52% Agree With Obama’s Stem Cell Decision
Fifty-two percent (52%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama’s decision to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
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March 10, 2009
March 10, 2009
Don't Surrender to Recession Stress By Froma Harrop
Do recessions make people sicker? Some studies say yes, some say no. The better question might be, "How is this recession affecting health?" Not in a good way, comes the answer. This recession -- depression? -- seems different. This recession is messing with our heads.
March 10, 2009
Get Limbaugh By Debra J. Saunders
I have known Rush Limbaugh since his old radio days in Sacramento, before he became a GOP god. I've disagreed with him over the years. Last year I took on his bashing of Republican moderates and criticized Limbaugh and other talk-radio hosts when they were too harsh on not-yet GOP nominee John McCain. I've never apologized and we're still friends.
March 10, 2009
37% Have Put Off Medical Procedures To Save Money
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Americans say they have postponed a medical procedure in the past six months to save money, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 9, 2009
23% Think Government Represents Will of the People
Less than a quarter of Americans (23%) believe the federal government truly reflects the will of the people. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that most adults (63%) disagree, while another 14% are undecided.
March 9, 2009
Only 45% Now Say You Can Find Work If You Want It
Confidence about the availability of jobs has dropped over the past two months.
March 9, 2009
19% Report Their Bank Has Been Bailed Out
Nearly one-out-of-five Americans (19%) say their primary bank has received federal bailout money, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 9, 2009
Republicans See Their Party As Leaderless
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Republican voters say their party has no clear leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Another 17% are undecided.
March 8, 2009
Just 32% Have Favorable Opinion of General Motors
Just 32% of American adults now have a favorable opinion of General Motors. That’s down ten points from 42% a month ago and down thirty-seven points from 69% two years ago.
March 8, 2009
A Mud Fight of Civil Rights By Debra J. Saunders
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron George looked none too comfortable Thursday morning as he heard oral arguments for and against California's ban on same-sex marriage.
March 7, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 6, 2009
Beyond the front-page political debate and the falling stock market, Rasmussen Reports this past week got further evidence of how far-reaching the country’s economic problems have become.
March 7, 2009
Crushing Those Animal Spirits By Michael Barone
"Animal spirits," said John Maynard Keynes, are the essential spring of capitalism. We depend on the animal spirits of investors, high earners and entrepreneurs for a growing economy.
March 7, 2009
Tick-Tock: 59% Know This Sunday’s the Day to Change the Clock
Daylight Savings Time begins again on Sunday, March 8, and 9% of adults correctly identified this Sunday as the day to change their clocks, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 6, 2009
65% Hope Government 'Cure' Doesn't Make Things Worse
Edward C. Johnson III, chairman of Fidelity Investments, said recently of government efforts to jump-start the economy, “We can only hope that the government’s cure doesn’t further sicken the patient.”
March 6, 2009
61% of Minnesota Voters Don’t Think Pawlenty Should Seek Presidency in 2012
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty may not have ruled out running for president in 2012, but most Minnesota voters already have.
March 6, 2009
Voters Divided on Obama Budget
Forty-one percent (41%) of voters nationwide have a favorable opinion of the $3.6-trillion budget proposed by President Obama in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 6, 2009
The Real World of Gay Marriage By Susan Estrich
In an ideal world, gay marriage would be won at the ballot box. Voters would recognize that they have absolutely nothing to lose by allowing their fellow citizens the same rights to marry that heterosexual men and women now enjoy. Even many prominent conservatives (say, Sarah Palin) have come to recognize that it is wrong, heartless even, to deny gay couples the right to sign up for health benefits or to make critical medical decisions for their partners.
March 6, 2009
Approval Of Congress Up, But Voters Downplay Its Accomplishments
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
March 6, 2009
Hopes of Bipartisanship Have Faded
Nearly half (49%) the nation’s voters say politics in Washington, D.C. will be more partisan over the next year. That’s up nine points from a month ago.
March 5, 2009
34% Agree You Can’t Earn Living in U.S. Without Government Help
George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, recently stated that “the moral mission of government is simple: no one can earn a living in America or live an American life without protection and empowerment by the government.”
