 POLL December 5-8, 2013 Total N= 1000 All trends are from New York Times/CBS News polls unless otherwise noted. Asterisk indicates registered respondents only. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 3/12-16/09 CBS 3/20-22/09 CBS 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 5/6-12/09 CBS 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 8/27-31/09 CBS 9/19-23/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 12/4-8/09 1/6-10/10 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 3/18-21/10 CBS 3/29-4/1/10 CBS 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 5/20-24/10 CBS 6/16-20/10 7/9-12/10 CBS 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/1-5/10 CBS 10/21-26/10 11/7-10/10 CBS 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 5/2-3/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 9/10-15/11 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 12/14-18/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/17-20/12 CBS 10/25-28/12 12/12-16/12 CBS 1/11-15/13 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Approve 62 63 62 64 66 68 63 63 57 58 56 56 56 53 50 46 50 46 49 44 50 51 47 47 44 48 45 44 45 45 48 49 48 49 46 57 48 47 48 43 44 46 43 44 47 45 47 50 41 48 44 48 51 49 50 57 51 52 45 47 47 48 46 43 46 37 42 Disapprove 15 22 24 20 24 23 26 26 32 30 35 33 34 36 39 41 40 45 41 41 40 39 43 43 44 44 47 45 47 45 42 39 41 41 45 37 43 44 47 50 44 46 47 46 44 47 45 43 47 42 46 43 42 42 42 37 41 38 46 45 43 45 46 49 49 57 50 DK/NA 23 15 14 16 10 9 11 11 11 13 9 11 10 11 11 13 10 9 10 15 10 10 10 10 12 8 8 11 8 10 10 12 11 10 8 6 9 9 5 7 12 8 10 10 9 8 8 7 12 10 10 8 7 9 8 6 7 10 9 8 10 7 8 7 4 7 8 2 2. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track? 2/10-12/03 3/22/2003 4/11-13/03 9/28-10/1/03 7/13-27/03 11/10-12/03 CBS 12/10-13/03 12/14-15/03 1/12-15/04 2/12-15/04 CBS 3/10-14/04 3/30-4/1/04 CBS 4/23-27/04 5/20-23/04 CBS 6/23-27/04 7/11-15/04 8/15-18/04 CBS 9/12-16/04 9/20-22/04 CBS 10/1-3/04 10/14-17/04 10/28-30/04 11/18-21/04 1/14-18/05 2/24-28/05 3/9-14/05 NYT 4/13-16/05 CBS 5/20-24/05 CBS 6/10-15/05 7/29-8/2/05 CBS 9/9-13/05 10/3-5/05 CBS 10/30-11/1/05 CBS 12/2-6/05 1/5-8/06 CBS 1/20-25/06 3/9-12/06 CBS 4/28-30/06 CBS 5/4-8/06 6/10-11/06 CBS 7/21-25/06 8/17-21/06 10/27-31/06 12/8-10/06 CBS 1/1-3/07 CBS 1/18-21/07 CBS 2/8-11/07 CBS 2/23-27/07 5/18-23/07 6/26-28/07 CBS 7/9-17/07 9/4-8/07 12/5-9/07 1/9-12/08 3/28-4/2/08 5/30-6/3/08 CBS 9/12-16/08 10/10-13/08 10/19-22/08 10/25-29/08 12/4-8/08 CBS Right Wrong DK/NA Right Direction Track Direction 35 56 9 1/11-15/09 15 50 40 10 2/2-4/09 CBS 23 56 36 9 3/12-16/09 CBS 35 37 56 7 4/1-5/09 39 46 49 5 4/22-26/09 41 39 53 8 5/6-12/09 CBS 45 39 56 5 6/12-16/09 44 49 43 8 7/9-12/09 CBS 35 42 53 5 7/24-28/09 42 41 51 8 9/19-23/09 41 38 54 8 12/4-8/09 37 36 57 7 1/14-17/10 CBS 36 36 55 9 2/5-10/10 33 30 65 5 4/5-12/10 34 36 57 6 5/4-5/10 CBS 33 36 56 8 5/20-24/10 CBS 32 39 55 6 6/16-20/10 32 41 51 7 9/10-14/10 33 41 54 5 10/1-5/10 CBS 32 40 51 9 10/21-26/10 34 37 59 4 11/7-10/10 CBS 29 43 55 2 1/15-19/11 32 40 54 6 2/11-14/11 CBS 36 39 56 5 3/18-21/11 CBS 30 42 52 6 4/15-20/11 26 37 56 7 6/3-7/11 CBS 31 32 62 6 6/24-28/11 28 34 60 6 7/22-24/11 CBS 22 33 61 6 9/10-15/11 23 37 57 6 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 19 31 63 6 10/19-24/11 