” showed 36% of Americans favoring a troop increase and 61% opposing it. In short, the data give no indication that the speech and the discussion that followed—including critiques from Democratic leaders—had an impact on American attitudes in either direction.

S. SATISFACTION BY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK % Satisfied SATISFACTION WITH YOUR STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY % Dissatisfied % Satisfied with your state % Satisfied with your local community 86 100 69 90 76 80 70 60 65 53 40 5, 3− Ja n 12 n Ja 8, 5, −1 −1 10 n Ja outlook is positive are satisfied with the direction of the country, while more than four in five (86%) of those with a negative economic outlook are dissatisfied. Perhaps more fundamentally, satisfaction is a highly partisan measure these days. Republicans are largely satisfied with the way things are going, while most Democrats are dissatisfied.

28%. Liberals Especially Anxious for a White House Win? Americans Troubled by Little Beyond Iraq Clinton-averse liberals are much more likely to focus on her electability as their primary concern. Thirty-seven percent of liberal Democrats, compared with 26% of conservative and moderate Democrats, say their doubts about her ability to win the general election are a major reason they don’t fully support her. This could conceivably inflate the importance of the electability factor for Clinton if the views of liberal Democrats are disproportionately represented in the primary process next year owing to higher turnout.

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