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CBS NEWS POLL

For release: Thursday, February 18, 20167:00 AM EST

Appointing the Next Supreme Court Justice, President Obama, and the Economy

February 12-16, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court

With an unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court as a result of Justice Antonin Scalias death, itsunclear if he will be replaced before the November election. 47% would like to see the next justiceappointed by President Obama before the election in November, while nearly as many, 46%, would liketo see the new justice appointed by whoever is elected in November.

Views are highly partisan: 82% of Republicans would like to see the next president appoint JusticeScalias replacement, while 77% of Democrats want President Obama to make that appointment.

Next Supreme Court Justice Should be AppointedTotal Reps Dems Inds

By President Obama before November election 47% 15% 77% 46%By whoever wins November election 46 82 19 43

Approval of the Supreme Court has ticked up a few points since last year, and is now at its highest levelsince the question was first asked in 2012. 49% approve, 37% disapprove.

U.S. Supreme Court Job RatingNow 6/2015 6/2013 7/2012

Approve 49% 41% 44% 41%Disapprove 37 40 40 41

Dont know 14 19 16 18

Democrats are more apt to approve of the job the Court is doing than Republicans, although not bymuch.

U.S. Supreme Court Job RatingTotal Reps Dems Inds

Approve 49% 46% 55% 45%Disapprove 37 44 31 38Dont know 14 11 14 17

The President

Americans continue to be split over the job President Obama is doing: 47% approve, (including 84% ofDemocrats), while 45% disapprove (including 86% of Republicans).

President Obamas Overall Job RatingNow 1/2016 2/2015 2/2014 2/2013

Approve 47% 46% 44% 41% 52%Disapprove 45 47 46 51 38

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47% approve of how he is handling the economy, similar to last month. 40% now approve of the job heis doing handling foreign policy, his highest rating in nearly a year, though more Americans stilldisapprove (49%).

President Obamas Ratings on Issues---------- Now --------- -------- 1/2016 -------

Approve Disapprove Approve DisapproveEconomy 47% 47 45% 49Foreign policy 40% 49 34% 52

The Economy and Direction of the Country

Just under half of Americans think the economy is in good shape; slightly more think its bad. 26% thinkits improving, 32% think it is getting worse, and 41% think its not changing.

Condition of the EconomyNow 1/2016 1/2015 1/2014 1/2013

Good 48% 49% 53% 37% 32%

Bad 51 49 46 61 66

By nearly two to one, Americans see the country as off on the wrong track rather than headed in theright direction.

Direction of the CountryRight direction Wrong track

Now 31% 621/2016 27% 6512/2015 24% 6810/2015 26% 642/2015 37% 56

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----This poll was conducted by telephone February 12-16, 2016 among a random sample of 2,007 adults nationwide.Data collection was conducted on behalf of CBS by SSRS of Media, PA. Phone numbers were dialed fromsamples of both standard land-line and cell phones.

The poll employed a random digit dial methodology. For the landline sample, a respondent was randomlyselected from all adults in the household. For the cell sample, interviews were conducted with the person whoanswered the phone.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish using live interviewers.

The data have been weighted to reflect U.S. Census figures on demographic variables.

The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus two percentage points.The error for subgroups may be higher and is available by request. The margin of error includes the effects ofstandard weighting procedures which enlarge sampling error slightly. This poll release conforms to the Standardsof Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.

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CBS News National Poll

Appointing the Next Supreme Court Justice, President Obama, and the Economy

February 12-16, 2016

Q1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

* TOTAL RESPONDENTS *

Total Rep Dem Ind Jan16a

% % % % %

Approve 47 11 84 42 46

Disapprove 45 86 12 44 47

Don't know/No answer 8 4 4 15 7

Q2. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty

seriously gotten off on the wrong track?

Right direction 31 7 60 25 27

Wrong track 62 90 33 67 65Don't know/No answer 6 3 7 8 8

Q3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling foreign policy?

Approve 40 10 70 36 34

Disapprove 49 85 20 48 52

Don't know/No answer 11 5 10 16 13

Q4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

Approve 47 12 80 44 45Disapprove 47 84 16 48 49

Don't know/No answer 6 4 5 8 6

Q5. How would you rate the condition of the national economy these days? Is it very good, fairly good, fairly

bad or very bad?

Very good 7 2 13 6 5

Fairly good 41 21 59 39 44

Fairly bad 30 43 17 31 31

Very bad 21 34 9 21 18

Don't know/No answer 2 1 2 3 1

Q6. Do you think the economy is getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same?

Better 26 9 45 23 24

Worse 32 51 14 32 29

Same 41 39 40 42 46

Don't know/No answer 2 1 1 2 1

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Q59. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Supreme Court is handling its job?

* PARTIAL RESPONDENTS *

Total Rep Dem Ind Jun15b

% % % % %

Approve 49 46 55 45 41

Disapprove 37 44 31 38 40

Don't know/No answer 14 11 14 17 19*Partial sample of 951 respondents interviewed 2/14-2/16/2016

Q60. As you may know, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. Would you like to see the next

Supreme Court justice appointed by President Obama before the election in November or appointed by the

President who will be elected in November?

Appointed by President Obama 47 15 77 46

Appointed by President elected in 2016 46 82 19 43

Don't know/No answer 7 3 5 11*Partial sample of 951 respondents interviewed 2/14-2/16/2016

Unweighted Weighted

Total Respondents 2,007

Total Republicans 586 548

Total Democrats 605 634

Total Independents 816 825

Total Sample for q59+q60 951