As President Obama prepares to nominate a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 39% of voters nationwide believe the Supreme Court is too liberal. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 25% think the high court is too conservative, and 27% feel the court’s ideological balance is about right.
Voters now rate government ethics and corruption as the most important issue regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. This is the second time in two years this issue has edged the economy and also marks the highest percentage of voters who have ever rated it most important.
Thirty-three percent (33%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
For the second straight week, 35% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on nine out of 10 key issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, but the gap between the two parties has grown narrower on several of them.
In March, the number of Democrats increased by just over a full percentage point and the number of Republicans increased by just under a full percentage point. This is consistent with other data showing that the health care debate heightened passions on both sides of the aisle.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, up nine points from last week and the highest level of optimism measured since early September 2009, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Less than a week after President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law, more voters than ever say he is governing like a partisan Democrat.
Americans continue to have a rosier view of U.S. society than they have had in several years.
Twenty-six percent (26%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Confidence that America is winning the war on terror is down slightly this month, and belief that the United States is safer today than it was before 9/11 has hit its lowest level ever.
Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters continue to give Congress some of its lowest marks ever.
For the second straight week, just 25% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican candidates have now stretched their lead over Democrats to 10 points in the Generic Congressional Ballot, their biggest lead ever in nearly three years of weekly tracking. The GOP has been leading on the ballot for months.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of U.S. voters now give the Supreme Court good or excellent ratings, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 18% say the court is doing a poor job.
Congress' top leaders are feeling the heat from voters this month, as a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows three of the four reaching or matching their highest unfavorable ratings of the past year.
Voters continue to rate the economy as the most important issue regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, but the issue of government ethics and corruption takes near equal status this month.