21 37 58 5 12/5-7/11 CBS 21 27 68 5 12/14-18/11 CBS 25 31 60 9 1/4-8/12 CBS 29 31 62 7 1/12-17/12 29 32 61 7 2/8-13/12 35 28 66 9 2/24-27/12 CBS 24 24 71 5 3/7-11/12 29 23 70 7 4/13-17/12 31 27 69 4 5/31-6/3/12 CBS 31 28 66 6 7/11-16/12 30 29 67 4 8/22-26/12 CBS 31 29 64 7 9/8-12/12 40 24 70 6 10/17-20/12 CBS 40 27 68 5 10/25-28/12 39 26 69 5 12/12-16/12 CBS 37 26 68 6 1/11-15/13 38 23 68 9 2/23-27/13 29 24 72 4 3/20-24/13 CBS 32 19 75 6 4/24-28/13 34 22 72 6 5/31-6/4/13 35 24 71 4 7/18-22/13 CBS 35 21 71 8 9/19-23/13 29 19 75 6 10/18-21/13 CBS 23 14 81 5 11/15-18/13 CBS 27 14 83 3 12/5-8/13 30 14 81 5 7 89 4 11 85 4 11 85 4 12 83 5 For trend going back further than 2003, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. Wrong Track 79 68 57 53 50 48 50 57 49 53 56 55 62 59 58 61 60 60 63 61 62 64 58 64 70 60 63 70 72 73 74 75 69 65 66 59 67 63 61 62 64 62 54 53 54 57 57 63 61 59 59 60 66 72 68 63 DK/NA 6 9 8 7 9 7 6 8 9 6 7 9 5 7 9 7 8 6 5 5 9 4 6 6 5 9 9 8 5 8 5 4 6 6 4 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 5 8 7 7 6 4 5 4 5 7 3 3. What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today? 5/31-6/4/13 5 9/19-23/13 8 12/5-8/13 13 Budget deficit 6 6 6 Education 1 3 2 Medicare/Medicaid - - * Taxes 1 - * Economy 19 22 10 Immigration 3 1 3 Defense 1 - * Poverty 1 2 2 Crime 1 1 * Foreign Policy 1 2 * Jobs 16 12 14 Abortion - - * Moral Values 3 2 3 Welfare 1 - * President 2 2 4 War 1 2 1 Iraq - - * Afghanistan - - - Politicians/Government 5 4 3 Environment 1 - * Religious values 3 2 1 Terrorism general 1 1 * Guns 1 2 1 Other 24 21 3 DK/NA 3 4 2 Health care 4 4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling foreign policy? 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 4/28-5/2/10 7/9-12/10 CBS 11/7-10/10 CBS 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 5/2-3/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 12/14-18/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 12/12-14/12 1/11-15/13 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 9/19-23/13 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Approv e 50 57 59 59 59 53 54 48 50 49 47 48 44 46 40 46 46 47 39 52 47 50 45 41 51 46 48 50 40 46 41 45 50 47 51 49 48 43 45 45 43 40 38 42 Disapprov e 15 17 19 23 23 30 24 28 36 38 34 38 41 37 45 32 33 36 46 34 37 31 41 41 32 37 35 36 41 36 42 35 36 41 32 36 31 37 38 39 44 49 50 44 DK/N A 35 26 22 18 19 17 23 24 14 13 19 14 15 17 15 22 21 17 15 15 16 19 14 18 17 17 16 14 19 18 17 20 15 12 17 15 21 19 17 16 12 11 12 14 5 5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy? 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 3/12-16/09 CBS 3/20-22/09 CBS 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 5/6-12/09 CBS 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 8/27-31/09 CBS 9/19-23/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 12/4-8/09 1/6-10/10 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 3/18-21/10 CBS 3/29-4/1/10 CBS 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 5/20-24/10 CBS 6/16-20/10 7/9-12/10 CBS 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/1-5/10 CBS 10/21-26/10 11/7-10/10 CBS 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 5/2-3/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 6/24-28/11 9/10-15/11 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 