John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, holds a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
While most U.S. voters still blame the Bush Administration for the nation’s economic problems, a growing number are inclined to blame President Barack Obama.
Much of the action was overseas this past week, with Americans assessing their place in the world amidst global events beyond their control.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans say the Obama administration should wait on health care reform until the economy improves.
Most adults in Michigan (69%) say the government should sell its shares in General Motors and Chrysler as soon as possible.
President Obama’s response to this week’s protests in Iran has been muted to avoid giving the Iranians the idea that America is trying to “meddle” in their election. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a plurality of voters (43%) think the president’s response has been about right.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of U.S. voters now believe human activity is the cause of global warming, while 40% say it is caused by long-term planetary trends.
Likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey trails both of the Democrats who are vying for their party’s nomination – Senator Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak – in potential match-ups for next year’s U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.
With surprising democratic election turmoil in Iran just days after President Obama’s outreach to Muslims in a speech in Egypt, U.S. voters are slightly more conflicted about America’s relationship with the Muslim world.
Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 19 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania.
A plurality of voters nationwide believe Judge Sonia Sotomayor should be confirmed as the nation’s next Supreme Court justice, and 90% say it’s likely that she will be. That figure includes 63% who say her confirmation is very likely.
Voters have very mixed feelings about America’s place in the world in the years ahead.
Voters for now rule out the idea of negotiating directly with the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan and feel more strongly that President Obama will have to send more U.S. troops there.
Forty-one percent (41%) of American adults believe it would be a good idea to set up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that an identical number (41%) disagree.
To paraphrase an old slogan in Washington, D.C., government is on the grow these days - whether voters like it or not.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Illinois voters now say they would definitely vote against Democratic Senator Roland Burris if he runs for a full term in 2010, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
Eighty percent (80%) of U.S. voters oppose providing government health care coverage for illegal immigrants as part of the health care reform package that is working its way through Congress.
Newly chosen Democratic gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds leads his Republican opponent, former Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, by six points in the first poll of Virginia voters released since Tuesday’s Democratic primary
Eighty-three percent (83%) of voters nationwide rate the U.S. Constitution as good or excellent, and there is little public support for changing the document.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters say Iran should be required to stop developing its nuclear weapons capabilities before a meeting is allowed between the Iranian president and the president of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
