Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will turn 76 this year, so it’s no surprise many in the sports world are speculating who will fill his shoes upon retirement. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows the early frontrunner among baseball fans is former player and current manager Joe Torre.
The men’s NCAA basketball tournament is living up to its nickname “March Madness” again this year.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans say Easter is one of the nation's most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Nine percent (9%) think it’s one of the least important holidays, while 37% say it’s somewhere in between the two.
Airline passengers are feeling a little more confident about airport security than they were just after the Christmas Day terrorist bombing attempt on a plane landing in Detroit.
The federal government has launched its multi-million dollar effort to count the population of the United States, but just 25% of Americans think the final Census numbers accurately reflect the nation’s population.
A pint of stout or a glass of Irish whiskey are synonymous in many minds with St. Patrick's Day. But as people worldwide prepare to celebrate the Irish holiday, it's perhaps reassuring to note that only one-out-of-five Americans (20%) plan to toast the day with a drink.
As 120 million U.S. Census forms begin to arrive in mailboxes around the country, 13% of Americans say they think it is illegal not to answer all of the Census questions.
An overwhelming majority of Americans (81%) continue to believe that people learn more practical skills through life experiences and work after college rather than in college.
Daylight Saving Time begins early tomorrow morning, but, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 47% of Americans don’t think the time change is worth the hassle. Forty percent (40%) disagree, and 13% more aren’t sure.
Spring is almost here, and 64% of Americans say the arrival of the new season will put them in a better mood.
Sixty percent (60%) of Americans with children in elementary or secondary school say most school textbooks are more concerned with presenting information in a politically correct manner than in accuracy.
The Academy Awards are still a week away, but Rasmussen Reports thought it would take a sneak peek inside the envelopes by asking Americans who they want to win the best picture, actor and actress awards.
As artists big and small begin to announce their spring and summer concert schedules, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of adults who attend at least one professional music concert a year say tickets in general are too expensive.
With the ninth season of “American Idol” underway, viewers of the popular reality show sing high praises for the show’s current judges. But replacing one of them with shock jock Howard Stern is likely to cost the show some viewers.
Most Americans expect Tiger Woods to be playing professional golf again this year, although they still have mixed feelings abut the sincerity of his apology.
Americans have a high regard for the presidents it honors, but just 14% think Presidents' Day is one of our nation's most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Americans have a love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day.
February 14 is upon us, and this Valentine's Day 67% want to celebrate by having dinner with someone special.
Half (50%) of American adults believe abstinence-only education programs are at least somewhat effective in preventing teen pregnancy, but that finding includes just 15% who say they are very effective.
