Tennesseans’ latest opinions on major issues – Tuesday 3/3/09

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…

Latest Political and Economic Findings – Monday 9/28/08

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…

Latest Economic Findings – Tuesday 3/04/08

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 –…

Latest Political Findings – Thursday, 11/08/07

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…

Latest Findings – Tuesday, 2/27/07

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…

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