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March 3, 2011

Wisconsin Poll: Support for Budget Cutting, Not for Weakening Collective Bargaining Rights

Most Wisconsin voters oppose efforts to weaken collective bargaining rights for union workers but a plurality are supportive of significant pay cuts for state workers. Governor Scott Walker is struggling in the court of public opinion, but how badly he is struggling depends upon how the issue is presented.  There is also an interesting gap between the views of private and public sector union families.

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March 2, 2011

Obama’s Full Month Ratings Dip Slightly in February

When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.

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March 2, 2011

51% Say U.S. Shouldn’t Have Become Involved in Iraq

Looking back, a slight majority of Likely Voters believe the United States should never have gotten involved in Iraq in the first place. They also believe the mission there was more of a failure than a success.

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March 1, 2011

Most Voters Express Little Knowledge of Obama's Energy and Education Secretaries

President Obama’s agenda includes an emphasis on education and utilizing clean energy, but most voters don’t know the Cabinet members the president is depending on to lead policy in these areas.

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March 1, 2011

61% Say Complete U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Unlikely This Year

A plurality of voters fears that the growing unrest in the Arab world will have a negative impact on the fragile political situation in Iraq, and most think it is unlikely that all U.S. troops will be out of that country by the end of the year as planned.

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March 1, 2011

53% See Proposed GOP Budget Cuts As Pretty Insignificant

Congress is stalemated as Democrats fight $57 billion in spending cuts Republicans want to make in the federal budget for 2011, but most voters continue to believe that even the proposed GOP cuts won’t make a significant dent in the deficit.

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February 28, 2011

58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon

As Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels.

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February 28, 2011

53% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, But Voters Less Confident in Benefits of Repeal

Most voters still want to see the national health care law repealed, and confidence that repeal will actually happen is on the upswing. Belief that repeal will be good for the economy, however, has fallen to its lowest level ever.

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February 26, 2011

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 25, 2011

Wisconsin and Libya. Angry protesters are in the streets. Here at home they’re exercising their democratic rights in a budget battle; over there, they’re being shot down for seeking democratic rights in real battles.

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February 25, 2011

Voters Continue to Give Obama Low Marks on the Economy

Voters still are inclined to think President Obama can do a better job when it comes to the economy.

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February 25, 2011

46% View Unionized Teachers As a Bad Thing, 37% Disagree

Americans continue to believe strongly that being a teacher is an essential job, but a plurality thinks it’s a bad thing that most teachers are unionized.

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February 25, 2011

Most Americans Favor End To U.S. Foreign Aid To Middle East, Except Israel

Egypt has long been the second largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, but despite its apparent turn toward democracy and similar ongoing moves in neighboring countries, most Americans want to end that aid to all Arab nations in the Middle East. Just over half favor continuing foreign aid to the number one recipient, Israel.

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February 24, 2011

Voters Are Closely Divided on Obama's Handling of National Security

With President Obama maintaining a relatively low profile as political unrest spreads through the Arab world, the number of voters who rate his handling of national security issues as poor has hit its highest level since the beginning of December.

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February 24, 2011

58% Worry That Arab Unrest Will Get America Into A War

Most Americans now fear that the political unrest roiling Arab nations like Egypt and Libya may get America into another big war.

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February 24, 2011

67% Disapprove of Legislators Fleeing Wisconsin to Avoid Vote

Half of America’s voters favor public sector unions for government workers, but they strongly oppose the tactic by Wisconsin state senators to flee their state to prevent a vote that would limit the rights of such unions.

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February 23, 2011

Obama’s Leadership Ratings Fall To A New Low

President Obama’s job approval ratings have taken a dive this week in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, and the number of voters who give him favorable ratings for leadership has fallen to its lowest level since he took office in January 2009.

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February 23, 2011

67% Say U.S. Should Steer Clear of Political Unrest in Arab Nations

Americans are wary of the current chaotic political situation in several Arab countries including Libya but strongly believe the United States should stay out of the picture.

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February 22, 2011

Most Voters Say It’s Better to Enforce Existing Immigration Laws Than Create New Ones

When it comes to illegal immigration, most voters believe the government just needs to enforce the laws that are already on the books.

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February 22, 2011

47% Say GOP Has Plan for Future, 41% Say Same of Democrats

Voters have more confidence now that Republicans rather than Democrats have a plan for the future, and they’re almost evenly divided over whether either political party is really the party of the American people.

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February 21, 2011

48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions

A sizable number of voters are following new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s showdown with unionized public employees in his state, and nearly half side with the governor.

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