| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #15310 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.9 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Approve | 66% | 64% | 67% | 63% | 61% | 73% | 58% | 71% | 79% | 75% | 48% | 81% | 51% | 36% | 65% | 92% |
| Disapprove | 28% | 30% | 26% | 30% | 32% | 22% | 35% | 22% | 15% | 21% | 43% | 15% | 39% | 56% | 28% | 7% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 2 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joseph Biden is doing as Vice President? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Approve | 58% | 58% | 58% | 52% | 57% | 65% | 50% | 64% | 74% | 69% | 35% | 76% | 44% | 35% | 53% | 89% |
| Disapprove | 31% | 35% | 27% | 30% | 34% | 27% | 37% | 31% | 20% | 12% | 47% | 18% | 43% | 63% | 31% | 7% |
| Not Sure | 11% | 7% | 15% | 17% | 9% | 8% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 6% | 14% | 3% | 15% | 4% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 3 | Do you approve? Or disapprove? Of the job the United States Congress is doing? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Approve | 37% | 42% | 33% | 38% | 31% | 45% | 33% | 40% | 41% | 52% | 24% | 46% | 31% | 22% | 38% | 50% |
| Disapprove | 54% | 51% | 56% | 50% | 59% | 51% | 57% | 48% | 55% | 39% | 65% | 45% | 60% | 75% | 52% | 43% |
| Not Sure | 9% | 7% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 4% | 10% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 7% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 4 | In general, are things in the United States headed in the right direction? Or are they off on the wrong track? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Right Direction | 52% | 56% | 48% | 39% | 54% | 60% | 47% | 60% | 66% | 38% | 35% | 62% | 44% | 37% | 50% | 67% |
| Wrong Track | 42% | 38% | 45% | 54% | 40% | 34% | 46% | 37% | 28% | 54% | 58% | 31% | 51% | 57% | 45% | 23% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 9% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 5 | Are you mostly optimistic? Or mostly pessimistic about the future? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.8 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Mostly Optimistic | 67% | 68% | 66% | 58% | 67% | 74% | 63% | 76% | 61% | 88% | 57% | 74% | 60% | 60% | 70% | 60% |
| Mostly Pessimistic | 26% | 25% | 27% | 30% | 28% | 21% | 31% | 14% | 35% | 4% | 34% | 21% | 31% | 36% | 23% | 32% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 6 | Is Barack Obama more of a talker or more of a doer? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Talker | 39% | 39% | 40% | 58% | 34% | 29% | 46% | 37% | 32% | 17% | 47% | 32% | 46% | 57% | 41% | 26% |
| Doer | 50% | 48% | 52% | 29% | 55% | 63% | 43% | 55% | 61% | 60% | 36% | 60% | 42% | 34% | 47% | 68% |
| Not Sure | 11% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 23% | 17% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 7 | So far, are Barack Obama's policies more liberal than you thought they would be? More conservative than you thought they would be? Or, about what you thought they would be? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| More Liberal | 28% | 23% | 32% | 31% | 28% | 25% | 29% | 25% | 32% | 19% | 35% | 22% | 35% | 46% | 32% | 7% |
| More Conservative | 10% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 15% | 6% | 13% | 10% |
| What You Thought | 57% | 61% | 53% | 47% | 59% | 63% | 57% | 58% | 51% | 66% | 49% | 63% | 49% | 46% | 53% | 77% |
| Don't Know Enough | 5% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 7% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 8 | Is Barack Obama more liberal than you are? More conservative than you are? Similar to you? Or, do you not know enough to say? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| More Liberal | 38% | 42% | 35% | 40% | 40% | 35% | 45% | 33% | 24% | 33% | 59% | 28% | 41% | 77% | 38% | 10% |
| More Conservative | 8% | 7% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 2% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 22% |
| Similar | 33% | 31% | 34% | 25% | 37% | 35% | 31% | 39% | 30% | 34% | 15% | 41% | 31% | 8% | 38% | 47% |
| Don't Know Enough | 21% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 15% | 26% | 18% | 18% | 34% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 22% | 11% | 20% | 21% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 9 | Is Barack Obama fundamentally ... honest? Or dishonest? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.7 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Honest | 72% | 71% | 74% | 64% | 72% | 80% | 67% | 79% | 81% | 74% | 54% | 83% | 66% | 52% | 73% | 84% |
| Dishonest | 17% | 20% | 14% | 22% | 18% | 11% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 5% | 24% | 11% | 23% | 34% | 14% | 13% |
| Not Sure | 11% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 21% | 22% | 6% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |
| 10 | If there was a do-over election for president of the United States today, would you vote for Barack Obama the democrat? Or John McCain the republican? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Obama | 62% | 60% | 64% | 53% | 60% | 72% | 51% | 72% | 76% | 82% | 38% | 78% | 51% | 31% | 63% | 84% |
| McCain | 32% | 34% | 31% | 42% | 31% | 25% | 43% | 23% | 14% | 18% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 65% | 30% | 14% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 10% | 0% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 56% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 21% | 51% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 21% |