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Daily Graphic: Are Blacks Better Off Than Five Years Ago?

Visconti — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:56:23 +0000

I found this interesting and it made me wonder if this question or one similar has been asked by a reputable polling organization since the election of President Barack Obama? If you know, leave a comment.

The graphic comes from a Pew poll done in November 2007.

Daily Graphic: Gallup Shows Cheney More Popular Than Pelosi

Visconti — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:46:50 +0000

Go check out the poll.

Daily Graphic: U.S. Public Opinion and Guantanamo Bay – WTF Are People Thinking?

Visconti — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:53 +0000

Does anyone else think it’s troubling that more than half of Americans think that an extra-judicial, unconstitutional prison camp run by the U.S. government is O.K.?

Jeffrey Dahmer killed man-boys, butchered them, stored their choice cuts in the freezer and made stew with the rest. We put that sick fuck in a U.S. prison. The analysis of this should say, ” 75% of Americans aren’t even thinking this one through …”

Go Check Out Gallup’s Polling on This Subject

Daily Graphic: GOP Identification Down, Conservative Identification Not

Visconti — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:26 +0000

Last week the Pew Center for the People and the Press released the latest in a series of polls going back to the late eighties measuring political values and core attitudes in the American public. From business and Wall Street to social issues, the poll is a snapshot of where the polity stands today four months into a new presidency. One of the interesting points made by the report writers and the data is that the waning fortunes of the Republican Party do not necessarily mean the demise of conservatism in America. Go check out the entire report here.

Cheney’s Favorability … UP? WTF?

Visconti — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:32:46 +0000

According to the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Poll, Darth Cheney’s favorability number has waxed since January. In January, Cheney’s favorability was at 29%. In polling conducted last week, it had risen to 37%.

Saving Grace: Cheney’s “Job Approval Rating” can no longer be measured.

CNN Story

The Numbers

Obama Beats “U.S.” in Favorability in Arab World

Visconti — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:47:01 +0000

From Reuters:

Of those surveyed, 33 percent had a favorable view of the United States, 43 percent had a negative view, 14 percent were neutral and 10 percent said they did not know, Ipsos said.

In contrast, Obama received favorable ratings averaging 48 percent in the region as a whole. Approval ran as high as 58 percent in Jordan and was lowest among Egyptians, who gave Obama favorable ratings of 35 percent, Ipsos said.

Read Entire Article

The Daily Graphic: Narrowly, Americans Favor Torture Investigations …

Visconti — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:06:32 +0000

… But, Majority Believe Harsh Techniques “Justified”

From Gallup, go read the poll …

The Daily Graphic: Americans Losing Confidence in Banks

Visconti — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:16:46 +0000

From Gallup – go read the story and for more on the survey.

The Daily Graphic: At 100 Days Obama Approval High (Personal & Professional)

Visconti — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:41:43 +0000

From the Pew Center:

The Daily Graphic: Key Numbers from NYT/CBS News Poll – Partisanship High

Visconti — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:00:31 +0000