2009 Harris Polls Americans Have Very Different Attitudes to Different Countries in, or Near the Middle East November 20 Afghanistan: Pessimism and Criticism of President Both Increase November 19 Two-thirds of Americans Give President Obama Negative Marks on Economy November 17 President Obama’s Job Approval Rating Continues to Move Downward November 16 Toying Around With Holiday Spending: Half of Americans Will Buy Toys This Holiday Season November 11 Majority of Americans Believe Fall of Berlin Wall was Beginning of New World Order November 10 Most Americans Are Still Upbeat and Optimistic – But Less So than in the Recent Past November 5 Business Leaders Considered Most Persuasive in Ad Endorsement November 4 Alienation Declines to Lowest Level Since 2004 November 3 American Public Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan November 2 Michael Jordan Tops List of Greatest Sports Stars of All Time October 28 The Many Different Things People Are Doing To Save Money October 27 The Buying Behavior of Substantial Minorities of Public Is Influenced by Environmental Attitudes – If the Price is Right October 23 Europeans Tend to Care More Strongly about Climate Change than Americans October 22 Support for Obama’s “Health Reform Proposals” Drops and Majorities of Public Now Agree with Many of the Criticisms October 21 Over Half of Americans Are Not Confident in White House on Economy October 20 Majorities of Americans Give President Obama Negative Ratings on his Handling of 12 Major Issues October 19 President Obama’s Ratings Continue Their Fall Again This Month October 16 The Evolving Changes of Transportation Habits in America October 15 Americans Split on Attitudes towards Ads Which Mention the Recession and Economic Troubles October 14 How Green Are We? Putting Our Money (and Our Behavior) Where Our Mouth Is October 13 Dallas Cowboys America’s Favorite Football Team for Third Straight Year October 7 California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas and Colorado Are the Most Popular States Where Americans Would Choose to Live October 5 Most Leaders in D.C. Have Many More Critics than Admirers – Especially Congress September 30 Americans Want Obama Administration to Focus on Economic Recovery Before Health Care Reform September 29 Public Opinion on Afghanistan: All the Numbers Get Worse September 25 Two-thirds of Americans Likely to Decrease Spending on Eating Out and Entertainment in the Next Six Months September 23 Americans Give President Obama Negative Marks on Handling of Economy September 22 Many People Are Confused or Misinformed on What Is, and Is Not, in Health Reform Proposals September 21 Obama’s Negative Ratings, and Those Who Think Country Is on the Wrong Track Continue to Rise September 17 Americans just as proud to be an American citizen now as after 9/11 September 10 Large Majorities of Public Blame Health Insurers, Drug Industry, Republicans and Business for Problems with Our Current Health Care System September 9 Congress’ Approval Rating At Lowest Point for Year September 2 Slight Optimism on Overall Economic Outlook Seen September 1 Wall Street’s Record Profit One Sign of the Economy Easing, but Americans Say We Are Still a Long Way from Being Out of Trouble August 31 Over One-Third of Americans Believe Fewer Troops Should be Committed in Afghanistan August 27 Majority of Americans Still Have Confidence in White House to Fix Economic Crisis August 26 Americans Give President Obama Negative Ratings on Handling of 12 Issues August 25 Nation Divided On President Obama: 51% Give Him Positive Marks, 49% Give Him Negative Marks August 24 Four in Five Americans Made Cuts to Personal Spending Due to Economy August 19 Big Drop since Last Year in Reputation of Car Manufacturers, Investment and Brokerage Firms, and Banks August 18 Is the U.S. Health Care System the “Envy of the World”? Not in Canada August 12 Attitudes to Abortion and Roe vs. Wade Are Now Almost Identical to Attitudes in 2005 and 2006 August 11 The More People Think They Know about Obama’s Health Care Reform Proposals The More They Oppose Them August 10 Firefighters, Scientists and Doctors Seen as Most Prestigious Occupations August 4 Only One in Ten Americans Are Very Knowledgeable About Sources of Electricity July 30 5-to-3 Majority Supports the Idea of a Public or Government Health Plan to Compete with Private Insurance July 29 Internet Provides Public with Health Care Information that They Value and Trust and Which Often Stimulates Discussion with Their Doctors July 28 Advertisers Much More Likely Than Consumers to Believe in Power of Twitter July 23 Compared to Last Year, Advertisers Rely Less on Print Ads and More on Internet and Digital July 22 Advertisers and Audiences: How Their Views on Advertising Effectiveness Differ July 21 Tiger’s Great: Tiger Woods is America’s Favorite Sports Star July 16 I Scream, You Scream, Americans Scream for… Chocolate Ice Cream July 14 New York Yankees Are the Favorite Baseball Team For Seventh Year in a Row July 13 Australia Regains Top Position for Vacation Destination July 9 Two-thirds of Americans Give Michelle Obama Positive Ratings July 7 Americans Not Confident Pakistan Can Defeat the Taliban or Secure Nuclear Weapons July 2 Television Ads Considered Most Helpful to Americans July 1 Americans are Purchasing More Generic Brands and Brown Bagging It to Save Money June 30 Only One-Quarter of Americans Say Banks are Honest and Trustworthy June 30 Attitude Towards Administration Drift