28% in New York Say Governor Should Resign, 53% Disagree
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of New York State voters say Governor David Paterson should resign and allow Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch to finish out his term.
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March 3, 2010
March 2, 2010
Arkansas Senate: Halter and Lincoln Both Trail Top GOP Prospects
Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter who yesterday announced a Democratic Primary challenge to embattled Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln runs weaker than the incumbent, for now at least, against the top Republican challengers in Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race.
March 2, 2010
Chafee Leads In Rhode Island Governor Match-ups
Ex-Senator Lincoln Chafee is the leader for now in Rhode Island’s race for governor.
March 2, 2010
New York Governor: Cuomo 55%, Lazio 30%
Any way you cut it at this point, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is comfortably ahead of his rivals in the race for governor of New York, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Empire State voters.
March 1, 2010
Oklahoma Senate: Coburn 52%, Henry 40%
Right now Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has no major challengers in his bid for reelection and posts a double-digit lead in a hypothetical match-up with the state’s best-known Democrat.
March 1, 2010
Kansas Governor: Brownback 55%, Holland 33%
Retiring U.S. Senator Sam Brownback holds a commanding 22-point lead over his likeliest Democratic opponent, state Senator Tom Holland, in this year’s race for governor of Kansas.
March 1, 2010
44% Favor Health Care Plan, 52% Oppose
President Obama’s health care summit last week seems to have nudged up support, but 52% of U.S. voters continue to oppose the plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats.
February 28, 2010
40% Give Obama Good/Excellent Grades for Leadership, 41% Say Poor
Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide give President Obama good or excellent marks for leadership. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 41% rate the president's leadership as poor.
February 28, 2010
44% Rate U.S. Health Care System Good or Excellent
All the talk about reforming health care over the past year hasn’t led to any legislation but it has generated improved perceptions of the U.S. health care system and left voters divided about the need for reform.
February 27, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 27, 2010
President Obama and congressional Democrats seem to be doing everything in their power to revive their national health care plan, but the public still isn’t buying.
February 27, 2010
Maryland Senate: Mikulski 54%, Generic Republican 36%
Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland is one Democratic incumbent who is not feeling the heat this election cycle.
February 26, 2010
South Dakota Governor: No Clear Front-runner So Far
The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 look at this year’s race for governor of South Dakota finds a wide-open contest with none of the major candidates from either party near 50% support.
February 26, 2010
North Carolina Senate: GOP's Burr Takes Bigger Lead
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr leads two potential leading Democratic challengers in this year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. However, his numbers continue to display potential weakness.
February 26, 2010
Maryland Governor: O’Malley 49%, Ehrlich 43%
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is expected to seek reelection this fall, and it’s a six-point race for now if it’s a rematch of 2006.
February 25, 2010
50% See China As Long-Term Threat To U.S.
Half the nation’s voters (50%) view China as a long-term threat to the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fueling this sentiment is concern over how much U.S. debt China now owns and the expectation that China will use that debt against the United States at a later point in time.
February 25, 2010
47% Oppose Public Option Health Plan; 58% Oppose If Workers Forced To Change Coverage
As President Obama convenes a bipartisan summit today in hopes of getting his health care plan back on track, voters remain closely divided on the creation of a government-run health insurance option. But opposition increases dramatically if its creation might force people to change their existing coverage.
February 25, 2010
South Dakota House: Herseth Sandlin 45%, GOP's Nelson 38%
South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin’s reelection effort appears to be suffering from the same political backlash as those of many incumbents around the nation.
February 25, 2010
Delaware Senate: Castle 53%, Coons 32%
Now it’s official: There’s an announced Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Delaware, but, as party leaders feared, he has a long way to go.
February 24, 2010
51% Fear Government More Than Private Health Insurers
President Obama and congressional Democrats are citing a jump in rates by a California health insurer as grounds for getting their national health care plan back on track, but voters are still more fearful of the federal government than private insurance companies when it comes to health care decisions.
February 24, 2010
Georgia Senate: Isakson 49%, Generic Democrat 36%
Republican Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia may be suffering from the same anti-incumbency backlash that many of his Senate colleagues around the country are experiencing in their reelection bids.