12/14-18/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 12/12-16/12 CBS 1/11-15/13 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Approve 55 57 56 61 56 61 56 57 48 51 53 50 54 49 47 41 46 42 45 42 43 48 43 45 40 44 41 38 42 40 43 41 42 39 38 34 37 39 34 35 38 34 33 40 38 40 44 39 44 39 39 45 46 47 46 45 39 41 44 45 46 41 42 37 37 Disapprove 24 32 33 29 34 29 33 35 44 41 41 40 38 43 43 47 48 52 45 50 46 47 48 48 54 48 51 50 50 53 50 52 50 53 57 55 56 52 57 53 56 60 60 53 55 54 50 54 48 55 54 47 47 47 49 49 54 52 50 49 48 54 52 60 58 DK/NA 21 11 11 10 10 10 11 7 8 9 6 10 8 8 10 12 6 5 10 8 11 6 9 7 6 8 8 12 8 7 7 7 8 8 5 11 7 9 9 12 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 8 7 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 7 3 6 6 6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling health care? 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 8/27-31/09 CBS 9/19-23/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 12/4-8/09 1/6-10/10 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 3/18-21/10 CBS 3/29-4/1/10 CBS 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 5/20-24/10 9/19-23/13 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Approve 44 49 46 40 47 47 44 42 36 40 35 41 34 41 44 42 40 32 41 Disapprove 34 37 38 47 45 42 48 50 54 54 55 51 55 51 48 52 54 65 55 DK/NA 22 14 16 13 9 11 8 7 10 6 10 8 11 8 8 6 5 3 5 7 8. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? 7/13-16/02 9/22-23/02 CBS 10/3-6/02 10/27-31/02 5/9-12/03 7/13-27/03 9/28-10/1/03 1/12-15/04 10/14-17/04 1/14-18/05 2/24-28/05 3/21-22/05 CBS 4/13-16/05 CBS 5/20-23/05 CBS 6/10-15/05 7/13-14/05 CBS 9/9-13/05 10/3-5/05 CBS 10/30-11/1/05 CBS 12/2-6/05 1/5-8/06 CBS 1/20-25/06 2/22-26/06 CBS 3/9-12/06 CBS 4/6-9/06 CBS 5/4-8/06 6/10-11/06 CBS 7/21-25/06 8/17-21/06 9/15-19/06 10/5-8/06 10/27-31/06 1/18-21/07 CBS 2/8-11/07 CBS 2/23-27/07 3/7-11/07 4/9-12/07 CBS 5/18-23/07 6/26-28/07 CBS 7/9-17/07 7/20-22/07 8/8-12/07 CBS 9/4-8/07 10/12-16/07 CBS 12/5-9/07 4/25-29/08 9/27-30/08 CBS 10/10-13/08 10/19-22/08 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 3/12-16/09 CBS 3/20-22/09 CBS 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 7/9-12/09 CBS Approve 49 48 42 45 35 39 37 45 38 44 41 34 35 29 33 33 34 31 34 33 27 29 28 32 27 23 26 28 29 25 27 29 33 32 33 31 34 35 27 29 26 25 23 27 21 21 15 12 17 26 26 30 30 26 28 22 Disapprove 38 36 45 40 48 46 47 42 46 39 44 49 51 55 53 50 54 57 53 53 57 61 61 54 61 64 60 58 60 61 64 56 49 52 50 53 54 52 60 59 61 63 66 59 64 68 72 74 70 62 63 56 56 64 55 65 DK/NA 14 16 13 15 16 15 16 13 16 17 15 17 14 16 14 17 12 12 13 14 16 11 11 14 12 13 14 14 11 14 9 15 18 16 17 16 12 13 13 12 13 12 11 14 15 11 13 14 13 12 12 14 14 10 16 13 8/27-31/09 CBS 10/5-8/09 CBS 10/29-11/1/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 3/18-21/10 CBS 3/29-4/1/10 CBS 4/5-12/10 5/20-24/10 CBS 6/16-20/10 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/1-5/10 CBS 10/21-26/10 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 9/10-15/11 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 12/14-18/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 4/13-17/12 5/31-6/3/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 12/12-16/12 CBS 1/11-15/13 CBS 