That second term can be a real problem. On May 19, 2005, the Pew Research Center reported that then-President George W. Bush’s popularity was slipping: “Americans are critical of President Bush’s job performance in many policy areas, but negative opinions...
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President Barack Obama, left, and former President George W. Bush arrive at the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Obama’s Second Term vs. Bush’s Second Term: Job Approval #s
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President Barack Obama listens to a question during a press conference in the East Room of the White House on May 7, 2013 in Washington.
Obama’s Effectiveness Slips: Pew Poll
Gridlock doesn’t play well in Peoria. President Barack Obama’s job approval — 51 percent in a Pew Research Center survey released today — has gained a few points since March, when Pew found 47 percent public support. Yet six months...
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Boxes of ammunition sit on the shelf at Sportsmans Arms in Petaluma, California.
Public Reaction to Senate Gun Vote: 47% Negative, 39% Positive
If proponents of gun safety legislation were counting on a public backlash over the Senate’s vote against expansion of background checks for gun-buyers, they won’t find it here: Among Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center on a subject which...
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Tire tracks run across the dry bottom of the Morse Reservoir in Cicero, Indiana, on July 12, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 33
That’s the share of Americans who say global warming is a “very serious” problem, according to a Pew Research Center survey in March. That compares with 32 percent who said global warming is a somewhat serious problem, 20 percent who...
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North Korean soldiers salute during a military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 56
That’s the percentage of Americans who say U.S. officials should take North Korea’s nuclear threats “very seriously,” according to the Pew Research Center. That compares to 27 percent who say the government should take the threats “somewhat seriously,” according to...
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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street, London, at the start of her third term in office.
Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton: Name?
With the passing of Margaret Thatcher, the only female prime minister in the United Kingdom’s history, the folks at the Pew Research Center are pointing out to public expectations about the election of a female American president. The last time...
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Marijuana at the Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
That’s the percentage of Americans who support legalizing marijuana, according to the Pew Research Center. It’s the first time in more than 40 years of polling on the issue that a majority back legalization, Pew said in a report yesterday....
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Student Federico Paseiro wears a T-Shirt with a message that reads "Undocumented," at a meeting for "Dreamers' Moms" March 20, 2013 at a Miami church.
Path to Citizenship Partisan? It Depends
A path to citizenship? A partisan divide? It depends on the question. With a Washington Post/ABC News poll today showing that 57 percent of registered voters support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, it finds that only 35 percent...
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Migrant farm workers carry cases of freshly picked spinach on a farm near Wellington, Colorado.
Undocumented Should Be Able to Stay, With Some Conditions: Poll
As lawmakers work to finalize an immigration law rewrite that would provide a path to citizenship for many of the undocumented already here, fewer than half of all Americans say the undocumented should be eligible to become citizens, according to...
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Justin Kenny of Akron, Ohio holds a modified Stars and Stripes flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
That’s the percentage of Americans who have a favorable view of the Supreme Court, according to the Pew Research Center. That compares with 31 percent who have an unfavorable view of the high court, according to interviews conducted March 13-17....
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