June 26, 2012

Obama leads by 2 -- Romney tops VA, Obama CO -- Matheson ahead in UT4 -- Health care plan -- Tuesday trivia

YOUR DAILY POLLING UPDATE

OBAMA APPROVAL: CLARUS AVERAGE 49%
(no change from yesterday; up 3 from a week ago)

PRESIDENTIAL NATIONWIDE: CLARUS AVERAGE*

Obama over Romney +2

PRESIDENT: BY STATE**

Virginia: Romney over Obama +5
Colorado: Obama over Romney +4
Utah: Romney over Obama +42

VIRGINIA: U.S. SENATE***

George Allen (R) over Tim Kaine (D) +9

UTAH 4: U.S. HOUSE****

Rep. Jim Matheson (D) over Mia Love (R) +15

OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN#

Question asked of U.S. adults: "In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reforms that were passed by Congress in March of 2010?"

Support: 33%
Oppose: 47%

TUESDAY TRIVIA:
Who was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
(see answer below)

SOURCES:
Presidential job rating: average of the four most recently reported nationwide polls.
* Average based on the four most recently released nationwide polls: Bloomberg, Associated Press/GfK, Rasmussen, Gallup.
** UT: Deseret News/KSL-TV poll, June 15-21; CO and VA, We Ask America, June 25.
*** We Ask America, June 25
**** Deseret News/ KSL-TV poll, June 15-21.
# AP/GfK, June 14-18.

TUESDAY TRIVIA ANSWER:
John Jay (1789-1795). Jay also served as the President of the Continental Congress and as U.S. minister to Spain and France. He became Governor of New York (1795-1801) after his term on the Court.