20% Still Haven’t Started Christmas Shopping
With only two days left until Christmas, 20% of adults have not started their holiday shopping yet. But the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 58% say they’ve finished their shopping.
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December 23, 2008
December 23, 2008
55% Less Likely to Travel During the Holidays This Year
More than half of adults (55%) say they are less likely to travel during the holiday season this year compared to past years. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that only eight percent (8%) are more likely to travel this year.
December 23, 2008
Christians at Christmas
Forty-four percent (44%) of America’s adults attend Christian church services at least twice a month, and 92% of these regular churchgoers believe the God of the Bible is the one true God.
December 23, 2008
Democrats Jump to Biggest Lead Since October on Generic Ballot
Democrats now lead Republicans by eight percentage points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% would choose the Republican candidate.
December 23, 2008
Free the Saddleback One By Debra J. Saunders
Gay civil rights groups -- the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -- are calling on President-elect Barack Obama to yank his invitation to Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren to give the inaugural prayer on Jan. 20.
December 23, 2008
Welcome to 'Nepotism Nation' By Froma Harrop
Suppose in 2002 the Kennedys (or another "political dynasty") had a son or daughter or cousin they wanted to slip into Illinois' contested U.S. Senate seat. You know the arguments: powerful family, name recognition, can raise bags of money. Done deal. Do not try to resist.
December 22, 2008
21% Say They Have More Credit Card Debt Than A Year Ago
Twenty-one percent (21%) of American adults say they are carrying more credit card debt than a year ago, and 11% say their credit limit on one or more cards has been reduced in the past 12 months.
December 22, 2008
49% Oppose Loans to Failing Automakers
Nearly half of U.S. voters (49%) oppose President Bush’s decision to extend $17.4 billion in emergency taxpayer-backed loans to the failing U.S. auto industry, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 22, 2008
40% Say Nation’s Best Days Still Ahead, Lowest Since July
Just 40% of voters now say America’s best days are in the future, marking the lowest level of optimism since early July.
December 21, 2008
64% Celebrate Christmas as a Religious Holiday
While the message sometimes gets lost in all the commercialization, 64% of Americans say they will celebrate Christmas this Thursday as a religious holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ.
December 20, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - December 19, 2008
Barack Obama is just about the only bright spot on the horizon for most Americans as Christmas comes and the troubled year of 2008 nears a close.
December 20, 2008
66% Say Christmas Is One of the Most Important Holidays
Two-thirds (66%) of American adults say Christmas is one of the nation’s most important holidays in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 20, 2008
47% Worry About ‘Dynasty’ Politics
Forty-seven percent (47%) of U.S. voters are worried that America is developing an unofficial group of “royal families” with too much influence over government and politics.
December 20, 2008
Expectations of Hope and Change By Michael Barone
A new generation is coming to the White House. Barack Obama, born in 1961, is technically a baby boomer. But his early years were straight out of Generation X -- abandoned by his father and, for a time, his mother; experimentation with drugs; a sense of drifting.
December 19, 2008
Optimism for Nation’s Future Continues to Slip Among Blacks, Democrats
After reaching record highs in November, the percentages of Democrats and African-American voters who say the country is moving in the right direction continue to slip.
December 19, 2008
Approval of Congress Drops to Single Digits Again
Approval of Congress' job performance is down to single digits again for the first time since early September.
December 19, 2008
Most Voters Like Caroline, But Only 37% Say She Is Fit for Senate
Just 37% of U.S. voters believe Caroline Kennedy is qualified to be in the U.S. Senate, and only 16% say she would be considered as Hillary Clinton’s replacement if her last name wasn’t Kennedy.
December 19, 2008
The Other Marriage Penalty By Susan Estrich
Energy czar-designate Carol Browner's husband does it. So does Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle's wife. Congressman John Dingell's wife has been doing it for years.
December 18, 2008
22% Say Smoking Should Be Against The Law
Over one-out-of-five U.S. voters (22%) say the federal government should outlaw tobacco smoking, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 18, 2008
Only 46% Share Bush's Confidence in America's Safety
President Bush in a speech on Wednesday trumpeted his national security record in the White House, but just 46% of U.S. voters say the nation is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
