Seventy percent (70%) of likely voters now favor a government that offers fewer services and imposes lower taxes over one that provides more services with higher taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
This summer brought a significant shift in voter preferences in the Generic Congressional Ballot. As Republican Congressional candidates once again lead Democrats by a 43% to 38% margin this week, this is now the ninth straight ballot the GOP has held a modest advantage.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters say working Americans should be allowed to opt out of Social Security and provide for their own retirement planning.
Only 20% of U.S. voters now say health care reform is the most important of the four budget priorities President Obama laid out early in his presidency, down four points from the end of May.
Just one-third (34%) of likely U.S. voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
More voters than ever rate health care as a very important issue, but the difference in partisan emphasis helps to explain the big Democratic push for health care reform in Washington.
Republican candidates have now matched their biggest lead over Democrats of the past several years on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide believe Washington politics is likely to become more partisan over the coming year. That figure is up sharply from 55% a month ago and from 40% when President Barack Obama first took office.
For the first time in over two years of polling, voters trust Republicans slightly more than Democrats on the handling of the issue of health care. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that voters favor the GOP on the issue 44% to 41%.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of likely voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The findings in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot remain fairly steady, as Republican candidates continue to hold a modest lead over Democrats for the seventh straight week.
Just 14% of likely voters give Congress good or excellent ratings this month, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
One-in-three likely voters (33%) now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Support for Republican and Democratic congressional candidates changed little this week in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
In a survey taken just before North Korea conducted a series of Fourth of July missile tests, 38% of likely voters say the rogue Communist nation remains the biggest threat to U.S. national security.
The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell by two percentage points in July with Republicans and the number of unaffiliateds each gaining a point.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of likely voters now believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s up three points over the past week and ties the level found during the first week of July.
Nearly one-out-of-two U.S. voters (49%) now say the nation’s best days are in the past, a five-point jump from last month and the highest level of pessimism on this question in a year.
Support for Republican and Democratic congressional candidates changed little this week in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains America’s best-known – and least-liked - congressional leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
