CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Survey, January #4, 2011

This poll, fielded January 27-31, 2011 is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked how well Barack Obama was handling the presidency, who was the greatest president in American history, and whether the respondents would want their child to grow up to be president. Opinions were collected about potential holidays such as Election Day, who the respondents felt was the most influential African-American in United States history, the institution of marriage, entertainment choices, medical marijuana, who or what is to blame for obesity among children, and whether laws should be enacted to prevent public acts such as breast feeding, spitting, and/or cursing. Respondents were also queried on whether they felt the United States would be more vulnerable or stronger by having no state secrets, and what they felt was the ideal retirement age. Additional topics included the Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, interest in visiting Cuba, knowledge of the location of Tunisia, in which industries respondents would be least likely to invest money, institutions for the developmentally disabled, the Tea Party movement, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again Christians.