Download the report of our latest findings, including:
- Tenure viewed as making firing bad teachers hard, but no consensus on ending collective bargaining.
- More Tennesseans would vote for any Republican nominee in 2012 than would vote for candidate Obama.
- Tennesseans say illegal immigration a serious problem, Arizona-style immigration law “About right.”
- Top options for closing the state budget gap draw limited support at best.
- State residents split on increasing regulation of gun sales, banning high-capacity ammo clips.
- Support remains high for letting food stores sell wine.
- A plurality of Tennesseans favor repealing health law.
- Tennesseans generally support Muslims’ religious rights, and attitudes toward mosques hold steady despite controversy.
- President Obama’s job approval holding steady in Tennessee, but majority still disapproves.
- President Obama and Congressional Republicans still not doing enough to cooperate, Tennesseans say.
- More Tennesseans approve of new governor, Legislature than disapprove.
- Tennesseans say environment good, sufficiently protected, and secondary to economic growth.
- Economy remains top concern at state and national levels.
- Tea Party approval edges downward, membership remains low.