Daily Kos: State of the Nation

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Hi All-
If you say you don't care, there is something inherently wrong with you.
If you say you do care then you will be either condemned or applauded.

While the rest of these are not a surprise to anyone who pays attention, (and you should), I am having a real problem seeing that the #'s for people that are "likely to vote" are so dang low!
That says something awful about the ignorance and the apathy of our American public.

XOXO
Me

Perhaps 'apathy' should be a pre~existing condition???


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Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll

Research 2000, Adults MoE 3%,
Mar 01, 2010 - Mar 04, 2010 (last week's results in parentheses)

Full Crosstabs

	FAVORABLE	UNFAVORABLE	DON'T KNOW	NET CHANGE
PRESIDENT OBAMA	53 (55)	43 (40)	4 (5)	-5
PELOSI:	36 (38)	56 (52)	8 (10)	-6
REID:	27 (23)	66 (67)	7 (10)	5
McCONNELL:	21 (20)	63 (62)	16 (18)	0
BOEHNER:	19 (20)	62 (62)	19 (18)	-1
CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:	37 (39)	61 (59)	2 (2)	-4
CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:	24 (19)	67 (65)	9 (16)	3
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:	39 (40)	57 (55)	4 (5)	-3
REPUBLICAN PARTY:	30 (29)	66 (62)	4 (9)	-3

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Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll

Research 2000, MoE 2.8%, Mar 01, 2010 - Mar 04, 2010

Previous

BARACK OBAMA

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	53	43	4
MEN	46	51	3
WOMEN	60	35	5
DEM	89	8	3
REP	14	82	4
IND	49	46	5
WHITE	45	52	3
BLACK	90	5	5
LATINO	62	30	8
OTH/REF	65	26	9
18-29	64	31	6
30-44	56	40	4
45-59	49	47	4
60+	46	51	3
NORTHEAST	74	22	4
SOUTH	35	62	3
MIDWEST	55	41	4
WEST	57	39	4
REST OF USA	61	34	5

NANCY PELOSI

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	36	56	8
MEN	22	73	5
WOMEN	50	39	11
DEM	76	17	7
REP	8	85	7
IND	23	68	9
WHITE	33	60	7
BLACK	49	38	13
LATINO	42	50	8
OTH/REF	44	47	9
18-29	42	48	10
30-44	38	56	6
45-59	33	58	9
60+	32	60	8
NORTHEAST	46	38	16
SOUTH	28	65	7
MIDWEST	34	59	7
WEST	40	57	3

HARRY REID

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	27	66	7
MEN	23	74	3
WOMEN	31	58	11
DEM	51	41	8
REP	10	87	2
IND	19	72	9
WHITE	25	70	5
BLACK	34	48	17
LATINO	31	56	13
OTH/REF	33	51	16
18-29	35	57	8
30-44	29	66	5
45-59	25	68	7
60+	20	70	10
NORTHEAST	36	54	10
SOUTH	21	74	5
MIDWEST	25	68	7
WEST	29	65	6

MITCH MCCONNELL

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	21	63	16
MEN	26	59	15
WOMEN	16	67	17
DEM	7	88	5
REP	52	15	33
IND	14	72	14
WHITE	26	59	15
BLACK	5	81	14
LATINO	10	68	22
OTH/REF	8	72	20
18-29	12	72	16
30-44	22	65	13
45-59	23	60	17
60+	25	58	17
NORTHEAST	8	79	13
SOUTH	34	47	19
MIDWEST	20	65	15
WEST	16	69	15

JOHN BOEHNER

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	19	62	19
MEN	24	57	19
WOMEN	14	67	19
DEM	6	87	7
REP	50	14	34
IND	11	71	18
WHITE	24	58	18
BLACK	4	78	18
LATINO	8	67	25
OTH/REF	7	72	21
18-29	11	71	18
30-44	19	63	18
45-59	21	59	20
60+	22	57	21
NORTHEAST	7	76	17
SOUTH	32	46	22
MIDWEST	18	64	18
WEST	14	68	18

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	37	61	2
MEN	29	69	2
WOMEN	45	53	2
DEM	62	35	3
REP	12	87	1
IND	33	65	2
WHITE	32	66	2
BLACK	61	36	3
LATINO	41	56	3
OTH/REF	43	53	4
18-29	47	50	3
30-44	38	60	2
45-59	34	64	2
60+	33	65	2
NORTHEAST	46	50	3
SOUTH	31	68	1
MIDWEST	36	62	2
WEST	38	60	2

