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Election 2010 Poll

Publication Date: 
11/05/2010

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Deficits And Economic Recovery

A Research Study On Investment and Deficit Reduction

Politicians will face major voter backlash if they advocate cuts in Social Security benefits or choose deficit reduction over job creation, according to a poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner commissioned by the Campaign for America’s Future and Democracy Corps. This poll is based on interviews with 1,000 voters and is an in-depth look at how both conservative and progressive approaches toward federal spending resonate with likely voters. more »

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Majority of Americans approve of Unions

Americans approve of unions by a 40 point margin – 65 percent to 25 percent.

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Peter D. Hart Research Associates, “Employee Free Choice Act,” December 2006.

NETROOTS: HEALTH CARE TOP PRIORITY, SESTAK OVER SPECTER FOR SENATE

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**Netroots Nation 2009 Straw Poll Results**
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Investing In People

Here are some basic facts behind our call for "real investment" in people, assembled from recent government and private studies. We've fallen behind as a nation, but making the right spending choices will yield lasting dividends. more »


Participants in the July 17-20, 2008, Netroots Nations conference were asked what their top political issues were and what they believed should be the top priorities of the next presidential administration. The poll was co-sponsored by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future.

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People think the country is on the wrong track and the economy is in poor shape. They are hungry for change. A January 2008 survey of adults by ABC News and the Washington Post asked whether “we need to elect a president who can set the nation in a new direction” or to “keep the country moving in the direction Bush has been taking us.” more »

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Jan. 9-12, 2008. N=1,130 adults nationwide. www.pollingreport.com/politics.htm. "Would you like to see the next president generally continue with George W. Bush's policies, or would you rather see the next president change direction from Bush’s policies?" USA Today/Gallup Poll. Jan. 10-13, 2008. N=1,021 adults nationwide www.pollingreport.com/politics.htm. Washington Post-ABC News Poll. January 30-February 1, 2008, adults http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020303148.html.