Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll

Public Policy Polling, 1002 Registered Voters, MoE 3.1%, Feb 17, 2011 - Feb 20, 2011.

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Not sure
All	49	46	5
Women	54	42	4
Men	44	50	5
Democrat	84	13	3
Republican	10	86	4
Independent/Other	46	46	8
Liberal	89	7	4
Moderate	61	32	7
Conservative	16	83	1
White	41	55	5
African-American	80	18	3
Asian	64	36	-
Hispanic	62	29	9
Other	65	30	5
Tea Party	13	84	2
Non Tea Party	61	34	5
Union household	55	38	7
Non-union household	47	48	4
18 to 29	61	36	3
30 to 45	40	57	4
46 to 65	51	43	6
Older than 65	48	46	6
Northeast	55	39	6
Midwest	48	45	7
South	42	54	4
West	56	42	2
Less than $30,000	57	37	6
$30,000 to $50,000	42	50	9
$50,000 to $75,000	50	46	3
$75,000 to $100,000	49	48	3
Over $100,000	52	47	1
Declined to Answer	39	54	7

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

	Approve	Disapprove	Not sure
All	46	49	5
Women	51	45	5
Men	42	53	5
Democrat	80	15	5
Republican	9	87	4
Independent/Other	43	51	5
Liberal	81	13	5
Moderate	60	34	6
Conservative	14	84	2
White	39	58	3
African-American	79	17	4
Asian	64	36	-
Hispanic	55	33	12
Other	54	32	14
Tea Party	9	90	1
Non Tea Party	59	37	5
Union household	50	43	7
Non-union household	46	50	4
18 to 29	55	42	3
30 to 45	38	59	3
46 to 65	50	45	5
Older than 65	45	48	8
Northeast	52	42	5
Midwest	44	49	7
South	41	56	3
West	53	44	3
Less than $30,000	53	41	6
$30,000 to $50,000	39	54	7
$50,000 to $75,000	49	47	4
$75,000 to $100,000	47	49	4
Over $100,000	48	52	1
Declined to Answer	42	52	6

Do you think Barack Obama is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

	Too liberal	Too conservative	About right	Not sure
All	47	8	43	3
Women	42	6	48	4
Men	52	10	37	2
Democrat	13	10	73	3
Republican	84	3	10	3
Independent/Other	50	10	39	2
Liberal	8	23	67	1
Moderate	33	7	57	4
Conservative	82	3	12	2
White	55	8	35	3
African-American	17	2	77	4
Asian	33	4	51	13
Hispanic	30	15	52	3
Other	38	14	47	-
Tea Party	84	5	6	4
Non Tea Party	35	9	54	2
Union household	37	12	47	3
Non-union household	49	7	41	3
18 to 29	39	6	53	2
30 to 45	55	10	34	1
46 to 65	44	9	44	4
Older than 65	48	4	43	5
Northeast	39	8	50	3
Midwest	46	8	42	4
South	56	3	38	2
West	41	17	40	2
Less than $30,000	37	12	45	5
$30,000 to $50,000	50	7	40	3
$50,000 to $75,000	47	6	46	1
$75,000 to $100,000	50	6	42	2
Over $100,000	50	9	40	1
Declined to Answer	50	3	39	7

Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Boehner is doing?

	Approve	Disapprove	Not sure
All	30	32	37
Women	24	31	45
Men	37	34	29
Democrat	15	44	41
Republican	52	15	34
Independent/Other	27	37	36
Liberal	13	58	29
Moderate	21	36	43
Conservative	51	16	33
White	34	31	35
African-American	20	36	44
Asian	9	13	78
Hispanic	24	30	46
Other	29	49	22
Tea Party	56	17	27
Non Tea Party	23	39	38
Union household	28	39	33
Non-union household	31	31	38
18 to 29	28	34	38
30 to 45	32	27	41
46 to 65	28	35	37
Older than 65	36	32	32
Northeast	23	37	40
Midwest	34	33	34
South	36	29	35
West	25	33	42
Less than $30,000	26	36	38
$30,000 to $50,000	28	31	41
$50,000 to $75,000	38	28	34
$75,000 to $100,000	30	32	38
Over $100,000	27	36	37
Declined to Answer	39	27	33

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Nancy Pelosi is doing?

	Approve	Disapprove	Not sure
All	28	56	15
Women	30	49	20
Men	26	64	10
Democrat	50	26	24
Republican	7	87	6
Independent/Other	24	62	14
Liberal	60	28	11
Moderate	32	46	22
Conservative	9	84	7
White	24	65	11
African-American	48	23	30
Asian	39	36	24
Hispanic	31	44	25
Other	33	47	20
Tea Party	8	91	1
Non Tea Party	35	47	18
Union household	35	52	13
Non-union household	27	58	16
18 to 29	36	48	16
30 to 45	19	66	15
46 to 65	29	54	17
Older than 65	32	56	12
Northeast	30	52	18
Midwest	26	57	17
South	24	62	14
West	38	52	10
Less than $30,000	35	48	17
$30,000 to $50,000	26	58	15
$50,000 to $75,000	22	56	21
$75,000 to $100,000	30	63	8
Over $100,000	26	59	15
Declined to Answer	31	56	13

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Democrats are doing?

