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November 18, 2008
November 18, 2008
Younger Voters Grow More Confident in Social Security System
Over a third (36%) of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 now say they are at least somewhat confident in the Social Security system, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 18, 2008
44% Agree: Free-Market Capitalism is Highway to American Dream
Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans agree with President Bush’s declaration last week that "free-market capitalism is far more than an economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility - the highway to the American Dream."
November 18, 2008
46% Say Media Tries To Make Economy Look Bad
Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans say most reporters and media outlets try to make the economy seem worse than it really is, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 18, 2008
Only 26% Confident U.S. Leaders Know How To Deal With The Economy
Just 26% of U.S. adults are at least somewhat confident that U.S. policymakers know what they are doing when it comes to addressing the nation’s current economic problems, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 18, 2008
Palin's Next Career Move By Froma Harrop
Sarah Palin should have run up the white flag of surrender and kept the clothes. They were gorgeous, and there really was no reason to give up the $150,000 wardrobe unless she planned to run again under the Wal-Mart Mom persona. Surely she knows that's over.
November 17, 2008
42% Say Obama’s Picks for the Supreme Court Will Be Too Liberal
Depending on voters’ political party and ideology, Barack Obama’s appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court will either be too liberal or about right. Very few, however, expect his choices for the high court to be too conservative.
November 17, 2008
56% Say Lower Prices Will Send Them to Wal-Mart
With consumer confidence at the lowest levels ever, shoppers are looking for the best prices this year. Wal-Mart has announced it will be lowering prices every week until Christmas, and a new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 56% of adults will take advantage of the superstore’s lower prices this holiday season.
November 17, 2008
Voters Say Terrorists, Iran Likely To Be Obama’s First International Test
While Russia was the first country to challenge President-elect Obama with a threat to deploy new missiles facing Europe, most U.S. voters expect terrorists or Iran to provide the new president’s first international test in office.
November 15, 2008
Detroit Automakers a Relic of the Past By Michael Barone
Barack Obama has noted, carefully and correctly, that we have only one president at a time. Yet on at least one issue he has taken the lead and nudged the man who will soon be his predecessor in a direction that he might not have taken without prompting.
November 15, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 14, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama continues to bask in the afterglow of a big and historic election, despite an equally historic post-election slump in the stock market.
November 14, 2008
70% Say It’s Very Important for Obama To Work With GOP
Given America’s current economic problems and its foreign policy entanglements, voters overwhelmingly want to see bipartisanship at play in Washington, D.C.
November 14, 2008
75% of GOP Voters Fear Too Much Change
Changing the way government works may have been the winning message on Election Day, but three out of four Republicans (75%) are worried that Barack Obama will change things too much as president. Half of unaffiliated voters (49%) share that concern, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 14, 2008
68% Back Offshore Drilling, Only 44% Think Obama Agrees
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of U.S. voters support offshore oil drilling as a way to keep gas prices down, but only 44% are confident that President-elect Barack Obama agrees with them.
November 14, 2008
President Hillary By Susan Estrich
I saw it on election night, as I scrolled through the exit poll that somehow made its way online (at least at cbsnews.com) even before the polls closed in Ohio.
November 14, 2008
Bush Shows Obama the Way By Lawrence Kudlow
President George W. Bush came out fighting for free markets with a strong and stirring defense of American capitalism on the eve of the G-20 World Economic Conference. Stocks soared 550 points Thursday as Bush’s luncheon speech was played live on all the major cable networks. It was as though Mr. Bush was trying to leave an economic-primer to his successor-elect Barack Obama. Markets cheered because it’s the best thing they’ve heard in many weeks.
November 13, 2008
More Voters Say Nation Headed in Right Direction After Election Day
Despite an historic post-election drop in the stock market, Americans seem a bit more optimistic about the future since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States last week.
November 13, 2008
Confidence in War Hits New High, But Voters Less Sure When Troops Coming Home
Voter confidence in the War on Terror has reached its highest level ever, with 60% now saying the United States and its allies are winning, according to the first Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the issue since Election Day.
November 13, 2008
73% Fear U.S. Will Run Out of Money If More Are Bailed Out
Sizable pluralities of Americans are opposed to taxpayer-backed bailouts of the Big Three automakers, with 73% now worried the U.S. government will run out of money with all the demands being made on the federal treasury in the current economic crisis.
November 13, 2008
Revenge of the Boxes By Debra J. Saunders
Ever since California voters recalled Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 and replaced him with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento has been passing gimmicky state budgets that did not raise taxes, but also kicked structural deficit spending into the next year.
