One week after President Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan with a projected troop withdrawal to begin in 18 months, voter confidence in U.S. efforts there has reached its highest level of the year.
Only 30% of U.S. voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national survey. That's the lowest finding on this question since mid-February but is still 13 points higher than a year ago.
The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell by nearly two percentage points in November. Added to declines earlier in the year, the number of Democrats in the nation has fallen by five percentage points during 2009.
Republican candidates have a seven-point lead over Democrats for the second straight week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters remain more confident in Republicans than in Democrats this month on virtually all of the key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. But that confidence is not quite as strong as a month ago when the GOP led on all 10.
Only 31% of U.S. voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. The percentage of voters who feel this way has remained in the narrow range of 31% to 35% since late June, but voter perceptions of the nation’s current course hve only been this low two other times this year, the last time in early October.
Republican candidates have extended their lead over Democrats to seven points, their biggest lead since early September, in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
While official Washington has seen many twists and turns in the legislative process this year, voter priorities have remained unchanged.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid favorable ratings slightly dipped this month while House Minority Leader John Boehner received a small bounce, but voters overall have not changed their views on their congressional leaders.
For the second straight week, just 33% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican candidates maintain a six-point advantage over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
After being knocked out of first place last month for the first time in nearly two years, the economy is back as the issue voters view as most important.
Republican candidates have stretched their lead over Democrats to six points in the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters expect politics in Washington, D.C. to become more partisan over the next year, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters feel that America’s best days are in the past, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. This marks the highest level of voter pessimism in two years and is up 13 points from a year ago when Barack Obama was elected president.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican congressional candidates hold on to a four-point lead over Democrats this week in the latest Generic Congressional Ballot.
For the third straight month, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats inched up while the number of Republicans fell slightly.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 43% of voters believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror.
