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                            May 9, 2012Massachusetts: Obama 56%, Romney 35%
Mitt Romney has called Massachusetts home, but he now trails President Obama by the widest margin yet in an Election 2012 matchup there.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Massachusetts Voters shows Obama leading Romney by 21 points – 56% to 35%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, while two percent (2%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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This Massachusetts survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted May 7, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 9, 2012Radio Update: Massachusetts Senate Race Still Tied
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                            May 8, 2012New Low:  41% See Stock Market Recovery In At Least Three Years
Americans have mixed feelings on whether a 1930s-like depression is likely to occur,  but fewer adults than ever believe it will take three years  or more for the stock market to recover.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 43% of American Adults say the United States is at least somewhat likely to enter an economic depression similar to the one during the 1930s in the next few years.  Forty-seven percent (47%) don’t see a 1930s-like economic depression as likely in the near future.  These figures include 21% who say a depression is Very Likely and 12% who believe it’s Not At All Likely.  (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on May 5-6, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            May 8, 2012Number Expecting Less Pay A Year From Now Is Down to 11%
Just 11% of American workers expect to be earning less money a year from now, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's down only slightly from 13% in March but is the lowest finding in regular tracking since May 2012.
Forty-two percent (42%) predict they'll be earning more money a year from today, down just a point from March’s all-time high and up dramatically from a low of 30% in January. Thirty-six percent (36% ) think they will be making about the same amount.  Eleven percent (11%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 
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The survey of 614 Employed Adults was conducted on May 3-4, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. 
May 8, 2012Radio Update: Belief That Next Generation Will Be Better Off is at All-Time Low
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                            May 8, 2012Massachusetts Senate: Brown (R) 45%, Warren (D) 45%
Despite the ongoing controversy about Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren’s past claims of Native American heritage in professional circles, she and Republican incumbent Scott Brown remain tied in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate race. 
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows both Brown and Warren picking up 45% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) more are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Massachusetts was conducted on May 7, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 8, 2012Three-Way Race: Romney 44%, Obama 39%, Ron Paul 13%
Texas Congressman Ron Paul appears more interested in influencing the direction of the Republican Party than in running as an independent presidential candidate. But perhaps Democrats should be careful what they wish for: Even if Mitt Romney’s remaining GOP challenger should run as a third party candidate, new Rasmussen Reports surveying finds Romney the winner of a three-way race.
The latest national telephone survey shows that 25% of Likely U.S. Voters think Paul should run as a third party candidate. Sixty-one percent (61%) disagree, but 13% more are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 6-7, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 8, 2012Throwing American Tradition in the Cultural Mixmaster By Froma Harrop
The overnight rating for the Kentucky Derby telecast has slipped again, hitting a six-year low. This was despite NBC's best efforts to fill the hours with such celebrities as "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher and Debra Messing from "Smash." Or was it because of them? A romantic 138-year tradition grown from the bluegrass soil and Southern gentility becomes a blob of homogenized commercial promotion.

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                            May 8, 201282% Favor Creation of Stand-Alone Social Security Trust Fund
Voters continue to believe overwhelmingly that the federal government should restore the Social Security trust fund as it was originally intended and leave it alone.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 82% of Likely U.S. Voters think the government would provide more security for retirees by making sure the trust fund is protected and adequately funded. Just five percent (5%) say it would be better to get rid of the trust fund and have the federal government pay all promised benefits to retirees out of the annual operating budget. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 4-5, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 8, 2012Radio Update: Americans Evenly Divided On Whether Muslim World Sees United States as Enemy
Listen to the latest edition of The Rasmussen Report with noted pollster Scott Rasmussen on the WOR Radio Network. Stations interested in adding “The Rasmussen Report” features to their lineup should contact Willis Damalt at the WOR Radio Network at 212-798-8376 or via email at wdamalt@worradionet.com.
May 8, 2012Radio Update: Americans Want Strict Limits On Foreign Military Interventions
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                            May 7, 2012Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 41%
Republicans hold a three-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the third week in a row, this time for the week ending Sunday, May 6. 
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican in their district’s congressional race if the election were held today, while 41% would choose the Democrat instead. This is nearly identical to last week’s findings and those the week before.
The national telephone survey of 3,500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports from April 30-May 6, 2012. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 2 percentage point with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            May 7, 2012New Low: 44% Predict U.S. Economy Will Be Stronger In Five Years
Confidence that the U.S. economy will be stronger five years from now has fallen to its lowest level in three years of regular tracking, while confidence that it will get better in a year's time remains largely unchanged.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of American Adults say the U.S. economy will be stronger five years from today than it is now. Twenty-two percent (22%) say the nation’s economy will be weaker in five years, while nine percent (9%) say it will be about the same.  But another 25% are not sure.  (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on May 5-6, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            May 7, 201248% of Workers Predict Next Job Will Be Better Than Current Job
Despite last week’s disappointing government report on job creation, working Americans are more optimistic than they’ve been in years about their future employment opportunities. More workers than ever also say they’ll leave their current job on their own terms.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Employed Adults shows that 48% believe their next job will be better than their current job. Sixteen percent (16%) don’t think their next job will better, and 20% more plan on retiring after they leave their current post. Another 17% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 614 Employed Adults was conducted on May 3-4, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 7, 2012Radio Update:  Some Good News on the Employment Front
Listen to the latest edition of The Rasmussen Report with noted pollster Scott Rasmussen on the WOR Radio Network. Stations interested in adding “The Rasmussen Report” features to their lineup should contact Willis Damalt at the WOR Radio Network at 212-798-8376 or via email at wdamalt@worradionet.com.

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                            May 7, 201239% Think Most Muslims See U.S. As An Enemy, 35% Disagree
While Americans are growing more optimistic about the war on terror against radical Islamists, voters are evenly divided as to whether or not most Muslims around the globe view our nation as an enemy.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 39% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that most Muslims view the United States as an enemy. Nearly as many (35%) disagree, but 27% more are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 4-5, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
May 7, 2012Racial Preferences: Unfair and Ridiculous By Michael Barone
Washington Post editorial writer and liberal blogger Jonathan Capehart is puzzled. Why does the "non-issue" of Harvard Law professor and Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry "require so much attention?" he asked last week.

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                            May 7, 201269% Favor Use of Military Overseas Only When U.S. National Security is Threatened
With pressure growing for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, America’s longest-running war, voters continue to believe strongly in more limited use of the U.S. military overseas.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 69% of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States should not commit forces overseas unless it is vital to U.S. national security. Sixteen percent (16%) disagree with the more restrained use of U.S. military force. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on April 30-May 1, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            May 6, 201253% Think Judges More Hostile to Religion Than Founding Fathers Planned
Most Americans continue to believe that judges are more hostile to religion than the Founding Fathers intended, but they’re less suspicious of the courts than they were two years ago.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of American Adults now believe rulings by judges in recent years regarding religion in public life have been more anti-religious than the Founding Fathers of the country intended. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 28% disagree and believe the judges have correctly interpreted the U.S. Constitution. Nineteen percent (19%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The national survey of 1,000 Adults nationwide was conducted May 1-2, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            May 6, 201263% Oppose “Sin Taxes” on Junk Food and Soda
Support for so-called “sin taxes” on junk food and soft drinks is at its lowest level yet. Numerous cities and states are looking for revenue these days short of raising property or income taxes, and sin taxes are a popular candidate, often in the name of better public health.
But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of American Adults support sin taxes on soda and junk food, down from 33% in March 2010.  Sixty-three percent (63%) are opposed. Nineteen percent (19%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults nationwide was conducted on April 25-26, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.