2007 Harris Polls
| December 28 |
Bush Administration Gets Low Marks on Balancing Fighting Terrorism and Protecting Civil Liberties |
| December 27 |
Only One-Third of Adults Who Have Watched an Online Video Have Watched a Political Video Online |
| December 21 |
Giuliani Still Leads Republicans, With Huckabee Surging into Second Place While Hillary Maintains Lead Among Democrats |
| December 20 |
Clinton Seen As Much Better Than Other Candidates to Handle All of 12 Key Issues |
| December 19 |
Appetites for a Wider Selection of TV Episodes and Movies Online Grow |
| December 19 |
Financial Times / Harris Poll Finds That Large Majorities in United States and Europe Think Immigrants Should Take Language and Citizenship Tests |
| December 18 |
More Americans Believe Surge is Working and Situation for Troops in Iraq has Stabilized |
| December 14 |
One-Third of Parents Use Video Game Ratings to Decide Whether Children Play or Get Game and Even Fewer Understand What the Ratings Mean |
| December 12 |
Most People See Planning For Growth as Very Important, But They Are Split On Whether It Is More Important To Encourage Growth or Manage and Limit It |
| December 11 |
Consumer Reports, American Red Cross, AARP, Nature Conservancy, and US Chamber of Commerce are the Most Trusted of 16 Beltway Groups |
| December 10 |
Two-Thirds of Americans Most Looking Forward to Spending Time with Family and Friends this Holiday Season |
| December 6 |
Three-Quarters of Americans Believe Country is on the Wrong Track – the Highest Number in Fifteen Years |
| December 4 |
Pets Are "Members of the Family" and Two-Thirds of Pet Owners Buy Their Pets Holiday Presents |
| November 29 |
The Religious and Other Beliefs of Americans |
| November 28 |
Local Television News is the Place for Weather Forecasts for a Plurality of Americans |
| November 21 |
Either China or the U.S. Expected to be the Dominant World Power in the Year 2020 |
| November 19 |
Rudy Giuliani Expands Lead For Republican Presidential Nomination While, For the First Time, a Majority of Democrats Favor Hillary Clinton |
| November 15 |
Reading and TV Watching Still Favorite Activities, But Both Have Seen Drops |
| November 14 |
Recent Toy Recalls Threaten Sales of Chinese Products This Holiday Season |
| November 13 |
"Margin of Error", When Used by Pollsters, Is Widely Misunderstood and Confuses Most People |
| November 12 |
Those with More Education and Higher Household Incomes are More Likely to Have Had Music Education |
| November 9 |
Support for Roe v. Wade Increases Significantly, Reaches Highest Level in Nine Years |
| November 8 |
The Harris Poll’s "Alienation Index" Rises Slightly to Highest Level in Presidency of George W. Bush |
| November 7 |
Global Warming Seen as a Problem That Needs to be Addressed Globally, But Most People Want U.S. to Take the Lead |
| November 5 |
Four in Five of All U.S. Adults – An Estimated 178 million – Go Online |
| November 1 |
Oil, Pharmaceutical, Health Insurance, Managed Care, Utilities and Tobacco Top the List of Industries That Many People Think Need More Regulation |
| October 31 |
National Do-Not-Call Registry: Seven in Ten are Registered and All of Them Will Renew Their Registration |
| October 30 |
The Falling Dollar: Most People Believe a Weaker Dollar is Bad for the Influence and Reputation of the U.S., for Consumers and the Economy – and for Exports |
| October 30 |
National Do-Not-Call Registry: Seven in Ten are Registered and All of Them Will Renew Their Registration |
| October 24 |
Rudy Giuliani Back on Top for Republican Presidential Nomination While Hillary Clinton Retains Her Commanding Lead Among Democrats |
| October 23 |
FT/Harris Poll in Britain Finds Immigration Tops the List of Political Issues ''Most Important'' to the U.K. |
| October 22 |
What European Reform Treaty? FT/Harris Poll Finds Majorities in Five Largest European Countries Know Nothing about It |
| October 18 |
Some (Moderately) Good News for the White House on Iraq |
| October 15 |
American Food Top Choice for People When Dining Out |
| October 11 |
Almost Three-Quarters View Both President and Vice-President in Negative Light |
| October 10 |
Leading Candidates’ Fail to Generate Great Deal of Support |
| October 8 |
Large Majorities See Organic Food as Safer, Better for the Environment And Healthier — But Also More Expensive |
| October 2 |
Nation Financially Divided as Two in Five Say Household’s Finances Have Improved in Past Year and Two in Five Say They Have Gotten Worse |
| October 1 |
Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts are Two Favorite Teams Among U.S. Adults Who Follow Professional Football, According to Harris Poll |
| September 27 |
Six Nation Survey Finds Little Enthusiasm for Free Market Capitalism in Western Europe or the United States |
| September 24 |
Romney’s Success Fails to Excite or Generate Support |
