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Americans Give Their Own State of the Union

February 4, 2010

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American PulseTM: 84.5% Say Recession Not Over

COLUMBUS, OH- (RPRN) 02/04/10 — American PulseTM: 84.5% Say Recession Not Over; Majority Say Start Healthcare Reform Again and No More Sweetheart Deals

  - An overwhelming majority (84.5%) of Americans say the recession is not over, according to the latest American Pulse survey of 5,367 Americans. 7.2% are more optimistic saying the worst recession since the 1930s is behind us while 8.3% aren't sure.

Americans also tend to believe that the senatorial election in Massachusetts was a sign for lawmakers to scrap the current healthcare reform (62.3%) and start over with a more bipartisan effort. In addition, politicians should forget about backroom deal-making; 66% of Americans say it's unfair and shouldn't be allowed.

Not surprisingly, the economy and healthcare didn't receive high marks when Americans were asked to grade the current state of the Union.

For each of the following key issues, assign a grade for how well you think the U.S. is doing:

War in

Health- National War in Afghan- Job

Economy Care Security Iraq istan Creation Immigration

A Excellent 2.5% 2.8% 5.2% 3.7% 3.4% 2.7% 2.1%

B Good 7.5% 11.3% 28.2% 19.3% 15.3% 9.6% 8.8%

C Fair 28.9% 27.9% 35.6% 32.9% 33.7% 25.8% 29.2%

D Poor 41.7% 34.5% 19.2% 24.0% 27.3% 33.7% 26.8%

F Failure 19.3% 23.5% 11.9% 20.0% 20.3% 28.2% 33.1%

Americans are split when asked if they trust President Obama (50.5% say yes, 49.5% say no). 36.5% of registered voters say they would vote for him if the election were held today (flat from last month's 37.1% reading), leaving 63.5% who would vote for someone else. And "the someone else" is...

If the Presidential Election were held today, who would you vote for?

Registered Registered Registered Registered

Voters Republicans Democrats Independents

President Obama 36.5% 9.9% 62.4% 31.7%

Hillary Clinton 14.3% 4.4% 21.7% 12.1%

Mike Huckabee 8.5% 18.7% 1.8% 8.3%

Mitt Romney 7.5% 14.8% 1.5% 10.6%

Sarah Palin 10.6% 21.8% 2.3% 10.0%

Someone else 22.7% 30.4% 10.3% 27.3%

Complimentary report: http://americanpulse.bigresearch.com.

About American Pulse™

The American Pulse™ Survey is collected online by BIGresearch every month exclusively utilizing Survey Sampling International's (SSI) U.S. panel covering topics such as politics, pop culture and the economy. Over 5,000 respondents participate, providing greater insights and accuracy of +/- 1%. http://www.bigresearch.com

About Survey Sampling International (SSI)

Survey Sampling International is the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research. SSI offers access to more than 6 million consumer and business-to-business research respondents in 54 countries via Internet, telephone, and mobile. Additional client services include custom profiling, survey programming and hosting, data processing, sampling consulting, and survey optimization. SSI serves more than 1,800 marketing research clients, including nearly three-quarters of the top researchers worldwide. Founded in 1977, SSI has an international staff of 400 people representing 50 countries and 36 languages. The company is based in Shelton, CT with 14 additional offices worldwide. http://www.surveysampling.com

Contacts:

BIGresearch

Chrissy Wissinger

BIGinfo@bigresearch.com   

614.846.0146

SSI

Gloria Mellinger

203.567.7236

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