Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming
Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming.
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December 3, 2009
December 3, 2009
62% Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System
Only 27% of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. That’s down five points from August.
December 3, 2009
2010 Arkansas Senate: Lincoln Runs Behind Four GOP Challengers
Another Democratic senator may be at-risk in 2010. Arkansas' Blanche Lambert Lincoln trails all four of her leading Republican challengers in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state.
December 2, 2009
67% Say White House Party Crashers Should Be Punished
Were they or weren’t they invited to last week’s White House state dinner with the prime minister of India? That’s what the authorities are trying to find out.
December 2, 2009
Voters More Skeptical of Town Hall Protestors' Motives
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters nationwide now believe protests at congressional town hall meetings on the health care reform plan were phony efforts drummed up by special interest groups and lobbyists, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
December 2, 2009
Voters Favor Tort Reform by Two-to-One Margin
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters nationwide favor limiting the amount of money a jury can award a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 29% disagree and 14% are not sure.
December 2, 2009
Afghanistan and Obama - By The Numbers
President Obama detailed his plan for winning – and ending – the war in Afghanistan in a long-awaited speech last night at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Eighty-nine percent (89%) of U.S. voters have been following recent news about Afghanistan, including 51% who say they’ve been following the news Very Closely.
December 1, 2009
42% Say Their Own Congressman Deserves Reelection, 42% Disagree
Congress, beware. Voters are now evenly divided over whether their own congressman deserves another term in office.
December 1, 2009
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: November 2009
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
December 1, 2009
60% Say Passage of Health Care Reform Will Increase Deficit
Members of Congress may rely upon the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), but voters are skeptical. The CBO has projected that the health care legislation now being considered by Congress would make the federal budget deficit a bit smaller over the coming decade, but only 17% of voters believe that’s true.
November 30, 2009
33% Say Their Representative in Congress is Best Person for Job
Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters nationwide believe that their representative in Congress is the best person for the job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% disagree and 25% are not sure.
November 30, 2009
71% Angry at Federal Government, Up Five Points Since September
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
November 30, 2009
47% View A Candidate’s Religious Faith As Important
Voters are narrowly divided on the importance of a political candidate’s religious faith but are less enthusiastic about the role of religion in politics and government.
November 30, 2009
Question Wording and Job Approval
Not surprisingly, when you ask about the President’s Job Approval in different ways, you get different results.
November 30, 2009
41% Support Health Care Legislation, 53% Oppose
The U.S. Senate is now formally beginning debate on a plan to reform health care in America, but most voters remain opposed to the plan working its way through Congress.
November 29, 2009
53% Have Favorable Opinion of AARP, but Health Care Issue Hurting Reputation
Only 18% of voters nationwide believe that most people join AARP, once known as the American Association of Retired Persons, because they support its political agenda, but it is still perceived by many as a partisan organization.
November 28, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending November 28, 2009
So what’s the problem? Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent, up from 29% a year-and-a-half ago.
November 27, 2009
In Massachusetts, 32% Consider State’s Health Care Reform a Success
In 2006, Massachusetts implemented its own statewide version of health care reform and 32% of the state’s voters consider that reform a success. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Bay State finds that 36% consider the plan a failure and another 32% are not sure.
November 27, 2009
Those Who Rate U.S. Health Care System Good or Excellent Up To 49%
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent. That marks a steady increase from 44% at the beginning of October, 35% in May and 29% a year-and-a-half ago.
November 26, 2009
When Pundits Compare Apples To Oranges: One Look at Health Care Polling
A blog entry posted at CQPolitics.com looked at a recent Rasmussen Reports poll and another by the Kaiser Family Foundation and concluded that the “new polls disagree on whether a government overhaul of the nation's health care system will leave people better off or worse off.”
