44% Say Admission to National Parks Should Be Free
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults think admission to U.S. national parks should always be free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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August 17, 2009
August 17, 2009
Voters Skeptical About Health Care Reform Claims Made By Pelosi and Hoyer
Statements by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a recent article in USA Today are aimed at assuring Americans that their access to quality care will be even greater under the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.
August 17, 2009
Illinois Senate Race a Toss-Up
Republican hopeful Mark Kirk finds himself starting out even in a Senate race against his likeliest Democratic competitor, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
August 17, 2009
Young Voters Should Take Another Look at Obama By Michael Barone
Dear Young Obama Voter,
Congratulations. You have truly changed America.
August 17, 2009
Only 39% Say Woodstock Could Occur Peacefully Today
Forty years ago 400,000 people descended on a small town 80 miles northwest of New York City and staged a music festival that would become the symbol of a generation.
August 16, 2009
The Flight 2816 Fiasco By Debra J. Saunders
The latest infamous incident of Major Airline Tarmac Dysfunction occurred in Minnesota last weekend when a severe storm curtailed Continental ExpressJet Flight 2816.
August 15, 2009
54% Say Passing No Healthcare Reform Better Than Passing Congressional Plan
Thirty-five percent (35%) of American voters say passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress would be better than not passing any health care reform legislation this year.
August 15, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2009
The second week of August turned into one of the toughest yet for the still new Obama Administration.
August 15, 2009
Two Problems By Susan Estrich
America has two problems to deal with in the health care debate, and only one of them relates to health care.
August 14, 2009
17% Say 'American Idol' Will Be Worse Without Abdul
Paula Abdul has quit her job as judge for "American Idol," but just 17% of adults say the show will be worse now that she is gone, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 14, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: College Drinking
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday focuses on drinking on college campuses.
August 14, 2009
20% Would Buy New Car Online
As General Motors experiments with selling new cars on E-Bay, 20% of American adults say they would buy a new car online. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 68% would not.
August 14, 2009
67% Expect DC to Become Even More Partisan
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide believe Washington politics is likely to become more partisan over the coming year. That figure is up sharply from 55% a month ago and from 40% when President Barack Obama first took office.
August 14, 2009
Congress Jet-sets Further into the Red By Debra J. Saunders
First a confession: I've never flown on a private jet. I've never flown on a Gulfstream. Never flown on a private 737 "office in the sky."
August 14, 2009
Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 13, 2009
45% of Internet Users Say Charging for Content Will Hurt Newspapers
Forty-five percent (45%) of Internet users say a plan by at least one major news organization to charge for online content is likely to hurt the newspapers in question financially, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 13, 2009
Voters Give GOP First-Time Lead on Health Care
For the first time in over two years of polling, voters trust Republicans slightly more than Democrats on the handling of the issue of health care. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that voters favor the GOP on the issue 44% to 41%.
August 13, 2009
Most Voters Say Immigration Reform Not Likely to Pass
President Barack Obama recently suggested that immigration reform might be on the legislative agenda for early 2010. But, most voters don’t see passage of legislation as likely.
August 13, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Care Reform
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the Healthcare reform.
August 13, 2009
Health Reformers Need Not Fear Mob Scenes By Froma Harrop
Craig Anthony Miller earned brief fame by screaming something about the Constitution in the face of Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. A woman followed with the same scripted rant. The subject of the meeting in Lebanon, Pa., was to be health care, and the goal of the organized mobs was to disrupt it.
