Which of the following comes closest to your opinion?

• Political Parties Do a Pretty Good Job of Representing the Views of Regular Voters

  19.6%

• Political Parties Tend to Represent Extreme Views and Do Not Do a Good Job of Representing the Views of Regular Voters

  64.6%

• Not Sure

  12.4%

• Refused

  3.3%

Which of the following statements comes closest to your beliefs?

• I Feel It Is Very Important For Me to Vote in Almost Every Election, If Possible

  83.2%

• I Vote In Most Elections, But I Don't Think You Have to Vote in Every One

  9.7%

• I Try to Vote in Elections Where I Really Care About the Outcome, But Otherwise, It's Not That Important

  3%

• It's Usually Not That Important to Me Whether or Not I Vote in Most Elections

  1.1%

• Don't Know/Refused

  3%

THE FOLLOWING QUESTION WAS ONLY ASKED OF SELF-IDENTIFIED REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS WHO LEAN REPUBLICAN

Mark Sanford, who is the Republican Governor of South Carolina, has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. As of now, would you say you have a favorable opinion of Mark Sanford, an unfavorable opinion of Mark Sanford, don't have enough information about Mark Sanford to say, or haven't you thought much about this?

• Favorable

  15.6%

• Unfavorable

  2.7%

• Do not Have Enough Information

  67.4%

• Have not Thought Much About It

  13.6%

• Refused

  0.7%

Last month marked the first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much or little or nothing?

Is that A GREAT DEAL or SOMEWHAT?

• Great Deal

  24.2%

• Good Amount

  34.6%

• Not Very Much

  18.5%

• Little or Nothing

  15.6%

• Don't Know/Refused

  7.1%

Thinking about the country as a whole, so far, do you think the economic stimulus program has helped the national economy, hurt the national economy, or hasn't made much difference?

Is that A GREAT DEAL or SOMEWHAT?

• Helped Great Deal

  7.5%

• Helped Somewhat

  19.4%

• Hurt Somewhat

  6.9%

• Hurt Great Deal

  17.8%

• Hasn't Made Difference

  39.1%

• Don't Konw/Refused

  9.3%

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

  0.7%

• Fairly Good

  19.2%

• Fairly Bad

  42.9%

• Very Bad

  33.7%

• Don't Know/Refused

  3.5%

Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country as a whole are getting better or getting worse?

• Getting Better

  43.8%

• Getting Worse

  36.6%

• Dont Know/Refused

  19.6%

THE FOLLOWING QUESTION WAS ONLY ASKED OF THOSE WHO CURRENTLY HAVE A JOB

How concerned are you about the possibility of losing your job in the next year? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not very concerned, or not at all concerned?

• Very Concerned

  14.6%

• Somewhat Concerned

  20.9%

• Not Very Concerned

  24.7%

• Not At All Concerned

  36.6%

• Don't Know/Refused

  3.2%

I’d like to ask how you feel about the federal government’s response to the current financial crisis. In general, do you approve or disapprove of the expansion of the government’s role in the economy?

• Approve

  35.5%

• Disapprove

  54.7%

• Don't Know/Refused

  9.8%

Do you think President Obama's proposals to address the economic problems in the country call for too much government spending, the right amount, or not enough spending?

• Too Much

  60.7%

• Right Amount

  24%

• Not Enough

  4.9%

• Don't Know/Refused

  10.4%