	Approve	Disapprove	Not sure
All	34	54	12
Women	37	47	15
Men	31	61	8
Democrat	62	22	16
Republican	5	90	5
Independent/Other	30	56	14
Liberal	70	21	9
Moderate	40	42	17
Conservative	11	84	5
White	29	62	10
African-American	57	26	17
Asian	43	48	9
Hispanic	40	42	18
Other	39	38	23
Tea Party	8	89	3
Non Tea Party	43	44	13
Union household	38	50	12
Non-union household	33	55	12
18 to 29	44	44	13
30 to 45	25	67	7
46 to 65	36	50	14
Older than 65	34	53	13
Northeast	38	46	16
Midwest	34	54	12
South	30	60	9
West	37	53	10
Less than $30,000	38	46	16
$30,000 to $50,000	29	60	11
$50,000 to $75,000	35	52	13
$75,000 to $100,000	32	57	11
Over $100,000	38	56	6
Declined to Answer	30	54	15

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Republicans are doing?

	Approve	Disapprove	Not sure
All	33	51	16
Women	31	52	17
Men	36	50	14
Democrat	12	76	12
Republican	65	18	17
Independent/Other	27	55	18
Liberal	13	82	6
Moderate	24	60	16
Conservative	56	25	19
White	38	48	15
African-American	16	69	15
Asian	28	51	21
Hispanic	32	51	18
Other	20	58	22
Tea Party	59	26	15
Non Tea Party	25	61	14
Union household	28	58	14
Non-union household	35	49	16
18 to 29	33	53	14
30 to 45	42	47	11
46 to 65	27	54	19
Older than 65	37	49	15
Northeast	32	52	16
Midwest	34	50	16
South	36	49	15
West	29	57	15
Less than $30,000	34	54	12
$30,000 to $50,000	33	50	18
$50,000 to $75,000	33	49	18
$75,000 to $100,000	36	51	13
Over $100,000	29	55	15
Declined to Answer	40	43	18

Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election? Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election?

	Democrats	Republicans	Not sure
All	42	45	13
Women	45	40	15
Men	39	49	12
Democrat	80	10	10
Republican	7	88	5
Independent/Other	33	43	24
Liberal	88	8	3
Moderate	51	30	18
Conservative	10	80	10
White	35	53	13
African-American	71	15	15
Asian	51	36	13
Hispanic	58	29	12
Other	44	38	18
Tea Party	9	84	7
Non Tea Party	54	33	13
Union household	51	34	15
Non-union household	40	47	13
18 to 29	52	34	14
30 to 45	35	56	9
46 to 65	43	41	16
Older than 65	42	46	12
Northeast	47	43	11
Midwest	40	40	20
South	37	52	11
West	49	40	12
Less than $30,000	51	35	14
$30,000 to $50,000	36	49	14
$50,000 to $75,000	39	48	13
$75,000 to $100,000	40	47	13
Over $100,000	46	44	10
Declined to Answer	36	48	16

Generally speaking do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or do you think they’re off on the wrong track?

	Right direction	Wrong track	Not sure
All	28	62	10
Women	32	58	10
Men	24	66	10
Democrat	48	36	16
Republican	7	88	4
Independent/Other	24	66	10
Liberal	53	32	16
Moderate	34	54	12
Conservative	9	86	5
White	23	68	8
African-American	52	31	17
Asian	45	40	15
Hispanic	27	62	11
Other	30	54	16
Tea Party	8	90	2
Non Tea Party	35	53	11
Union household	31	56	13
Non-union household	27	63	10
18 to 29	30	58	13
30 to 45	20	71	9
46 to 65	31	59	9
Older than 65	29	59	12
Northeast	28	59	14
Midwest	25	62	12
South	25	67	8
West	38	55	6
Less than $30,000	33	55	12
$30,000 to $50,000	20	69	11
$50,000 to $75,000	31	63	6
$75,000 to $100,000	29	60	11
Over $100,000	30	62	8
Declined to Answer	22	63	15

Which of the following statements best describes your opinion on the United States’ current economic situation: corporate greed helped lead to the current crisis and these practices need to be reined in to fix our economy OR now is not the time to constrict corporations while we are trying to get our economy back on track?

