Just 33% of Americans favor a national health insurance program, but most are open to ideas that would expand coverage to cover more of the uninsured population. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 55% favor the idea of requiring companies to provide health insurance and 57% favor taxing wealthier Americans to provide coverage for those without insurance.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) continues to hold a solid, double-digit, lead in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.
Just 28% of Americans say it is ethical for reporters to publish news stories based upon anonymous sources.
Senator Hillary Clinton (D) continues to enjoy frontrunner status and now attracts 28% of the vote from Likely Democratic Primary Voters nationwide.
Most Married Americans (55%) are looking forward to Valentine’s Day while singles offer a decidedly more mixed view.
Former Vice President Al Gore (D) leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) 52% to 38% in the latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 poll.
Fans of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) might consider the latest Rasmussen Reports polling data to be a step in the right direction.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) has moved a step closer to officially enter the 2008 race for the White House, but polling in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination remains little changed.
After two weeks in which Senator Hillary Clinton (D) was pulling away from other contenders for the Democratic nomination, the latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 polling shows that the race has stabilized a bit.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) is viewed favorably by 49% of American voters and unfavorably by 40%. That’s an improvement from a month ago when 43% had a favorable opinion of her.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of American voters believe that Democrats are at least somewhat likely to retain control of Congress following the 2008 elections.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of American adults say it is at least somewhat likely that the United States will be at war with Iran before another year goes by.
Sixty percent (60%) of American adults say they plan to watch the Colts and the Bears compete on Super Sunday this year.
Most Americans (55%) favor a firm timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq within a year. That figure includes 37% who favor an immediate withdrawal and 18% who want a timetable that will complete the withdrawal in a year.
Republican Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani continues to lead all Democrats in general election match-ups, but former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) has closed the gap to a statistically insignificant margin.
Confidence that the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror has rebounded slightly from the extremely low levels measured in December and again in early January.
After six years and a six billion dollar investment, Microsoft released Vista on January 30. By the time of the launch, most Americans (53%) had already read, seen, or heard new stories about the first upgrade of the company’s flagship operating system since Windows XP.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) improved slightly in January, as workers registered less concern about layoffs and more confidence in their job security.
Worker confidence among accounting and finance professionals jumped in January, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) spiked 14.5 points to 120.5.
Worker confidence slid for the second consecutive month for Hispanics, and dropped after a December rebound for African-American workers in January.
