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These are among the key findings of a national opinion survey conducted for TIME by the research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., from Sept. 15 through 17.* The survey also showed that the President is making progress in one of his avowed aims: to make Americans feel better about themselves and their country. There has been modest but steady improvement in the national mood during Reagan's tune in office. Slightly more than one-third of the people (36%) agree that the state of the nation is good; only 18% held that view in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Storm-So Far | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...Yankelovich poll, 70% believe that balancing the budget is important. In pursuit of that goal, however, the public seems to be on a different track from the President. If further spending reductions are to be made, more people (43%) want military spending reduced than want social spending cut (31%). Opinion on that issue is sharply divided along partisan lines. Democrats and independents want military spending cut before social spending by 2 to 1; Republicans prefer social cuts by 43% to 26%. Fifty-three percent of those polled believe that further military cuts can be made without jeopardizing national security; here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Storm-So Far | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

Reagan remains the only member of his Administration who has made much of an impression, either way, on those polled. Of the 52% who had an opinion about Vice President George Bush, 83% view him positively. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger also made positive impressions. Interior Secretary James Watt, on the other hand, has a very divided rating (54% positive, 46% negative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Storm-So Far | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...fact, his three top aides-Edwin Meese, James Baker and Michael Deaver-have attracted little notice, and most respondents said they were not familiar with their names. Among those voters who did have an opinion, the troika members all got positive ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Storm-So Far | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...after Rehnquist. One decision centered on large displays of the Ten Commandments in two county courthouses in Kentucky, which had been challenged as being an impermissible breach of the separation between church and state. O'Connor's vote made the decision 5-4 against the displays because, the majority opinion said, the counties' motivation for the prominent showings seemed to be primarily religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rehnquist Throws Down The Gavel, But Not The Towel | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

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