Voters’ Opinions on Nation’s Direction Remain Steady
For the third straight week, just one-third (34%) of likely voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009
Virginia Governor: McDonnell 51% Deeds 42%
In the race to become the next Governor of Virginia, Republican Robert F. McDonnell retains a steady lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.
September 2, 2009
68% Say Passage of Health Care Reform Will Increase Deficit
Despite President Barack Obama’s promise that any health care reform legislation will be deficit-neutral, 68% of voters nationwide say that passage of the Congressional health care reform legislation is likely to create larger deficits.
September 2, 2009
In Memory of Teddy By Susan Estrich
It's been a long and ugly weekend, e-mail wise. Ted Kennedy may be gone, but the haters are still out there. Every time I said a nice word, my BlackBerry would start vibrating.
September 2, 2009
One in Four Baseball Fans Pick the Yankees to Win 2009 World Series
In the course of just over one month, baseball fans have shifted their prediction for this year’s World Series Championship team from the Boston Red Sox to their arch rivals, the New York Yankees.
September 2, 2009
Waterboarding Policy and Consequences By Tony Blankley
"President George W. Bush kept us safe from further terrorist attacks." Few presidential claims have been less persuasive to the public than that. Yet after Sept. 11, most Americans thought, "It's not a question of whether, but when." We would have been grateful if we had known at the time that there would be no further attacks while Bush was president.
September 2, 2009
Democrats See Their Congressmen Holding Similar Views to Democratic Voters
Just 27% of Democratic voters say the average Democratic member of Congress is more liberal than the average Democrat.
September 1, 2009
Republicans Widen Lead Over Democrats on Generic Ballot
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 43% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.
September 1, 2009
42% Say People Randomly Selected from Phone Book Better Than Current Congress
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that an identical number (42%) disagree, but 16% are not sure.
September 1, 2009
Republican Voters Say GOP Reps in Congress Still Out of Touch
Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters say their party’s representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of GOP voters believe their elected officials have done a good job representing the base.
September 1, 2009
Partisan Trends: 37.3% of Americans Are Democrats, 32.6% Republican
While August was seen as a bad month politically for President Barack Obama and his party, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats inched up by half a percentage point during that time.
September 1, 2009
How They Missed Jaycee By Debra J. Saunders
Since 1999, when he was placed under California parole supervision for a 1976 rape in Nevada, Phillip Garrido, 58, was subject to drug testing, required to wear a GPS device and subject to twice-monthly visits by his state parole officer.
September 1, 2009
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: August 2009
When you track the President’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 has compiled the numbers on a full-month basis and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
September 1, 2009
Biggest Danger to Democrats By Froma Harrop
Flip the calendar pages -- as they do in the old movies to show passage of time -- and stop at Nov. 2, 2010. That will be Election Day. How Congress handles health care reform will influence which party gets to party that night.
September 1, 2009
Fear of Potential Terrorist Attack Has Declined
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans believe it is at least somewhat likely that there will be a significant terrorist attack in the United States in the next year. That figure is down from 70% in the summer of 2007 and 58% in December 2008.
August 31, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge
Due to the tough economic climate, the company that provides our prediction software is no longer in business. For this reason, we will temporarily be suspending the Rasmussen Daily Prediction Challenge. We look forward to providing this feature again in the near future.
August 31, 2009
Climate Change Bill Gets Mixed Reviews
Since the flurry of activity surrounding its passage by the House in late June, little has been heard about the historic climate change bill aimed at curbing global warming. But the Senate will be tackling the controversial measure when it returns to Washington next week.
August 31, 2009
Americans More Confident About Money They Have In The Bank
Despite their reservations about the government bailout of the financial industry, Americans are clearly less worried about their own money in the bank.
August 31, 2009
Most Voters Say War in Afghanistan Will Worsen In Next Six Months
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters now expect the war in Afghanistan to get worse during the next six months, a 14-point jump since the beginning of the month. Confidence is also down in America's conduct of the War on Terror.
August 31, 2009
The End of America's Experiment With Royalty By Michael Barone
Edward Kennedy was buried Saturday, the last son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the longest-serving member of the only royal political family our democratic republic has ever produced.
