October 29, 2009
Hillary Clinton more popular than barry…by 12 pts!
NBC/WSJ Poll
Oct. 22-25
1,009 adults
MoE +/- 3.1
Direction country headed in (Oct 17) – (Oct 9)
Right direction 12 – 38
Wrong direction 78 – 52
Mixed/not sure 7/3 — 9/3
barry favorability
Very positive 36
Somewhat 20
Neutral 11
Somewhat negative 12
Very negative 12
barry overall job performance
Approve 51
Disapprove 32
Not sure 7
AFGHANISTAN
Increase troop level (Oct) – (Sept)
YES 47 – 44
NO 43 – 51
Strongly support 28 -19
Somewhat support 19 – 25
Somewhat oppose 15 – 20
Strongly oppose 28 – 31
Not sure 10 – 5
Afghanistan options Acceptable – unacceptable – not sure
40K more troops: 43 – 49 – 8
10K more troops: 55 – 36 – 9
No more troops – specific attacks: 46 – 43 – 11
Withdraw nearly all – specific attacks: 45 – 45 – 10
Who should make decision on troops?
POTUS & Secretary of Defense 25
Generals in charge in Afghanistan 62!
Some of both 9
Foreign policy
Approve 51
Disapprove 39
Not sure 10
Handling economy
Approve 47
Disapprove 46
Not sure 7
Healthcare reform overall
Approve 43
Disapprove 48
Not sure 9
Obamacare
Good idea: 38
Bad idea: 42
Congress overall – healthcare
Approve 24 – 23
Disapprove 65 – 64
Not sure 11 – 13
Nancy Pelosi – Harry Reid
Very positive 8 – 2
Somewhat positive 18 – 12
Neutral 16 – 18
Somewhat negative 9 – 7
Very negative 33 – 19
Don’t know name/Not sure 16 – 42
Democratic – Republican party
Very positive 13 – 6
Somewhat 28 – 19
Neutral 20 – 27
Somewhat negative 14 – 23
Very negative 22 – 23
Allowing Same-Sex Marriages (Oct) – (March)
Favor 41 – 30
Strongly favor 26 – 18
Somewhat favor 15 – 12
Oppose 49 – 62
Somewhat oppose 9 – 10
Strongly oppose 40 – 31
Depends 3 – 3
Not sure 7 – 5
Medical marijuana ok?
Legalize 73
Remain illegal 23
