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CBS News/NYT National Poll Evaluations of the Economy More Negative April 30
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May 3, 2015
Q1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? TOTAL RESPONDENTS Total Rep Dem Ind Mar15c % % % % %
Approve 45 8 81 38 45 Disapprove 44 88 15 43 46 Don't know/No answer 11 4 5 20 8 Q2. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track? Right direction 31 9 50 28 30 Wrong track 63 87 42 66 62 Don't know/No answer 6 4 8 5 8 Q3. What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today? Feb15b Economy & Jobs 20 17 23 20 18 Miscellaneous social issues 7 5 7 9 1 Racism/race relations 5 3 8 5 2 Miscellaneous government issues 4 6 4 4 1 Income gap/disparity 4 1 5 4 4 Immigration/illegal immigrants 3 3 2 4 3 Barack Obama/the president 3 8 * 2 3 Religious values/prayer in schools 3 7 * 2 1 Police problems/corruption 3 1 5 2 * Poverty/homelessness/hunger 2 * 2 2 2 Education/school loans/better quality 2 2 2 1 4 Health care/health insurance 2 3 2 2 5 Politicians/corrupt politicians 2 1 2 2 2 Partisan politics/negativity 2 - 3 2 3 Big government/bureaucracy 2 3 1 1 2 Moral values/family values 2 3 1 2 2 Miscellaneous economic issues 2 1 1 3 1 Crime/violence (general) 2 2 2 2 1 Terrorism (general) 2 3 2 2 5 Other 24 29 24 24 36 Don't know/No answer 4 2 4 5 4 Q4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling foreign policy? Approve 41 9 73 35 38 Disapprove 45 83 18 47 51 Don't know/No answer 13 8 9 18 11
Q5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy? TOTAL RESPONDENTS Total Rep Dem Ind Mar15c % % % % %
Approve 46 11 76 41 47 Disapprove 47 83 18 51 46 Don't know/No answer 7 6 6 8 7 Q6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Approve 12 15 12 10 22 Disapprove 80 78 82 79 70 Don't know/No answer 9 6 6 11 8 Q7. How would you rate the condition of the national economy these days? Is it very good, fairly good, fairly bad or very bad? Very good 4 1 6 5 5 Fairly good 41 29 55 38 46 Fairly bad 33 45 25 32 26 Very bad 20 25 14 22 22 Don't know/No answer 1 * 1 2 2 Q8. Do you think the economy is getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same? Better 33 14 49 31 34 Worse 26 45 15 24 27 Same 40 40 36 44 37 Don't know/No answer * * * 1 1 Q9. In general, is your opinion of the Republican Party favorable or not favorable? Feb15b Favorable 29 68 6 26 36 Not favorable 63 28 89 62 55 Don't know/No answer 8 4 5 12 9 Q10. In general, is your opinion of the Democratic Party favorable or not favorable? Favorable 43 8 82 32 43 Not favorable 50 89 16 54 49 Don't know/No answer 8 3 2 14 8 Q11-Q16. RELEASED SEPARATELY
Q17. From what you've heard or read, do you approve or disapprove of the health care law that was enacted in 2010? (If Approve, ask:) Do you strongly approve or somewhat approve? (If Disapprove, ask:) Do you somewhat disapprove or strongly disapprove? TOTAL RESPONDENTS Total Rep Dem Ind Feb15b % % % % %
Strongly approve 20 4 36 16 20 Somewhat approve 23 9 36 21 24 Somewhat disapprove 14 11 10 18 14 Strongly disapprove 38 72 13 38 38 Don't know/No answer 6 5 5 7 4 Q18. Which comes closest to your view about illegal immigrants who are living in the US? (They should be allowed to stay in the US and eventually apply for citizenship), they should be allowed to stay in the US legally, but not be allowed to apply for citizenship or (they should be required to leave the US). Jan15b Stay and apply for citizenship 57 38 71 55 54 Stay in the US legally, but not apply 11 12 9 13 15 Required to leave the US 29 46 16 30 27 Don't know/No answer 3 3 4 2 4 Q19. Do you think it should be legal or not legal for same sex couples to marry? Yes, legal 57 34 66 61 60 No, not legal 36 61 28 30 35 Don't know/No answer 7 6 6 9 5 Q20. Do you think small business owners who provide wedding-related services (should be allowed to refuse services to same-sex couples if same-sex marriage violates their religious beliefs), or do you think small business owners should be (required to provide
services regardless of a couple’s sexual orientation)?
Should be allowed to refuse 51 69 36 52 Should be required to provide services 42 24 58 40 Depends 3 4 2 2 Don't know/No answer 5 3 4 6 Q21. RELEASED SEPARATELY Q22. How would you say things are going for the U.S. in its fight against the militant group ISIS in Iraq and Syria? Would you say things are going very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly? TOTAL RESPONDENTS Total Rep Dem Ind Mar15c % % % % %
Very well 2 - 2 3 2 Somewhat well 25 16 34 24 26 Somewhat badly 34 33 38 32 34 Very badly 30 48 15 33 31 Don't know/No answer 8 4 12 8 8