Published 9 months ago
Reinforcing the decline in Americans’ confidence in the country’s state of affairs is the steadily decreasing percentages of perceived effectiveness of government spending. Wave 9 of the ZataNation survey shows that Asian-Americans and Caucasians have dropped 3 index points in their answer to the question “what percentage of your tax dollars is spent wisely?” While Latinos have increased from 39 percent to 41 percent and African-Americans remain at 44 percent, all ethnicities have reported numbers below 50 percent since the start of the survey, indicating that Americans feel that more than half of their tax dollars are being put to waste.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 9 months ago
The ups and downs of the economy, published daily in local and national newspapers and earning a headline on news stations on a regular basis, are reflected in the minds of Americans, as the most recent wave of the ZataNation survey shows a lowering of expectations of personal financial situations over the next year in every ethnicity except Latinos, who show no change. While each ethnicity has fluctuated since the start of the survey in mid-March, all have shown a downward trend, particularly when asked about their optimism for the country's future.
Are America’s best days ahead of us or behind us? It seems as if the answer “no” is growing stronger, as every ethnicity has become less optimistic since the first survey, and while Caucasians show an increase of 3 index points since wave 8, they have remained below African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Latinos, in their position on this issue.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 9 months ago
Wave 8 shows an increase in feelings of safety among all groups with the exception of Latinos. African-Americans have increased by 14 index points since our early June survey. Asian-Americans have increased by 6 index points in the same period while Caucasians have increased by 8 points over the past month. Latinos dropped 6 points on our index in the early June survey yet have remained steady in our most recent survey. Caucasians feel more secure now than they have throughout the whole survey. No group has less confidence in our actions abroad when compared to our last survey. What has happened in the last two weeks that could account for the climb in feelings of security?
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
Minorities are still more optimistic about America’s future. Most notability, African-Americans’ optimism has risen 4 index points since late May. Caucasians’ optimism has risen 3 index points in the past two weeks, while Latinos and Asian-Americans have grown more pessimistic. Despite the recent increase, African-Americans have been much more pessimistic since late April and are currently 18 index points lower than their all time high of 19 in mid-March. Asian-Americans are at their lowest level of optimism, and Latinos are reaching their level of pessimism. Despite this growing doubt among Latinos and Asians, all minorities are much more optimistic than Caucasians, despite a 3-point rebound from their three month low in Wave 7. African-Americans are the only group showing a steady increase since wave 6.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
In the past two weeks no group has shown increased confidence in the government’s use of their tax dollars. African-Americans are the only group to report being as confident in tax dollar spending today as they were two weeks ago. Asian-Americans’ confidence levels have dropped significantly in the past month as they believe only 43% of their tax dollars are spent wisely as opposed to 47% in late May. Latinos and Caucasians now feel the same about how much of their tax dollars go to good use. These two groups have not differed in opinion by more than two index points since our second survey in early April. There seems to be no connection to any single recent event to explain this however it does show that these results are in-line with the recent NBC/WSJ poll showing a drop in perception of how the President is responding to the economic crisis.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
None of the groups appear to be particularly confident that their tax dollars are going to good use. Unlike the results of our other surveys, Caucasians do not appear significantly more negative than minorities. African-Americans are the only group which has increased in taxpayer confidence by one percentage point since late May. Asian-Americans and Latinos are down two percent while Caucasians remain relatively stable around 40%. Since this study began, at no point has a group felt that 50% or more of their tax dollars were spent wisely. That being said, only two groups have polled below 40% (Caucasians and Latinos). The highest percentage we have polled to date is 47% by Asian-Americans and African-Americans. Currently, no group is at the highest (47%) or the lowest (39%). Despite small variations, Asian-Americans have the most confidence while Caucasians have the least.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
Since mid-March we have seen Americans’ confidence in their financial future vary. The poll we conducted the second week of June shows a wide variance between each of the groups as well. African-Americans appear to have a much better outlook than they did in late May and Caucasians have increased confidence in their fiscal future as well. Asian-Americans and Latinos have become discouraged since late-May. Asian-Americans had the largest drop at 12 index points while African-Americans had the largest increase with 10 index points. Americans are less confident now than they were in March. However the rising confidence among Caucasians and the recovery of confidence among African-Americans does give some hope that the tides will change in the next survey. This question reflects Americans’ confidence in their economy, not just their personal financial situation. Obama job approval rating has polled at 59% in Gallop’s most recent poll, his lowest since taking office. If this lack of confidence in the economy continues people will become much more sensitive to tax increases and more critical of where their increasingly scarce dollars are going.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
When asked if America’s best days are ahead of us or behind us, Asian Americans, Latinos and African Americans consistently respond more positively than Caucasians. Our June 6 survey shows the opinions within each of these ethnic groups are about the same. The Sotomayor nomination may account for a modest upward trend over the last four weeks. Asian Americans opinions on this question are about the same as they were in early March—more upbeat than whites but less so than Latinos or Blacks.
