New High: 55% Say U.S. Safer Today Than Before 9/11
A plurality of voters continues to believe the United States is winning the War on Terror, and confidence in the safety of the nation has reached a new high.
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October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
Obama 43%, Romney 41%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney remains neck-and-neck with President Obama in the latest hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.
October 11, 2011
70% Favor Individual Choice Over Government Standards for Health Insurance
An independent panel advising the Obama administration released its recommendations last week on how the government should determine what level of coverage most health insurance policies should be required to have. But voters strongly oppose a government-mandated level of health insurance coverage.
October 11, 2011
Why We Need More Government in Health Care By Froma Harrop
"Home-Health Firms Blasted." The headline refers to a Senate Finance Committee finding that major providers of home-based services to Medicare patients were bilking the government program. Big time.
October 11, 2011
48% Think Apple Will Remain on Cutting Edge Despite Jobs’ Death
Most Americans hold a favorable opinion of Steve Jobs, Apple Computer’s co-founder and CEO who died last week, and nearly half think his company will remain a technological leader despite his passing.
October 10, 2011
Scott Rasmussen Interviews Herman Cain
An exclusive interview with GOP hopeful, Herman Cain.
October 10, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%
Republicans now hold a five-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, October 9.
October 10, 2011
Most Still Think Government Workers Better Off Than Those in Private Sector
Most Americans nationwide continue to believe that government workers get more pay and better job security but don’t work as hard as their counterparts in the private sector.
October 10, 2011
Election 2012: Obama 42%, Cain 39%
Georgia businessman Herman Cain has pulled within three points of President Obama in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters.
October 10, 2011
56% of GOP Voters Like Cain’s ‘9-9-9’ Tax Reform Plan
Voters aren’t well versed on surging Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” tax reform plan, but most agree that if it becomes law, Congress won’t wait long to raise the tax rates higher.
October 10, 2011
61% Still Think U.S. Should Celebrate Columbus Day
Christopher Columbus is still generally regarded as the explorer who “discovered” America, and most Americans think the United States should remember him with a holiday. But they don’t rate Columbus Day, celebrated officially today, very high on the list of U.S. holidays.
October 9, 2011
51% Say Democratic Agenda In Congress Is Extreme, 47% Say Same of GOP's
Voters still tend to see the congressional agendas of both major political parties as out of the mainstream and view President Obama and the average member of Congress as out of step with them ideologically.
October 9, 2011
Most Still Blame Bad Economy on Bush-era Recession
A majority (51%) of voters still blames the nation’s current economic problems on the recession that began under President George W. Bush rather than the economic policies of President Obama.
October 8, 2011
72% Think Presidential Campaigns Run Too Long
As the nation braces itself for another race for the White House, voters say enough is enough.
October 8, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 8, 2011
Americans need something to believe in because right now their faith in the nation’s future is scraping rock bottom.
October 7, 2011
Voters Still View U.S. Race Relations As A Mixed Bag
Voters of all races nationwide continue to view relations between whites, blacks and Hispanics as a work in progress.
October 7, 2011
Just 6% Think Most Politicians Keep Their Campaign Promises
Voters remain overwhelmingly convinced that most politicians won’t keep their campaign promises, but they’re a little less convinced that their elected officials deliberately lie.
October 7, 2011
11% Think Amanda Knox Is Guilty of Murder
Very few Americans believe Amanda Knox is guilty of murdering her flatmate in Italy four years ago, and a plurality feels the media played an important part in overturning her conviction.
October 7, 2011
Just 10% Know Government Can Spend Social Security Money Anyway It Wants
Working-age Americans remain skeptical about receiving their Social Security benefits even though they mistakenly believe money in the Social Security Trust Fund can be used only to pay promised benefits.
October 6, 2011
32% Say Government Should Do Nothing for the Long-Term Unemployed
Americans continue to have mixed feelings about how the government should respond to the long-term unemployed. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults finds that 32% feel the government should do nothing at all, while 25% think it should pay for their retraining. Ten percent (10%) say the government should extend unemployment benefits indefinitely, and 21% think the government should hire those long out of work, down from June's high-to-date of 24%.
