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Poll shows most Americans support ending ban on gay Scouts

Last updated Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 11:17pm

A substantial majority of Americans support a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to admit openly gay members for the first time, and most oppose the organization’s plan to continue to bar openly gay adults from serving as Scout leaders, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Ted Olson, right, lead Co-Counsel for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, seen with Proposition 8 paintiffs, Jeff Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami, middle, comments on the announcement that California's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional during a American Foundation for Equal Rights conference in Los Angeles. A continuing distinct partisan divide is present in the gay marriage cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, set for arguments March 26-27, 2013, even though a brief on behalf of more than 100 prominent Republicans calls for marriage equality. The split is most in evidence in legal briefs filed with the court by state attorneys general. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Support for gay marriage shows remarkable shift in attitudes

David A. Fahrenthold, Jon Cohen The Washington Post

Last updated Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 9:08am

WASHINGTON — Support for same-sex marriage among Americans has jumped significantly in the past year to an all-time high of 58 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

That number reflects a remarkable — and remarkably fast — turnabout in American public opinion on one of the most emotionally raw and politically divisive issues of the past decade. As recently as 2010, opponents of same-sex marriage outnumbered supporters. As recently as 2006, they outnumbered them by a double-digit margin, 58 percent to 36 percent.

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2001 file photo, then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt speaks in Coronado, Calif. Babbitt is urging President Barack Obama to step up efforts to conserve public lands as he begins his second term. Babbitt, who led Interior for eight years under President Bill Clinton, said Obama should adopt what Babbitt called a common-sense principle: For every acre of public land leased to the oil and gas industry, one acre should be permanently protected for future generations. Over the past four years, more than 6 million acres have been leased for oil and gas, compared with 2.6 million acres permanently protected. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Poll: Western voters want to protect federal lands

Nicholas Riccardi The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 11:01am

DENVER -- Western voters see the region's vast public lands as an economic asset and support limiting energy exploration on them, even as they remain concerned about the nation's dependence on foreign oil, according to a poll being released Thursday by Colorado College's State of the Rockies Project.

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Poll shows little support for embattled Utah AG Swallow

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 7:06pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A new poll suggests that Utah's embattled attorney general has very little support among residents of Utah.

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Poll: Most Americans support assault weapons ban, armed guards

David Nakamura, John Cohen The Washington Post

Last updated Monday, January 14, 2013 - 6:15pm

WASHINGTON — Most Americans support tough new measures to combat gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons and posting armed guards at every school, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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GOP deemed too pro-rich in poll

John McCormick Bloomberg News

Last updated Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 2:12pm

CHICAGO - A majority of Americans say the Republican Party needs a major overhaul after electoral losses revealed demographic, messaging and technological shortfalls compared with Democrats, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to a closed Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Poll shows public will blame GOP if 'fiscal cliff' happens

Scott Clement The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 10:20am

Most Americans appear poised to blame Republicans, not President Obama, if negotiators fail to act in time to avert a “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax increases and spending cuts slated for January, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll.

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Polls show young voters support gay marriage, legal pot

Peyton M. Craighill The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 5:42pm

Strong majorities of adults under age 30 support gay marriage and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and a majority supports legalizing small amounts of marijuana according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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President Barack Obama, left, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, laugh with Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the Archdiocese of New York's 67th Annual Alfred. E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala has been a required stop for politicians since the end of World War II. In keeping with tradition, candidates prepare humorous fare for the fundraising event organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York for the benefit of needy children. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Romney increases lead over Obama in new national poll

Aaron Blake The Washington Post

Last updated Friday, October 19, 2012 - 9:12am

Mitt Romney has taken a six-point lead over President Obama in the latest Gallup national tracking poll — his biggest lead to date and the first time he has led outside the margin of error.

The latest seven-day tracking poll of likely voters shows Romney at 51 percent and Obama at 45 percent, up from 50-46 on Tuesday and 49-47 on Monday.

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Romney Leads Obama in N.C. Poll

Peyton Craighill The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 7:41am

Mitt Romney has a slim edge in North Carolina over President Barack Obama, according to a new poll of likely voters in the state. Romney’s 47 to 43 percent lead over Obama, in a poll from Elon University for the Charlotte Observer, is a slight improvement from other recent polls showing an almost even race.

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Americans more interested in party platforms then candidates

Jonathan D. Salant Bloomberg News

Last updated Monday, August 27, 2012 - 5:30pm

TAMPA, Fla. - More Americans are interested in what the Democratic and Republican platforms have to say, rather than the party’s presidential nominees, according to a poll released Monday.

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President Barack Obama talks about taxes, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in the Old Executive Office building of the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

New poll shows Obama has expanded lead over Romney

Margaret Talev Bloomberg News

Last updated Friday, August 3, 2012 - 1:34pm

WASHINGTON - President Obama has opened a 10-point lead nationally over Republican Mitt Romney as voters increasingly view Romney unfavorably, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Warsaw Library in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

New polls show Romney viewed in swing states as uncaring

Aaron Blake The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 4:55pm

Mitt Romney started this campaign with a problem: an image as a wealthy elitist, out of touch with middle-class life.

New poll results released Wednesday show that - even now, after months of campaigning and an expensive effort to introduce himself to voters - Romney still hasn’t overcome that first impression.

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Poll shows more people interested in Romney's taxes than his religion

Jonathan D. Salant Bloomberg News

Last updated Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 5:40pm

WASHINGTON - More than a third of U.S. voters want to know more about Mitt Romney’s tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital LLC and how much he paid in taxes, according to a poll released Tuesday.

The survey by the Pew Research Center also found that 41 percent of registered voters would like additional information about Romney’s one term as governor of Massachusetts, where he signed health-care legislation that helped served as the prototype for the federal plan upheld last month by the Supreme Court.

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