CBS News/New York Times National Poll, September #1, 2012

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Label

CBS News/New York Times National Poll, September #1, 2012

Creator

• CBS News
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• The New York Times

Author

• The New York Times
• CBS News

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• Medicare
• Obama, Barack
• Obama, Michelle
• Presidents
• Republican Party (USA)
• Romney, Mitt
• Ryan, Paul
• Taxation
• Tea Party movement
• United States Congress
• abortion
• foreign policy
• health care
• job loss
• Biden, Joe
• middle class
• national debt
• national economy
• presidency
• presidential performance
• public opinion
• recession
• same-sex marriage
• survey
• taxes
• unemployment
• voting behavior
• job performance
• Clinton, Bill
• Democratic Party (USA)
• International relations
• Medical care

Genre

• survey

Summary

This poll, the first of two fielded September 2012, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked how well Barack Obama was handling the presidency on issues such as foreign policy, the economy, and health care. Data were collected on voter enthusiasm for the 2012 election, intentions to vote, as well as current opinions on election issues. Opinions were collected about the state of the nation, feelings about the future, and the direction that each presidential candidate would take the nation. Participants were also asked opinions on the favorability of the vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, the presidential candidates' wives Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, as well as Bill Clinton. Further questions were asked about which candidate would do a better job handling issues such as health care, national debt, taxes, unemployment, and foreign policy. Finally, participants were polled on their opinions about important election issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, taxes, and health care. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, whether respondents were supporters of the Tea Party movement, whether respondents had children, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again Christians