70% Say It’s Very Important for Obama To Work With GOP
Given America’s current economic problems and its foreign policy entanglements, voters overwhelmingly want to see bipartisanship at play in Washington, D.C.
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November 14, 2008
November 14, 2008
75% of GOP Voters Fear Too Much Change
Changing the way government works may have been the winning message on Election Day, but three out of four Republicans (75%) are worried that Barack Obama will change things too much as president. Half of unaffiliated voters (49%) share that concern, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 14, 2008
68% Back Offshore Drilling, Only 44% Think Obama Agrees
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of U.S. voters support offshore oil drilling as a way to keep gas prices down, but only 44% are confident that President-elect Barack Obama agrees with them.
November 13, 2008
Confidence in War Hits New High, But Voters Less Sure When Troops Coming Home
Voter confidence in the War on Terror has reached its highest level ever, with 60% now saying the United States and its allies are winning, according to the first Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the issue since Election Day.
November 12, 2008
45% Say Obama Will Govern as Partisan Democrat
Forty-five percent of voters (45%) say Barack Obama will govern as a partisan Democrat, while 40% say he will govern on a bipartisan basis, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 11, 2008
43% Say It’s Best To Compare A Candidate To Reagan
For most U.S. voters, the only thing worse than calling a candidate a conservative is calling him a liberal.
November 11, 2008
62% Think Michelle Obama Will Be An Activist First Lady
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters say Michelle Obama is more likely to be an activist first lady like Hillary Clinton rather than a more traditional one like Laura Bush.
November 10, 2008
Number of Black Voters Who View Society Fair and Decent Nearly Doubles After Election
Two days after Barack Obama became the first African-American to be voted into the White House, the percentage of black voters who view American society as fair and decent jumped 18 points to 42%.
November 10, 2008
78% of GOP Voters Say Next President Likely to Be A Republican
Forty-five percent (45%) of Republican voters are Very Confident that a candidate from their party will be the next president after Barack Obama, contrary to reports that suggest the GOP may be demoralized from the Democrat’s big win last Tuesday.
November 8, 2008
Majority Followed Obama’s First Press Conference and Liked It
Over half of U.S. voters (54%) say they followed Very Closely news stories about Barack Obama’s first press conference as president-elect yesterday, and nearly as many (52%) say he set the right tone in his remarks.
November 8, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 7, 2008
There were few surprises for Rasmussen Reports’ visitors on Election Day. A Fordham University study found our daily Presidential Tracking Poll was the most accurate of 23 national polls covering the campaign.
November 7, 2008
47% Say Obama Will Do Good or Excellent Job on National Security
With President-elect Barack Obama already facing challenges from aboard, nearly half of voters (47%) say he will do a good or excellent job handling national security issues.
November 7, 2008
69% of GOP Voters Say Palin Helped McCain
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
November 6, 2008
38% Say Taxes Will Rise Under President Obama
Though Barack Obama became president-elect just one day ago, 38% of voters already expect taxes to go up when he assumes the White House next year.
November 6, 2008
Voters Split Over Whether D.C. Politics Will Be More Cooperative
Nearly nine out of 10 voters (88%) are glad the presidential election is over, but voters are evenly divided over whether politics in Washington will become more cooperative despite Barack Obama’s call for change from business as usual.
November 6, 2008
How Did We Do?
The final Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Election 2008 showed Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 46%. We are pleased to report that those figures precisely matched the actual election returns.
November 5, 2008
McCain’s Fortunes Fell With the Stock Market
For John McCain, the crash of Lehman Brothers on Wall Street was worse than the Crash of 1929. Looking back over the course of the campaign, it seems clear that the financial meltdown in mid-September was the final, decisive, event that secured Obama’s path to the White House.
November 5, 2008
Majority Say What's Good for China Not Good for U.S.
While the majority of Americans believe relations with China are important, most do not think the economies of the two countries are very dependent on one another.
November 5, 2008
Most Voters Made Up Their Minds Weeks Ago
So when did voters really decide how they were going to vote?
November 4, 2008
Majority Say Reporters Tried To Help Obama
As the presidential campaign comes to a close, a majority of voters (51%) say most reporters have tried to help Barack Obama win the presidency.