| September 24 |
Rudy Giuliani Back on Top for Republican Presidential Nomination While Hillary Clinton Retains Her Commanding Lead Among Democrats |
| September 20 |
Thompson Leads Giuliani While Clinton’s Lead over Obama Grows |
| September 18 |
Views on Social Issues and Their Potential Impact on the Presidential Election |
| September 13 |
Two-Thirds of Americans Disapprove of President’s Job Performance |
| September 10 |
The Coasts Are Tops as California and New York City Are Most Popular Places People Would Choose to Live |
| September 6 |
Half of Democrats Would Vote For John Edwards if He Was Democratic Nominee |
| September 5 |
Fred Thompson – The Great Unknown |
| August 28 |
Two-thirds of Americans Give President Bush Negative Marks on Handling of Iraq |
| August 23 |
Attitudes Toward Muslims Mixed in Europe and the U.S. |
| August 21 |
Memories May Not Be What They Were On Iraq |
| August 20 |
Almost Half of Americans Say the Economy is Declining and over Half Are Worried about Their Financial Situation |
| August 16 |
Rudy Giuliani Leads Fred Thompson Once Again While Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Barack Obama Grows |
| August 15 |
Three in Ten Americans Are Not Knowledgeable About U.S. Political Issues |
| August 14 |
Americans Satisfied With the Lives They Lead |
| August 8 |
Some Substantial Changes in How Americans View Different Industries |
| August 7 |
Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Israel and Japan Continue to be Countries Most Widely Seen as Close U.S. Allies |
| August 1 |
Firefighters, Scientists And Teachers Top List As “Most Prestigious Occupations” |
| July 31 |
Harris Poll Shows Number of "Cyberchondriacs" – Adults Who Have Ever Gone Online for Health Information– Increases to an Estimated 160 Million Nationwide |
| July 25 |
Strong Populist Mood in Europe and to a Lesser Extent in the USA |
| July 24 |
Two-Thirds Of U.S. Adults Would Consider Voting For An Independent Candidate For President |
| July 19 |
Fred Thompson Now Leads Rudy Giuliani While Hillary Clinton Maintains Lead Over Barack Obama |
| July 18 |
Three in Ten U.S. Adults Believe That The Federal Government Should Have Most Environmental Responsibility for U.S. Food Industry |
| July 17 |
Coca Cola On Top For First Time In Annual ‘Best Brands’ Harris Poll |
| July 16 |
Two-Thirds of US Adults Believe Current Mortgage Product Advertising and Marketing Lacks Credibility |
| July 12 |
Only One-Quarter of Americans Approve of President Bush’s Job Performance |
| July 11 |
Which Words Are Offensive? |
| July 11 |
One-Quarter Of Americans Do Not Recycle In Their Own Home |
| July 10 |
Just Over Half of Adults Plan to Take a Summer Vacation This Year |
| July 9 |
The New York Yankees May Be Slumping on the Field, But They Are Still America’s Favorite Baseball Team |
| July 2 |
Australia Is The Most Popular Country For Vacations — If Cost Is Not An Issue |
| June 27 |
Almost Half of Adults Say They Would Not Vote For John McCain for President |
| June 26 |
An Emerging Consensus? Majority Now Favors Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Stay If They Pay Back Taxes |
| June 25 |
Who Is Your Favorite Sports Star, America? Tiger Woods Remains At the Top of the List, While Derek Jeter Rises to the Number Two Position |
| June 22 |
The War on Terror: What is it? Who Are Our Enemies and How Likely Are Different Types of Terrorist Attacks in the U.S.? |
| June 20 |
Many European Adults Believe that the European Union Should Not Take in New Members |
| June 19 |
Fighting the War on Terror: Republicans Giuliani and McCain Get Higher Ratings than Clinton, Obama or Edwards |
| June 18 |
Social Responsibility: Most People Have Good Intentions but Only a Small Minority Really Practice What They Preach |
| June 15 |
Barack Obama Narrows the Gap and Closes in on Hillary Clinton |
| June 14 |
Fred Thompson Solidly in Second Place in Republican Preference for President |
| June 12 |
Majorities Say They Are Prepared for Certain Unexpected Events, But Less than Half Have Actually Done Certain Preparedness Actions |
| June 12 |
Consumer Concern Over Product Recalls High |
| June 11 |
TV Network News Top Source of News and Information Today |
| June 7 |
Cell Phones Widely Used by Those Under 30 |
| June 5 |
Two in Five U.S. Adults Would Not Vote for Rudy Giuliani for President if He Was the Republican Nominee |
| June 1 |
Just One-Third of U.S. Adults Would Vote for Barack Obama if He Was the Democratic Nominee for President |
| May 30 |
Comparing Presidential Ratings: How President Bush’s Highest and Lowest Ratings Match Up to Those of His Seven Predecessors |
| May 29 |
Majorities of British, Germans and Italians Believe There Are Too Many Legal Immigrants in Their Country |
| May 29 |
Strong Majorities Are Paying Attention to Events in Both Iraq and Afghanistan |