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Approve 26 22 18 26 23 15 14 16 17 15 19 22 21 18 14 17 24 21 16 18 20 14 12 11 9 9 11 11 12 13 10 13 15 12 14 16 15 11 12 14 11 17 13 17 24 14 9 11 10 Disapprove 58 65 70 60 63 75 76 74 73 77 70 71 70 71 76 72 62 66 75 72 70 82 80 80 84 83 82 83 80 79 82 77 77 79 74 74 75 81 82 77 81 75 80 76 68 80 85 85 83 DK/NA 16 13 12 14 14 10 10 10 10 8 11 7 9 11 10 11 14 13 9 10 10 3 8 9 7 8 7 6 8 9 8 9 9 9 12 10 10 9 6 8 8 8 7 6 8 6 6 5 7 For trend going back further than 2002, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. 8 12. How would you rate the condition of the national economy these days? Is it very good, fairly good, fairly bad or very bad? 1/4-6/03 CBS 1/19-22/03 5/9-12/03 9/28-10/1/03 2/10-12/03 3/20-24/03 4/11-13/03 10/20-21/03CBS 12/10-13/03 12/14-15/03 1/12-15/04 3/10-14/04 4/23-27/04 5/20-23/04 CBS 6/23-27/04 8/15-18/04 CBS 9/12-16/04 10/1-3/04 10/14-17/04 11/18-21/04 2/24-28/05 6/10-15/05 7/29-8/2/05 CBS 9/9-13/05 10/30-11/1/05 CBS 12/2-6/05 1/5-8/06 CBS 1/20-25/06 2/22-26/06 CBS 3/9-12/06 CBS 4/6-9/06 CBS 4/28-30/06 CBS 5/4-8/06 7/21-25/06 8/17-21/06 9/15-19/06 10/5-8/06 10/27-31/06 12/8-10/06 CBS 1/1-3/07 CBS 1/18-21/07 CBS 2/8-11/07 CBS 2/23-27/07 3/7-11/07 4/9-12/07 CBS 5/18-23/07 7/9-17/07 8/8-12/07 CBS 9/4-8/07 10/12-16/07 CBS 12/5-9/07 1/9-12/08 1/30-2/2/08 CBS 2/20-24/08 3/15-18/08 CBS 3/28-4/2/08 4/25-29/08 5/1-3/08 5/30-6/3/08 CBS 7/7-14/08 7/31-8/5/08 CBS 8/15-19/08 9/12-16/08 9/21-24/08 9/27-30/08 CBS 10/3-5/08 CBS 10/10-13/08 10/19-22/08 Very good 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 5 3 2 4 5 4 5 3 6 3 4 4 4 7 4 3 6 6 6 5 4 7 8 6 5 5 5 7 9 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 9 7 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 - Fairly good 40 42 42 39 37 47 48 42 52 50 51 47 51 47 54 47 51 49 49 50 53 50 50 45 44 49 48 51 45 51 45 49 47 46 47 51 53 50 50 50 51 52 55 47 51 48 46 45 51 45 39 35 26 27 24 20 22 15 19 18 16 17 20 17 10 10 11 13 Fairly bad 43 43 41 37 42 33 36 36 30 28 34 34 30 31 30 32 31 29 32 30 29 32 31 33 35 29 32 29 33 29 30 27 31 34 32 30 28 26 26 26 31 27 25 33 28 29 30 32 30 33 39 42 27 45 42 48 41 40 45 45 40 41 39 34 37 34 38 35 Very bad 14 12 14 19 18 15 10 18 13 13 11 15 15 16 11 15 12 16 13 14 13 13 11 17 16 14 13 13 15 14 17 14 15 13 15 13 11 13 13 14 10 12 10 11 11 14 13 14 15 16 18 19 44 25 34 30 36 43 33 35 43 41 39 46 52 55 50 51 DK/NA 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 - 10/25-29/08 12/4-8/08 CBS 1/11-15/09 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 3/12-16/09 CBS 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 5/6-12/09 CBS 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 8/27-31/09 CBS 9/19-23/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 12/4-8/09 1/6-10/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 3/29/-4/1/10 CBS 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 5/20-24/10 6/16-20/10 7/9-12/10 CBS 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/1-5/10 CBS 10/21-26/10 11/7-10/10 CBS 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 9/10-15/11 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/17-20 CBS 10/25-28/12 12/12-16/12 CBS 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Very good 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 Fairly