US: Oil Spill (USAToday/Gallup 5/24-25)

USA Today / Gallup
5/24-25/10; 1,049 adults, 4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Gallup release, USA Today story)

National

How would you rate the job each of the following has done in responding to the oil spill, as very good, good, poor or very poor?
BP: 24% Good/Very Good, 73% Poor/Very Poor
Pres. Obama: 43% Good/Very Good, 53% Poor/Very Poor
The federal government: 35% Good/Very Good, 60% Poor/Very Poor

Who do you think should be in charge of efforts to contain the spill and to clean up the oil already spilled -
68% BP, 28% Federal Government

Just your best guess, which comes closest to your view of the impact of this oil spill in the long run -
37% Worst environmental disaster in the U.S. in at least 100 years
35% A disaster but not the worst environmental disaster in the U.S. in the last 100 years
23% A major problem but not a disaster
3% A minor problem