49% Favor Harsher Penalties For Hate Crime Offenders
President Obama last week signed into law "hate crime" legislation that adds sexual orientation to other protected categories including race, color, religion and national origin.
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November 3, 2009
November 2, 2009
Those Expecting Better Relations With Muslim World Down to 16%
Voters continue to have a pessimistic view about America's future relationship with the Muslim world, as the war worsens in Afghanistan and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ends a troubled visit to Pakistan.
November 2, 2009
27% Say Hillary Would Be Better President Than Obama
Just 14% of U.S. voters say Hillary Clinton would be doing a worse job as president than Barack Obama if she had won last year’s Democratic presidential nomination.
October 22, 2009
73% of GOP Voters Say Congressional Republicans Have Lost Touch With Their Base
President Obama told an audience at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday night that Republicans often “do what they’re told,” but GOP voters don’t think their legislators listen enough to them.
October 20, 2009
39% of GOP Voters Have Favorable View of Party Chairman Steele
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele is the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee, in essence making him the official head of the party. Since his election to the post in January, he has been dogged with intraparty criticism for controversial comments and for taking positions out in front of the GOP’s top elected officials.
October 18, 2009
25% Favor Tax Deduction for Pet Expenses
A dog may be a man's best friend - except at tax time.
October 6, 2009
35% Expect Worse Relations With Muslim World
Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters now believe that America’s relationship with the Muslim world will be worse one year from now than it is today. That’s a seven-point jump from a month ago.
October 2, 2009
Just 30% Say U.S. Will Be Most Powerful Nation At End of Century
Voters remain pessimistic about America’s future role in the world.
October 1, 2009
43% View Obama’s Olympic Trip As Bad Idea, 36% Disagree
Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans say it’s a bad idea for President Obama to go overseas at this time to help Chicago make its final presentation to the International Olympic Committee. But 36% disagree and think it’s a good move on the president’s part.
October 1, 2009
60% Favor Less International Economic Oversight, Not More
At last week’s G20 summit, the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations pushed ahead with plans for greater international coordination of their national economic policies.
September 28, 2009
Americans Still Say Local Solutions Better for Economy Than G-20
The leaders of the world’s most powerful nations may have agreed late last week to work more closely together to control and protect the global economy, but Americans believe more than ever that the best solutions start at home.
September 24, 2009
29% See United Nations as U.S. Ally, 15% As An Enemy
President Obama is scheduled to be the first U.S. chief executive to chair a meeting of the Security Council, but the views most U.S. voters have of the United Nations remain largely unchanged.
September 23, 2009
51% Worry Government Will ‘Help’ Economy Too Much
Most voters (51%) still fear the federal government will do too much in response to the country’s continuing economic problems, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 22, 2009
59% Say Americans Angrier Now Than Under Bush
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of U.S. voters believe that the current level of political anger in the country is higher than it was when George W. Bush was president.
September 22, 2009
66% Angry at Government Policies, 60% Say Neither Party Has Answers
Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 36% who are Very Angry.
September 18, 2009
51% Say Congress Should Stop Funding ACORN
Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters now say Congress should end all federal funding of the controversial community organizing group ACORN.
September 18, 2009
Economy Still Tops List of Voter Concerns
No matter how we ask the question, voters continue to put economic issues such as jobs and economic growth highest on their list of concerns.
September 11, 2009
Voters Turn Negative On All Political Labels Except Reagan
"Progressive” is becoming more of a dirty word, but all political labels – except “being like Ronald Reagan” - are falling into disfavor with many U.S. voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 11, 2009
49% Say Impact of 9/11 Attacks Forgotten By Most Americans
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans believe that most of their fellow countrymen have already forgotten the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in which 3,000 died.
September 4, 2009
Americans Say JFK Had Biggest Impact of the Kennedy Brothers
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963 after nearly three years in the White House, had the most positive and lasting impact on the nation of all of the political Kennedy brothers.