| May 23 |
Plurality Believe It Is Too Early to Tell if Surge of Troops in Iraq is Working |
| May 23 |
Majority of British Adults Believe Tony Blair has Weakened Great Britain’s Influence |
| May 21 |
Spinning the News from Iraq: Most People Believe the President and Republicans Make Things Sound Better Than They Are |
| May 21 |
Widespread Belief That Civil War and Other Potential Catastrophes Will Occur In Iraq If U.S. Withdraws Without Leaving a Stable Democratic Government |
| May 16 |
Hillary Clinton Widens Her Lead Over Barack Obama |
| May 15 |
Fred Thompson Now Tied for Second Place in Republican Preference for President |
| May 10 |
The Nation Is Divided as to Whether It Is Too Early For Presidential Election |
| May 4 |
Dick Cheney is Unpopular – But Only Minorities of Adults Share the Views of His Strongest Critics |
| May 2 |
Flu Vaccine Used Last Winter Seems to Have Been Less Effective Than Vaccines Used in Previous Years |
| April 26 |
President Bush’s Job Performance at Lowest Ever in Harris Poll |
| April 24 |
Much Criticism Of, And Very Little Support For, U.S. Attorney Debacle |
| April 23 |
U.S. Adults Less Likely Than Europeans to Think Humans Are Contributing to the Increase in Global Temperatures |
| April 20 |
Rudy Giuliani Leads John McCain By More Than 2-to-1 In Race for Republican Nomination |
| April 19 |
Hillary Clinton Maintains Modest Lead Over Barack Obama Among Potential Democratic Voters |
| April 11 |
Many U.S. Adults are Uncomfortable Voting for a Mormon in the 2008 Presidential Race |
| April 10 |
Closing the Budget Deficit: U.S. Adults Strongly Resist Raising Any Taxes Except "Sin Taxes" Or Cutting Major Programs |
| April 4 |
Most Potential Buyers of Microsoft’s Vista Take a Wait and See Attitude |
| March 27 |
Fifty Percent of U.S. Adults Would Not Vote for Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Candidate for President |
| March 26 |
Many U.S. Adults are Satisfied with Use of Their Personal Health Information |
| March 21 |
Only One Quarter of U.S. Adults Think That Sending More Troops to Iraq Will Improve Security and Reduce Killings |
| March 20 |
For First Time, North Carolina is the Nation’s Favorite College Basketball Team |
| March 16 |
Giuliani Gains as McCain Slips in the Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination |
| March 15 |
Support for Barack Obama Surges |
| March 14 |
A Majority Believe Their Financial Situation Will Be Better Next Year Than This Year |
| March 7 |
Large Majorities of U.S. Adults Believe PACs, Big Companies and Lobbyists Have Too Much Power and Influence in Washington |
| March 6 |
Strong Majority Believe the U.S. is Not Well-Respected Throughout the World |
| March 1 |
Confidence in Leaders of Major Institutions: Small Business Tops the List this Year |
| February 27 |
Tracking Health Risks Over 24 Years, The Harris Poll Finds U.S. Adults Indicate Massive Increases in Obesity, Greatly Increased Seat Belt Use and Modest Decline in Smoking |
| February 23 |
U.S. Adults Do Not Support Draft for Military or Civilian Service, But Favor Voluntary Service to Support Country |
| February 22 |
More Than One-Third Say Traffic Congestion is a Serious Problem in Their Community |
| February 21 |
"Letters from Iwo Jima," Will Smith and Meryl Streep Should Take Home Oscars |
| February 14 |
The Presidential Election: More People Would "Consider Voting for" and Choose Clinton and Obama Than Would Consider or Choose Any Republican Candidate |
| February 12 |
Illegal Immigration, Loss of Jobs to Foreign Countries, Natural Disaster and Energy Shortage Seen as Events Most Likely to be Major Threats to the U.S. in the Next Five Years |
| February 8 |
President Bush’s Job Performance Continues to be Viewed Negatively |
| February 7 |
2006 Harris Polls Suggest Modest Loss by Republicans in Party Affiliation for the Second Year Running |
| February 6 |
CDC, FAA, NIH, FDA, FBI and USDA Get the Highest Ratings of Thirteen Federal Government Agencies |
| February 5 |
Almost Half Oppose the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Policy |
| January 29 |
One-Third of Frequent YouTube Users are Watching Less TV to Watch Videos Online |
| January 26 |
Iraq: We’re Not Winning; We’re Not Losing |
| January 22 |
Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Rate Current State of the Country as Poor |
| January 17 |
Oprah is America’s Top Favorite TV Personality for Fifth Year in a Row |
| January 16 |
Denzel Washington: America’s Favorite Movie Star |
| January 9 |
While Still the Nation’s Favorite Sport, Professional Football Drops in Popularity |
| January 8 |
Large Majority of Public Rejects Old Ideas of Sovereignty and Favors International Intervention in Countries that Kill and Abuse Their Own People |
| January 3 |
The American Public Strongly Supports Social Security Reform |