good 10 8 6 5 8 12 10 15 17 14 13 17 18 21 15 18 20 15 16 15 22 23 19 20 15 15 17 18 21 18 17 24 23 21 17 18 17 12 13 10 13 12 12 18 20 22 21 26 26 25 29 30 30 28 31 29 29 36 34 34 30 31 34 Fairly bad 41 37 30 31 30 36 38 40 45 48 42 47 43 49 49 42 44 50 44 42 43 45 47 48 50 42 47 43 45 44 46 46 46 48 44 43 43 46 39 47 50 41 44 46 47 46 45 41 39 39 38 39 36 46 38 42 42 37 36 39 37 37 36 Very Bad 48 54 62 63 61 52 51 44 36 36 44 35 36 28 35 37 33 32 39 42 34 27 32 29 32 41 34 37 33 35 36 28 29 29 36 36 38 40 47 41 36 45 42 34 32 29 30 29 32 32 30 27 31 23 29 26 26 23 25 24 29 28 25 DK/NA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 For trend going back further than 2003, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. 9 13. Do you think the economy is getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same? 1/19-22/03 4/11-13/03 5/9-12/03 7/13-27/03 8/26-28/03 CBS 9/28-10/1/03 12/10-13/03 12/14-15/03 1/12-15/04 2/12-15/04 CBS 3/10-14/04 5/20-23/04 CBS 6/23-27/04 9/12-16/04 10/14-17/04 11/18-21/04 1/14-18/05 2/24-28/05 6/10-15/05 7/29-8/2/05 CBS 9/9-13/05 10/30-11/1/05 CBS 12/2-6/05 1/5-8/06 CBS 1/20-25/06 3/9-12/06 5/4-8/06 7/21-25/06 9/15-19/06 10/5-8/06 10/27-31/06 2/8-11/07 CBS 2/23-27/07 4/9-12/07 CBS 5/18-23/07 7/9-17/07 9/4-8/07 10/12-16/07 CBS 12/5-9/07 1/9-12/08 1/30-2/2/08 CBS 2/20-24/08 3/15-18/08 CBS 3/28-4/2/08 4/25-29/08 5/30-6/3/08 CBS 7/7-14/08 9/12-16/08 9/21-24/08 9/27-30/08 CBS 10/3-5/08 CBS 10/10-13/08 10/19-22/08 10/25-29/08 5/30-6/3/08 CBS 12/4-8/08 CBS 1/11-15/09 2/2-4/09 CBS 2/18-22/09 3/12-16/09 CBS 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 5/6-12/09 CBS Better 17 17 22 22 25 24 34 39 34 33 28 23 28 26 24 26 25 23 18 20 13 16 19 20 17 13 14 12 17 19 16 15 11 11 11 12 8 9 5 4 6 3 2 4 4 3 3 6 2 2 3 5 11 8 3 8 7 5 8 19 20 26 32 Worse 39 31 28 31 31 29 24 19 26 27 27 32 23 27 33 29 29 30 36 32 47 40 35 37 38 39 47 47 36 31 38 34 35 44 43 41 49 45 53 62 67 63 75 70 70 69 67 61 70 76 75 67 57 57 69 60 54 51 51 41 34 25 23 Same 44 49 49 46 43 46 41 39 39 39 43 43 47 45 42 44 45 46 45 47 38 44 45 43 44 47 39 41 46 49 44 49 51 44 44 45 43 44 40 33 26 32 21 25 24 27 29 32 26 20 21 26 30 32 27 29 37 42 40 37 43 48 44 DK/NA 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 6/12-16/09 7/9-12/09 CBS 7/24-28/09 8/27-31/09 CBS 9/19-23/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 11/13-16/09 CBS 12/4-8/09 1/6-10/10 CBS 1/14-17/10 CBS 2/5-10/10 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 5/20-24/10 6/16-20/10 7/9-12/10 CBS 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/1-5/10 CBS 10/21-26/10 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 6/3-7/11 CBS 6/24-28/11 9/10-15/11 9/28-10/2/11 CBS 10/19-24/11 11/6-10/11 CBS 12/5-7/11 CBS 12/14-18/11 CBS 1/4-8/12 CBS 1/12-17/12 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 10/17-20/12 CBS 10/25-28/12 12/12-16/12 CBS 2/6-10/13 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Better 27 21 32 36 36 31 32 29 31 24 24 33 41 30 28 25 20 22 22 25 31 30 32 26 23 24 20 12 12 14 18 21 24 25 28 34 30 33 24 25 32 38 36 33 32 35 31 34 30 29 21 25 27 Worse 25 33 22 25 17 18 25 23 19 28 29 23 15 28 24 26 34 30 27 28 24 21 22 26 39 31 31 43 40 36 32 39 30 29 23 22 24 28 30 30 28 27 28 23 28 25 24 24 24 27 38 33 30 Same 46 45 45 38 46 50 42 47 49 48 45 43 43 42 48 48 44 48 50 46 44 46 45 47 38 44 48 44 46 49 50 40 45 45 49 43 44 38 45 43 39 34 35 43 39 39 44 42 45 44 41 41 42 DK/NA 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 For trend going back further than 2002, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. 