83% Are Worried About Inflation
Most Americans remain concerned about inflation and lack confidence in the Federal Reserve Board to keep it under control.
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September 15, 2011
September 15, 2011
Threshold Editions to Publish New Book By Pollster Scott Rasmussen
Threshold Editions will publish THE PEOPLE’S MONEY by Scott Rasmussen, one of the nation’s most recognized and respected public opinion pollsters, in January 2012. News of the acquisition was announced by Louise Burke, Executive Vice President and Publisher.
September 15, 2011
Bachmann Now Trails Obama by Double Digits
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s campaign for president has struggled since she won the straw poll vote in Ames, Iowa last month. Texas Governor Rick Perry entered the race at the same time and immediately became the primary alternative to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
September 15, 2011
Obama Tainted by Loan Guarantees to Solar Firms By Michael Barone
One factor favoring President Obama's re-election, according to a recent article by political scientist Alan Lichtman, is the absence of scandal in his administration.
September 15, 2011
64% Say Boeing Should Be Allowed to Operate Plant in South Carolina
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be upset with Boeing’s plan to operate a non-union plant in South Carolina, but most Americans think it should be allowed to.
September 15, 2011
Global Warming Is Here, All Right By Froma Harrop
Bark beetles and egrets don't care whether Governor This or Senator That believes in global warming. They feel it in their whatevers. Responding to warmer temperatures, plant and wildlife are moving north or uphill to cooler elevations, according to a new study published in Science magazine. For example, higher temperatures in the Rocky Mountains have set off a population explosion of bark beetles now devouring its beautiful pine forests.
September 15, 2011
59% Say U.S. Government Encourages Illegal Immigration
Most voters nationwide continue to believe government policies encourage illegal immigration and support using the military along the U.S.-Mexican border. But they remain divided as to whether the federal government or individual states should enforce immigration laws.
September 14, 2011
17% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Seventeen percent (17%) of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, September 11.
September 14, 2011
50% Say Obama’s Policies Have Hurt the Economy
One-out-of-two Likely U.S. Voters (50%) now believe that President Obama’s economic policies have hurt the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 14, 2011
47% Confident in U.S. Banking System
Confidence in America’s banking system has rebounded slightly from last month’s record low, but less than half of adults nationwide remain assured in the stability of the industry.
September 14, 2011
26% Support Elevated Status of Palestine, 38% Say It Will Hurt Israeli Peace Talks
The Obama administration is trying to avoid a vote at the United Nations next week that would elevate the status of the Palestinian Authority from a nonvoting “observer entity” to “observer state” for fear it would harm Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and incite violence in the region. A plurality of Likely Voters nationwide agrees that recognizing Palestine as a new nation would hurt its peace talks with Israel, but voters are also fairly undecided as to whether they think the UN should grant Palestine that independence.
September 14, 2011
The King Dollar Frontrunners By Lawrence Kudlow
Watching the two GOP frontrunners in last night’s debate -- Mitt Romney and Rick Perry -- a couple of policy points jumped out at me.
September 14, 2011
Is It Still Good to be the King? By Tony Blankley
Since the end of World War II, in both the United States and Western Europe, the best way to win a national election has been to be the incumbent political party. But that 3-generation-old predisposition of publics in Western democracies may be coming to an end.
September 14, 2011
Pressure for Third-Party Candidate Comes From Those Who Want Less Federal Spending
Some people think there is room for a radical centrist presidential candidate who would hold views somewhere between the views of President Obama and whoever the Republicans nominate to oppose him.
September 13, 2011
Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42%
A generic Republican candidate holds a five-point advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 11. This is the 10th week in a row the Republican has led the incumbent.
September 13, 2011
Voters Remain Pessimistic About Iraq, Afghanistan
Confidence among U.S. voters that the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan will get better in the near future remains near all-time lows.
September 13, 2011
53% See Third-Party Candidate As Likely President in Next 10 to 12 Years
Voters see little chance of a third-party candidate being elected president next year, but most think one has a shot at the White House a little further down the road.
September 13, 2011
Romney 43%, Obama 40%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now holds a sliver of a lead over President Obama in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.
September 13, 2011
Disapproval, of Course, Is a Relative Thing By Froma Harrop
If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt immensely amusing to the tea party fringe, but to those of us not getting the joke, they were an appalling attack on a fragile economy.
September 13, 2011
41% Say America's Allies Put It In Greater Danger
A plurality of adults nationwide thinks America’s allies are bad for the country.
