Diageo/Hotline Poll: O Is For Optimism
The final Diageo/Hotline survey of the 2008 political season shows that 66% of voters are very or somewhat confident that Barack Obama will bring real change to Washington. Meanwhile, proving that voters are indeed expecting a measure of bipartisan leadership from Obama, 61% of those surveyed said they want the Pres.-elect to select an even mix of Dems/GOPers for his Cabinet.
The economy was, not unexpectedly, the issue driving voters' WH choice: 47% said it was the most important matter.
The full results, including President Bush's approval rating, right track/wrong track nos., fav/unfav nos. for Dem congressional leaders and more, available after the jump.
The survey, conducted 11/6-9, surveyed 800 RVs and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5%. Party ID Breakdown is 39%D, 29%R, 28%I.
The "McC" and "Oba" columns report responses among John McCain and Barack Obama 11/4 voters, respectively.
Fav/Unfav - All Men Wom GOP Ind Dem B. Obama 65%/28% 59%/32% 71%/25% 25%/64% 67%/26% 93%/ 5% J. McCain 58 /38 63 /33 53 /42 90 / 8 61 /35 33 /62 J. Kerry 44 /37 40 /44 48 /31 17 /68 44 /39 65 /12 N. Pelosi 31 /40 30 /47 32 /34 9 /73 32 /43 47 /15 H. Reid 12 /22 15 /28 9 /16 2 /38 13 /27 19 / 7
Direction Of U.S. - All Men Wom Wht Blk His GOP Ind Dem McC Oba Right dir. 30% 28% 32% 26% 37% 50% 18% 28% 42% 18% 41% Wrong dir. 59 59 60 63 60 41 68 58 54 68 53
Bush As POTUS - All Men Wom Wht Blk His GOP Ind Dem McC Oba Approve 29% 32% 26% 34% 8% 21% 63% 25% 7% 62% 5% Disapprove 65 62 68 60 88 75 29 67 90 30 93
How Confident Are You Obama Will Be Able To Bring Real Change To The Way Things Are Done In DC? - All Men Wom Wht Blk His GOP Ind Dem McC Oba Very 34% 28% 40% 25% 78% 46% 8% 27% 60% 5% 61% Somewhat 32 31 32 34 19 23 24 40 31 23 34 Not too 15 16 13 17 2 12 28 15 4 30 3 Not at all 16 21 11 19 -- 19 36 15 3 37 *
Should Obama Cooperate With The GOP Even If That Means He Has To Compromise On What He Wants To Do, Or Should He Seek To Implement His Agenda With As Few Changes As Possible Even If That Means Conflict With The GOP? - All Men Wom GOP Ind Dem McC Oba Cooperate/compromise 58% 63% 54% 85 58% 42% 83% 43% Implement w/o changes 33 30 36 9 32 50 11 49
When It Comes To Obama's Cabinet/Close Advisors, Would You Like To See Him Select ___? - All Men Wom GOP Ind Dem McC Oba An even mix of Dem/GOP 61% 60% 61% 86% 60% 44% 83% 41% Mostly Dem, a few GOP 24 21 27 7 23 38 7 40 Only Dem 6 8 4 2 3 11 2 10
Was '08 The First Time You Voted In An Election? - All Men Wom Wht Blk His GOP Ind Dem McC Oba Yes 15% 14% 16% 11% 21% 33% 10% 11% 20% 11% 19% No 85 86 84 89 79 67 90 89 80 89 81
Did You Vote On 11/4, Or Before 11/4 By Absentee Ballot/Early Voting? - All Men Wom Wht Blk His GOP Ind Dem McC Oba On 11/4 70% 71% 69% 71% 65% 71% 73% 68% 69% 72% 66% Absentee/early 30 29 30 29 35 29 27 32 30 28 34
Which One Issue Was Most Important To Your WH '08 Choice? - All Men Wom GOP Ind Dem McC Oba The economy 47% 47% 48% 39% 41% 60% 34% 58% Moral/social values 21 24 19 37 21 11 36 10 The war in Iraq 12 10 15 10 14 14 13 13 Health care 6 5 8 2 8 9 2 10 U.S. energy policy 4 6 2 3 6 2 5 3 Other 5 6 4 5 7 3 7 4
So the GOP controlled the White House from 2001 through this year, had total control of the House and Senate from 1994 to 2001, and from 2002 to 2006, and during that time managed to drive the country into an absolute ditch.
But now 58% of the voters, including 42% of Democrats (!) want Obama to "cooperate and compromise" with the Republicansm, instead of pushing through the program they just elected him to carry out.
Truly, the voters of this country are profoundly stupid.