The Week in Polls: Oct. 20
Herman Cain still tops the polls.
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Economy - A Gallup poll published Oct. 19 found that 64 percent of Americans place more blame on the federal government for the nation’s economic crisis than on Wall Street.(Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
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Barack Obama - A CNN/ORC International poll released on Oct. 18 found that 46 percent of Americans approve of President Obama’s job performance, while 50 percent say they disapprove how he’s handling his duties. In addition, 36 percent say they believe that the president’s policies will succeed and 59 percent said they will fail, almost double the 36 percent who in 2009 said his policies will fail.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Cain v. Romney - Herman Cain holds a slight lead in South Carolina’s primary and is “neck and neck” with Mitt Romney in Florida, key swing states, according to an NBC News/Marist poll released Oct. 19. In South Carolina, Cain and Romney, respectively, have 30 percent and 26 percent of support among likely GOP voters and 32 percent and 31 percent in Florida.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Occupy Wall Street Movement - A majority of respondents in a Gallup survey released on Oct. 18 say they don’t know enough about the Occupy Wall Street movement or its goals to form an opinion. Just 22 percent said they approve of the movement’s goals, while 63 percent said they don’t know enough to say. Twenty-five percent said they approve of the way the protests are being conducted, but 55 percent are uncertain.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Political News Coverage - President Obama at 9 percent received the least positive news coverage from May to October, according to a Pew Research Center study. Texas Gov. Rick Perry received the most positive coverage at 32 percent, followed by Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann (31 percent), Herman Cain (28 percent) and Mitt Romney (26 percent).(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)