A solid majority (69%) of voters in Texas would favor an immigration law similar to the one passed in Arizona in their state, eight points higher than the national average.
With the deepwater oil leak apparently capped after three months of gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, support for both offshore oil drilling and drilling further out in deepwater remains largely unchanged. Most voters also remain concerned about the potential environmental impact of new drilling.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo continues to hold a big lead over Democrat Tom Sullivan in his bid for reelection in Idaho.
Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race is a little closer this month, but Democrat Richard Blumenthal still captures over 50% of the vote against three potential Republican challengers.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Ohio finds Portman with 45% of the vote while Democrat Lee Fisher earns 39% support this month. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and 11% more are undecided.
Voters in California are divided over whether the $787 billion economic stimulus plan enacted by President Obama and Congress last year has been good or bad for the economy.
Bipartisan legislation is again being considered in Congress that would lift the long-standing U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, but voters continue to have closely divided views on that idea.
If Republicans win control of Congress this fall, voters overwhelmingly believe the nation’s legislature should wait until the newly elected officials take office before considering major legislation. Most, however, expect that Democrats will try to pass new legislation before turning over control.
The Republicans have it for now, with the three leading GOP candidates remaining well ahead of both Democratic hopefuls.
The numbers remain little changed this month in Pennsylvania’s race for the U.S. Senate, with Republican Pat Toomey continuing to maintain a slight lead over Democrat Joe Sestak.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters nationwide now expect the cost of health care to go up under the health care reform law, the highest level of pessimism measured since the law was passed in March.
Both the Republican and Democratic nominees have lost some support from voters this month in Maine’s gubernatorial race.
Another governor on the front lines of the Gulf oil leak gets good marks from voters in his state.
While a majority of voters in Ohio don’t consider themselves members of the Tea Party movement, almost half feel the movement is good for the country.
Democrat Tom Barrett receives an increase in support this month to pull closer to both his Republican opponents in Wisconsin's gubernatorial race.
The frustration that voters are expressing in 2010 goes much deeper than specific policies. Voters just don’t believe their elected officials are listening to them.
Voters in Texas continue to show strong support for offshore oil drilling, and in contrast to findings in other states around the country, show nearly the same level of support for deepwater drilling.
Democratic candidate John Hickenlooper has inched ahead of embattled Republican Scott McInnis for the first time since February in the race for governor of Colorado.
Former Governor Roy Barnes appears headed toward an easy win next Tuesday in Georgia's Democratic Gubernatorial Primary race.
Washington's Senate race looks increasingly like a referendum on incumbent Democrat Patty Murray with two Republican candidates edging past her this month.
