What Are We Thinking?
By Dave Heller
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Podcast Description
Frank Newport, Editor in Chief of the Gallup Poll, joins NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to discuss what is on America's mind each week.
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A profile of veterans in American society | Monday is Memorial Day. What do we know about veterans in American society today? We spoke with Frank Newport, editor in chief at the Gallup Poll to find out. Read more... | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New frontiers in survey research: A pollster on polling | The annual American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference is underway in Orlando, Florida. What do pollsters talk about when they gather like this? We find out from Frank Newport, editor in chief at the Gallup Poll. Read more... | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Same sex marriage and the presidential election | Did President Obama's announcement of his support for same sex marriage help or hurt his chances for reelection? How do Americans feel about this topic? This and more on this week's What Are We Thinking? Read more... | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Consumer confidence and social security | Are we entering a quiet phase of the presidential campaign? How's consumer confidence holding up? Do Americans believe that Social Security will still be around when they retire? This and more on this week's What Are We Thinking? Read more... | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The youth vote and 'it's the economy, stupid' | Obama, Romney, the youth vote, the hispanic vote, Mormonism, Protestantism, and the election. Read more... | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Congress' job approval rating and the most important problem facing the country | Will your taxes be going up? Congress' job approval rating is, but how about Obama's? What do Americans see as the biggest problem facing the country? Who do they trust to fix it? All this and more from Gallup's Frank Newport on What Are We Thinking this week. Read more... | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tax day! Should higher income Americans pay more? | This week Dave Heller discusses taxes with Frank Newport. How do Americans feel about their taxes? Do they think upper-income Americans should pay more? Also how is the Obama administration doing on energy? And what voting blocks represent the biggest challenge to Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney? Read more... | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Trayvon Martin case and Obama's job approval rating | New Gallup data on the Trayvon Martin case: whites and blacks perceive the situation much, much differently. And where is Obama's job approval rating? How does it compare with job approval ratings for other presidents at this point in their campaigns for re-election? Read more... | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The most religious states, and is gambling morally acceptable? | What are the most and least religious states? Do Americans feel it's morally acceptable to gamble? What's more important, the environment or economic growth? All this and more this week on NewsWorks Tonight's What Are We Thinking? segment. Read more... | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drilling vs. alternative energy, worry, and the economy | This week Gallup's Frank Newport and host Dave Heller discuss how Americans feel about alternative energy sources, the role the economy is playing in the presidential race, and what keeps us up at night. Read more... | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
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