Voters Want Spending Cuts But Are More Doubtful They'll Happen
Most voters continue to favor across-the-board spending cuts by the federal government, but more than ever don’t expect the government to oblige.
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May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending April 30.
May 4, 2015
Obama, George W. Bush Are Boost in Primaries Only
Message to presidential hopefuls: Comparing yourself to President Obama or his predecessor, George W. Bush, is a much better idea during primary season than it is during the general election.
May 4, 2015
Support for More Border Control Hits Four-Year High
A growing number of voters consider illegal immigration a serious problem and believe controlling the border is the most important thing the government can do, even if using the military is necessary.
May 2, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 2, 2015
Hillary Clinton finally has an official opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
Longtime Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-proclaimed socialist, is jumping into the race. Sanders earned just seven percent (7%) support among Likely Democratic Voters when we asked in early March, but that was before the politicking began. We’ll test Sanders with voters nationwide early next week.
May 1, 2015
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 40%, Democrats 38%
Republicans hold a two-point lead on the latest Generic Congressional Ballot.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending April 30 finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican candidate in their district's congressional race if the election were held today, while 38% would choose the Democrat instead. Twenty-three percent (23%) prefer a third-party candidate or are undecided.
May 1, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Dips a Point in April
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
May 1, 2015
Voters Remain Cautious About Prison Reform
Hillary Clinton this week joined the chorus of Democrats and Republicans calling for ways to reduce the number of Americans in prison, and voters still tend to be cautiously supportive of that overall goal.
May 1, 2015
National Security Concerns Are Growing
Concern about national security was mostly in the low- to mid-teens from November 2008 through 2010. This concern began trending down slightly in 2010 and dropped to the low single-digits after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. It did not reach double-digits again until mid-2013.
May 1, 2015
America's Politics Is Polarized, But Britain's Is Fragmented by Michael Barone
Next week, Britain votes in its first general election in five years. Some aspects of its politics will be familiar to Americans. Polls show voters are dissatisfied with politicians of both parties, cynical about whether they will keep their promises and closely divided between two major parties, which have been in existence for more than 100 years.
May 1, 2015
Americans Respond to Nepal, See Social Media As A Boost
One-in-five Americans are responding to the devastating earthquake in Nepal with money from their pocket, and most think the spread of social media helps in situations like this.
April 30, 2015
Voters Still Don't Like Congress' Top Leaders
They've all been reelected several times, but the four top congressional leaders remain an unpopular choice among voters nationwide.
April 30, 2015
Voter Suspicion Grows Over Hillary’s E-Mails
As Obama administration officials wrestle with the news media and congressional investigators over releasing Hillary Clinton’s e-mail from her days as secretary of State, voters are growing more suspicious that Clinton has something to hide.
April 30, 2015
Most See Baltimore Riots As Criminal, Not Protest
Americans view the recent rioting in Baltimore as criminal behavior, not legitimate protest, and think it will only worsen the criminal justice situation in the city.
April 30, 2015
Defeatism in Baltimore By Froma Harrop
Using the most bloodless terms, an economist explained the failure or inability of so many African-Americans to rise from their impoverished circumstances. They do not respond to the economic incentives that push others to study and strive, he said.
April 30, 2015
Republicans in 2016: Rubio Edges Ahead of Walker By Geoffrey Skelley, Kyle Kondik, and Larry J. Sabato
For Republicans looking ahead to 2016, Florida is the pivotal state in the Electoral College. Naturally, we can’t know exactly what will happen a year and a half from now, but from our current vantage point, it appears very likely that the GOP must win the state to have a shot at winning 270 or more electoral votes and control of the White House.
Given the state’s importance, particularly to the Republicans, it seems appropriate that the top two contenders for the party’s presidential nomination in the Crystal Ball’s rankings now hail from the Sunshine State.
April 30, 2015
Voters Are Less Supportive of Raising Eligibility Age For Medicare
Voters continue to doubt they’ll receive all their promised Medicare benefits, but they're less willing to raise the eligibility age to keep the program afloat.
April 29, 2015
Voters See No Positive Change in Obama's Performance
Like his daily job approval ratings, voter reviews of President Obama's handling of the economy and national security have generally changed very little during his years in the White House.
April 29, 2015
63% Think Hillary Clinton May Have Helped Foreign Donors As Secretary of State
Just over half of voters do not trust Hillary Clinton, but even more think she used her position as secretary of State to benefit some of those who gave money to her Clinton Foundation.
April 29, 2015
What Creates Jobs by John Stossel
I took a camera to Times Square this week and asked people, "What creates jobs?" Most had no answer.
