Twenty-one percent (21%) of voters nationwide now say the United States is heading in the right direction. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also found that 72% believe the nation is moving down the wrong track, while another 7% are not sure.
Democrats have increased their lead over Republicans in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
Sixty nine percent (69%) of American voters now view their nation’s society as fair and decent.
Although the United States will swear in a new commander-in-chief in just a few days, voter perceptions about the nation’s future remain largely negative.
Confidence in the America's handling of the War on Terror is over 50% for the first time since mid-November.
Democrats hold a six-point lead over Republicans in the first edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot of 2009. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% said they would choose the Republican.
Republicans now hold the biggest lead over Democrats on the issue of national security since early September. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 48% of voters trust the GOP more to handle national security and the War on Terror, while only 40% trust Democrats more.
It seems as though some of the post-election optimism among Democrats and African-Americans has worn off. For the full month of December, the percentage of those voters who say the nation is heading in the right direction dropped from levels found in November.
Voter confidence in the War on Terror has remained relatively stable over the past three weeks. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of voters believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, compared to 46% in mid-December.
Democrats doubled their lead over Republicans to six points in December on the Generic Congressional ballot.
Approval of Congress' job performance is down to single digits again for the first time since early September.
The number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats inched up again in December to 41.6%. That’s up two-tenths of a point since November and the third straight monthly increase in the number of Democrats.
Just 39% of U.S. voters are at least somewhat confident they will receive all of their promised Social Security benefits from the federal government in their lifetimes. Only 13% are Very Confident of that payout.
Just 17% of voters believe the United States is moving in the right direction, while 77% say it is heading down the wrong track, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Democrats now lead Republicans by eight percentage points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% would choose the Republican candidate.
Just 40% of voters now say America’s best days are in the future, marking the lowest level of optimism since early July.
After reaching record highs in November, the percentages of Democrats and African-American voters who say the country is moving in the right direction continue to slip.
Approval of Congress' job performance is down to single digits again for the first time since early September.
President Bush in a speech on Wednesday trumpeted his national security record in the White House, but just 46% of U.S. voters say the nation is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
With the Blagojevich scandal unfolding in Illinois and tainting at least one senior Obama administration official, the number of voters unsure which political party they can trust to deal with government ethics and corruption has climbed to its highest level since June.
