2004 Harris Polls
| December 29 |
For Third Year in a Row Oprah Retains Her Position as America’s Favorite TV Personality |
| December 22 |
What Did Voters Really Mean When They Said "Moral Values" Were Important in Deciding Who to Vote for in the U.S. Presidential Election? |
| December 17 |
Iraq and the Two Americas |
| December 15 |
Email, Research, News and Weather, Information about Hobbies or Special Interests Top the List of How People Use the Internet as it Continues to Grow |
| December 8 |
Different Leisure Activities’ Popularity Rise and Fall, But Reading, TV Watching and Family Time Still Top the List of Favorites |
| December 1 |
Nation’s Alienation Index Decreases As Fewer People Feel Powerless and Isolated |
| November 24 |
CDC, FAA, NIH, FDA and FBI Get Highest Ratings of Eleven Federal Governing Agencies |
| November 23 |
Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Still Nation’s Favorite NFL Teams |
| November 19 |
No Sign of Post-Election Honeymoon for President Bush or His Administration |
| November 19 |
Neither Election Nor Fighting in Fallujah Changes Public Attitudes on Iraq |
| November 17 |
81 to 16 Percent Majority Believes Presidential Election Was Conducted Fairly |
| November 12 |
Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Remains Nation’s Favorite College Football Team, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| November 10 |
National "Feel Good Index" Rises as More People Feel Good about U.S. Morals and Values |
| November 2 |
Final Pre-election Harris Polls: Still Too Close to Call but Kerry Makes Modest Gains |
| November 2 |
Most Bush Supporters Trust Elections Will Be Fair; Most Kerry Supporters Do Not and Support Constitutional Amendment to Elect President by Popular Vote |
| November 1 |
It’s Really Close: Online Survey Shows Kerry with Two-Point Lead; Telephone Survey Shows Four-Point Bush Lead |
| October 29 |
The Remarkable Stability of Attitudes toward Iraq |
| October 29 |
Why Should We Believe the Polls? |
| October 27 |
Bush and Kerry Neck and Neck, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 22 |
President’s Ratings and Those of Top Cabinet Members All Improve, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 22 |
Public Attitudes Still Mixed Though Shifting About the War in Iraq, According to the Latest Harris Poll |
| October 22 |
The War in Iraq Edges the Economy as Most Important Issue for Government to Address, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 21 |
Iraq, 9/11, Al Qaeda and Weapons of Mass Destruction: What the Public Believes Now, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 20 |
Bush Leads by Eight Points – or Two – Depending on Definition of Likely Voters |
| October 13 |
Professional Football Leads Baseball by 2-to-1 as Nation’s Favorite Sport |
| October 12 |
Most People’s Families, Friends and Workmates Support the Same Political Parties They Do |
| October 7 |
Interest in Election Helps Fuel Growth in Accessing Internet for News, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 6 |
47 to 38 Percent of Public Believes War in Iraq Not Worth Fighting and Loss of Life Involved, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| October 1 |
Public Perceptions of Likelihood of Future Terrorist Attack Leads to Continuing Support for Tough Surveillance Measures to Prevent Terrorism |
| September 30 |
Things Continue to Happen in Iraq, but Public Opinion Scarcely Changes, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| September 29 |
Latest National Harris Interactive Online Poll Shows Bush with Two-Point Lead Among Likely Voters |
| September 24 |
Majority of U.S. Adults Favors Continuing Ban on Sales of Assault Rifles, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| September 23 |
War on Terror and Economy Continue to Dominate Election Issues but Health Care Moves Up, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| September 17 |
President Bush’s Ratings Slip to Lowest Level of His Presidency, According to Latest Harris Poll |
| September 16 |
Bush’s Convention Bounce Vanishes as Race Tightens |
| September 15 |
Doctors, Scientists, Firemen, Teachers and Military Officers Top List as |
| September 9 |
Most People Think Health Care Costs Are "Unreasonably High" and Favor Price Controls, According to Harris Poll |
| September 8 |
More Than Four in Ten Internet Users Now Have Broadband -- Doubled in Two Years |
| September 1 |
Britain, Canada, Australia, Israel and Japan Top the List of Countries Seen as Our Closest Allies, According to Harris Poll |
| August 25 |
The Economy, the War on Terror and Iraq Continue to Head List of Political Issues, with Health Care Moving Up in Importance, According to Harris Poll |
| August 20 |
Those Who Believe that We Were Misled by Government about Weapons of Mass Destruction and Links to Al Qaeda Jump to 60 Percent |
| August 19 |
Bush and Kerry Neck and Neck Says Harris Poll |
| August 18 |
Those Favoring Stem Cell Research Increases to a 73 to 11 Percent Majority |
| August 11 |
Australia, Italy and Britain Top List of Favorite Vacation Destinations – If Cost Not an Issue |
| August 4 |
Americans Generally View Canada and Great Britain More Positively than Other Major Countries on Six Criteria, from System of Government to Quality of Life |