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	24	67	9
MEN	33	61	6
WOMEN	15	73	12
DEM	8	86	6
REP	56	27	17
IND	17	76	7
WHITE	29	63	9
BLACK	8	87	5
LATINO	14	70	16
OTH/REF	11	75	14
18-29	13	80	7
30-44	24	69	7
45-59	27	63	10
60+	29	60	11
NORTHEAST	13	80	7
SOUTH	32	53	15
MIDWEST	24	69	7
WEST	22	73	5

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	39	57	4
MEN	31	66	3
WOMEN	47	48	5
DEM	66	30	4
REP	12	85	3
IND	34	61	4
WHITE	34	63	3
BLACK	64	30	6
LATINO	45	50	5
OTH/REF	46	49	5
18-29	49	47	3
30-44	41	56	3
45-59	36	60	4
60+	34	61	5
NORTHEAST	49	45	6
SOUTH	32	65	3
MIDWEST	38	58	4
WEST	40	56	4

REPUBLICAN PARTY

	FAV	UNFAV	NO OPINION
ALL	30	66	4
MEN	39	59	2
WOMEN	21	73	6
DEM	13	84	3
REP	66	31	7
IND	24	73	3
WHITE	36	62	2
BLACK	7	85	8
LATINO	17	69	14
OTH/REF	16	72	12
18-29	19	78	3
30-44	30	68	2
45-59	33	62	5
60+	35	60	5
NORTHEAST	18	78	4
SOUTH	39	53	8
MIDWEST	30	68	2
WEST	28	70	2

Direction

QUESTION: Do you feel the country overall is heading in the right direction or wrong direction?

	RIGHT	WRONG	NOT SURE
ALL	38	60	2
MEN	31	68	1
WOMEN	45	52	3
DEM	64	34	2
REP	12	87	1
IND	34	64	2
WHITE	33	66	1
BLACK	62	32	6
LATINO	45	52	3
OTH/REF	45	51	4
18-29	48	50	2
30-44	40	59	1
45-59	35	63	2
60+	33	65	2
NORTHEAST	48	49	3
SOUTH	31	67	2
MIDWEST	37	61	2
WEST	39	59	2

Generic Congressional Ballot

QUESTION: Would you like to see more Democrats or Republicans elected to Congress in 2010?

	DEMOCRATS	REPUBLICANS	NOT SURE
ALL	45	42	13
MEN	39	48	13
WOMEN	51	36	13
DEM	90	5	5
REP	3	94	3
IND	35	40	25
WHITE	38	50	12
BLACK	76	4	20
LATINO	55	33	12
OTH/REF	57	30	13
18-29	58	17	25
30-44	46	43	11
45-59	42	48	10
60+	38	50	12
NORTHEAST	62	17	21
SOUTH	33	59	8
MIDWEST	45	43	12
WEST	46	41	13

*** Voter Likelihood

QUESTION: In the 2010 Congressional elections will you definitely vote, vote, not likely vote, or definitely will not vote?

	DEFINITELY	VOTE	NOT LIKELY	DEF NOT	NOT SURE
ALL	21	23	22	3	31
MEN	24	26	19	2	29
WOMEN	18	20	25	4	33
DEM	19	20	26	4	31
REP	24	25	19	2	30
IND	21	24	21	3	31
WHITE	24	25	20	2	29
BLACK	11	17	28	6	38
LATINO	13	17	25	5	40
OTH/REF	12	16	27	8	37
18-29	16	17	28	5	34
30-44	20	22	23	4	31
45-59	23	25	20	2	30
60+	24	27	19	2	28
NORTHEAST	19	21	24	4	32
SOUTH	23	25	19	2	31
MIDWEST	21	24	22	3	30
WEST	20	21	24	3	32

Demographics

Men	574	48%
Women	626	52%
Dem	385	32%
Rep	298	25%
Ind	517	43%
White	899	75%
Black	145	12%
Latino	97	8%
Oth/Ref	59	5%
18-29	193	16%
30-44	359	30%
45-64	467	39%
65+	181	15%
NE	253	21%
South	371	31%
MW	301	25%
West	275	23%

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN:

Northeast:
DC, ME, VT, NY, MD, PA, CT, DE, MA, NH, RI, WV, NJ

South:
FL, NC, SC, AL, MS, GA, VA, TN, KY, LA, AR, TX

Midwest:
IL, MN, MI, OH, WI, IA, MO, KS, IN, ND, SD, OK, NE

West:
NM, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, MT, ID, UT, NV, AZ, WY, CO

SCRIPT:

For favorability questions, respondents are asked: "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of _______?"

Methodology

A total of 1200 adults nationally were interviewed by telephone. A cross-section of calls was made into each state in the country in order to reflect the adult population nationally.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 2.8% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire adult population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any demographic subgroup, such as gender, race, or region.

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Hmmm... Aside from bookmarking this site, what say you?
When will we learn?  Why have we not been taught to vote?