75% Have Favorable Opinion of U.S. Military This Memorial Day
As the nation prepares to celebrate Memorial Day honoring those who lost their lives in military service, 75% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military.
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May 24, 2009
May 23, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending May 22, 2009
Remember, if it’s in the news, it’s in our polls. And was it ever this week.
May 22, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Guantanamo & Automakers
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday looks at the Guantanamo prison camp and its threat to national security.
May 22, 2009
Democrats Grow Less Sure About Bipartisanship in Washington
Most U.S. voters (54%) believe politics in Washington will become more partisan over the next year, representing virtually no change from last month.
May 22, 2009
77% See Politicians Unwillingness to Cut Government Spending as Bigger Problem Than Voter Resistance to Tax Hikes
For nearly four-out-of-five U.S. voters, the problem is not their unwillingness to pay taxes. It’s their elected representatives’ refusal to cut the size of government.
May 22, 2009
No Home for Savage By Debra J. Saunders
Britain's Parliament has been mired in a political scandal so damaging that Speaker Michael Martin resigned from office Tuesday. He's the first House speaker to step down in more than 300 years. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party is dreading the next election -- which must be held before June 2010 -- as members of Parliament have been snared in a series of Daily Telegraph stories detailing how they filed bogus claims of up to $40,000 to cover their expenses needed to maintain two homes.
May 22, 2009
Cheney and the Iraq-Torture Link By Joe Conason
Defending their record in office these past eight years, figures from the last administration seem especially touchy on the subject of torture. Led by the former vice president, Dick Cheney, they have argued that there was no torture, preferring more vague and delicate terms such as "enhanced interrogation" or simply "the program." They have insisted that any harsh tactics were used only to extract "actionable intelligence" from recalcitrant terrorists in order to save "thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands" of innocent lives.
May 22, 2009
Dick Cheney? By Susan Estrich
Come on, my Republican friends, you can do better than this.
May 22, 2009
Just 24% Favor Federal Bailout for California
Twenty-four percent (24%) of voters nationwide favor federal bailout funds for states like California that are encountering “serious financial problems.” The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% are opposed to such bailouts.
May 21, 2009
Why Pelosi Must Go By Dick Morris
It's obvious that either Leon Panetta, Obama's head of the CIA, or Nancy Pelosi, his party's Speaker of the House, has to go. No administration can tolerate a permanent, public civil war between two such high-ranking officials.
May 21, 2009
Only 29% in Minnesota Say Vikings Should Sign Brett Favre
Will he or won’t he? And if he does, will it matter?
May 21, 2009
75% Say New Energy Sources More Critical Than Fuel Efficient Cars
Forcing auto companies to make more fuel-efficient cars is fine, but Americans overwhelmingly believe it’s more important for the country to find new energy sources.
May 21, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge - Bailout for States
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday looks at the federal government bailing out financially struggling states across the country.
May 21, 2009
31% Say Healthy Should Be Required to Buy Health Insurance
Some Americans, generally younger adults and those in good health, decide on their own not to buy health insurance. But the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 31% of the nation’s adults believe even those who are young and healthy should be required to buy health coverage.
May 21, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Auto Makers' Profitability
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday looks at which automobile company has the best chance of getting back to profitability.
May 21, 2009
Surprise Winner of “American Idol” Fooled Most of Our Predictors, Too
Season eight of "American Idol" is over, and like nearly every other week of our ‘Idol’ Prediction Challenge, the majority of predictors called it wrong.
May 21, 2009
55% Back Higher Fuel-Efficiency Standards – Even If Car Costs More
Most Americans agree with President Obama’s push for higher fuel efficiency even if, as expected, it increases the cost of a new car.
May 21, 2009
Why the U.S. Should Listen to India's Voters By Michael Barone
Last November, 131 million Americans voted, and the whole world took notice. Over the last month, about 700 million Indians voted, and most Americans, like most of the world, didn't much notice.
May 21, 2009
Cars: What We Need vs. What We Want By Froma Harrop
The new fuel-efficiency and emission standards may lead to smaller cars with lighter engines. This is not what consumers prefer, auto analysts tell us.
May 21, 2009
39% Say U.S. Legal System Too Worried About Individual Rights Over National Security
In the tension between individual rights and national security, 39% of voters nationwide now believe that our legal system worries too much about protecting individual rights.
