In an election year when many candidates are trying to avoid mention of some of the things they passed in Congress, their challengers have been working hard to tie them to their voting records. Some have cried foul, claiming this is negative advertising.
Republican Rob Portman has now jumped to a 23-point lead over Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race.
With just three weeks left until Election Day, Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias remain deadlocked in Illinois’ race for the U.S. Senate.
While a majority of voters in California believe the policies of the federal government encourage illegal immigration, they are more evenly divided on whether this problem should be dealt with on the state or federal level.
Nearly three-out-of-four voters (73%) believe it is at least somewhat likely that the new health care law will cause some companies to drop health insurance coverage for their employees, including 47% who say it is Very Likely. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds that just 19% think that’s unlikely.
The bounce is over. Challenger John Stephen, following his Republican Primary win, bounced into a near tie with incumbent Democrat John Lynch last month in New Hampshire's gubernatorial contest, but now Lynch is 10 points ahead.
Republican Ron Johnson now leads incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold by 12 points in Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam now holds a near two-to-one lead over businessman Mike McWherter in Tennessee’s gubernatorial election.
Republican Kelly Ayotte for the third month in a row earns more than 50% of the vote against Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race.
Following their first – and only – televised debate, Democrat John Kitzhaber and Republican Chris Dudley remain locked in a tight race to be Oregon’s next governor.
Most voters in Colorado (60%) think the current policies and practices of the federal government encourage people to enter the United States illegally, right in line with the national sentiment.
Candidates across the country are holding debates or arguing over whether to have them, but political debates are a mixed bag as far as most voters are concerned.
The majority of U.S. voters continue to favor repeal of the new national health care law but are slightly less emphatic about the impact the law will have on the country.
Republican hopeful Rick Scott has hit the 50% mark, but the Florida governor’s race remains one of the closest in the country.
Republican Susana Martinez now leads Democratic Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish by nine points in New Mexico’s gubernatorial election.
Republican Incumbent Johnny Isakson still holds a double-digit lead over Democrat Mike Thurmond in the U.S. Senate race in Georgia.
Sixty percent (60%) of voters in California say the current economic problems are due to the recession which began under the Bush administration. That’s 13-points higher than the level of blame measured nationally.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. Voters think finding new sources of energy is more important than reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume. However, that’s the lowest finding since March.
Republican Governor Dave Heineman still leads Democrat Mike Meister by more than 40 points in his bid for reelection in Nebraska.
Everything may be bigger in Texas, but economic optimism is the exception to that rule.
