Clinton, Obama Slip in Popularity; Uncertainty About Rubio Stays High
Hillary Clinton has lost some ground in personal favorability this year, but continues to outpace both Barack Obama and, by a wide margin, Marco Rubio – like Clinton, a possible successor to Obama – in this basic measure of public popularity. Six in 10 Americans… Read More »
EmailMost Back NSA Surveillance Efforts – But Also Seek Congressional Hearings
Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support telephone and internet surveillance by the National Security Administration, but two-thirds also favor congressional hearings on the subject – indicating broad interest in more information about these activities. The public by 58-39 percent supports the… Read More »
Public Preferences Differ on Top SCOTUS Cases
A majority is holding fast in support for gay marriage, and even more Americans say legally married gays should receive full federal benefits. But opinions shift on another social and legal issue, with three-quarters – including more than seven in 10 whites and nonwhites alike… Read More »
Tech Giants Hold the Fort in Basic Public Popularity
Belying the tech market’s image of ever-shifting consumer allegiances, three icons of the sector are displaying a notable attribute: Stability in their basic popularity. Google, Apple and Facebook, which held toweringly positive public profiles in an ABC News/Washington Post poll 14 months ago, still hold… Read More »
Budget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler
The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March – and they’re far less sanguine than others about the economy’s prospects overall. Thirty-seven… Read More »
Support for Legal Status Holds; So Do Sizable Partisan Divisions
Nearly six in 10 Americans back a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, with narrow preference for prompt action on the issue. Partisan divisions are sharp, a factor likely to be reflected in the full Senate debate ahead. Overall, 58 percent in the latest… Read More »
Public Sharply Critical on IRS, Benghazi; But Economy Cuts Obama Some Slack
Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal government more generally. Yet the national survey also finds no backlash… Read More »
Poll Finds Majority Acceptance of Gays From the B-ball Court to the Boy Scouts
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds further public acceptance of gay rights in the United States, in areas ranging from the professional basketball court to the Boy Scouts, as well as the institution of marriage. Nearly seven in 10 Americans support the decision by… Read More »
Seven in 10 Support the Death Penalty if Accused Boston Bomber is Convicted
Americans broadly agree on the trial and potential punishment for alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Three-quarters support trying him in a non-military federal court, and seven in 10 say he should receive the death penalty if convicted. While majorities across the board share these… Read More »
Most View Knox Sympathetically
Americans overwhelmingly know of Amanda Knox – and sympathize with her. Seventy-two percent in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’ve heard or read about the American college student accused in the 2007 murder of her roommate in Italy. And 65 percent of them see… Read More »