A new survey of Russian public opinion shows the attitude of Russians toward the United States has worsened in the past year. The poll taken by the Levada Center, a non-governmental Russian research organization, shows the percentage of respondents with a positive view of the United States dropped to 46 percent, from 67 percent last […]
Survey: Russian Attitudes Toward US Worsened in 2012
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Iranian News Agency Runs Fake Ahmadinejad-Obama Poll
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
The results of one poll proved too good for an Iranian news service to pass up, even though they were not true. Iran’s semi-official Fars news service Friday published a story on its website titled “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama.” The story claims a poll by the Gallup Organization finds “the overwhelming […]
New Poll Says Most Americans Think Health Care Law A Tax Hike
Posted July 13th, 2012 at 12:00 am (UTC-5)
A recent poll says most American voters think the new health care law is a tax hike. The Quinnipiac poll released Thursday, showed 55 percent of voters regarded the law as a tax increase, while 36 percent said it is not. A plurality of 49 percent of voters said the health care law should be […]
Poll: Third of Indians Say They Are ‘Suffering’
Posted April 30th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
A new poll finds one-third of Indians surveyed say they are “suffering” due to a poor quality of life. According to a Gallup survey released Monday, India’s poorest and least educated are most likely to be “suffering,” while 56 percent of those surveyed were “struggling” and only 13 percent were “thriving”. The survey found the […]
US Opinion Poll Suggests ‘Economic Optimism’ Waning
Posted April 20th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
A new U.S. public opinion poll finds a surge in Americans’ optimism about the nation’s economic recovery may have stalled. The survey, released Friday by Quinnipiac University, finds the percentage of voters who think the economy is in a recession has grown by two percent since February, and the percentage who believe it is beginning […]
Poll: 60 Percent Say Afghan War is Not Worth Costs
Posted March 12th, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
An ABC News – Washington Post poll indicates that 60 percent of U.S. citizens believe the war in Afghanistan is not worth its costs. The survey found that only 35 percent of Americans believe the decade-long effort has warranted its expense and loss of life. For the first time in five years, Republicans polled are […]
Poll: Majority Supports Obama on Drone Strikes, Troop Drawdown
Posted February 8th, 2012 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll indicates that President Barack Obama has the overwhelming support of Americans for his use of drone strikes against terror suspects and his planned troop drawdown in Afghanistan. According to the ABC News/Washington Post survey released Wednesday, 83 percent of those polled say they approve of the president’s use of unmanned drone aircraft […]
U.S. Congress Matches Record Low Approval Rating
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll shows the approval rating for the U.S. Congress has fallen back to the historic low it hit in October 2008. A survey of nearly 1500 people taken by CBS News and the New York Times shows only 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. When asked if “most” […]
U.S. Congress Matches Record Low Approval Rating
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 4:02 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll shows the approval rating for the U.S. Congress has fallen back to the historic low that they hit in October 2008. A survey of nearly 1500 people taken by CBS News and the New York Times shows only 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. When asked if […]
U.S. Congress Matches Record Low Approval Rating
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 1:07 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll shows the approval rating for the U.S. Congress has fallen back to the historic low that they hit in October 2008. A survey of nearly 1500 people taken by CBS News and the New York Times shows only 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. When asked if […]
