The Week in Polls: May 4
Obama and Romney are neck and neck, plus more polls.
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President Obama’s job approval rating averaged a high of 47 percent in April, but the Republican presidential rival is nipping at his heels in polls in key swing states. Meanwhile, young adult women want their wedding cake and a high-paying career, too, while both marriage and affluent careers are becoming less important to men. – Joyce Jones
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Obama High - Gallup reports that President Obama's job approval rating averaged 47 percent in April. It’s his highest monthly average since May 2011, when it shot up to 50 percent after Osama Bin Laden was killed. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/ABACAUSA.com/Getty Images)
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Working Girls - A Pew Research Center poll finds that more young women than men have made having a high-paying career “one of the most important things” or “very important” by a margin of 66 percent to 59 percent. In 1997, it was more even at 56 percent to 58 percent. (Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
Photo By Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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It's Always the Economy - Lawmakers relish debates about social issues from birth to gun control, but they are not priorities for most voters. The findings of a Pew Research Center poll published May 1 showed that what they care about most is the economy (86 percent), jobs (84 percent), the budget deficit (74 percent), health care (74 percent) and education (72 percent). (Photo: KEYSTONE/Landov)
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War Fatigue - An overwhelming majority of the public favor withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan as soon as possible, including 48 percent of Republicans, 66 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents, a Pew Research Center poll published April 30 shows.(Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
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