Gallup 5/13
Americans Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling
By a 47% to 19% margin, Americans say they would want their member of Congress to vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, while 34% don't know enough to say. ...

Alan Abramowitz 5/12
White Racial Attitudes and Opinions of Obama
... Until now, debates about the influence of racial attitudes on opinions of Obama have been severely hampered by a lack of survey data including relevant questions. However, the availability of a new data set now makes it possible to directly examine the impact of racial attitudes on whites' evaluations of President Obama. ...

Gallup 5/12
Approval of Congress, U.S. Satisfaction Rally
Americans' approval of Congress increased to 24% after the death of Osama bin Laden, up from 17% in April, and by one percentage point the highest it has been since January 2010. ...

AP 5/11
Obama's approval rating hits highest point in 2 years
President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years -- 60 percent -- and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. ...

PRRI 5/11
Celebrating Osama bin Laden's Death
Six-in-ten (62%) Americans agree it is wrong to celebrate the death of another human being, no matter how bad that person was. There is strong agreement across party and religious lines. ...

Gallup 5/11
Americans More Positive on Afghanistan
After the death of Osama bin Laden, a slim majority of Americans now say things are going well for the United States in Afghanistan, a four-percentage-point increase from late March. ...

NBC News: Mark Murray 5/9
Economy fears temper Obama's bin Laden bump
In the days after Barack Obama ordered the successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden, the president's approval rating on foreign policy issues reached an all-time high, even as public opinion regarding his handling of the economy sunk to the lowest point of his administration. ...

Gallup 5/9
Support for Third U.S. Party Dips, but Is Still Majority View
Fifty-two percent of Americans believe the Republican and Democratic parties do such a poor job of representing the people that a third party is needed. ...

NYT: John Harwood 5/9
Obama Can't Depend On New Poll Numbers
Politically speaking, President Obama walks taller now that American commandos, on his order, found and killed Osama bin Laden. So what difference does that make? ...

Gallup 5/9
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale
Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%. ...

Pew 5/5
Why Are Gas Prices Rising?
As gas prices soar, many Americans pin the blame on greed or a push for higher profits among oil companies, speculators and oil-producing nations. ...

Washington Post 5/5
Number of 'birthers' plummets
The number of Americans saying President Obama was born in another country has been sliced in half, according to a new Washington Post poll. ...