What you may have missed

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Public opinion on the North Korean threat

What you may have missed in the polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | April 12, 2013, 9:35 am

How serious?: Fifty-six percent told Pew that the US government should take North Korea’s threats to use nuclear missiles against the US very seriously. Forty-seven percent think North Korea is capable of launching a nuclear missile that could reach the … read more >

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby during his trip to Birmingham in September 2010. Image Credit: West Midlands Police (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

Polls on Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church

What you may have missed in the polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | March 1, 2013, 10:00 am

Counting Catholics: Several pollsters ask people to name the faith in which they were raised and then ask them whether they still describe themselves as members of that faith. In its February 2008 US Religious Landscape survey, the Pew Research … read more >

Image Credit: Barack Obama Flickr stream

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SOTU, the economy, and immigration: What you may have missed in the polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | February 15, 2013, 10:24 am

SOTU Roundup: Gallup points out that presidents rarely gain in popularity from their SOTU addresses. Obama averaged a 1 percentage point gain in his first three. Nielsen reported that the president’s audience was 33.5 million, the smallest SOTU audience of … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

Obama at year 5, Iraq at 10: What you may have missed in the polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | February 8, 2013, 8:35 am

The State of the Union: In most recent polls, President Obama’s approval rating is above 50%. Obama had a 49% average approval rating for his first term. Congress averaged a 15% approval rating in 2012. 35% say things in the … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

God in the Super Bowl, young hope, and priorities: What you may have missed in the polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | February 1, 2013, 9:15 am

Roundup of the week’s most interesting polling data. read more >

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The Republican brand, Obama’s compassion, and immigration attitudes: What you may have missed in this week’s polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | January 25, 2013, 10:58 am

Brand Damage: Virtually every poll shows that the GOP’s image is badly tarnished. A new report from the Pew Research Center explains that the recent drop (from 42% nationally with a favorable opinion of the party after the GOP convention … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

The fiscal cliff and the book on Washington: What you may have missed in this week’s polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | January 11, 2013, 9:37 am

Post-mortems on the Fiscal Cliff: Gallup was first out of the box to gauge reactions to the fiscal cliff deal with a one-day (January 3) survey, and the organization found 43% approving and 45% disapproving of the “agreement to avoid … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

Polls on gun control: What you may have missed in this week’s polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | December 21, 2012, 10:45 am

Several pollsters have updated their questions and asked new ones about gun control in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Below is a sampling of the responses with some historical context. Mental health screenings: There are very few … read more >