Interviews with 1,023 adult Americans, including 954 registered voters, conducted by telephone by Opinion Research Corporation on February 12-15, 2010. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points and for registered voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT 12:30 PM
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February 12-15, 2010
1.
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
Approve Disapprove No opinion
Feb. 12-15 2010
Jan. 22-24 2010
Jan. 8-10 2009
Dec. 16-20 2009
Dec. 2-3 2009
Nov. 13-15 2009
49% 50% 1%
49% 50% *
51% 48% 1%
54% 44% 2%
48% 50% 2%
55% 42% 3%
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Oct. 16-18 2009 2009 Approve Disapprove No opinion
Approve Disapprove No opinion
Sept. 11-13 2009
Aug. 28-31 July 31-Aug. 3 June 26-28 2009 2009 2009
54% 45% 1%
55% 43% 2%
58% 40% 2%
53% 45% 2%
56% 40% 4%
61% 37% 3%
May 14-17 2009
Apr. 23-26 2009
Apr. 3-5 2009
Mar. 12-15 2009
Feb. 18-19 2009
Feb. 7-8 2009
62% 35% 3%
63% 33% 5%
66% 30% 3%
64% 34% 2%
67% 29% 4%
76% 23% 1%
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QUESTIONS 2 AND 3 COMBINED 2/3.
If the elections for Congress were being held today, which party's candidate would you vote for in your Congressional district? (IF UNSURE:) As of today, who do you lean more toward? Democratic candidate
Republican candidate
Neither (vol.)
No opinion
All Respondents February 12-15, 2010
46%
46%
5%
3%
Jan. 8-10, 2010 Nov. 13-15, 2009 Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009
45% 49% 51%
46% 42% 41%
6% 7% 6%
2% 2% 2%
Registered Voters February 12-15, 2010
45%
47%
6%
2%
Jan. 8-10, 2010 Nov. 13-15, 2009 Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009
45% 49% 50%
48% 43% 44%
6% 6% 5%
1% 3% 2%
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(ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE. RESULTS BASED ON 522 INTERVIEWS IN VERSION A -SAMPLING ERROR: +/-4.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.) 4.
Please tell me whether you think each of the following political officeholders deserves to be reelected or not: (RANDOM ORDER) Yes, deserves re-election
No, does not deserve re-election
No opinion
The U.S. representative in your congressional district All Americans February 12-15, 2010
50%
44%
6%
Registered Voters February 12-15, 2010 October 17-19, 2008 October 6-8, 2006 Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2006
51% 55% 52% 57%
44% 38% 31% 33%
4% 7% 17% 10%
Most members of Congress All Americans February 12-15, 2010
35%
62%
3%
34% 37% 34% 42%
63% 58% 51% 52%
3% 5% 15% 7%
Registered Voters February 12-15, 2010 October 17-19, 2008 RV October 6-8, 2006 RV Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2006 RV
CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP TRENDS The U.S. Representative in your congressional district Yes, No, National deserves does not Adults 2006 Jan 6-8 60 27 2005 Oct 21-23 63 24 2004 Oct 14-16 62 21 2003 Oct 10-12 64 22 2002 Sep 20-22 64 19 2002 Apr 29-May 1 66 18 2001 Aug 24-26 64 20 2000 Jan 7-10 67 15 1998 Oct 9-12 68 16 1998 Apr 17-19 64 19 1997 Oct 27-29 62 18 1997 Aug 22-25 63 21 1996 May 9-12 65 22 1996 Jan 12-15 6