This minimal change from the survey a fortnight earlier reinforces the observation that the steep decline in optimism among African Americans and Caucasians over the spring has leveled off. This is welcome news for Democrats.
Published 10 months ago
When we asked African American’s earlier this week to rate President’s efforts to promote racial equality in America, we found little change over the last four weeks. A healthy majority feel he is moving at the right pace (57%). Only one in ten felt he was not moving fast enough. Latino’s however, are a bit more anxious than a month ago—18% want Obama to move at a faster pace, and puzzling to us, a larger number than in the last two waves of surveys feel like Obama is moving too fast.
Asian Americans are less comfortable with Obama’s efforts to promote racial equality, with a third of respondents saying he’s moving too fast. Among ethnic minorities surveyed, this group is closest to Caucasians in their outlook. For whites, half the respondents feel Obama is moving at the right pace while more than 4 in ten prefer that Obama back off. There is very little change over the last month among whites on this issue.
The Obama administration is saddled with the heightened expectations among racial minorities and will be disappointed to learn that for the first time since our surveys began, Asian Americans, Latinos and Blacks have all slipped below 60% who say the President is moving at the right pace.
About the Survey - These ZataPulse surveys were conducted with random nation-wide samples of 500 registered voters in each of the ethnicities noted. The margin of error is 4.4% at a 95% confidence interval. The survey waves were about 14 days apart. Survey results are weighted by income quintiles based on 2006 US Census voter turnout estimates but are not weighted by gender or vote frequency. The responses for the first question are weighted averages of the two digit responses from the voters’ key pad entries.
For More Information - Detailed survey results and explanation of survey methodology are availlable at www.zata3.com. You will find tabulations for each ethnicity by income strata and comparisons with results from previous survey waves.
About Zata|3 Consulting - Zata|3 is a one-to-one communications company based in Washington, DC serving a national client base of Democratic candidatesand progressive organizations and interest groups.
Published 10 months ago
Our late May surveys showed little change among the ethnic groups’ opinions of Obama’s efforts to improve racial equality. Now for the first time since mid March, less than 60% of Asian-Americans and African-Americans believe the President is moving at the right pace. Caucasians seem to be holding steady with around 50% believing POTUS is moving at the right pace and a healthy portion of white voters (43%) believe he needs to slow down. Mexican-Americans have been slightly more optimistic as 61% believe he is moving at the right pace, while 58% of other Latinos approve of the speed of the Presidents efforts to improve racial equality.
Wave 6 of our NationPulse survey ran the same day Obama announced Sonia Sotomayor as his pick for Supreme Court Justice (5/26/09). The initial impact of this decision should be evident in our Wave 7 surveys (early June). We will watch the Senate ramp up for confirmation hearings with a special eye toward how the rhetoric impacts opinions on the matter of racial equality, espectially among Mexican-Americans and other Latinos' in our surveys.
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