Obama has been elected. How are you reacting?
1) Overall, how are you feeling about the election of Barack Obama?
| 19% (25) | 1) Extremely happy | |
|---|---|---|
| 3% (5) | 2) Good | |
| 5% (7) | 3) Cautiously optimistic | |
| 0% (1) | 4) So so | |
| 9% (12) | 5) Not too happy, but I am hoping for the best | |
| 10% (14) | 6) Not happy at all | |
| 50% (65) | 7) Extremely upset | |
| 0% (1) | 8) Other | |
| 0% (0) | 9) Not sure |
130 voters have answered this question.
2) How do you feel about Obama's cabinet choices so far?
| 10% (13) | 1) Excellent choices | |
|---|---|---|
| 9% (12) | 2) Good choices | |
| 11% (15) | 3) Fair choices | |
| 10% (13) | 4) A mixed bag | |
| 6% (9) | 5) Poor choices | |
| 50% (66) | 6) Awful choices | |
| 0% (0) | 7) Other | |
| 1% (2) | 8) Not sure |
130 voters have answered this question.
3) How do you think Obama will do in regards to helping us get out of our economic downturn?
| 9% (12) | 1) Excellent | |
|---|---|---|
| 12% (16) | 2) Good | |
| 8% (11) | 3) Fair | |
| 12% (16) | 4) Poor | |
| 53% (69) | 5) Awful | |
| 0% (0) | 6) Other | |
| 4% (6) | 7) Not sure | |
| 11% (15) | 8) As good as can be expected, given the circumstances | |
| 0% (1) | 9) Other | |
| 1% (2) | 10) Not sure |
128 voters have answered this question.
4) How well do you think Obama will do in regards to the war in Iraq?
| 10% (13) | 1) Excellent | |
|---|---|---|
| 12% (16) | 2) Good | |
| 12% (16) | 3) Fair | |
| 7% (10) | 4) Poor | |
| 55% (72) | 5) Awful | |
| 7% (10) | 6) As good as can be expected, given the circumstances | |
| 0% (1) | 7) Other | |
| 6% (9) | 8) Not sure |
129 voters have answered this question.
5) For Obama supporters/those who view him favorably: What will you do now that he has been elected? You may choose multiple responses.
| 40% (16) | 1) Work on supporting him and his agenda | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% (18) | 2) Pressure him to do the right thing/support your positions on issues of importance to you | |
| 10% (4) | 3) I will do nothing since I know he will do a good job | |
| 30% (12) | 4) Become even more involved in politics | |
| 27% (11) | 5) Work on electing Democratic congresspeople so he will have a big majority of support in the legislature | |
| 15% (6) | 6) Other | |
| 5% (2) | 7) Not sure |
40 voters have answered this question.
6) For Obama opponents/those who view him unfavorably: What will you do now that he has been elected? You may choose multiple responses.
| 18% (18) | 1) Work on opposing him and his agenda | |
|---|---|---|
| 15% (15) | 2) Pressure him to support your views on issues of importance to you | |
| 10% (10) | 3) Do nothing and just accept what happened | |
| 24% (23) | 4) Becoming even more involved in politics | |
| 73% (70) | 5) Work to elect more Republican legislators who can block his initiatives | |
| 12% (12) | 6) Try to impeach him or claim his election is invalid or something similar | |
| 10% (10) | 7) Other | |
| 3% (3) | 8) Not sure |
95 voters have answered this question.
7) What are your political views?
| 3% (4) | 1) Cranky Conservative | |
|---|---|---|
| 21% (27) | 2) Nice Conservative | |
| 15% (19) | 3) Moderate | |
| 23% (29) | 4) Cranky Liberal | |
| 10% (13) | 5) Nice Liberal | |
| 9% (12) | 6) Depends on the issue | |
| 7% (10) | 7) Libertarian | |
| 1% (2) | 8) Socialist | |
| 0% (1) | 9) Green | |
| 0% (0) | 10) Anarchist | |
| 0% (1) | 11) Apolitical | |
| 0% (0) | 12) Commie | |
| 0% (1) | 13) Fascist | |
| 3% (4) | 14) Other | |
| 2% (3) | 15) Not sure |
126 voters have answered this question.
