Vanderbilt University Poll
November 27 – December 9, 2012
1,001 Tennessee Residents
829 Tennessee Registered Voters
Priorities for Legislators:
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
86%
90%
80%
74%
76%
70%
58% 58%
60%
50%
36% 34%
40%
30%
22%
20%
20%
10%
10%
0%
Work with members of the opposing party
Total
Democrats
Independents
Pursue own values and priorities
Republicans
Tea Party
Approval of State Figures:
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
56%
64%
67%
68%
50%
49%
52%
42%
30%
20%
10%
0%
November 2011
Haslam
February 2012
May 2012
TN State Legislature
December 2012
Approval of State Figures:
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
81%
80%
70%
60%
60%
79%
67%
62%
50%
44%
70%
49%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Democrats
Haslam
Independents
TN State Legislature
Republicans
Tea Party
Approval of Federal Figures:
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
53%
47%
38%
50%
40%
60%
56%
57%
52%
37%
45%
39%
30%
20%
21%
19%
21%
10%
0%
November 2011
Corker
February 2012
Alexander
May 2012
U.S. Congress
December 2012
Obama
Approval of Federal Figures:
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
88%
90%
79%
71%
80%
70%
60%
50%
58%
45%
69%
61%
51%50%
36%
40%
26%24%
16%
26%
30%
20%
18%
9%
10%
0%
Corker
Democrats
Alexander
Independents
U.S. Congress
Republicans
Obama
Tea Party
Views of the U.S. Economy:
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
89%
90%
80%
80%
73%
70%
66%
61%
60%
50%
40%
37%
33%
26%
30%
20%
20%
11%
10%
0%
Very or fairly good
Total
Democrats
Very or fairly bad
Independents
Republicans
Tea Party
Percent Willing to … to Reduce the Deficit:
Among TN Registered Voters
Raise Eligibility Age for
Medicare
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
35%
Freeze Spending on
Domestic Programs
40%
Limit Spending on Medicaid
and Medicare
50%
Allow Tax Cuts to Expire
57%
Reduce Tax Deductions
60%
0%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
State Implementation of Affordable Healthcare Act:
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
Among TN Registered Voters
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
47%
53%
46%
40%
33%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Expand Medicaid Keep Medicaid as
to cover more
it is
people
State should run
exchange system
Federal
government
should run
exchange system
State Implementation of Affordable Healthcare Act:
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
100%
90%
80%
73%
70%
65%
68%
59%
60%
50%
53%
48%
46%
63%
40%
31%
30%
24%
20%
10%
0%
Keep Medicaid as it is
Total
Democrats
State should run exchange system
Independents
Republicans
Tea Party
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
Top Priority for State of Tennessee:
Among TN Registered Voters
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
61%
62%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
18%
10%
10%
0%
November 2011
Economy/jobs
May 2012
Education
December 2012
Health care
Selection of Judges and Primary Election Laws:
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
85%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
44%
40%
30%
28%
27%
20%
11%
10%
0%
Governor
should
appoint
judges
Voters should
Haven't
elect judges thought much
about it
Yes, change to
closed
primaries
No, leave
primaries
open
Role of State Government in Affairs of Private Entities:
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
Among TN Registered Voters
70%
53%
44%
19%
State
Private entities
government
should be
should intervene allowed to make
their own
policies
Employers
should be
required by state
to allow
employees to
keep guns in
their vehicles
Employers
should not be
required by the
state to allow
employees to
keep guns in
their vehicles
State Intervention into Affairs of Private Entities:
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
70%
59%
60%
65%
69%
53%
50%
40%
30%
20%
34%
31%
19%
17%
10%
10%
8%
0%
State government should intervene
Total
Democrats
Employers should be required by state to
allow employees to keep guns in their
vehicles
Independents
Republicans
Tea Party
Percent who Favor Opening Additional Charter Schools:
By Party Identification, Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
80%
70%
71%
65%
61%
63%
Democrats
Independents
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Total
Republicans
Tea Party
Grades of Local versus Tennessee Public Schools:
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
42%
40%
34%
30%
30%
20%
10%
33%
16%
11%
13%
4%
5% 5%
6%
2%
0%
A
B
Local Schools
C
D
Tennessee Schools
F
Don't
know/Refused
Do...earn too much, not enough, or about the right amount?
Among TN Registered Voters
Source: VU Poll, Dec 2012.
N = 829.
MoE: +/- 4.3%
100%
90%
80%
70%
65%
60%
50%
36%
40%
28%
30%
20%
10%
35%
17%
12%
4%
3%
0%
Too much
Not enough
Public Employees
About right
Don't know/Refused
Public School Teachers
Vanderbilt University Poll
November 27 – December 9, 2012
1,001 Tennessee Residents
829 Tennessee Registered Voters