Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll

 Research 2000, MoE 2%, Jan 20, 2010 - Jan 31, 2010

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

	DEF VOTE	VOTE	NOT LIKELY VOTE	DEF NOT VOTE	NOT SURE
All	41	42	8	5	4
Men	44	44	6	4	2
Women	38	40	10	6	6
White	42	43	7	4	4
Other/Ref	33	34	16	13	4
18-29	38	38	9	7	8
30-44	42	43	7	5	3
45-59	42	43	7	4	4
60+	41	41	9	5	4
NE	38	40	12	6	4
South	43	43	6	4	4
MW	41	42	7	5	5
West	40	41	10	5	4

QUESTION: If the 2012 Primary for President were held today, which of the following would you vote for? (ROTATED):

	Palin	Romney	Cheney	Gingrich	Huckabee	Pawlenty	Paul	Thune	Undecided
All	16	11	10	7	7	3	2	2	42
Men	14	10	12	8	7	3	3	2	41
Women	18	12	8	6	7	3	1	2	43
White	17	12	11	8	8	3	2	2	37
Other/Ref	8	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	80
18-29	15	10	9	6	5	2	3	1	49
30-44	16	11	10	7	7	3	2	2	42
45-59	16	11	10	7	8	4	2	2	40
60+	16	11	11	7	7	3	1	2	42
NE	13	15	8	5	5	3	2	1	48
South	19	9	11	8	8	2	1	1	41
MW	14	11	10	7	7	5	2	4	40
West	14	12	10	7	7	3	3	1	43
Def	17	11	11	6	6	2	1	1	45
Vote	16	12	10	9	9	3	3	2	36
Not Like	15	10	9	6	6	3	3	3	45
Def Not	14	9	8	6	6	3	2	2	50
Not Sure	14	9	8	4	4	3	2	2	54

QUESTION: Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	39	32	29
Men	43	30	27
Women	35	34	31
White	40	31	29
Other/Ref	31	41	28
18-29	38	33	29
30-44	38	32	30
45-59	40	32	28
60+	40	31	29
NE	34	35	31
South	42	29	29
MW	38	32	30
West	37	36	27
Def	40	31	29
Vote	39	32	29
Not Like	38	34	28
Def Not	37	35	28
Not Sure	37	35	28

QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?

	NO	YES	NOT SURE
All	36	42	22
Men	39	37	24
Women	33	47	20
White	37	41	22
Other/Ref	28	51	21
18-29	38	39	23
30-44	38	41	21
45-59	35	43	22
60+	34	43	23
NE	29	47	24
South	43	39	18
MW	33	43	24
West	31	44	25
Def	37	41	22
Vote	36	41	23
Not Like	35	45	20
Def Not	34	46	20
Not Sure	34	46	20

QUESTION: Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	63	21	16
Men	66	20	14
Women	60	22	18
White	64	20	16
Other/Ref	55	30	15
18-29	62	22	16
30-44	63	21	16
45-59	63	21	16
60+	64	21	15
NE	57	25	18
South	67	18	15
MW	61	22	17
West	60	23	17
Def	64	20	16
Vote	63	21	16
Not Like	61	23	16
Def Not	60	24	16
Not Sure	60	25	15

QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	24	43	33
Men	27	41	32
Women	21	45	34
White	26	42	32
Other/Ref	9	51	40
18-29	23	44	33
30-44	24	43	33
45-59	24	43	33
60+	24	42	34
NE	19	49	32
South	28	39	33
MW	22	44	34
West	21	46	33
Def	25	42	33
Vote	24	43	33
Not Like	22	44	34
Def Not	22	46	32
Not Sure	22	46	32

QUESTION: Do you believe ACORN stole the 2008 election?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	21	24	55
Men	23	22	55
Women	19	26	55
White	22	23	55
Other/Ref	7	42	51
18-29	19	25	56
30-44	24	24	52
45-59	21	24	55
60+	19	23	58
NE	18	28	54
South	23	21	56
MW	20	25	55
West	19	27	54
Def	22	23	55
Vote	22	24	54
Not Like	19	25	56
Def Not	18	27	55
Not Sure	17	27	56