	Corporate greed helped lead to crisis, practices need to be reined in to fix economy	Now not the time to constrict corporations while trying to get economy back on track	Not sure
All	59	35	7
Women	63	29	8
Men	55	40	5
Democrat	79	15	6
Republican	34	57	9
Independent/Other	60	35	5
Liberal	83	15	2
Moderate	69	26	5
Conservative	34	56	10
White	57	37	7
African-American	72	22	7
Asian	61	33	6
Hispanic	65	29	6
Other	43	51	6
Tea Party	33	63	4
Non Tea Party	67	27	6
Union household	64	32	3
Non-union household	57	35	7
18 to 29	66	30	5
30 to 45	53	42	5
46 to 65	60	32	7
Older than 65	58	34	8
Northeast	58	36	5
Midwest	60	32	7
South	57	34	9
West	61	36	3
Less than $30,000	66	26	8
$30,000 to $50,000	56	34	10
$50,000 to $75,000	60	36	4
$75,000 to $100,000	54	42	4
Over $100,000	60	35	5
Declined to Answer	54	38	8

On March 5th, the federal government will shut down if President Obama and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a budget. If the government does shut down, who would you blame more: President Obama, the Republicans in Congress, or both equally?

	President Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both equally	Not sure
All	35	41	22	2
Women	31	43	22	4
Men	40	38	21	1
Democrat	10	70	18	3
Republican	68	7	21	3
Independent/Other	33	38	27	1
Liberal	10	82	8	1
Moderate	22	48	27	3
Conservative	64	13	20	2
White	40	36	23	2
African-American	17	63	15	5
Asian	33	47	16	4
Hispanic	24	45	27	5
Other	33	44	21	1
Tea Party	78	8	11	3
Non Tea Party	24	51	23	1
Union household	28	46	24	2
Non-union household	37	39	21	2
18 to 29	28	45	23	3
30 to 45	45	35	19	1
46 to 65	32	43	23	2
Older than 65	36	38	22	4
Northeast	30	42	26	3
Midwest	32	39	26	2
South	43	38	18	1
West	32	48	17	3
Less than $30,000	31	44	21	5
$30,000 to $50,000	34	37	28	1
$50,000 to $75,000	37	39	21	3
$75,000 to $100,000	38	43	17	2
Over $100,000	34	45	20	1
Declined to Answer	45	32	23	-

Would you consider a shutdown of the federal government to be a good thing or a bad thing for the country?

	Good	Bad	Not sure
All	26	62	12
Women	22	65	14
Men	30	59	11
Democrat	17	71	12
Republican	35	50	15
Independent/Other	27	63	10
Liberal	24	66	10
Moderate	18	72	10
Conservative	37	45	18
White	27	60	13
African-American	18	73	9
Asian	12	85	4
Hispanic	24	64	12
Other	38	51	12
Tea Party	47	38	15
Non Tea Party	20	70	10
Union household	27	60	13
Non-union household	25	62	12
18 to 29	30	58	13
30 to 45	34	56	10
46 to 65	21	67	12
Older than 65	23	61	16
Northeast	26	64	10
Midwest	25	59	16
South	28	61	11
West	22	63	15
Less than $30,000	27	55	18
$30,000 to $50,000	28	58	14
$50,000 to $75,000	24	67	9
$75,000 to $100,000	27	64	9
Over $100,000	24	66	9
Declined to Answer	23	63	14

Demographics

Women	510	51%
Men	490	49%
Democrat	370	37%
Republican	310	31%
Independent/Other	310	31%
Liberal	140	14%
Moderate	500	50%
Conservative	350	35%
White	720	72%
African-American	130	13%
Asian	20	2%
Hispanic	90	9%
Other	50	5%
Tea Party	150	15%
Non Tea Party	730	73%
Union household	210	21%
Non-union household	790	79%
18 to 29	150	15%
30 to 45	250	25%
46 to 65	400	40%
Older than 65	200	20%
Northeast	250	25%
Midwest	250	25%
South	340	34%
West	160	16%
Less than $30,000	210	21%
$30,000 to $50,000	210	21%
$50,000 to $75,000	170	17%
$75,000 to $100,000	150	15%
Over $100,000	180	18%
Declined to Answer	100	10%

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Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama?

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

Do you think Barack Obama is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Boehner is doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Nancy Pelosi is doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Democrats are doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Republicans are doing?

Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election? Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election?

Generally speaking do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or do you think they’re off on the wrong track?

On March 5th, the federal government will shut down if President Obama and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a budget. If the government does shut down, who would you blame more: President Obama, the Republicans in Congress, or both equally?

Would you consider a shutdown of the federal government to be a good thing or a bad thing for the country?

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The State of the Nation

Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama?

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

Do you think Barack Obama is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Boehner is doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Nancy Pelosi is doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Democrats are doing?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congressional Republicans are doing?

Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election? Would you rather that more Democrats or more Republicans were elected to Congress in the next election?

Generally speaking do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or do you think they’re off on the wrong track?

On March 5th, the federal government will shut down if President Obama and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a budget. If the government does shut down, who would you blame more: President Obama, the Republicans in Congress, or both equally?

Would you consider a shutdown of the federal government to be a good thing or a bad thing for the country?

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