10 19. Do you think Barack Obama has the same priorities for the country as you have, or doesn't he? 2/18-22/09 7/24-28/09 10/5-8/09 CBS 5/20-24/10 CBS 7/9-12/10 CBS 1/15-19/11 2/11-14/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 12/5-7/11 CBS 1/12-18/12 2/6-10/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Yes 65 62 58 45 48 42 45 43 41 44 45 38 38 No 28 31 38 47 48 52 51 53 54 50 50 59 58 DK/NA 7 7 4 8 4 5 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 20. Do you think Barack Obama is honest and trustworthy, or not? 9/8-12/12 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Honest 58 49 49 Not honest 37 48 46 DK/NA 5 3 5 27. From what you've heard or read, do you approve or disapprove of the health care law that was enacted in 2010? IF APPROVE, ASK: Do you strongly approve or somewhat approve? IF DISAPPROVE, ASK: Do you somewhat disapprove or strongly disapprove? 3/29-4/1/10 CBS1 5/20-24/10 CBS1 7/9-12/10 CBS2 9/10-14/102 10/1-5/10 CBS2 2/11-14/11 CBS2 6/3-7/11 CBS3 12/5-7/11 CBS3 3/21-25/12 4/13-17/12 5/31-6/3/12 7/11-16/12 8/22-26/12 CBS 9/8-12/12 3/20-24/13 CBS 7/18-22/13 CBS 9/19-23/13 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Strongly approve 16 19 17 15 16 14 14 12 16 18 18 14 18 21 15 15 17 23 15 16 Somewhat approve 16 24 19 22 23 19 23 23 20 21 16 22 20 21 20 21 22 20 16 23 Somewhat disapprove 14 13 16 15 16 17 15 16 17 13 12 14 14 12 13 18 17 14 15 13 Strongly disapprove 39 34 33 34 27 34 33 35 30 34 36 36 36 34 31 36 34 37 46 37 DK/NA 15 10 15 14 18 16 15 14 16 14 17 13 13 12 22 10 10 6 8 11 ¹ Wording: “From what you’ve heard or read, do you approve or disapprove of the new health care reform bill…” 2 Wording: “From what you’ve heard or read, do you approve or disapprove of the health care law that was enacted last march…” 3 Wording: “From what you've heard or read, do you approve or disapprove of the health care law that was enacted last year…” 11 39. As you may know, as part of the 2010 health care law, health insurance exchanges have opened up so people can sign up for health insurance. Based on what you’ve heard or read, has the sign-up for the health care exchanges been going very well, somewhat well, not very well, not at all well, or don’t you know enough to say? 10/18-21/13 CBS 11/15-18/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Very well 4 3 3 Somewhat well 8 8 13 Not very well 22 26 25 Not at all well 27 41 33 Don’t know enough 38 23 26 DK/NA 1 39A. Do you think the sign-up for the health-care exchanges is getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same? 12/5-8/13 Better 36 Worse 13 Same 44 DK/NA 7 Are you currently employed either full time or part time, are you temporarily out of work, or are you not in the market for work at all? Employed 57 12/5-8/13 Not in the market for work 15 Temporarily out of work 10 Retired 18 DK/NA 1 Some people are registered to vote and others are not. Are you registered to vote in the precinct or election district where you now live, or aren't you? Yes 81 12/5-8/13 No 18 DK/NA * Do you have any children? Yes, one or more child under 18 27 12/5-8/13 Yes, all over 18 41 No children 32 Are you now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? 