I am tired of Faux News Polls- I wanted to see for myself.

[bluedawg12]

Here are some poll results from various professional sources.

Note that Zogby finds that with the exception of the south, the rest of the country (54%) feels that the country is going down the wrong track. (1)

The President job approval rating as at it’s lowest, and 50% disapprove of his handling of the war in Iraq. (1)

Even the base is starting to see the light.
>Among those most likely to have lost confidence about the nation's direction over the past year are white evangelicals, down 30 percentage points since November; Republican women, down 28 points; Southerners, down 26 points; and suburban men, down 20 points. < (2)

For 2006: Dems leading 3 gov races; GOPers holding line in Senate—Repeats (3)

In a CBS poll Americans rate the top three issues: Iraq, the economy-jobs, and gas/ heating oil prices. (4)

In a Fox News poll the top domestic issues are rated as: Hurricane relief 27 %
The economy 17% and Homeland security 14 % (4)

When asked about “ gay marriage” 53% strongly disapprove. (5)

When asked about fairness to gays including the right of gay couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that would give them many of the same rights as married couples: 53% approve of legal arrangements. (5)

"With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?" 54% Pro choice (6)

"Would you, personally, vote for a qualified woman for president, or not?"
(N=533, MoE ± 5) 86 % would. (7)

"Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?" 63% should not. (8)

"If the 2006 elections for U.S. Congress were being held TODAY, would you vote for the Republican Party's candidate or the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress in your district?" If other/unsure: "As of TODAY, do you LEAN more to the Republican or the Democrat?"
Women : 55% Democrat 7% unsure
Men 42% republican 48 % democrat
64% Unmarrieds vote Democrat
43% marrieds vote Democrat (9)


Citations and links:

(1)http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1027

>The new pessimism about the nation’s direction that surged in the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina shows no signs of slackening, with a clear majority (54%) now saying the nation is heading in the wrong direction.

With the exception of Southerners, every geographic grouping is more pessimistic than optimistic about the nation’s direction; this group is evenly-split on the question.

The President continues to score in negative territory on virtually all facets of his job, and the latest Zogby America survey finds voters divided even on his signature issue, the War on Terror—while 49% approve of his conduct of the war, 50% now disapprove of his handling of the war. <

(2) http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=11948
Poll finds cracks in GOP bloc War, weather and Miers sour some of Bush's key loyalists
>Among those most likely to have lost confidence about the nation's direction over the past year are white evangelicals, down 30 percentage points since November; Republican women, down 28 points; Southerners, down 26 points; and suburban men, down 20 points. <

(3) http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1025

October 03, 2005
Zogby 2006:

Dems leading 3 gov races; GOPers holding line in Senate—Repeats 2004 tracking poll service

>"In this context, Republicans presently hold 12 of the governorships we are testing. They appear to be in a position today to keep 5 of them (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Texas) and lose 6 (California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, and Ohio). One (Nevada) has a mixed result and is too close to call. Democrats presently hold 10 of the Governorships we are polling and seem to be keeping 6 of them (Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, and Pennsylvania), losing in 3 (Iowa, Tennessee, and Virginia), with 1 showing a mixed result (Wisconsin).


"On the Senate side, of the 7 Republican seats we are polling, the GOP is in a position to keep 5 (Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia), lose 2 (Ohio and Pennsylvania), and it's too close to call in 1 (Missouri). The Democrats have 10 seats presently and are in a position to keep 6 (Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin), lose 1(New Jersey), and 2 are either mixed or too close to give to either side (Maryland and Minnesota). <

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(4) http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm

CBS News Poll. Oct. 3-5, 2005. N=808 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.
"What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?"
%
War in Iraq 18
Economy/Jobs 16
Gas/Heating oil crisis 5
The President/George W. Bush 5
Terrorism (general) 4
Other 45
Unsure 7
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FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Sept. 13-14, 2005. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

"Which one of the following do you think should be the top domestic priority for President Bush right now: ?" Items rotated

%
Hurricane relief 27
The economy 17
Homeland security 14
Gas prices 10
Health care 9
Social Security 8
Education 5
Something else (vol.) 5
Unsure 4
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(5) http://www.pollingreport.com/civil.htm
Pew Research Center/Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. July 13-17, 2005. N=1,502 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"

53% oppose gay marrige

"Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that would give them many of the same rights as married couples?"

53% approve of legal arrangements.

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(6) http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm
"With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?" 54% Pro choice

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(7) http://www.pollingreport.com/politics.htm
CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Sept. 8-11, 2005. Adults nationwide.
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(8) http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm
The Gallup Poll. Oct. 11-14, 2004. N=1,012 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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(9) Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Sept. 8-11, 2005. N=1,279 registered voters nationwide.

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"If the 2006 elections for U.S. Congress were being held TODAY, would you vote for the Republican Party's candidate or the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress in your district?" If other/unsure: "As of TODAY, do you LEAN more to the Republican or the Democrat?"



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[Montauk6]

1. Speaking of Faux News polls, this is a cute blast from the past...

Yep, they actually tried to get away with this one.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88691,00.html

(Excerpt): George W. Bush would handily defeat Bill Clinton if they were the major party candidates in 2004. In a hypothetical matchup between the current president and his predecessor, 53 percent say they would vote for Bush while less than a third (32 percent) say they would vote for Clinton, with six percent saying “neither." Of course, these two candidates are only imaginary opponents as the U.S. Constitution restricts Clinton from running for a third term.

[electropop]

2. I've been hearing much worse numbers for Bush.

I think disapprovals on Iraq and in general are more like 60+ percent.

[Ksec]

3. so whats your final tally on the house and senate races?

pick up a few ? Looks like it to my uneducated eyes

[bluedawg12]

4. If you go to the Zogby link they have a full run down

in fact all the links, it turns out, have really interesting numbers, studies, and issues.

Anyone know how many people actually voted in '04?

I have a feeling there is a vast untapped group of voters out there.

[bluedawg12]

5. I'll kick this once in case anyone wants to check out the polls

the board moves fast so I'll kick this once tonight.

:kick: