COUNTRY Index: Americans' Financial Security Sentiments Rebound
In a counterpoint to the current economic environment, the COUNTRY Financial Security Index(SM) jumped 1.5 points to 69.3 in June.
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June 17, 2008
June 17, 2008
67% Support Offshore Drilling, 64% Expect it Will Lower Prices
Most voters favor the resumption of offshore drilling in the United States and expect it to lower prices at the pump, even as John McCain has announced his support for states that want to explore for oil and gas off their coasts.
June 16, 2008
60% Believe Supreme Court Justices Have Their Own Political Agendas
Sixty-percent (60%) of voters believe Supreme Court Justices have their own political agendas, while just 23% believe they remain impartial, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
June 16, 2008
Just 47% Oppose Nationalizing Oil Industry
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 29% of voters favor nationalizing the oil industry. Just 47% are opposed and 24% are not sure.
June 16, 2008
The Fed Doesn't Raise By Robert Novak
Speculation that the Federal Reserve is about to begin inflation-fighting interest rate increases appears to be dead wrong.
June 16, 2008
88% Say Free Speech is Good, But Only 53% Oppose Ban on Hate Speech
The overwhelming majority of Americans strongly guard their right to free speech (88%). But, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that just over half (53%) say the United States should refrain from banning so-called “hate speech.”
June 14, 2008
71% Believe Being a Father is the Most Important Role a Man Can Fill
Most Americans believe that being a father is the most important role for a man to fill, but they are still more likely to visit their mom on Mother's Day.
June 14, 2008
In Defense of Lobbyists By Michael Barone
Barack Obama has long said that his campaign will not accept contributions from lobbyists, and now that he is the presumptive nominee, the Democratic National Committee won't accept them, either.
June 14, 2008
What They Told Us: Week Ending June 13, 2008
With a two-candidate race for the White House at last, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll and surveys in state after state are showing Democrat Barack Obama with a modest bounce over Republican candidate John McCain.
June 14, 2008
Biden for VP? By Robert D. Novak
Before multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was 65-year-old, six-term Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.
June 13, 2008
Rasmussen Reports to Partner with FiveThirtyEight.com
Rasmussen Reports is pleased to announce that it will be including poll averages from FiveThirtyEight.com in its Balance of Power Calculator.
June 13, 2008
FiveThirtyEight.com Averages Methodology
Many websites compile averages of public polling. However, the FiveThirtyEight.com averages distinguish themselves in several ways, which are designed to provide for a more scientific outlook on polling and election outcomes.
June 13, 2008
32% Angry About Immigration, but Not Mad at Immigrants
One-third of U.S. voters are still angry about illegal immigration, an issue that neither presidential candidate has made central to his campaign. But, voters blame Washington, not immigrants.
June 12, 2008
How To Pick A Vice-President By Dick Morris
Bill Clinton's selection of Al Gore changed forever the calculus presidential candidates need to use in choosing their running mates.
June 12, 2008
McCain, Obama Have Some Base Building to Do By Rhodes Cook
For the first time in 40 years, the Democrats and Republicans are each on the verge of nominating a candidate who failed to attract even half of their party's primary vote.
June 12, 2008
Confidence in War Stabilizes
Forty-three percent of American voters think the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, up 1% from last week, but 41% also believe America is not safer than it was before the 9/11 attacks. The latter is down 1% from the week before.
June 12, 2008
Most Voters Say Lobbyists Part of Any White House Campaign
Nearly three out of five voters (57%) believe it is not possible to run for the presidency without the help of lobbyists and special interest groups, even as the Obama campaign purged itself of an official with ties to the subprime lending crisis.
June 12, 2008
A Challenge Obama Should Accept By Joe Conason
To his credit, John McCain has invited Barack Obama to join him in a national "town hall" tour over the coming months, without the unneeded intrusion of celebrity journalists, network extravaganzas and all of their irrelevant impertinence.
June 12, 2008
On Issues, Obama Poetry Won't Rhyme By Froma Harrop
Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he'll stand up twice -- once for each side of an issue. The poetry reading on change and hope is over. Now that he has to talk about real policy, there's little rhyme in the rhythm.
June 12, 2008
Congressional Combat, Continued By Larry J. Sabato
Last December, when we first sketched out the upcoming House elections , we suggested that Democrats were likely to have a good year. Nothing has changed our forecast in the six months since, and if anything, we now see November 2008 as probably the best year Democrats have had in many a moon.