12/5-8/13 Married 53 Widowed 7 Divorced 12 Separated 2 Never married 26 DK/NA 1 12 Do you consider yourself to be a supporter of the Tea Party movement, or not? 4/5-12/10 5/20-24/10 CBS 7/9-12/10 CBS 8/20-24/10 CBS 9/10-14/10 10/21-26/10 11/7-10/10 CBS 11/29-12/2/10 CBS 2/11-14/11 CBS 3/18-21/11 CBS 4/15-20/11 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 9/10-15/11 10/19-24/11 1/12-17/12* 2/8-13/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 11/16-19/12 CBS 12/12-16/12 CBS 3/20-24/13 CBS 5/31-6/4/13 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 10/1-2/13 CBS 12/5-8/13 Yes 18 20 27 29 19 24 31 22 20 23 24 26 18 20 24 23 20 22 26 26 22 23 20 21 22 24 21 25 21 23 No 62 59 56 54 63 63 58 68 63 64 66 64 73 65 66 70 68 66 65 65 68 68 68 69 65 63 67 66 67 63 DK/NA 19 21 17 17 19 14 11 10 17 13 10 10 10 15 10 7 11 12 10 10 9 9 13 10 13 13 12 9 12 15 Some people think of themselves as evangelical or born again Christians. think of yourself in either of these ways? 12/5-8/13 Yes 31 No 67 Do you ever DK/NA 2 What is your religious preference today? 12/5-8/13 Protestant 50 Catholic 19 Jewish 1 Muslim 1 Other 6 None 20 DK/NA 2 13 Generally speaking, do you usually consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what? 7/13-16/02 9/2-5/02 10/3-5/02 10/27-31/02 11/20-24/02 1/19-22/03 2/10-12/03 3/7-9/03 4/11-13/03 7/13-27/03 9/28-10/1/03 12/10-13/03 12/14-15/03 1/12-15/04 3/10-14/04 4/23-27/04 6/23-27/04 7/11-15/04 9/12-16/04 10/1-3/04 10/14-17/04 10/28-30/04 11/18-21/04 1/14-18/05 2/24-28/05 6/10-15/05 12/2-6/05 1/20-25/06 5/4-8/06 7/21-25/06 8/17-21/06 9/15-19/06 10/5-8/06 10/27-31/06 2/24-27/07 3/7-11/07 4/20-24/07 5/18-23/07 7/9-17/07 7/20-22/07 9/4-8/07 12/5-9/07 1/9-12/08 2/20-24/08 /28-4/2/08 4/25-29/08 5/1-3/08 7/7-14/08 8/15-20/08 9/12-16/08 9/21-24/08 10/10-13/08 10/19-22/08 10/25-29/08 1/11-15/09 2/18-22/09 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 6/12-16/09 7/24-28/09 9/19-23/09 Rep 28 29 27 31 29 29 28 29 31 27 31 27 28 28 31 29 29 29 33 29 30 30 29 31 29 28 28 29 25 31 30 30 30 28 25 27 24 29 28 24 31 26 28 27 26 27 29 26 29 28 28 28 26 30 21 26 23 20 24 20 22 Dem 34 35 38 34 32 32 34 32 30 32 35 33 31 32 30 35 35 37 31 34 34 35 36 34 36 34 32 34 37 33 35 32 35 35 35 35 34 37 34 32 32 35 40 38 41 37 39 37 37 39 34 36 41 37 39 36 39 38 38 34 37 Ind 33 26 28 28 31 33 31 30 32 34 30 35 35 33 32 29 29 30 29 28 29 30 30 28 29 31 33 33 34 30 27 32 30 31 33 33 36 32 34 36 33 31 27 29 27 31 27 31 26 26 32 29 28 27 31 32 30 36 31 39 33 DK/NA 5 10 7 7 8 6 6 9 6 7 4 6 6 8 7 7 7 4 7 10 7 6 5 8 6 6 7 4 4 5 8 5 6 7 6 6 6 3 4 9 5 8 5 6 6 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 5 5 8 5 7 6 8 7 7 12/4-8/09 2/5-10/10 4/5-12/10 4/28-5/2/10 6/16-20/10 9/10-14/10 10/21-26/10 1/15-19/11 4/15-20/11 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 9/10-15/11 10/19-24/11 1/12-17/12 2/8-14/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 1/11-15/13 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 12/5-8/13 Rep 27 28 28 25 24 25 28 27 25 26 24 26 25 25 27 26 26 25 22 27 26 25 26 26 25 25 Dem 36 30 31 34 34 35 37 34 33 33 32 33 35 35 34 30 34 32 35 36 34 31 31 34 32 32 Ind 29 37 33 31 33 33 31 32 34 34 39 32 34 36 32 35 33 37 36 30 34 36 35 31 37 34 DK/NA 8 5 7 10 9 7 4 6 7 6 4 8 5 4 7 9 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 7 9 For trend going back further than 2002, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. 