68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of U.S. voters favor strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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March 18, 2009
March 17, 2009
73% Say Cops Should Check Immigration Status During Traffic Stops
Seventy-three percent (73%) of U.S. voters believe that a police officer should automatically check to see if someone is in this country legally when the officer pulls that person over for a traffic violation. Only 21% disagree, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 16, 2009
53% Say U.S. Should Build More Nuclear Power Plants
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters believe more nuclear power plants should be built in the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 16, 2009
79% Support U.S. Troops on the Border to Fight Drug Violence
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of U.S. voters now say the military should be used along the border with Mexico to protect American citizens if drug-related violence continues to grow in that area.
March 14, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 13, 2009
Who elected these people, anyway?
March 14, 2009
66% Say U.S. Should Stay in the United Nations
The head of the United Nations on Wednesday called the United States, which pays nearly one-fourth of the international organization’s $5-billion annual budget, a “deadbeat” because it doesn’t always get the check in on time.
March 13, 2009
Governor’s Popularity Plummets in New York
The botched Caroline Kennedy-for-Senate affair? Proposing a slew of unpopular new taxes? These issues and more have prompted a 26-point dive in New York Governor David Paterson’s approval ratings over the last two months.
March 13, 2009
Only 34% Believe U.S. Will Be Number One At End of the Century
America has a case of low self-esteem. And it’s not getting any better.
March 12, 2009
Corzine Falls Further Behind in New Jersey Reelection Bid
New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon S. Corzine, who hopes to win a second term in November, has now fallen behind Republican challenger Christopher J. Christie by 15 points – 49% to 34%.
March 12, 2009
61% Have Favorable View of First Lady Michelle Obama
Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. voters now have a favorable opinion of First Lady Michelle Obama, including 41% whose view of her is Very Favorable, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 12, 2009
41% Say U.S. Focus on Economy Raises Risk of Terrorist Attack
Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. voters worry that America’s preoccupation with the ongoing economic crisis will make us more vulnerable to a terrorist attack, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 12, 2009
Boxer Leads Schwarzenegger, Fiorina in 2010 Senate Race
Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer leads two potential Republican challengers in an early look at California’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
March 10, 2009
52% Agree With Obama’s Stem Cell Decision
Fifty-two percent (52%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama’s decision to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
March 9, 2009
23% Think Government Represents Will of the People
Less than a quarter of Americans (23%) believe the federal government truly reflects the will of the people. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that most adults (63%) disagree, while another 14% are undecided.
March 9, 2009
Republicans See Their Party As Leaderless
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Republican voters say their party has no clear leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Another 17% are undecided.
March 7, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 6, 2009
Beyond the front-page political debate and the falling stock market, Rasmussen Reports this past week got further evidence of how far-reaching the country’s economic problems have become.
March 6, 2009
65% Hope Government 'Cure' Doesn't Make Things Worse
Edward C. Johnson III, chairman of Fidelity Investments, said recently of government efforts to jump-start the economy, “We can only hope that the government’s cure doesn’t further sicken the patient.”
March 6, 2009
61% of Minnesota Voters Don’t Think Pawlenty Should Seek Presidency in 2012
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty may not have ruled out running for president in 2012, but most Minnesota voters already have.
March 6, 2009
Voters Divided on Obama Budget
Forty-one percent (41%) of voters nationwide have a favorable opinion of the $3.6-trillion budget proposed by President Obama in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 5, 2009
34% Agree You Can’t Earn Living in U.S. Without Government Help
George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, recently stated that “the moral mission of government is simple: no one can earn a living in America or live an American life without protection and empowerment by the government.”
