Category: Enumerati

52%

Of voters say they pay about their fair share, while 43% said they pay more than their fair share and 3% said they pay less than they should, according to a new Fox News poll.

3.1 million

Number of job openings that employers advertised in February, the most since September 2008, according to the Labor Department. That was the height of the financial crisis, when Lehman Brothers collapsed. The report shows there were 4.4 people, on average, competing for each available job in February. That’s down from nearly 7 in July 2009, but still above the approximately 2 to 1 ratio that exists in a healthy economy.

64%

Of white evangelical Protestants say helping to protect Israel should be a very important policy goal for the United States in the Middle East, compared with just 34% of white mainline Protestants and 36% of white Catholics, according to Pew Research.

43%

Of voters think that House Republicans are doing a worse job now than the Democrats did, compared to only 36% who think the GOP has brought an improvement, while 19% think things are about the same, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. The study concludes that House Republicans “have fallen so far out of favor with the American public that it’s entirely possible Democrats could take control of the House back next year.” Independent voters now say they’d vote Democratic for the House by a 42% to 33% margin, representing a 28-point reversal in just five months.

48%

Of Americans think President Obama and congressional Democrats were more responsible for last week’s budget agreement to prevent a government shutdown, while just 35% credit congressonal Republicans, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research poll. In addition, 54% approve of how Obama handled the budget negotiations while 45% disapproves.

2.2 billion

World’s total Muslim population will grow by 2030 — roughly a 35% increase. Over the next two decades, the Muslim population will grow at about twice the rate of the non-Muslim population. Therefore, if current trends continue, Muslims will make up 26.4% of the world’s total projected population of 8.3 billion in 2030, up from 23.4% of the estimated 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.

$54.1 billion

Amount the federal debt increased in the eight days preceding the deal struck Friday night by President Obama and congressional leaders to cut $38.5 billion in federal spending for the remainder of the fiscal year, CNS News reports.

37%

Of independent voters in Florida approve of Obama’s job performance, and either Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee would beat the president in Florida if the election were held today.

7

On a scale of zero to 10 — with zero being no chance at all — Republican Insiders were the most pessimistic about the likelihood that the government will shut down over the weekend, with 53% putting the odds at 7 or greater, while 49% of the Democratic Insiders rated the chances that high, according to the National Journal Political Insiders poll.

25.7%

Of American adults — and at least 1 in 10 in all age groups — get their healthcare from Medicare and Medicaid or military/veterans’ benefits. Among nonseniors, black Americans rely on government healthcare the most, according to Gallup. Republicans should bear that in mind as they begin tinkering with those programs in their budget schemes.