14 How would you describe your views on most political matters? Generally, do you think of yourself as liberal, moderate, or conservative? 7/13-16/02 9/2-5/02 10/3-5/02 10/27-31/0 11/20-24/0 1/19-22/03 2/10-12/03 3/7-9/03 4/11-13/03 7/13-27/03 9/28-10/1/0 12/10-13/0 12/14-15/0 1/12-15/04 3/10-14/04 4/23-27/04 6/23-27/04 7/11-15/04 9/12-16/04 10/1-3/04 10/14-17/0 10/28-30/0 1/14-18/05 2/24-28/05 6/10-15/05 9/9-13/05 12/2-6/05 1/20-25/06 5/4-8/06 7/21-25/06 8/17-21/06 9/15-19/06 10/5-8/06 10/27-31/0 2/24-27/07 3/7-11/07 4/20-24/07 5/18-23/07 7/9-17/07 7/20-22/07 9/4-8/07 12/5-9/07 1/9-12/08 2/20-24/08 3/28-4/2/0 4/25-29/08 5/1-3/08 7/7-14/08 8/15-20/08 9/12-16/08 9/21-24/08 10/10-13/0 10/19-22/0 10/25-29/0 1/11-15/09 2/18-22/09 4/1-5/09 4/22-26/09 6/12-16/09 7/24-28/09 9/19-23/09 12/4-8/09 Lib 21 20 18 20 20 19 21 18 19 22 19 20 19 20 21 22 21 22 20 24 19 17 20 23 20 18 18 21 25 21 24 17 23 20 20 20 21 20 19 15 22 22 25 23 21 22 15 22 24 24 22 18 21 22 21 20 23 22 27 22 21 21 Mod 44 39 45 38 44 45 41 45 45 40 42 45 39 43 40 42 42 41 40 36 42 42 41 38 43 43 45 45 37 39 38 43 39 45 42 40 42 43 44 48 42 43 39 41 39 41 49 41 36 39 38 49 39 38 43 38 39 42 37 41 39 36 Con 32 36 34 37 30 32 35 35 33 34 34 31 37 31 34 30 32 34 36 35 33 35 33 35 33 34 32 30 34 36 33 35 34 30 33 36 33 32 33 31 32 31 32 29 34 33 32 32 35 33 36 29 33 33 30 36 31 29 29 30 36 38 DK/NA 4 3 5 6 3 3 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 3 4 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 6 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 4 5 4/28-5/2/10 6/16-20/10 9/10-14/10 10/21-26/1 1/15-19/11 4/15-20/11 6/24-28/11 8/2-3/11 10/19-24/1 1/12-17/12 2/8-14/12 3/7-11/12 4/13-17/12 7/11-16/12 9/8-12/12 10/25-28/12 1/11-15/13 4/24-28/13 5/31-6/4/13 9/6-8/13 9/19-23/13 12/5-8/13 Lib 21 18 19 19 20 26 22 22 22 22 22 20 23 20 23 21 21 22 21 21 23 23 Mod 34 42 40 37 41 32 37 43 38 38 41 39 36 35 33 39 39 31 37 42 38 36 Con 38 35 36 38 35 36 34 32 35 34 32 35 38 38 37 34 34 41 37 31 34 36 DK/NA 6 5 5 5 4 6 7 2 4 6 4 7 4 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 For trend going back further than 2002, please contact nytpolls@nytimes.com. 15 How old are you? 18-29 12/5-8/13 21 30-44 25 45-64 35 Over 64 19 DK/NA 1 What was the last grade in school you completed? 12/5-8/13 Not a H.S. grad 7 H.S grad 34 Some college 29 College grad 19 Post Grad 11 Refused 1 Are you of Hispanic origin or descent, or not? 12/5-8/13 Hispanic 14 Not Hispanic 85 DK/NA 1 Are you white, black, Asian or some other race? 12/5-8/13 White 75 Black 12 Asian 4 Other 7 Refused 3 Was your total family income in 2012 UNDER or OVER $50,000? IF UNDER, ASK: Was it under $15,000, between $15,000 and $30,000, or between $30,000 and $50,000? IF OVER, ASK: Was it between $50,000 and $75,000 or between $75,000 and $100,000 or was it over $100,000? 12/5-8/13 Under $15,000 9 12/5-8/13 Male 48 $15,000$29,999 21 $30,000$49,999 19 $50,000$74,999 21 $75,000$100,000 11 Over $100,000 14 Refused 6 Female 52 16