QUESTION: Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	53	14	33
Men	55	13	32
Women	51	15	34
White	54	12	34
Other/Ref	45	31	24
18-29	52	16	32
30-44	53	14	33
45-59	53	14	33
60+	53	13	34
NE	47	19	34
South	57	12	31
MW	52	14	34
West	50	16	34
Def	54	13	33
Vote	53	14	33
Not Like	52	15	33
Def Not	51	17	32
Not Sure	51	18	31

QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	31	36	33
Men	34	34	32
Women	27	38	35
White	33	35	32
Other/Ref	12	44	44
18-29	28	38	34
30-44	30	37	33
45-59	31	36	33
60+	33	34	33
NE	27	40	33
South	35	33	32
MW	30	37	33
West	28	39	33
Def	32	35	33
Vote	31	36	33
Not Like	30	38	32
Def Not	29	39	32
Not Sure	30	39	31

QUESTION: Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	23	58	19
Men	27	56	17
Women	19	60	21
White	25	57	18
Other/Ref	7	66	27
18-29	21	60	19
30-44	22	60	18
45-59	24	56	20
60+	23	58	19
NE	10	66	24
South	33	52	15
MW	18	61	21
West	16	63	21
Def	24	56	20
Vote	23	58	19
Not Like	21	61	18
Def Not	21	62	17
Not Sure	21	62	17

QUESTION: Should Congress make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	7	68	25
Men	6	70	24
Women	8	66	26
White	6	71	23
Other/Ref	15	44	41
18-29	6	69	25
30-44	7	68	25
45-59	7	68	25
60+	7	67	26
NE	11	64	25
South	5	71	24
MW	7	68	25
West	9	65	26
Def	6	69	25
Vote	7	68	25
Not Like	9	67	24
Def Not	9	67	24
Not Sure	9	67	24

QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and learn English?

	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
All	26	59	15
Men	23	63	14
Women	29	55	16
White	24	61	15
Other/Ref	45	42	13
18-29	29	54	17
30-44	28	55	17
45-59	27	58	15
60+	24	63	13
NE	33	53	14
South	23	63	14
MW	27	56	17
West	27	57	16
Def	24	60	16
Vote	27	59	14
Not Like	27	58	15
Def Not	28	57	15
Not Sure	28	57	15

QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to serve in the military?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	26	55	19
Men	24	59	17
Women	30	51	21
White	26	55	19
Other/Ref	30	49	21
18-29	31	47	22
30-44	30	51	19
45-59	25	54	21
60+	23	60	17
NE	32	49	19
South	23	60	17
MW	26	54	20
West	29	51	20
Def	25	56	19
Vote	26	55	19
Not Like	28	55	17
Def Not	29	52	19
Not Sure	29	52	19

QUESTION: Should same sex couples be allowed to marry?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	7	77	16
Men	4	80	16
Women	10	74	16
White	7	77	16
Other/Ref	7	75	18
18-29	11	74	15
30-44	9	75	16
45-59	7	77	16
60+	5	78	17
NE	11	69	20
South	5	82	13
MW	6	78	16
West	10	70	20
Def	6	78	16
Vote	7	77	16
Not Like	9	76	15
Def Not	10	75	15
Not Sure	10	74	16

QUESTION: Should gay couples receive any state or federal benefits?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	11	68	21
Men	8	72	20
Women	14	64	22
White	11	69	20
Other/Ref	12	61	27
18-29	15	64	21
30-44	13	67	20
45-59	11	69	20
60+	9	69	22
NE	17	61	22
South	9	73	18
MW	10	66	24
West	13	64	23
Def	10	69	21
Vote	10	68	22
Not Like	14	67	19
Def Not	16	66	18
Not Sure	15	66	19

QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	8	73	19
Men	7	77	16
Women	9	69	22
White	8	74	18
Other/Ref	9	66	25
18-29	9	71	20
30-44	8	73	19
45-59	8	73	19
60+	7	74	19
NE	12	66	22
South	6	77	17
MW	8	74	18
West	10	68	22
Def	7	74	19
Vote	8	73	19
Not Like	10	72	18
Def Not	11	71	18
Not Sure	11	71	18

QUESTION: Should sex education be taught in the public schools?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	42	51	7
Men	41	51	8
Women	43	51	6
White	41	52	7
Other/Ref	50	43	7
18-29	47	46	7
30-44	44	48	8
45-59	43	52	5
60+	39	53	8
NE	47	45	8
South	39	56	5
MW	41	50	9
West	45	46	9
Def	40	52	8
Vote	42	51	7
Not Like	45	49	6
Def Not	46	48	6
Not Sure	47	49	4

QUESTION: Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	77	15	8
Men	79	14	7
Women	75	16	9
White	79	13	8
Other/Ref	58	31	11
18-29	74	19	7
30-44	75	17	8
45-59	78	15	7
60+	78	13	9
NE	70	23	7
South	82	9	9
MW	77	14	9
West	72	21	7
Def	78	14	8
Vote	77	15	8
Not Like	76	18	6
Def Not	75	19	6
Not Sure	75	19	6

QUESTION: Are marriages equal partnerships, or are men the leaders of their households?

	MEN	EQUAL	NOT SURE
All	13	76	11
Men	15	75	10
Women	11	77	12
White	13	75	12
Other/Ref	12	82	6
18-29	11	79	10
30-44	12	77	11
45-59	13	76	11
60+	14	75	11
NE	9	80	11
South	16	73	11
MW	13	75	12
West	10	79	11
Def	14	75	11
Vote	13	76	11
Not Like	12	78	10
Def Not	11	79	10
Not Sure	11	79	10

QUESTION: Should contraceptive use be outlawed?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	31	56	13
Men	32	54	14
Women	30	58	12
White	32	55	13
Other/Ref	22	64	14
18-29	27	64	9
30-44	29	60	11
45-59	31	56	13
60+	33	53	14
NE	27	60	13
South	34	53	13
MW	29	55	16
West	29	59	12
Def	32	55	13
Vote	31	56	13
Not Like	30	58	12
Def Not	29	59	12
Not Sure	28	59	13

QUESTION: Do you believe the birth control pill is abortion?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	34	48	18
Men	36	47	17
Women	32	49	19
White	35	47	18
Other/Ref	26	57	17
18-29	31	54	15
30-44	33	51	16
45-59	34	47	19
60+	36	46	18
NE	30	53	17
South	36	45	19
MW	34	47	19
West	32	51	17
Def	35	47	18
Vote	34	47	19
Not Like	33	51	16
Def Not	32	52	16
Not Sure	32	51	17

QUESTION: Do you consider abortion to be murder?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	76	8	16
Men	78	8	14
Women	74	8	18
White	77	8	15
Other/Ref	68	8	24
18-29	73	9	18
30-44	74	9	17
45-59	76	8	16
60+	78	6	16
NE	72	11	17
South	78	6	16
MW	76	8	16
West	74	10	16
Def	77	7	16
Vote	76	8	16
Not Like	75	10	15
Def Not	74	11	15
Not Sure	73	11	16

QUESTION: Do you support the death penalty?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	91	4	5
Men	93	4	3
Women	89	4	7
White	91	4	5
Other/Ref	90	3	7
18-29	89	5	6
30-44	90	4	6
45-59	91	4	5
60+	92	4	4
NE	88	5	7
South	93	3	4
MW	91	4	5
West	89	4	7
Def	92	3	5
Vote	90	4	6
Not Like	90	6	4
Def Not	90	6	4
Not Sure	90	6	4

QUESTION: Should women work outside the home?

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
All	86	4	10
Men	84	5	11
Women	88	3	9
White	85	4	11
Other/Ref	94	3	3
18-29	91	3	6
30-44	88	4	8
45-59	86	4	10
60+	83	5	12
NE	91	3	6
South	84	5	11
MW	85	4	11
West	88	3	9
Def	85	5	10
Vote	86	4	10
Not Like	88	3	9
Def Not	89	2	9
Not Sure	89	2	9

QUESTION: Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?

