Seventy-three percent (73%) of American voters say that when someone is pulled over for a traffic violation, police officers should routinely check to see if that person is in the country legally.
This Veterans Day, 71% of adults have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 11% hold an unfavorable view while 18% who are not sure.
Some adults seem to be getting a head start on their holiday shopping this year. With about seven weeks left until Christmas, 27% say they’ve already begun shopping for the season. That figure includes 31% of women and 24% of men. Sixty-nine percent (69%) are waiting to get started--some until after Thanksgiving and some perhaps until the very last minute.
We've been away for a while, traveling America discussing our new book, A More Perfect Constitution . These book travels were useful for a political analyst in the presidential season. As usual, politics viewed only through the prism of the Beltway bunch is distorted.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has opened a bigger lead in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who recently rose to the top tier of GOP candidates in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, has pulled to within three points of the Democratic frontrunner in a general election match-up.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if the Congressional Election were held today, 46% of American voters say they would vote for the Democrat in their district and 35% would opt for the Republican.
More consumers are expecting to increase their spending next month according to the Discover (R) U.S. Spending Monitor (SM), reversing a five-month trend that consistently showed consumers less willing to spend more.
Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary has fallen to its lowest level of the season.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton leads all top Republican candidates in California by at least 14 percentage points.
In Texas, the home state of President Bush, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton by eleven percentage points, 50% to 39%.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of American adults are opposed to making drivers licenses available to people who are in the country illegally.
Senator Hillary Clinton now enjoys only single-digit leads over three leading GOP candidates in Minnesota. She leads Rudy Giuliani 44% to 41%, Fred Thompson 47% to 43%, Mitt Romney 47% to 40%.
When pitted against Democratic comedian Al Franken, Republican Senator Norm Coleman edges closer to 50% support in the most recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Minnesota Senate race.
With the publication of two polls this week showing no change in the Democratic nomination for President, it seems clear that Hillary Clinton's position is most likely more secure than many in the media and her opponents would like it to be.
It may gall Republican voters to even think about the possibility, but Hillary Clinton’s success in the Iowa caucuses may play a decisive role in selecting the 2008 Republican Presidential nominee.
In the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, October presented much the same tale as the six preceding months.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters nationwide believe that Senator Hillary Clinton is Very Likely to be the Democratic Presidential nominee in 2008.
As Kentucky voters prepare to go to the polls next week, they appear ready to elect a new Governor.
