President Barack Obama’s job approval rating averaged 46.1% during his 26th quarter in office, which ran from April 20 through July 19. This is essentially unchanged from his 25th quarter average, and shows his approval ratings have leveled off after increasing in each of the prior two quarters. CONT. Jeffrey […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Resuming relations with Cuba
As Cuba and the U.S. are about to officially resume diplomatic ties for the first time in 54 years, 58 percent of Americans favor re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries, while just 24 percent oppose. Seventy-two percent of Democrats and 55 percent of independents support re-establishing diplomatic relations with […] Read more »
Majority Favors Iran Nuclear Deal Despite Doubts That It’ll Work
Americans by a broad 19-point margin support the nuclear deal with Iran announced last week, even as two-thirds in an ABC News/Washington Post poll express skepticism it’ll work — and relatively few give Barack Obama credit for bringing it to pass. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
AP-GfK Poll: Minorities, young Americans still backing Obama
Barack Obama is holding on to relatively high levels of support among the so-called “Obama coalition” of minorities, liberals and young Americans, suggesting the president could play a potent role helping the next Democratic presidential nominee’s bid for election, an Associated Press-GfK poll found. Yet even with that support from […] Read more »
Noticias Univisión Poll: The Latino Vote
The first public opinion poll for the 2016 presidential campaign, conducted among Hispanic voters in an exclusive by Noticias Univisión, reveals that aspiring Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is comfortably ahead of her main Republican rivals within this important voter constituency. If the presidential election were to take place at […] Read more »
Ahead of Iran deal, Americans express mixed feelings
Most Americans think of Iran as an enemy of the United States, but a narrow majority still supported a diplomatic relationship in a poll conducted on the eve of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. CONT. Emily Swanson, AP Read more »