Category: Enumerati

39%

Of Americans support the Occupy Wall Street movement while 35% say they oppose it, according to a new Pew Research/Washington Post poll . By contrast, more say they oppose the Tea Party movement than support it, 44% vs. 32%.

62% vs. 35%

Of Americans think the president of the United States should be elected on the basis of the national popular vote than by winning in the Electoral College. Democrats continue to be more favorable than Republicans to what would be a major constitutional change.

69%

Of respondents to a new The Hill Poll said the country is “in decline,” while 57% predict today’s kids won’t live better lives than their parents. Additionally, 83% of voters indicated they’re either very or somewhat worried about the future of the nation, with 49% saying they’re “very worried.”

0

Number of U.S. troops left in Iraq at the end of 2011, according to President Obama, as reported by ABC News.

+$1 trillion

What it cost — and many U.S. troops’ lives — to topple Saddam, but only about a $1 billion to topple Khaddafy without the loss of a single U.S. soldier.

53%

Of Americans blame President Obama for the nation’s economic problems — the first time a majority blames him, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll. Key findings: 53% say Obama deserved “a great deal” or a “moderate amount” of blame for the economic problems the country currently faces. But an even larger number — 69% — said that former President George Bush deserved a “great deal” or a “moderate amount” of blame for the economy.

59%

Of Americans either “completely agree or mostly agree” with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, while 31% mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10% of those surveyed didn’t know or refused to answer, according to a new National Journal poll.

$145

Average amount it costs a U.S. politician to sway a single voter, according to an analysis of election data by Matilde Bombardini and Francesco Trebbi of the University of British Columbia. Factoring this into their calculations, the researchers also find that industries and other special-interest groups receive about $71 in government subsidies for every $1 of political contributions.

64%

Of Americans name the federal government when asked whom they blame more for the poor economy and 30% say big financial institutions, a new USA Today/Gallup poll finds.

63%

Of Americans say they do not have an opinion about the goals of the Occupy Wall Street movement, though more approve (22%) than disapprove (15%), according to Gallup. Fifty-six percent of Americans say they are following news about the movement closely, including 18% who say very closely.