USA Today/Gallup

Environment
Conducted 5/24-25; surveyed 1,049 adults; margin of error +/- 3.0%. Subsample of 946 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/27).

Do You Think Protection Of The Environment Should Be Given Priority, Even At The Risk Of Cubing Economic Growth, Or Do You Think Economic Growth Should Be Given Priority, Even If The Environment Suffers To Some Extent?

-                Now 3/7 3/09 3/08 3/07 3/06 3/05 3/04 3/03
Environment      50% 38% 42%  49%  55%  52%  53%  49%  47%
Economic growth  43  53  51   42   37   37   36   44   42
Equal priority    4   4   5    5    4    6    7    4    7

Do You Favor/Oppose Increasing Offshore Drilling For Oil And Gas In U.S. Coastal Areas?

-        All RVs
Favor    50% 52%
Oppose   46  44 

USA Today/Gallup

Oil Spill Response
Conducted 5/24-25; surveyed 1,049 adults; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 5/27).

How Closely Are You Following The News About The Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico Off
The Coast Of LA?

Very closely      47%
Somewhat closely  40
Not too closely    9
Not at all         5

Obama Handling Oil Spill

Very good/good    43%
Poor/very poor    53

Federal Gov't Handling Oil Spill

Very good/good    35%
Poor/very poor    60

USA Today/Gallup

Environment/Global Warming
Conducted 3/26-28; surveyed 968 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 4/8).

How Important Will ___ Be To Your Vote For Congress This Year?

-                           Extremely Very Moderately NotThat
The economy                 57%       36%   5%         2%
Health care                 48        34   13          5
Unemployment                46        40   10          3
Federal budget deficit      46        33   18          3
Terrorism                   40        36   19          5
Afghanistan                 32        37   23          6
Environment/global warming  22        24   29         23