	CHRIST	OTHER	NOT SURE
All	67	15	18
Men	69	14	17
Women	65	16	19
White	70	13	17
Other/Ref	42	34	24
18-29	62	21	17
30-44	64	18	18
45-59	67	15	18
60+	70	12	18
NE	63	20	17
South	70	11	19
MW	66	17	17
West	65	18	17
Def	68	14	18
Vote	67	14	19
Not Like	66	18	16
Def Not	65	19	16
Not Sure	66	18	16

Demographics

MEN	1125	56%
WOMEN	878	44%
WHITE	1787	89%
OTHER/REF	216	11%
18-29	178	9%
30-44	418	21%
45-59	664	33%
60+	743	37%
NE	217	11%
SOUTH	846	42%
MW	437	22%
WEST	503	25%

Methodology

DKOS REPUBLICAN POLL 2010

The Daily Kos Republican Poll was conducted by Research 2000 from January 20 through January 31, 2010. A total of 2003 self identified Republicans were interviewed nationally by telephone. Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers, nationally.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 2% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire self identified Republican population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any demographic subgroup, such as for gender or region.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

Mullen: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal is the "Right Thing to Do"

Don't Ask Don't Tell hearing

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Cmte., Defense Sec. Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outlined Pentagon efforts to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Pres. Obama called for the repeal in his State of the Union Address last week. Earlier today, Sec. Gates and Adm. Mullen faced questions on the proposed FY2011 budget, military defense planning and missile defense.
Washington, DC

Repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell on Hardball

 Chris was interviewing Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council and Aubrey Sarvis of the Sevice members Legal Defense network in which they discussed the Service of gays and lesbians in the service.  Mr Sprigg made his view quite specific, He would repeal don't ask don't tell and make it so gays and lesbians could not serve in the military AT ALL! He stated that straight service men would worry about whether or not they would be "forced cohabitation with those who may be viewing them as a sexual object"  He would outlaw any gay relationship, he mentioned a Texas law that was overturned about sodomy in relationships. I do not know who he is but talk about being a bigot, wow and very narrow minded.
And that's all I have to say about that!

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President Obama and Youtube

President Obama and Youtube

February 1, 2010 | 3:44 PM ET

YouTube/President ... in sum

Below is the press pool report about the President's YouTube interview:

Feb. 1, 2010

White House library

YouTube interview

Background:

Citizens submitted questions during and after the SOTU on www.youtube.com/citizentube. People cast more than 640,000 votes for 11,000 questions from around the world, and YouTube selected a few dozen of the highest rated questions in a various topics – jobs, environment, immigration, etc.

POTUS answered 12 questions. The interview went on nearly an hour, starting at 1:47 pm and ending at 2:23 pm.

I’m told there will be a transcript later.

Newsy items:

POTUS addressed the conflict in Sudan, which actually wasn’t in his SOTU. POTUS said the US, UN and other countries are working to broker a series of agreements to stabilize the country and allow refugees back into their homes. “We continue to put pressure on the Sudanese government. If they are not cooperative in these efforts, then it going to be appropriate for us to conclude engagement doesn’t work,” he said.

A Texas questioner asked why the health care debate hasn’t been on C-SPAN like candidate Obama promised. He admitted it’s hard to film all the different health care meetings in and out of Congress. And POTUS said he is “making sure that in this last leg, this last five yards before we get to the goal line, that everybody understands exactly what’s going on in the health care bill, that there are no surprises, no secrets.”

The rundown:

The interviewer Steve Grove (grey suit, blue tie with red dots), YouTube's news and political director and former Boston Globe reporter, and POTUS (darker grey suit, blue tie) sat on either side of a flat screen TV.

There were two cameras filming, plus a computer off to the side monitoring the live comments coming over YouTube and Twitter (though the interview didn’t incorporate this live feedback). Grove used a silver MacBook pro.

