JUDICIAL WATCH OMNIBUS JANUARY 12-15, 2012

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1 Question P1 Are you currently registered to vote? Page 1 Unweighted Total Weighted Total * 131* * Yes % 84%EI 87%EGI 80% 73% 85%EG 75% 91%BDE 76% I FGI No % 16%H 13% 20%H 27%BC 14%H 23%CFH 8% 24%BCFH FH Don't know/refused % % 2% 1% 1%

2 Question P2 Page 2 Please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for President. & Republican or Lean Republican Unweighted Total Weighted Total * 0** 0** 0** 0** 94* Anyone (Net) % 83% 86%BDI 76% % Mitt Romney % 32% 35% 28% % Newt Gingrich % 17% 20%B 10% % Ron Paul % 14% 12% 19% % Rick Santorum % 10% 11% 8% % Rick Perry % 5% 5% 4% % Jon Huntsman % 4% 3% 7% % Other % 1% 1% None/No one % 2% 2% 2% % Undecided % 15%C 12% 22%BC %BC ; ** very small base (under 30) ineligible for sig testing

3 Question P3 Page 3 Thinking about the government and how it functions, which of the candidates running for President do you think would be the most effective at combating government corruption? Any (Net) % 85%EI 87%EI 81%E 60% 84%EI 80%E 86%EI 75%E Barack Obama % 4% 4% 4% 13%BC 63%BC 49%BC 70%BCD 25%BCDE DEGI DEI EFGI Ron Paul % 22%CFH 18%FH 31%BCF 24%FH 7%H 15%FH 3% 22%FGH GHI Mitt Romney % 20%EFG 23%EFG 13%GI 5% 7% 3% 8% 7% HI HI Newt Gingrich % 17%EFG 19%EFG 13%FHI 5% 3% 6% 2% 8%FH HI HI Rick Santorum % 12%EFG 14%EFGH 7%FH 2% 1% 2% * 4%FH HI I Rick Perry % 5%F 5%F 6%FH 6%F 2% 1% 2% 4%FG Jon Huntsman % 4%H 3%H 5%H 5%H 2%H 5%FH * 5%FH None of these % 5% 3% 8% 25%BCD 7% 8% 6% 13%BCFH FGHI Undecided % 10% 10% 11% 14% 9% 11% 8% 12%

4 Question P4 Page 4 Now, thinking about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court... Which of the following statements do you agree with? The law is CONSTITUTIONAL, and should be upheld by the 44% 15% 15% 15% 37%BC 70%BC 79%BC 66%BCD 47%BCD Supreme Court D DEHI DEFHI EI The law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and 43% 79%EFG 79%EFG 77%EFG 34%FG 19% 17% 21% 40%FGH should be overturned by the HI HI HI H Supreme Court Don't know % 6% 4% 8% 26%BC 10%G 4% 13%BCF 12%BCG DFGHI G Refused % 1% 1% 0 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%

5 Question P5 Page 5 Thinking about the ongoing debate about whether Justice Elena Kagan should participate in the Supreme Court's review of the Obamacare law... Which of the following two statements comes closer to your opinion? Justice Elena Kagan SHOULD NOT participate in deciding 37% 56%CEF 51%EFG 68%BCE 33% 25% 21% 26% 39%FGH the constitutionality of GHI HI FGHI the law and recuse herself from the proceedings Justice Elena Kagan SHOULD participate in deciding the 34% 22%D 26%BD 14% 26% 46%BC 53%BC 43%BCD 33%BD constitutionality of the DEI DEI EI law and NOT recuse herself from the proceedings Don't know % 21% 22% 17% 40%BC 28% 25% 29% 27%BD DI Refused % 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%

6 Question P6 Page 6 Thinking about Congress, which of the following statements is closer to your opinion? All laws against insider trading should be enforced 86% 94%EFG 94%FGH 95%FGH 87% 83% 81% 85% 87% against members of Congress HI I I Members of Congress should be exempt from some laws 8% 2% 3% 1% 7%B 13%BC 18%BC 11%BCD 10%BCD regarding insider trading D DI Don't know % 3% 3% 4% 6% 4% 1% 5% 4% Refused % 1% 1%

7 Question P7 Page 7 Thinking about the issue of immigration, do you agree or disagree that local law enforcement officers should help enforce federal immigration laws? Do you STRONGLY (agree/disagree) or only SOMEWHAT (agree/disagree)? Agree (Net) % 87%FGH 87%FGH 87%FGH 78%FG 64% 62% 65% 74%FG I I I Strongly agree % 71%EFG 75%EFG 64%FGH 57%FG 35% 31% 37% 49%FGH HI HI I H Somewhat agree % 15%C 12% 23%BC 21% 29%BC 31%BC 28%BC 26%BC Disagree (Net) % 11% 11% 11% 18% 33%BC 37%BC 32%BCD 23%BCD DEI DEI E Somewhat disagree % 7% 7% 7% 5% 15%BC 15%B 15%BCE 10% EI Strongly disagree % 4% 4% 3% 13%BC 18%BC 22%BC 17%BCD 14%BCD D D DI Don't know % 3% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 3% 2%

