82% Say Voters Should Be Required to Show Photo ID
An overwhelming majority of Likely Voters in the United States think all voters in the country should be required to present photo identification in order to vote in U.S. elections.
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August 19, 2010
August 18, 2010
60% of Voters Say Most in Congress Don't Care What They Think
Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters say most members of Congress don’t care what their constituents think, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 17, 2010
Just 37% Say Their Congress Member Deserves Reelection
Incumbent members of Congress don’t exactly get a vote of confidence from their constituents in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 17, 2010
58% Favor English-Only Election Ballots
The U.S. Justice Department has told a major Ohio county to print bilingual ballots for the November election or it will be sued by the government. But most voters believe that election ballots in this country should be printed only in English.
August 16, 2010
65% of Voters Are Angry At Federal Government’s Policies
With midterm elections less than three months away, nearly two-out-of-three U.S. voters (65%) remain at least somewhat angry at the current policies of the federal government, including 40% who are Very Angry.
August 13, 2010
45% Think Terrorists Very Likely To Detonate Nuke In Next 25 Years
Seventy-six percent (76%) of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that a terrorist group will detonate a nuclear weapon in the next 25 years, and that includes 45% who say it is Very Likely.
August 12, 2010
77% Think U.S. Nuclear Weapons Arsenal is Important to National Security
Most Americans think a nuclear weapon arsenal is critical to the country's safety, and they feel more is better.
August 11, 2010
49% Say Elections are Fair to Voters
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 49% of voters nationwide now believe elections are fair to voters. Over the past two decades, that figure has ranged from a low of 42% to a high of 54%.
August 11, 2010
57% of Likely Voters Describe Democratic Congressional Agenda As Extreme
Most U.S. voters believe the Democratic congressional agenda is extreme, while a plurality describe the Republican agenda as mainstream.
August 10, 2010
59% Say A-Bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Was A Good Decision
The last few days have marked the 65th anniversaries of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II. The United States has been criticized for years for that decision which President Harry S. Truman and others believed would save countless American lives.
August 10, 2010
Voters Strongly Believe Most in Congress Are For Sale
Voters overwhelmingly believe that most members of Congress are for sale, and over half think it’s at least somewhat likely that their own representative has been bought with cash or a campaign contribution.
August 4, 2010
60% Say Most in Congress Can’t Be Trusted With Top Secret Information
Just 20% of voters nationwide believe that most members of Congress can be trusted with top secret national security information. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 60% disagree and say most of the nation’s federal legislators can’t be trusted with sensitive information.
August 3, 2010
67% Say Disclosure of Afghanistan War Secrets Hurts U.S. National Security
The Obama administration is wrestling with the illegal disclosure on the Internet of thousands of secret documents related to the war in Afghanistan, and 67% of U.S. voters believe the release of this kind of information hurts national security.
August 3, 2010
67% of Political Class Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction, 84% of Mainstream Disagrees
Recent polling has shown huge gaps between the Political Class and Mainstream Americans on issues ranging from immigration to health care to the virtues of free markets.
July 29, 2010
Voters See Cutting Spending and Deficits as Good for the Economy, Political Class Disagrees
In official Washington, there appears to be a belief that policy makers must choose between helping the economy or reducing spending and deficits. A number of polling companies have even asked questions on the trade-off.
July 26, 2010
43% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized, 42% Disagree
Americans are evenly divided over whether marijuana should be legalized in the United States, but most expect it to happen within the next decade.
July 26, 2010
87% Say America Likely To Elect Woman President in Next 25 Years
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of U.S. voters say it is at least somewhat likely that a woman will be elected president of the United States in the next 25 years, up eight points from nearly four years ago.
July 23, 2010
75% Say Free Markets Better Than Government Management of Economy, Political Class Disagrees
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely Voters prefer free markets over a government managed economy. Just 14% think a government managed economy is better while 11% are not sure. These figures have changed little since December.
July 22, 2010
20% Favor Mosque Near Ground Zero, 54% Oppose
Just 20% of U.S. voters favor the building of an Islamic mosque near the Ground Zero site of the World Trade Center in New York City, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 22, 2010
38% Support One-Year Moratorium on New Government Regulations, 34% Oppose
Voters have mixed feelings about government regulation of big business, but most feel small businesses are regulated too much. There is also a strong belief that more competition and less regulation would be better for the economy and job creation.