Downwards June 29 Consumers are Saving More and Spending and Borrowing Less June 26 A Majority Gives Obama Positive Rating on Iraq June 25 Ads are Interesting but Not Considered Influential June 24 Attitudes Still Overwhelmingly Negative on Economy and Job Market June 23 Majorities of Americans Give President Obama Negative Ratings on Handling of Economy and Do Not Have Confidence in White House to Fix Economic Crisis June 22 While HDTV Resides in More Households, Interest in Blu-ray Remains Lukewarm June 18 Man of Many Sweaters, Cliff Huxtable is America’s Favorite TV Dad June 16 Offline Social Word of Mouth Influence On Brand Decision-Making More Frequent and More Powerful Than Online Social Media June 15 Majorities of Americans Continue to Believe Teacher Pay Too Low June 10 Large Majority of Drivers Who Own Cell Phones Use Them While Driving Even Though They Know This Is Dangerous June 8 Slightly More Americans Saying They Will Eat Out and Spend on Entertainment June 4 Divided Attitudes on Interrogation Techniques Used at Guantanamo June 2 Obama’s Team Do Little to Boost Administration’s Popularity June 1 Majority of Americans View Obama’s Handling of Economy in Negative Light May 28 Now is a Critical Time for Automakers to Maintain Customer Confidence May 26 Three in Five Americans Give President Obama’s Job Performance Positive Ratings May 21 No Vacation from the Economy: Two Thirds of Americans Plan Summer Vacation, but Nearly Half will Spend Less Than Last Year May 19 Money and Happiness Really May Not Be Tied Together May 15 Three in Ten Americans Drink Alcohol Weekly May 14 Slight Majority Gives Obama Positive Marks on Handling Afghanistan May 6 New Survey Shows the Difficulty of Developing Effective Flu Vaccines May 4 Americans Continue to View Job Market as Bad and Only One-Quarter Expect it to Improve in Six Months April 29 Americans Divided on President Obama’s Handling of the Economy April 27 Top Environmental Priorities Should be Air and Water Pollution April 24 Slight Rise in President Obama’s Ratings from Last Month April 23 Who Are You? CSI Answers that Question Each Week and is America’s Favorite TV Show April 21 Consumers’ High Hopes for a High Tech Future April 20 Just Under Half of Americans Have a Facebook or MySpace Account April 16 Majorities of Americans Lay at Least Some Blame for Economic Crisis on Media and Advertising Agencies for Causing People to Buy What They Couldn’t Afford April 15 Little Confidence That Benefits Cut By Companies Will Be Reinstated When Economic Crisis Ebbs April 9 Americans Continue to Decrease Spending on Entertainment and Eating Out March 31 Americans Trust Health Providers to Handle Personal Information in Secure Manner March 30 Battle in North Carolina as UNC and Duke are Top Two Favorite College Basketball Teams March 26 Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton Receive Top Ratings among Key Political Figures in Obama Administration and Congress March 25 Majority of Americans Give President Obama Negative Ratings on His Economic Job Performance March 24 Over Half of Americans Give President Obama’s Job Performance Positive Ratings March 23 Many Donors Giving Smaller Charitable Contributions to Fewer Organizations March 17 Very Large Majorities of Americans Believe Big Companies, PACs, Political Lobbyists and the News Media Have Too Much Power and Influence in D.C. March 12 The Harris Poll Annual Confidence Index Rises 10 Points March 5 Little or No Progress in Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles March 4 Democratic Lead in Party Identification at Highest Point in 25 Years March 3 Huge Majority Believes Wall Street Bonuses Should be Returned February 26 Half of Americans Believe Economic and Environmental Goals Are Aligned and We Do Not Need to Choose Between Them February 24 Obama, Jesus and Martin Luther King Top List of America’s “Heroes” February 19 No Consensus, and Much Confusion, on Evolution and the Origin of Species February 18 Almost Three in Five Americans Are Wine Buyers February 12 Positive Rating of SEC Plunges 42 Points February 10 Two in Five Americans Anticipate Obama Will Do a Good Job in Iraq, Afghanistan February 5 BBC World News America/The Harris Poll February 4 Expectations for Economy and Jobs Fell to Lowest Point in January February 3 Denzel Washington is America’s Favorite Movie Star January 29 Here’s Jay! Jay Leno is America’s Favorite Television Personality January 28 Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America’s Favorite Sport January 27 Only One-Third of Americans Support Sending More Troops to Afghanistan Finds Inaugural BBC World News America/The Harris Poll January 26 Substantial Increase in Public Preference for Generic over Brand Name Drugs January 26 Three in Five Adults Give President-Elect Obama Positive Marks for Transition Handling January 15 President Bush Leaves Office with Lowest Final Rating Compared to All Previous Presidents Over Last 40 Years January 14 Support for Government Services is Substantially Higher than It Was in 2005 January 13 Half of Americans Expect Economy to Get Worse January 8   Follow The Harris Poll on: Subscribe to Over the Wire – Weblog commentary of research data on current events and social trends Sign-up for Harris Poll Weekly About The Harris Poll The Harris Poll by Date 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Financial Times / Harris Poll Search The Harris Poll Library News Room

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