nmm 22 4500 ICPSR27764 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130519s2010 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR27764 MiAaI MiAaI ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, April 2009 [electronic resource] ABC News , The Washington Post 2010-04-29 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2010 ICPSR 27764 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This poll, fielded April 21-24, 2009, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Barack Obama and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy as well as opinions on Vice President Joe Biden. Respondents were asked whether the Obama administration, the Republicans or the Democrats in Congress could be trusted to do a better job coping with the economic problems the nation faced, whether things in the country were going in the right direction, and the capacity of President Obama to understand the problems and needs of the American citizen. Respondents were also asked their opinions of the effectiveness of the economic stimulus and federal controls to prevent waste and fraud in the economic recovery, as well as the appropriateness for United States automakers to declare bankruptcy and their role in the national economy. Non-economic questions concerned the role of the United States in Afghanistan, confidence in the Obama administration in the handling of Afghanistan and the campaign against terrorism, whether the United States should establish diplomatic/trade relations with Cuba, whether the Obama administration should investigate the legality of the use of torture during the previous Bush (George, W.) administration, concerns over greenhouse gases, gun control and its relationship to the level of violent crime in the United States and the legality of same-sex marriage. Additional questions asked respondents for their opinions on the effectiveness of immigration control and proposed amnesty plans for illegal immigrants, and legalizing possession of marijuana for personal use. Personal financial and economic topics addressed how concerned respondents were that they could maintain their current standard of living. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, political philosophy, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), education level, religious preference, employment status, household income, and whether respondents considered themselves to be a born-again Christian. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27764.v1 Afghanistan War icpsr attitudes icpsr automobile industry icpsr Biden, Joe icpsr Bush Administration (George W., 2001-2009) icpsr consumer expectations icpsr drug legalization icpsr economic conditions icpsr federal budget deficit icpsr federal government icpsr financial industry icpsr foreign affairs icpsr global warming icpsr gun control icpsr health care icpsr immigration policy icpsr job loss icpsr job security icpsr national economy icpsr Obama Administration (2009- ) icpsr Obama, Barack icpsr personal finances icpsr political partisanship icpsr presidency icpsr presidential performance icpsr public opinion icpsr same-sex marriage icpsr torture icpsr United States Congress icpsr ICPSR XIV.C.1. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Public Opinion on Political Matters, United States ABC News The Washington Post Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27764.v1