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WASHINGTON, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Most Americans believe that political discourse is becoming increasingly uncivil, and will consider the civility of presidential candidates an important factor in voting in the 2012 election, according to the second annual poll on Civility in America released today by Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate in partnership with KRC Research. While more than 70 percent say pop culture, media, government and the music industry are notable hubs of...
NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The invention of the DVR system presented a hurdle for television advertisers, as they worried their valued audience would fast-forward through their messages. While those concerns may have merit, a recent Adweek/Harris Poll shows that regardless of the ability to use a DVR system, Americans may not be giving their undivided attention to their TV screens. According to the recent survey, while watching TV most Americans also surf the Internet (56%)...
NEW YORK, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans continue to describe the economy as bad and their reported action regarding larger purchases and non-essential spending supports this perspective. A recent Harris Poll on planned spending and saving shows that little has changed for Americans since January when these questions were last asked, and, in many cases not much has changed since late 2009, at the height of the financial crisis. (Logo:...
NEW YORK, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Although professional football is America's favorite sport, there is some talk that the upcoming NFL season may be delayed or even cancelled because the current labor lockout will continue. The NFL did hold its annual draft recently in a somewhat modified and scaled-back format, producing lower viewership and ratings than in previous years. Is that a nod to future interest in the sport, or an anomaly based on the present situation? (Logo:...
NEW YORK, April 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As businesses explore best practices for success in the changing landscape created by the Internet, some companies have discussed charging for access to online content that was previously free. Some media outlets have discussed doing this, and The New York Times recently began charging online readers who view over 20 articles per month. But there may be trouble ahead as a recent Adweek/Harris Poll found that a large majority said they would be...
NEW YORK, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll finds that Americans have a complicated relationship with the British royal family. When asked how closely they have been following the news surrounding Prince William and Kate Middleton's recent engagement and upcoming wedding, fewer than one in five U.S. adults say they have been following it closely (18%), while the majority describe themselves as not following this news closely (82%), with 42% saying they have not been...
NEW YORK, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has sent modest ripples of anxiety through the United States. Thirteen percent of all adults are "very concerned" that dangerous levels of radiation will reach this country, and a further 35% are somewhat concerned. Fifteen percent of adults are very concerned that events in Japan will damage the U.S. economy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO ) These are some of...
NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- While President Obama's overall approval rating has seen some ups and downs over the past few months, the ratings on how he is handling the economy have stayed steady since the beginning of the year. As was the case in January and in February, currently one-third of Americans (33%) give President Obama positive ratings on his handling of the economy. In February, one in ten U.S. adults (9%) said the President was doing an excellent job while...
NEW YORK, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll finds that support for the Tea Party movement has declined somewhat. From May through October last year the Harris Poll found that 45% or 44% of all adults supported the Tea Party movement. That slipped to 39% in January and to 37% in February. In May last year fully 21% of adults said that they supported the movement strongly. These strong Tea Party supporters declined to 17% late last year and dropped to 14% in February. (Logo:...
NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- There may still be a great deal of uncertainty on where the job market is heading, but people seem to be feeling a little more positive overall on the economy. Looking ahead, one-third of Americans (34%) say they expect the economy to improve in the coming year, one-quarter (25%) say they expect it to get worse and two in five (42%) say they expect it to stay the same. In December, just three in ten (29%) said they expected the economy to improve in...
