Posts Tagged ‘poll’

President Barack Obama and the mainstream media like nothing better than to vilify business and dote over the Occupy Wall Street protestors and their attempts to save us from the evils of capitalism.  However, a new poll shows that Americans are far more concerned about their own government than they are business. The poll released [...]

It comes as no surprise that Americans have grown weary of the growing nanny state and government intervention in every part of our daily lives.  A new poll released by Gallup today shows just how concerned Americans are with the issue. The poll, part of a series on Americans’ views of government and its role [...]

For members of the United States military and military veterans, two holidays hold special significance – Memorial Day and Veterans Day.  On the same day Gallup released a poll showing President Barack Obama’s approval rating low amongst these groups, his observance of Memorial Day itself highlights why. Across the board in all age groups Obama’s [...]

Being the consummate urbanite no one would really expect Denver Mayor and Colorado gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper to have much in common with the more down-to-earth folks in rural areas of the state.  Now we see just how he feels about those folks as he discusses their “backwards thinking.” Late last year Hickenlooper was interviewed [...]

The disillusionment with the “hope and change” brought to the nation two years continues to grow.  According to a new poll, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on the top 10 issues of the day from education and the economy to ethics and taxes. Many Americans drank the Obama Kool-Aid when they voted in November [...]

A new USA Today / Gallup poll released last gauges how Americans describe their level of patriotism and offers some interesting insight.  In general, those calling themselves ‘extremely patriotic’ is at its highest level since 1999.  The seeming increase in patriotism is interesting because given the state of the economy, every-increasing dissatisfaction with the federal [...]

Going down?  If you are looking at President Obama’s job approval rating the answer is definitely yes.  With a 47% rating according to the latest Gallup poll, the president has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in their first term.  The president took office with a 66% approval rating so these [...]

In what is no big surprise, Military Times released results of a poll of military personnel and found that the troops are not particularly optimistic about President-elect Obama.  A mere 33% of respondents were optimistic about the Obama presidency along with 35% uncertain and 25% pessimistic.  The poll also found that more in the military [...]