Download the report of our latest findings, including: Three Republican frontrunners all have double-digit leads over Obama President Obama’s job approval hits all-time low, disapproval climbs to all-time high in Tennessee Most Tennesseans aware of new voter ID law, but many confused about the details Leave lottery-funded college scholarships alone for now, most say Governor…
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…
Download the latest findings, including: Tennesseans generally tolerant toward Muslims, but most oppose Park51 near “Ground Zero” Most Tennesseans say American Muslims don’t heighten risk of terrorism Haslam leads McWherter in governor’s race, draws majorities of tea partiers and former Wamp, Ramsey fans Tennesseans like Republicans over Dems in Congressional and state Legislative races, but…
Economic: Politics, not income, predicts economic worry Politics predicts national economic worry, but age, income predict real suffering. Tennesseans want the state to be generous to students, the needy. National-mood barometer drops since 2009 polls, political polarization extreme. No. 1 national problem still the economy, returning to level a year ago. State-mood barometer stable, much…
National: Tennesseans agree on little about healthcare, Obama Two-thirds consider healthcare reform extremely important, agree on little else. Obama approval drops, but still at 46 percent; plurality identify as independents. State confident in Obama ethics, economic policy, doubt he can reform healthcare. State evenly divided about Obama efforts to cooperate with Republicans. Majority feel Republicans…
National: Tennesseans approve of Obama, worry about economy Fully 53% approve of Obama’s job performance despite vote last fall Obama trying to be bipartisan, but Republicans aren’t, Tennesseans say Barometer measuring perceptions of national mood up since fall Income best predictor of how things are going, perception of economy No. 1 national problem is the…
Debate to happen in Obama’s City but McCain’s state across wide partisan gulf Next week’s presidential debate in Nashville will bring senators Barack Obama and John McCain to the relatively Democratic capital of a firmly Republican state. McCain leads Obama by a firm 48 percent to 36 percent statewide with 10 percent undecided. But Metro Nashville is…
Satisfaction with Tennessee conditions drops to four-year low MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – With the credit crisis and yet another fall in manufacturing, satisfaction with conditions in Tennessee has dropped for the second time in a row and by the largest margin in four years, the latest MTSU Poll State Barometer shows. Worries about the economy –…
Thompson over Clinton; Clinton ties Giuliani Tennesseans favor Fred Thompson when asked which 2008 presidential hopeful they support, but in hypothetical head-to-head contests, Hillary Clinton runs very close. Clinton ties Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani head-to-head. Thompson beats Obama handily in Tennessee. Recent Republican Hot-button issues such as gay marriage, abortion, and immigration don’t affect most…
State findings include views or religious orientation “Non-denomination,” “mainline” Christians rate higher than Evangelicals, fundamentalists, even in Bible Belt Bredesen, legislature approval trending up Majority support death penalty, plurality back Bredesen suspension Most thing global warming serious, would give Gore Nobel to add to Oscar Health care concerns increase as No. 1 problem Most back…
For over a decade, the Survey Group at MTSU has been providing independent, non-partisan, unbiased, scientifically valid public opinion data regarding major social, political, and ethical issues affecting Tennessee. The poll began in 1998 as a measure of public opinion in the 39 counties comprising Middle Tennessee and began measuring public opinion statewide in 2001.
A commercial polling firm gathers the data. Survey Group principals Dr. Ken Blake and Dr. Jason Reineke, members of the MTSU School of Journalism’s faculty, develop each poll’s questionnaire and interpret and disseminate its results in coordination with students in pursuing coursework or producing student media in MTSU’s College of Mass Communication.