8 Question P8 Page 8 When addressing the issue of illegal immigration, should there be more or less emphasis placed on law enforcement, or should it remain about the same as it is now? More % 72%FGH 75%EFG 67%FGH 60%FG 39% 41% 38% 54%FGH I HI I H Less % 5% 4% 6% 6% 12%BC 11%C 12%BC 8% About the same % 21% 19% 25% 32%C 46%BC 44%BC 47%BCD 35%BCD DEI DI EI Don't know/not sure % 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 4% 3% 3%

9 Question P9 Page 9 Do you agree or disagree with the policy that some cities and local governments have put in place called 'sanctuary policies' where these local governments choose to not enforce federal immigration law, creating a sanctuary for illegal immigrants? Do you STRONGLY (agree/disagree) or only SOMEWHAT (agree/disagree)? Agree (Net) % 21% 18% 28% 26% 39%BC 36%BC 41%BCD 30%BC EI EI Strongly agree % 12% 10% 15% 12% 14% 11% 16% 13% Somewhat agree % 10% 8% 13% 13% 25%BC 25%BC 25%BCD 18%BC DEI I E Disagree (Net) % 75%FGH 78%FGH 70%FH 66% 55% 59% 53% 64%FH I I Somewhat disagree % 13% 11% 17% 11% 19%BC 24%BC 17% 18% E Strongly disagree % 62%DFG 67%BDF 53%FGH 55%FG 35% 35% 35% 46%FGH HI GHI H Don't know % 3% 4% 2% 9% 6% 6% 6% 5%

10 Question P10 Page 10 Thinking about things in Washington, would you say you agree or disagree that corruption is a significant problem in Washington? Do you STRONGLY (agree/disagree) or only SOMEWHAT (agree/disagree)? Agree (Net) % 94%FHI 94%FH 93%H 89% 85% 87% 83% 90% Strongly agree % 77%FH 75%FH 81%FH 72% 64% 70% 62% 74%FH Somewhat agree % 17% 19% 12% 16% 20% 18% 22% 16% Disagree (Net) % 4% 4% 3% 7% 14%BC 12%BC 15%BCDI 8%BD DI D Somewhat disagree % 3% 4% 2% 3% 11%BCD 7% 13%BCDE 4% EI I Strongly disagree 18 2 * % 1% * 1% 5%BC 3% 5%BC 2% 4%BC Don't know % 3% 2% 4% 4% 1% 1% 2% 3%

11 Question P11 Page 11 Which party do you trust more to combat government corruption in Washington DC, Democrats or Replublicans? Democrats % 6%C 3% 11%BC 13%BC 68%BC 65%BC 69%BCD 33%BCDE DEI DEI EI Republicans % 67%DEF 76%BDE 51%EFGH 5% 11% 10% 12% 20%EFGH GHI FGHI I Neither/Not sure % 27%CH 21% 39%BCF 82%BC 21% 26% 18% 47%BCFGH H DFGHI

12 Question P12 Page 12 In thinking about government transparency and access to information about the operation of the federal government, do you believe the Obama administration has... Worsened government transparency 27% 55%DEF 60%BDE 45%EFG 22%FGH 7% 8% 6% 23%FGH GHI FGHI HI Improved government transparency 26% 5% 6% 4% 12% 46%BC 37%BC 51%BCD 20%BCD DEGI DEI EFGI Has not changed government transparency 42% 36%C 31% 46%BC 59%BC 43%CH 53%BC 38% 53%BCFH FH FH Don't know % 3% 2% 4% 7%C 4% 3% 4% 5% Refused * * 1% 1% 1% 0 * *

13 Question P13 Page 13 In thinking about the Obama administration's policies concerning illegal immigration, do you agree or disagree with its approach? Do you STRONGLY (agree/disagree) or only SOMEWHAT (agree/disagree)? Agree (Net) % 12% 10% 17% 37%BC 64%BC 55%BC 69%BCD 38%BCD D DEGI DEI EFGI Strongly agree % 2% 2% 2% 9%BC 25%BCD 9%BC 33%BCDE 7%BCD EGI FGI Somewhat agree % 10% 8% 14% 27%BC 39%BC 46%BC 36%BCD 31%BCD DI DEI Disagree (Net) % 76%EFG 77%EFG 74%EFG 43%FG 18% 22% 17% 44%FGH HI HI HI H Somewhat disagree % 21%FH 20%FH 24%FH 16% 10%H 16%FH 7% 18%FH Strongly disagree % 55%EFG 57%EFG 50%EFG 28%FGH 8% 6% 9% 25%FGH HI HI HI Don't know % 12% 13% 9% 20% 18% 23%BC 15% 18%BD D

14 Question SP2A Political Party Identification Page 14 Unweighted Total Weighted Total * 131* * Republican (Net) % 100%EF 100%EF 100%EFGH %EFGH GHI GHI I Republican % 65%DE 100%BDEF FGHI GHI Independent-Lean Republican 12% 35%CEFG 0 100%BCEF %CEFGH H GHI Independent % %BCD %BCDFGH FGHI Democrat (Net) % %B 100%B 100%BCD 40%BCDE CDEI CDEI EI Independent-Lean Democratic 17% %B 100%BCD 0 40%BCDEH CDEH EFHI Democrat % %BCD 0 100%BCDE 0 EGI FGI Other Party % Don't Know/Refused % Total Independent % 35%CH 0 100%BC 100%BC 37%C 100%BCF 0 100%BCFH FH FH H H