Winners of the Latest Prediction Challenges
Rasmussen Reports has new winners to announce for two of our latest Prediction Challenges.
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May 2, 2009
May 2, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week May 2, 2009
What the heck’s happening on the Hill? Capitol Hill, that is.
May 2, 2009
Wash Your Hands By Susan Estrich
Now it's not just your mother telling you or the school nurse, but your president. Wash your hands. Cover your mouth. Don't go to school if you're sick -- that'll be tough to enforce!
May 1, 2009
42% Say Obama’s Supreme Court Pick Will Be Too Liberal, 41% Say About Right
Supreme Court Justice David Souter has reportedly decided to retire, paving the way for President Obama’s first high court appointment, but 42% of U.S. voters believe the president’s nominee will be too liberal. A nearly equal number—41%-- say his choice will be about right, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. These numbers have changed very little since Election Day.
May 1, 2009
Number of Republicans Down, Democrats Hold Steady, Unaffiliateds Grow
In April, for the second straight month, the number of Republicans in the nation fell by roughly half a percentage point. The number of Democrats remained unchanged from a month ago.
May 1, 2009
69% of GOP Voters Say Republicans in Congress Out of Touch With The Party Base
Just 21% of GOP voters believe Republicans in Congress have done a good job representing their own party’s values, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
May 1, 2009
42% Say Specter’s Switch to Democrat Will Have Big Impact
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters believe that Republican Senator Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party will have a significant impact on the laws passed by the Senate.
May 1, 2009
The Obama Generation By Alan Abramowitz
Americans under the age of 30 played a major role in the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. According to the 2008 national exit poll, 18-29 year-olds made up 18 percent of the electorate and they cast 66 percent of their votes for Obama vs. 32 percent for his Republican rival, John McCain.
May 1, 2009
Man and His Self-Interest By Froma Harrop
In a Q&A last year with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former Pennsylvania Rep. Pat Toomey was asked what book he wanted Barack Obama to read. The Republican quickly recommended the work of Adam Smith, the 18th century economist and philosopher who held that individuals promote the good of society when they pursue their self-interest.
May 1, 2009
Pelosi's Tortured Explanation By Debra J. Saunders
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been pushing for a "truth commission" to investigate the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques like waterboarding -- until Republicans started shining the spotlight on Pelosi herself. Now she is not so adamant.
April 30, 2009
24% Say They Personally Need to Cut Back on Credit Card Use
Twenty-four percent (24%) of Americans say they personally need to cut back on their use of credit cards and other borrowing, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll.
April 30, 2009
Just 30% Think Most Members of Congress Are Corrupt
Americans have a little more confidence in the honesty of the average congressman this month, but they’re less confident that Congress as a whole will address the serious issues facing the nation.
April 30, 2009
68% Correctly Predicted Giraud Would Be Eliminated from ‘American Idol’
Way to go! The majority of participants in this week's Rasmussen Prediction Challenge (68%) correctly predicted that Matt Giraud would be the contestant eliminated from "American Idol."
April 30, 2009
Predict Who Will Be the Next Contestant Eliminated from 'American Idol'
Just four contestants are left on 'American Idol': Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey. Rasmussen Reports would like you to predict which contestant will be the next person to be eliminated from the show on May 6, 2009.
April 30, 2009
68% Say Americans Borrow Too Much Money
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of adults say a bigger economic problem than the current lack of credit is that Americans borrow too much money.
April 30, 2009
Only 25% Would Buy A Car From A Bankrupt Company
Barring a last-minute breakthrough, Chrysler appears headed for bankruptcy today as the only remaining way to stay in business, but just 25% of Americans say they would buy an automobile from a bankrupt automaker.
April 30, 2009
Combating Epidemic Ignorance By Joe Conason
In the turbulent imagination of the hard-core conservative, American foreign policy should be about telling off the rest of the planet. According to the right-wing mind-set, a manly foreign policy would curtail any effort at seeking influence abroad, cut off assistance to developing countries, forget about improving our global image and, above all, withdraw from the existing international organizations, especially the United Nations, which is nothing more than a gargantuan waste of money and a hive of parasitic bureaucrats.
April 30, 2009
Specter's Party Switch Is All About Winning By Michael Barone
Only his most sycophantic admirers might compare Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter with Winston Churchill, but the two do have something in common. Both had long and turbulent political careers, and both switched parties twice.
April 30, 2009
100-Day Lurch to the Left By Lawrence Kudlow
In the early 1980s, Ronald Reagan's popularity and policies moved American politics firmly to the right. In only 100 days, Barack Obama's politics and policies have shifted America way to the left.
April 29, 2009
Number Who Say Nation Heading in Right Direction Up Ten Points Since Obama’s Inauguration
As Barack Obama serves his 100th day as president, the number of voters who say the country is heading in the right direction is up ten points from the week he was inaugurated and up sixteen points from when he was elected.