| July 30 |
U.S. Attitudes to Olympics |
| July 28 |
Tony Blair Tops List of World Leaders Most Admired by Americans |
| July 23 |
"Fahrenheit 911": Most Democrats and Independents Give Michael Moore’s Movie Good Marks and Think It Treats President Fairly |
| July 22 |
Few Americans Believe Handing Over Sovereignty to New Iraqi Government Will Achieve Positive Results |
| July 15 |
Abolish the Penny? A Majority of the Public Says "No" |
| July 7 |
Sony Tops the List in Annual “Best Brands” Survey for Fifth Consecutive Year |
| July 2 |
Genetically Modified Foods and Crops: Public Still Divided on Benefits and Risks |
| July 1 |
Americans Perceive That U.S. Army and Leadership Were Aware Of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Prior to Media Reporting |
| June 30 |
President’s Approval Rating of His Handling of Iraq is Lowest Just Prior to Handover of Iraq |
| June 23 |
Economy Tops Iraq as Election Issues |
| June 18 |
Contradiction? Modest majorities believe Iraq invasion strengthened war on terror but has not helped protect U.S. from another terrorist attack |
| June 18 |
The Ronald Reagan Effect? |
| June 17 |
Unlike 9/11 Commission, Large Majority of Public Polled Recently Still Believed Saddam Hussein Was Supporting Al Qaeda |
| June 16 |
Majority in U.S. Favors Stricter Gun Control – But Gun Control Is Not Likely To Be Much of an Issue in Upcoming Presidential Election |
| June 9 |
First Lady Laura Bush Continues to Get High Marks |
| June 2 |
New York Yankees Retain #1 Position as Country’s Most Popular Baseball Team, and Chicago Cubs Move Up to #2 |
| June 1 |
Personal Optimism Higher This Year than Last |
| May 28 |
Supermarkets, Food Companies, Airlines, Computers and Banks Top the List of Industries Doing a Good Job for Their Consumers |
| May 26 |
Oil Prices |
| May 21 |
A 65 to 11 Percent Majority of U.S. Public Sees Situation for U.S. Troops in Iraq as Getting Worse |
| May 19 |
Most Americans Who Are Online Use Internet for News, But Most Say This Does Not Reduce Their Use of Other News Media |
| May 12 |
Most Think Many MLB Players Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Favor Strong Testing And Punishment For Offenders |
| May 5 |
Taxes: Neither Bush nor Kerry Has Much of An Advantage Among a Highly Polarized Public |
| May 4 |
Opinions Regarding the Condition of Public Education is Split Down Racial Lines |
| April 28 |
Blame for 9/11? |
| April 26 |
American’s Confidence in U.S. Role in Iraq Declines Sharply |
| April 23 |
Modest 52 to 43 Percent Majority Believes Invasion of Iraq Has Not Helped to Protect United States |
| April 22 |
Ratings of President and All Major Cabinet Members Drop to Their Lowest Levels of Bush Presidency |
| April 21 |
In Spite of Media Coverage, Widespread Belief in Weapons of Mass Destruction and Iraqi Links to Al Qaeda Remain Virtually Unchanged |
| April 15 |
Support for Adoption by Same-Sex Couples Has Increased Substantially, But Plurality of Public Still Opposes It |
| April 14 |
Strong Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage, But Those Who Approve Have Increased Substantially |
| April 7 |
Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs Abroad Very Unpopular |
| March 31 |
Public Attitudes to U.S. Role in Iraq Seem to be Set in Concrete |
| March 24 |
Which Industries Should Be More or Less Regulated? |
| March 19 |
Large Majorities of Americans Continue to Think That Big Companies, PACs, Lobbyists, and News Media Have Too Much Power and Influence on Government |
| March 17 |
College Basketball |
| March 12 |
Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Rises to Highest Level in 20 Years |
| March 10 |
Confidence in Leaders of Major Institutions Declines Modestly Since Last Year |
| March 5 |
Strong and Continuing Support for Tough Measures to Prevent Terrorism |
| March 3 |
No Active Athlete Has Yet Replaced Michael Jordan as Nation’s Favorite Sports Star |
| February 27 |
Democrats Still Hold a Small Lead in Party Identification |
| February 25 |
Little Change in Public Perceptions of U.S. Role in Iraq |
| February 23 |
More Americans Now Believe that Iraq Did Not have Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| February 19 |
Bush Approval Ratings Remain Stable; Other Leader Ratings Drop |
| February 18 |
Overwhelming Majorities of Public Find It Unacceptable for States to Claim They Are Exempt from Provisions of Americans with Disabilities Act |
| February 13 |
Do Not Call Registry Is Working Well |
| February 11 |
Differing Perceptions of the Guilt or Innocence of Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Martha Stewart |
| February 6 |
Similar Levels of Fear of Terrorism in U.S.A. and Great Britain |
| February 4 |
Politics and the Internet |
| January 30 |
Widespread Belief that Super Bowl Players Use Steroids |
| January 28 |
Americans Think Downloading Music for Personal Use Is an Innocent Act |
| January 21 |
Online Activity Grows as More People Use Internet for More Purposes |
| January 14 |
More Than One-Third of Internet Users Now Have Broadband |
| January 7 |
More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Continue to Support the Death Penalty |
| January 2 |
How Do President Bush’s Current Job Ratings Compare with Those of His Predecessors, at This Stage of Their First Terms? |
