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May 2010

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June 2, 2010

46% Say Tea Party Good for America, 31% Disagree

Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. voters say the Tea Party movement is good for the country, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-one percent (31%) disagree and say it’s bad for the country. Another 13% say it’s neither.

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May 28, 2010

42% Say U.S. Will Not Be Number One At End of Century

Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters now say the United States will not be the most powerful nation in the world at the end of the 21st Century. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 32% disagree and believe the United States still will be the world’s number one superpower at the century’s end. Twenty-six percent (26%) more are not sure.

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May 22, 2010

72% Are Not Confident Congress Knows What It’s Doing When It Comes to The Economy

Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on legislation asserting more government control over the U.S. financial industry, most U.S. voters continue to believe the legislators have little idea what they're doing when it comes to the economy.

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May 20, 2010

41% Say Random Selection From Phone Book Would Do A Better Job Than Current Congress

Tuesday's primaries were more proof of the anti-incumbency mood felt in many parts of the nation, and a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that many voters continue to feel a randomly selected sample of people from the phone book could do a better job than their elected representatives in Congress.

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May 18, 2010

39% Favor Kagan’s Confirmation to Supreme Court, 39% Oppose

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan spent the past week introducing herself to the Senate and to the nation, but U.S. voters remain evenly divided over whether she should be confirmed for the high court.

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May 16, 2010

51% Say United States Is Last Best Hope of Mankind

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% of voters nationwide believe the United States is the last best hope of mankind. Twenty-six percent (26%) disagree, and 24% are not sure.

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May 13, 2010

44% Say Change America Needs Will Come from Volunteers, Not Government

While politicians struggle against an anti-incumbent mood sweeping the country, a plurality of Americans are looking beyond the government to find solutions for the nation’s problems.

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May 12, 2010

40% Say Being a Good Citizen is Different From Being a Patriot

Forty-percent (40%) of voters nationwide say that being a good citizen and being a patriot are the same thing. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that another 40% disagree and 19% are not sure.

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May 11, 2010

82% Think Kagan Likely To Be Confirmed for Supreme Court

Eighty-two percent (82%) of U.S. voters expect President Obama’s newest nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, to be confirmed by the Senate. This includes 52% who say it is Very Likely.

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May 11, 2010

87% Say English Should Be U.S. Official Language

Americans continue to overwhelmingly believe that English should be the official language of the United States and reject by sizable margins the idea that such a move is racist or a violation of free speech.

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May 10, 2010

60% Give Positive Ratings to Government’s Response To Times Square Attempt

Though most voters nationwide are concerned about impending terrorist attacks on the United States, the majority (60%) says the government did a good or excellent job responding to the attempted terrorist car bombing in New York’s Times Square earlier this month.