HART/McINTURFF May 2012
Study #12412 --page 14 NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey
Moving on… Q17 For each of the following, please tell me if you think this is an area that Barack Obama’s approach has made things better, made things worse or has Barack Obama’s approach not made much of a difference either way in this area? (RANDOMIZE) THIS TABLE HAS BEEN RANKED BY THE PERCENTAGE WHO SAY OBAMA HAS MADE BETTER
Obama Has Made Better
Obama Has Made Worse
Obama Not Made Much Difference
Not Sure
54
13
30
3
48
18
31
3
47
18
29
6
38
34
28
1
33
37
29
1
32
43
21
4
31
37
29
3
24
32
40
4
18
39
36
7
17
47
33
3
17
31
50
3
11
37
50
2
The war in Iraq May 2012* ................................................ The war in Afghanistan May 2012** ............................................... The American automobile industry May 2012** ............................................... Looking out for the middle class May 2012** ............................................... America’s standing in the world May 2012** ............................................... The health care issue May 2012.................................................. The economic downturn May 2012.................................................. The housing market May 2012.................................................. The division and partisanship in politics May 2012* ................................................ The budget deficit problem May 2012.................................................. The gap between the rich and poor May 2012* ................................................ Gas prices May 2012* ................................................ * Asked of one-half the respondents (FORM A). ** Asked of one-half the respondents (FORM B).
(Q18 & Q19 ROTATED) Q18 And how confident are you that Barack Obama has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy--extremely confident, quite confident, only somewhat confident, or not at all confident?
Extremely confident ...................... Quite confident .............................. Only somewhat confident .............. Not at all confident ........................ Not sure ......................................
Q19
5/12 13 19 26 41 -
8/10 16 21 24 39 -
1/1014/10 16 19 31 33 1
12/09 13 20 29 36 2
9/09 18 22 27 32 1
7/09 16 23 28 32 1
6/09 20 26 24 29 1
And how confident are you that Mitt Romney has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy--extremely confident, quite confident, only somewhat confident, or not at all confident? Extremely confident ....................... Quite confident .............................. Only somewhat confident .............. Not at all confident ......................... Not sure .......................................
7 12 40 36 5