While the economy remains the top issue nationwide, taxes are moving up on the priority list. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of voters see taxation as very important; it’s highest level in nearly two years.
Twenty-one percent (21%) of U.S. voters now think Congress is doing a good or excellent job, its highest ratings in over a year, but nearly twice as many (41%) also think most members of Congress are corrupt.
Voter confidence that the United States is heading in the right direction increased to the highest level in more than four years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 36% of voters believe the nation is heading in the right direction.
In March, the number of Democrats in the nation fell two percentage points while the number of Republicans fell by half-a-point. Democrats continue to have a sizable advantage in terms of partisan identification, but the advantage is smaller than it’s been since December 2007.
Democrats are slightly further ahead of Republicans this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
The number of voters who say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror dropped five percentage points over the past two weeks to 46%.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters now think politics in Washington, D.C. will be more partisan over the next year rather than more cooperative.
Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters now have an unfavorable opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including 42% Very Unfavorable, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. A growing number of her doubters seem to be fellow Democrats.
One third (33%) of American voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction. That’s up six points since President Barack Obama was inaugurated and up twelve points since shortly after he was elected.
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say the Supreme Court is doing a good or excellent job, the highest level found since last April.
After slipping to a new low last week, support for Democratic Congressional candidates rebounded to once again move ahead of the GOP on the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
More U.S. voters than ever (54%) think the nation’s allies should do what the United States wants them to do, a likely reaction to the departure of the Bush administration's hotly-debated foreign policy agenda.
One third (33%) of American voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction. That’s up six points since President Barack Obama was inaugurated and up twelve points since shortly after he was elected.
Support for the Democratic Congressional candidates fell to a new low over the past week, allowing the GOP to move slightly head for the first time in recent years in the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 39% would choose the Democrat.
Confidence in the War on Terror rose this month, with 51% of likely voters saying the U.S. and its allies are winning.
Nearly two months into an historic session of Congress wrestling with one of the nation’s severest economic crises, voters have not changed their opinions of major congressional leaders from both parties.
After a month of major legislation by the White House and Congress to try to fix the struggling economy, more voters trust the Democratic Party to handle economic issues than they did a month ago.
One third (33%) of American voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction. That’s up six points since President Barack Obama was inaugurated and up twelve points since shortly after he was elected.
Democrats have managed to move slightly further ahead this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 38% said they would choose the Republican.
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
