Americans Expect Gustav To Drive Up Gas Prices, Low Marks for FEMA
Hurricane Gustav appears likely now to miss New Orleans, but the vast majority of Americans expect the storm to drive up gas prices now that it’s in the Gulf of Mexico.
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September 1, 2008
September 1, 2008
Obama Number One, Palin Number Two As Candidate Voters Most Want To Meet
Less than a week ago most Americans didn’t have a clue who Sarah Palin is, but now 30% of them would rather meet her than Barack Obama or John McCain.
August 31, 2008
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August 30, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ended August 29, 2008
Barack Obama got the expected bounce from a successful Democratic National Convention, but the week was bookended by both candidates’ surprise choices for their running mates.
August 30, 2008
Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden
Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering assessment.
August 29, 2008
47% Now Say Biden Was Good Veep Choice for Democrats
More voters are convinced after four days of convention-watching that Senator Joseph Biden was the right pick as Barack Obama’s running mate, but nearly a quarter still aren’t sure.
August 29, 2008
Michelle Obama Favorable Rating Reaches Highest Level Ever
Just days after Michelle Obama addressed the Democratic National Convention, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that her favorability ratings have reached their highest levels since tracking began and she is now viewed more favorably than Cindy McCain.
August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin: Unknown Nationally, Popular in Alaska
One measure of how well John McCain kept his choice of a Vice Presidential running mate secret is that 67% of voters nationwide have no opinion one way or the other about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that she is unknown to 78% of women.
August 29, 2008
Romney Still The Favorite of GOP Veep Choices
John McCain is about to name his running mate, and, of the three names most commonly heard, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is by far the candidate most preferred by voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 29, 2008
Obama’s Convention Bounce
Friday’s results from the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll show a bounce for Barack Obama. After leading by just one or two points for most of August, the Democratic hopeful opened a three-point advantage over McCain last Friday—the day before he announced Joe Biden would be his running mate.
August 28, 2008
Tonight’s Other Big Speaker is Popular – and Polarizing
The focus at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night is on nominee Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech, but a man who takes the stage earlier in the evening was in Obama’s place eight years ago and remains one of the party’s most popular members.
August 28, 2008
Meet Barack Obama As Voters See Him
Who is Barack Obama? What have voters been telling Rasmussen Reports about the man who has energized his fellow Democrats and tonight officially becomes the first African-American presidential candidate of a major U.S. political party?
August 28, 2008
74% of Democrats Say Convention Has Unified Them
Three out of four Democrats (74%) say the party’s ongoing national convention has unified them as they roll out now in full force to put their nominee, Barack Obama, in the White House. Just 14% think the convention has not unified them.
August 27, 2008
Voters Trust McCain Over Obama On National Security 52% to 41%
National security is the issue of the day at the Democratic National Convention, but it wasn’t supposed to be this way. Democrats were planning on riding opposition to the highly unpopular war in Iraq right into the White House.
August 27, 2008
Just Over Half of Democrats Say Bill Clinton Likes Obama and Wants Him to Win
Bill Clinton is expected to talk about himself at the Democratic National Convention tonight and then leave town before Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. But just over half of Democrats believe there is no animosity between the two men and that the former president wants Obama to win.
August 26, 2008
47% of Democratic Women say Hillary Should be on the Ticket
Nearly half of Democratic women (47%) say Barack Obama should have chosen Hillary Clinton for his running mate instead of Senator Joseph Biden as the former First Lady prepares to speak tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Thirty-nine percent (39%) disagree.
August 25, 2008
Powell Far More Likely than Obama to Beat McCain
It’s a good thing for Republicans that Colin Powell is still one of them.
August 25, 2008
Democrats Rank Carter and Gore as Favorites
Ask Democrats which of their leaders they like (other than Barack and Hillary, of course) as they gather for their national convention in Denver, and Jimmy Carter and Al Gore lead the pack.
August 25, 2008
39% See Michelle Obama as Very Liberal
The spotlight on the first night of the Democratic National Convention will be on Michelle Obama, who four out of 10 voters (39%) describe as Very Liberal.
August 24, 2008
39% Say Biden the Right Choice, Women Less Enthusiastic
On the day that Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his running mate, 39% of voters said he made the right choice. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 25% disagreed and another 35% are not sure.
