Obama Maintains 3-Point Advantage Post Gay Marriage Announcement
- Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:25
- Written by TIPP Staff
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In the latest Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP Poll conducted after President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, the President continues to maintain a 3-point lead over Governor Romney. In the poll, 44% said gay marriages should be recognized and 45% said gay marriages should not be recognized. In our poll conducted early May, Romney had a 9-point advantage with Independent voters which has narrowed to 4-points in the current poll.
Working Mom, Stay-At-Home Mom: A Debate That Belittles Motherhood
- Published on Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:16
- Written by Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor
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Our American weirdness about the working mom vs. stay-at-home mom debate, comes as much from our strange relationship with work as it does with our ambiguous, nostalgic-but-perhaps-belittling approach to motherhood.
Mitt Romney Has To Pay Attention To The Investor Class
- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 14:54
- Written by Lawrence Kudlow, IBD
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While President Obama is out on the campaign trail talking about how bad things were four years ago, and how we have to go "forward" to his second term to see just how great things are going to be in the next four years, the biggest problem he's got is the here and now.
Obama Close To Maxing Out Hispanic Support
- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 14:48
- Written by Byron Tau, Politico
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President Obama is drawing heavy support from the Hispanic community according to two recent polls showing the president with more than a 50 point over likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
Voters Are Confused On Taxes, And Obama Likes It That Way
- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 14:42
- Written by IBD Editorial
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Taxes: A new IBD/TIPP poll finds most back President Obama's soak-the-rich Buffett tax rule. But they also want dividend and capital gains taxes kept low to encourage investment and growth. Problem is, you can't do both.
Majority of Americans Reject New US-Afghan Security Pact: Poll
- Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 15:57
- Written by Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
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A large majority of Americans disapprove of a new strategic partnership with Afghanistan that will keep US troops on Afghan soil beyond 2014, according to a Monitor/TIPP poll.
Obama Up But Romney Unites GOP, Wins Independents
- Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 15:48
- Written by Sean Higgins, Investor's Business Daily
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President Obama's strenuous efforts to target select voter groups may be backfiring as the broader electorate grows increasingly worried over the economy. Meanwhile, Republicans are closing ranks around Mitt Romney.
U.S. Consumer Confidence Weakens in May
- Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 10:00
- Written by TIPP Staff
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The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index declined by 0.8 points, or 1.6%, in May posting 48.5 vs. 49.3 in April. The index is 4.5 points above its 12-month average of 44.0 and 4.1 points above its reading of 44.4 in December 2007 when the economy entered into the recession, and 1.4 points below its all-time average of 49.9.
Direction of the Country Tracking
- Published on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:27
- Written by TIPP Staff
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[Updated - May 7, 2012] 42% of Americans are satisfied with the current direction of the country, while 57% are not satisfied. Overall satisfaction has improved from 39% in April.
President Obama Job Approval Tracking
- Published on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:07
- Written by TIPP Staff
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[Updated - May 7, 2012] In the latest TIPP poll, 48% approve of the way President Obama is handling his job as president, while 44% disapprove. Obama's overall approval increased slightly from 46% in April.
Trayvon Martin Case: Sparks Of Racial Violence Appear
- Published on Friday, 27 April 2012 10:00
- Written by Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
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Police report isolated incidents of blacks attacking whites in the name of 'justice for Trayvon Martin.' The incidents are rare, but they indicate frustrations in the African-American community.
President Obama's Economic Programs Have Failed
- Published on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:33
- Written by Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News
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The recovery has not yielded job vacancies, but here are five ways to cure our labor woes.
America has long been a country where almost everyone, including the poor and unskilled, could get a job. Given the will to do a reasonable day's work, a job was a passport to economic and social well-being; it was the fount of self-esteem and the foundation of family life. Indeed, work was Life.
New Car Buying Likely to Slow in Q2
- Published on Monday, 23 April 2012 08:58
- Written by TIPP Staff
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TechnoMetrica's Auto Demand Index for April at 67, following a precipitous 45-point drop in March to 49, sends a confirmatory signal of an imminent slowdown of U.S. car sales. Over one-fourth (26%) of consumers say they are postponing car purchases as a result of high gasoline prices.
TIPP Job Report
- Published on Friday, 21 January 2011 16:59
- Written by Raghavan Mayur
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[Updated - May 7, 2012] TIPP estimates that 19.2% of Americans are seeking a full-time job which translates to 29.7 Million Americans in May. According to our survey, 22.8% of U.S. households have at least one person looking for employment in May. Over one quarter (27%) of U.S. households are concerned that a family member may be laid off in the next twelve months. The share of "Job Sensitive" households has remained the same from April to May at 39%.
How Americans See President Obama's Economic Performance?
- Published on Monday, 24 January 2011 21:33
- Written by Raghavan Mayur
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[Updated - May 7, 2012] In the latest TIPP poll, 31% of Americans give President Obama an A or B for creating jobs and economic growth, 28% give him good grades for his managing of the federal budget, and 35% give him good grades for his handling of the economy.
TIPP Indexes: The Decade
- Published on Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:57
- Written by Raghavan Mayur
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[Updated - December 2011] We complete ten years of monthly tracking polls for Investor's Business Daily. Each month we release our indexes on matters ranging from economy to morals.
IBD/TIPP Takes Top Honors Again
- Published on Friday, 19 December 2008 05:00
- Written by Investor's Business Daily
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Election: Now that the '08 tally is official, we note that for the second election in a row, the IBD/TIPP Poll not only came closest to the final margin, but was right on the money — tantamount to hitting a bullet with a bullet.
