January 8-10, 2010: Gallup/USA Today Poll—Nationwide poll includes two questions on America۪s care for its poor and needy.
“(Next, thinking about some specific aspects of life in America today, would you rate each of the following as outstanding, good, fair, poor or terrible?) How aboutthe ability of this nation to take care of its poor and needy?”
5% Outstanding
17% Good
42% Fair
30% Poor
6% Terrible
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form A half sample.
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Gallup Organization, January 8 – January 10, 2010 and based on 1,023 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.201001.Q17D]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, Jan, 2010. Retrieved Sep-2-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(Next, I’m going to read some aspects of life in America today. Please say whether you think each of the following will get better, stay the same, or get worse over the next twenty years?) How about…the ability of this nation to take care of its poor and needy?”
38% Get better
33% Stay the same
29% Get worse
* Don۪t know
1% Refused
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form B half sample. * = less than .5%.
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Gallup Organization, January 8 – January 10, 2010 and based on 1,023 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.201001.Q18D]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, Jan, 2010. Retrieved Sep-2-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html