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April 9, 2009
April 9, 2009
55% Oppose Eliminating Deductions As A Trade-off for Lower Tax Rates
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Americans are opposed to eliminating all tax deductions even it means tax rates will be lowered, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 9, 2009
Only 27% See the U.N. As America's Ally
Just 27% of U.S. voters regard the United Nations as an ally of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 9, 2009
Diverging Coalitions: The Transformation of the American Electorate By Alan Abramowitz
The election of America's first black president has been widely hailed as an historic event. However, much less attention has been paid to the demographic trends which made that event possible and which will continue to affect elections and politics in the United States far into the future. In this article I examine those trends and their consequences for the American party system.
April 9, 2009
The Return of the Fuzzies? By Debra J. Saunders
In the 1990s, the Math Wars pitted two philosophies against each other. One side argued for content-based standards -- that elementary school students must memorize multiplication tables by third grade. The other side argued for students to discover math, unfettered by "drill and kill" exercises.
April 9, 2009
Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism
Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.
April 9, 2009
Let's End Energy Policy Whipsaw By Froma Harrop
Seems a lifetime ago that the price of crude approached $150 a barrel, but it was only last summer. Remember how people went nuts? Santa Barbara County voted for oil drilling off California's spectacular coast. Santa Barbara of all places, epicenter of the 1969 oil spill that ravaged beaches from Pismo to Oxnard -- and launched the modern environmental movement.
April 8, 2009
Only 45% Think They Pay More Than Their Share In Taxes
Just 45% of U.S. voters now think they pay more than their fair share of taxes, the lowest finding on this question since regular tracking began last July.
April 8, 2009
One Week To Go, and 31% Still Haven’t Filed Their Taxes
With one week to go until the federal income tax deadline, 31% of Americans still have not filed their taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone index.
April 8, 2009
Prosecutorial Corruption By Susan Estrich
Corruption is a bad thing wherever you find it, and no profession or institution, from churches on Main Street to banks on Wall Street, is immune. You've got people who abuse the trust of shareholders and people who abuse the trust of voters; you've got cops who abuse their badges and professors who abuse their tenure. But in my book there is a special place by the devil's side for corrupt prosecutors.
April 8, 2009
36% Still Say Country Headed in the Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) of U.S. voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, showing no change from a week ago.
April 8, 2009
61% Say A Home is Family’s Best Investment, Down 12 Points From February
Confidence in the housing market is down again, with just 61% of Americans now saying that buying a home is the best investment most families can make.
April 8, 2009
Health Care in the Offing By Tony Blankley
Of all President Barack Obama's transformative domestic policy proposals, none is more far-reaching and less transparent than health care. What most Washington policy people mean when they talk about his health care proposal was described in the first two paragraphs of Robert Pear's meticulous article in The New York Times on April 1:
April 7, 2009
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40% Republicans 39%
Republicans have pulled within one point of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
April 7, 2009
37% Agree That U.S. Has Shown Arrogance and Been Dismissive of Europe
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American voters agree that in dealing with its European allies over the years, the United States has shown arrogance, been dismissive, and even derisive. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% disagree with that assertion and 16% are not sure.
April 7, 2009
Just 54% Say Their Home Worth More Than The Mortgage
The number of U.S. homeowners who say their house is worth more than the amount they still owe on their mortgage is down seven points since December.
April 7, 2009
The Poor Republican in the Race By Debra J. Saunders
Two very rich Republicans -- former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner -- are lining up to run for governor in 2010. The most money that a third Republican gubernatorial candidate, Tom Campbell, ever earned was as the dean of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley -- about $300,000 per year. That would make him the pauper in the primary.
April 7, 2009
A Nation of Unwed Drudgery By Froma Harrop
A neighbor in her 30s, a very fine woman, recently had a child with her boyfriend. They live together.
April 7, 2009
The Declaration of Independence Has Been Repealed By Dick Morris
On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London. The joint communiqué essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and bylaws for all nations, including the United States.
April 7, 2009
64% of Americans Are Comfortable Using Credit Cards Online
Most adults (64%) who use the internet at least occasionally say they are very or somewhat comfortable using credit cards to make purchases online, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
