After Obama caused a stir by singing a line of Al Green’s love song “Let’s Stay Together” during a recent appearance at New York’s Apollo Theater, we thought it’d be fun to find out whether Americans think he’s better at singing or being president.

Overall, 43% said better at being president, 35% said better at singing than as president, and 23% expressed no opinion.

Republicans said he’s better at singing by a 62%-11% margin.

Democrats: 83% better as president, 7% better as singer.

Independents: 38% better as president, 33% better at singing.

The poll’s demographic crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – Obama singing.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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Here’s the question to put to Americans participating in our national scientific opinion poll: “If money was no object, would you be willing to be among the first commercial space flight passengers?”

Twenty-three percent said yes, 52% said no, and 26% expressed no opinion.

Virgin Galactic plans to launch commercial sub-orbital space flights this year, with each flight including five minutes of weightlessness, with a price tag for each passenger of $200,000.  Other ventures plan commercial passenger space flights, too.

Take a deep dive into the demographic crosstabs of our poll results to see which groups are most inclined to be among the first space flight passengers: Poll Position crosstabs – commercial space flights.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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The answer: 60% said no and 30% said yes in response to our national scientific opinion poll question.

Our poll found a divide between Democrats and Republicans, as well as older and younger Americans, on the issue.

Here’s the question we put to Americans: “If money was no object and you planned to vacation outside the U.S., would you feel safe going on vacation in Mexico?”

Democrats: 53% no, 39% yes.

Republicans: 63% no, 25% yes.

18-29 year olds: 47% yes, 41% no.

30-44 year olds: 59% no, 31% yes.

45-64 year olds: 63% no, 26% yes.

65+ year olds: 75% no, 16% yes.

The Mexico Tourism Board is in the midst of a $30 million U.S. ad campaign, the Mexico Taxi Project, to convince Americans that Mexico is safe for tourists.

It appears the ad campaign is having a modest impact at best.

The poll’s demographic crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – Mexico vacation travel.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation.  Here are the crosstabs for this poll:

Poll Position Crosstabs-Team you WANT to win Super Bowl

Poll Position Crosstabs-Team you THINK will win Super Bowl

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%. Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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That is easier said than done given the First Amendment right to free speech, the challenge of setting standards for deciding what’s factual and what’s not, and determining who’d be appropriate to serve as judges in a “truth test” process.

This election year is shaping up to be perhaps the nastiest ever on the political ad front, with Super PACs, candidate campaign committees, and other advocacy groups flooding media outlets with provocative, mean-spirited, and often misleading, if not false, advertising.

So we put this question to registered voters in our national scientific telephone polling: “Do you believe that political advertising should pass a “truth test” before publication or broadcast?”

Overall, 73% said political ads should be required to pass a “truth test” before publication or broadcast, while only 9% disagreed.  Eighteen percent were undecided or expressed no opinion.

The “truth test” idea was endorsed by 72% of Republicans, 71% of Democrats, and 78% of independents.

The bottom line: Americans want “truth” in political advertising, although there’s seemingly no feasible, fair, legal way to implement the “truth test” idea.

The poll’s crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – “truth test”

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Opinions differed greatly along gender and racial lines. Women were evenly divided over healthy versus unhealthy food with 38% choosing healthy, 38% picking unhealthy and 23% not having an opinion.  Men had no problem with their choice, 54% selected pizzas, wings, chip and dips, 31% chose healthy food, 15% did not offer an opinion.

African-Americans and whites differed with 50% of whites going for unhealthy food, 31% chose healthy food, 20% of whites had no opinion. Among African-Americans, 48% said they preferred a Super Bowl Party with healthy food, 31% opted for pizzas, wings, chips and dips, 20% did not have an opinion.

Those in the 30-44 year old category were least concerned about healthy food at a Super Bowl Party with 61% saying they prefer pizza, wings, chips and dips, 23% said they preferred healthier food at a Super Bowl Party, 16% did not offer an opinion.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%. Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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By a 2-1 margin, Google prevailed: 46% Google, 22% Facebook, and 32% expressed no opinion.

Here’s the question we asked in our national scientific telephone poll: “If you had $1,000 to invest in the stock of Facebook or Google, which company’s stock would you rather buy?”

A deep dive into the poll results (see crosstabs below) shows men, women, and every age group, race, and political group picked Google stock over Facebook stock.

The poll’s crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – Facebook or Google.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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We put this question to registered voters in our national scientific poll: “Do you think that Barack Obama will be re-elected or defeated in November?”

America’s response: 53% said Obama will be re-elected, 40% said he will be defeated, and 8% expressed were undecided or had no opinion.

Democrats: 88% said he’d be re-elected, 5% thought Obama would be defeated, and 7% expressed no opinion.

Republicans: 69% predicted Obama would be defeated in November, 21% said he’d be re-elected, and 10% expressed no opinion.

Independents: 52% said Obama would be re-elected, 41% said he’d lose, and 6% expressed no opinion.

Looking at the demographic breakdown of registered American voters, a majority or plurality of every age group and race and men and women predicted Obama would be re-elected in November.

The poll’s crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – Obama re-election.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.

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Last night in our national scientific telephone polling, we asked a series of Super Bowl-related questions, including this one: “Will you bet money on the Super Bowl?”

Eleven percent of respondents said yes, 78% said no, and 10% were undecided or had no opinion on the question.

With roughly 234 million adults in America, that 11% would translate into slightly more than 25 million Americans betting money on this year’s Super Bowl.

Eighteen percent of men said they’ll bet on the game, while only 5% of women say they’ll do so.

Caveat: Not everyone betting on the game will admit it.

More Democrats (16%) say they’ll bet on the big game than Republicans (12%) and independents (5%).

The age group most likely to bet: 18-29 year olds, 19% of whom say they’ll gamble on the game.

The poll’s crosstabs: Poll Position crosstabs – Super Bowl bet.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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Young people, in the 18-29 year old age group were among the most supportive of Facebook’s public offering with 37% saying it will help the company’s reputation, 17% said it will hurt, 46% did not have an opinion.

In the 30-44 year old age group, 30% said the decision to go public will harm the reputation of Facebook, 29% said it would help, 41% did not have an opinion.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%. Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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