You pooler seemed to be sitting in the war corner of the room … two framed swords, portraits of Native American chiefs and shelves of books on old battles.

POTUS last did a YouTube interview as a presidential candidate. “It went ok the first time,” he joked to Grove, before the cameras rolled.

Grove asked about the budget. Obama said, “I announced the budget and no one threw rotten eggs.” He added, “Budget day is like tax day.”

Question 1: A Silver Spring resident asked if the 40 million uninsured will get insurance this year. POTUS said, "We are calling on our Republican colleagues to get behind a serious health reform bill."

Question 2: Health care debate on C-SPAN. (see above)

Question 3: YouTube showed two videos from small businesses that are having trouble growing in this economy. Obama laid out his most recent plan for a hiring tax credit and how health care reform will greatly unburden small business.

Question 4: A Floridian man asked why banks are slow to modify home loans. Obama agreed that banks need to do more and he’ll put more pressure on them.

Question 5: POTUS enters the lightening round. Grove asked, good idea or bad idea?

- The privatization of government agencies like the post office? Bad idea.

- Lowering your insurance premiums if you take health and wellness classes? Good idea, as long as insurance companies don’t discriminate against the old and sick.

- Installing solar panels on all federal and state buildings? Good idea.

Question 6: Does the president believe in a free and open Internet? "I'm a big believer in net neutrality," he said.

Question 7: A college student told POTUS he has 14 credits and 3 part time jobs. "College tuition costs are crushing a lot of folks," POTUS said. He then outlined his recent plan to cut down student debt.

Question 8: A math teacher asked POTUS what it means to be an educated person. POTUS said “creative teaching” is so important to learning how to learn and think. He said he wants Sasha and Malia to know how to poke holes in arguments and work around problems.

Question 9: A citizen asked how POTUS can withdraw troops and effectively combat terrorism at the same time. POTUS emphasized that al Qaeda is his main target and that the 30,000 troop surge will be training Afghan forces.

Question 10: Sudan. (see above)

Question 11: Why close Guantanamo? Obama noted that the prison has been a huge recruiting tool for terrorists. Yet he’s had some push back from Congress. “Unfortunately there’s been a lot of political resistance and frankly some of it is politically motivated,” he said.

Question 12: Why does the government continue to invest in dirty coal, drilling and nuclear reactors? POTUS said he is pushing for clean alternative energies. “Unfortunately no matter how fast we ramp up those energy sources we’re still going to have enormous energy needs that will be unmet by alternative energy,” he said.

POTUS ends by saying, “This was terrific” and "I hope we can do this on a more regular basis." To the viewers, he said he hoped to answer their questions next time. To Grove, he said he liked the “way the technology is structured.”

Kendra Marr

POLITICO

Brritish Couple Pleads for HELP from their Government

Exclusive video of kidnapped couple held by Somali pirates

British Couple's Plea for Help!


This is deplorable, this is a British couple taken by pirates in Somali that need some help.  I understand that no ransom will be paid. but this is not a steam ship company, not an insurance company, just an ordinary couple,what would we do if it was an American couple who were kidnapped off the high seas and held for ransom.  At least keep them together, she needs to jnow that he is alive and visa versa.  They need each other.  I wish that I could do something , the only thing I can do along with everybody else is pray and keep praying.

God our Father, all knowing and protector of the innocent. We ask that you  keep this couple safe and protected from harm.  Keep them wrapped with your love feed them with the everlasting spring of life. We know that you hear our plea and will answer it in your time, comfort the families of this British couple, give them strength in their time of need. May their captors be open to the thought of releasing them and showing good faith and be open to having productive meetings to stop this onslaught of the shipping lanes. Father, I ask this in the name of your son, Jesus, who lived and died to save us from our sins.
Amen

I know that for some who are not religious or believe in a higher power, that this probably was not correct. I am a Christian and for those who follow my blog knows this.  I do not apologize for the prayer, My blog, my priority. I want people to say what they mean but mostly mean what they say.