Though the vast majority of voters remain confident that Elena Kagan will be confirmed by the Senate to the U.S. Supreme Court, the number who oppose her confirmation has risen to its highest level to date.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters say their views on illegal immigration are closer to those of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer than to the views of President Obama. The two finally met last Friday at the White House to discuss Arizona’s tough new immigration law which the president opposes.
Sharron Angle won the Republican nomination to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November with strong support from the Tea Party movement.
Illinois’ hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate between Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is once again a virtual toss-up.
As South Carolina Republicans prepare for a run-off election in two weeks, 81% of GOP Primary voters say they are likely to vote for Nikki Haley if she is the party's nominee in September. A Rasmussen Reports election night survey found that 70% say they are likely to vote for Congressman Gresham Barrett if he is the Republican nominee.
Republican Marco Rubio and Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist are tied this month in Florida’s topsy-turvy race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican newcomer Rick Scott now runs stronger against likely Democratic nominee Alex Sink than longtime GOP frontrunner Bill McCollum in Florida’s race for governor.
Besides the obvious environmental concerns about the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the vast majority of Americans also now worry about how it will impact the economy.
Voters express only modest concern and hardly any surprise about the secret job offers made by the Obama White House to Democratic politicians in Colorado and Pennsylvania in hopes of getting them to drop their primary challenges of incumbent senators.
Nearly one-out-of-two Pennsylvania voters (49%) believe the Gulf oil leak will have a devastating impact on the environment for years to come, considerably higher than the view nationally. Another 32% describe the leak's long-term impact as major.
Most Americans continue to support the death penalty, but they have mixed feelings about its effectiveness in preventing crime.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton picking up 43% of the vote while State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff earns 42% support.
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr continues to hold a modest double-digit lead over both his Democratic challengers in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.
Republican Senator Richard Shelby still earns nearly 60% support in his bid for reelection in Alabama against his little-known Democratic opponent, attorney William Barnes.
Former Republican Congressman Rob Portman and his Democratic rival, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, remain in a dead heat in Ohio’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters believe pro-Palestinian activists on the Gaza-bound aid ships raided by Israeli forces are to blame for the deaths that resulted in the high-profile incident.
The latest weekly Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the recently passed national health care bill finds that 60% of U.S. voters now want to see it repealed.
There is plenty of chatter in opinion columns and places where political junkies gather about how the Gulf oil spill is hurting public perceptions of President Obama. Some are calling it this president’s Katrina. Others have compared it to the Carter-era hostage crisis.
After two months of running essentially even, Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland lost some ground this month, restoring Republican John Kasich’s modest lead in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
Oil and water don’t mix, and Americans made that quite clear this past week as the massive oil rig leak continues to pollute the Gulf of Mexico.
