Polls of the Week: March 23
America speaks out about Trayvon Martin and more.
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America Weighs In - Americans attribute Trayvon Martin’s killing to racism, Republican voters want Newt Gingrich to throw in the towel, Americans are hungry for alternative fuel resources and more. —Joyce Jones and Britt Middleton
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Trayvon Martin Tragedy - While the details surrounding Trayvon Martin’s slaying are still-developing, 78 percent of individuals in a recent poll conducted by Orlando news station WFTV said race played a part in the 17-year-old’s shooting death by neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman. Fourteen percent said they disagreed, while eight percent said they were unsure. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook)
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Newt Go Home - Newt Gingrich is having fun visiting zoos and other local spots on the campaign trail, but 46 percent of Republican primary voters say it’s time for him to leave the campaign trail, according to a Public Policy Polling survey published March 21. If he were to exit the race, 48 percent of his supporters would go to rival Rick Santorum — not enough to make a real difference because 33 percent of Gingrich’s supporters would go to Mitt Romney. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Congressional Job Approval - Congressional lawmakers beware. The results of a Gallup poll released March 21 showed that a majority of Americans believe they’re doing a really bad job and gave them an 82 percent disapproval rating. The 12 percent who approve is an increase from February’s 10 percent, but that’s nothing to crow about. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Clean Water Eases Food Hardships in Africa - For years, African nations have struggled to provide clean drinking water and food to their most impoverished regions. In a Gallup poll released March 21, 67 percent of Africans who said they had access to clean drinking water said they never went without food to eat or went without it only once or twice in the past year. Forty-six percent of those who didn’t have sufficient drinking water said they went without food at one point or another.(Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Virginia is for Obama - According to a Rasmussen Reports poll published March 22, President Obama leads his potential Republican rivals in Virginia, a key battleground state. The president is ahead of presumptive nominee Mitt Romney by 51 to 42 percent, a six-point increase from last month.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Health Reform Law Divides Americans - Two years in, Americans are still divided about the Affordable Care Act, which threatens to be a wedge issue during the 2012 election cycle. In a Pew Research Center poll published March 21, 47 percent of Americans said they approve of the law versus 45 percent who disapprove. Eighty-three percent of Blacks approve of the law compared to 37 percent of whites. In addition, Republicans, Democrats and Independents, respectively, gave it a thumbs-up by 11, 76 and 44 percent. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Religion’s Impact on Prisoner’s Rehabilitation - Overwhelmingly, state prison chaplains agreed in a Gallup poll that religious counseling and other religion-based programming are important factors in rehabilitating prisoners. In the poll, released March 22, 73 percent of prison chaplains considered access to religious programs in prison to be “absolutely critical” to successful rehabilitation of inmates. Seventy-eight percent said support from religious groups after inmates are released is integral to an inmate’s successful re-entry into society.(Photo: The Plain Dealer/Landov)
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Global Warming - Opinions about global warming differ depending on political party affiliation. In a Gallup poll published March 21, most Americans agreed that this past winter has been warmer than usual. But only 19 percent of Republicans, 28 percent of independents and 43 percent of Democrats agreed that the cause is global warming.(Photo: Glen Argov/Landov)
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Family Pet Dogs Romney Campaign - Much has been made of the Romney family road trip during which Seamus the dog traveled in a kennel strapped to the roof of the car. A bipartisan consensus of 68 percent of voters said that it was inhumane, according to a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling published March 20. They also think the president treats the Obama family pet Bo better by 44 percent.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)