US: News Interest (Pew 9/18-21)

September 23rd, 2009 by Quiz Master

by Emily Swanson

Pew Research Center
9/18-21/09; 1,000 adults, 3.5% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Pew release)

National

All things considered... these days have you been hearing too much, too little, or the right amount about Barack Obama?
37% Too much, 12% Too little, 46% Right amount

Most Closely Followed Story
36% Debate over health care reform
15% Reports about the condition of the U.S. economy
14% Reports about swine flu and the availability of a vaccine
12% The murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le in a campus lab building
6% The U.S. military effort in Afghanistan
4% Obama cancelling a planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic

How much if anything, have you heard about each of the following?

Senator Max Baucus unveiling his health care reform proposal:
19% A lot, 36% A little, 45% Nothing at all

Employees of the community organizing group "ACORN" appearing to give advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute:
31% A lot, 25% A little, 43% Nothing at all

Charges that racism is a factor in criticisms of President Obama and his policies:
40% A lot, 35% A little, 24% Nothing at all

A September 12th rally in Washington to protest government spending and policies:
23% A lot, 37% A little, 40% Nothing at all

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