57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress
If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.
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August 30, 2009
August 27, 2009
49% Oppose Justice Department Probe of Bush-era CIA
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters disagree with the Justice Department’s decision to investigate the treatment and possible torture of terrorists during the Bush administration, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 25, 2009
75% Worried That Gitmo Closing Will Set Dangerous Terrorists Free
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries. Fifty-six percent (56%) are very concerned.
August 24, 2009
82% Oppose Decision To Release Lockerbie Terrorist
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans disagree with the decision to release the terminally ill terrorist convicted of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland so he could return home to die in his native Libya.
August 20, 2009
54% Fear Government Will Do Too Much To Fix Economy
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters worry more that the federal government will try to do too much to fix the economy rather than not enough.
August 14, 2009
Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 6, 2009
Krugman Disses Rasmussen Poll - But Forgets to Fact-Check
In a blog posting yesterday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman raises questions about a recent Rasmussen Reports poll of Massachusetts voters. The poll shows that Bay State voters are less than enthusiastic about the state’s experiment in health care reform.
August 4, 2009
53% Have Favorable Opinion of Clinton
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. That figure includes 30% with a Very Favorable view of the former U.S. senator and first lady.
August 4, 2009
Clinton 51%, Palin 39%
If America elects a woman president soon, right now her name appears to be Hillary Clinton.
August 3, 2009
28% Say U.S. Will Be Number One At End of Century, 37% Disagree
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% say America will not be the world’s most powerful nation by then, and nearly as many (35%) are not sure.
July 31, 2009
50% Favor Cutting Mail Delivery Over Government Subsidies for Postal Service
Half of Americans (50%) would rather cut back the number of days mail is delivered than have the federal government subsidize the U.S. Postal Service to maintain its current level of service.
July 23, 2009
72% Don’t Want Feds Changing Their Light Bulbs
Washington’s got another bright idea that most Americans don’t like.
July 10, 2009
62% Oppose Federal Bailouts for State Budget Problems
Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans now oppose federal government bailouts for states like California that are experiencing major budget problems.
July 10, 2009
56% Favor Regulation of Campaign Contributions, But 88% Say Special Interests Likely To Get Around It
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling this fall that could loosen restrictions on contributions to political campaigns in a major way, but 56% of U.S. voters believe the federal government should regulate how much money individuals can give to political campaigns.
July 9, 2009
59% Reject Pope’s Call for More International Regulation of Economy
Just 17% of Americans agree with Pope Benedict XVI’s call for more international regulation of the U.S. economy, as part of a new papal encyclical urging world leaders to steer the world economy in a more moral direction.
July 8, 2009
44% Say Government Tries to Do Too Much, 31% Not Enough
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults say, generally speaking, the government tries to do too much, but 31% believe it doesn’t try to do enough.
July 7, 2009
43% Expect No Change in U.S.-Muslim Relations
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters expect America’s relationship with the Muslim world to be roughly the same in one year as it is now, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 6, 2009
Only 44% Say Their Own Congressman Thinks Like They Do
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters say the average Democrat in Congress is more liberal than they are, while 36% believe the average Republican congressman is more conservative in comparison to themselves.
July 2, 2009
45% of Voters Say One-Party Rule Bad for U.S., 27% Disagree
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it’s better for the country if the White House and Congress are each run by a different political party.
June 26, 2009
37% Say Most in Congress Have Extramarital Affairs
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Americans believe most members of Congress have extramarital affairs following Nevada Senator John Ensign’s admission that he cheated on his wife with a campaign staffer.
