18% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Eighteen percent (18%) 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 4.
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September 7, 2011
September 7, 2011
10% Trust America’s Political Leaders More Than Public on Key Issues
When it comes to key national issues, 73% of Likely Voters nationwide trust the American people more than their political leaders. These view have held fairly steady for years. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 10% trust the judgment of their political leaders more than the people.
September 7, 2011
Iowa Republicans: Romney Seen As Most Mainstream Candidate, Paul Most Extreme
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential candidate that a majority of likely Iowa Republican Caucus voters describe as having extreme views, while Mitt Romney is considered the candidate that is most mainstream.
September 7, 2011
41% Think Primary Process Is Good Way To Choose a Presidential Nominee
Most voters are paying at least some attention to the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but just a plurality (41%) thinks the existing primary process is a good way to select a party’s candidate.
September 7, 2011
Politics Turns Dangerously Rougher By Tony Blankley
In the last few weeks, leading Democrats in Congress have called Tea Party constituents terrorists, said they should go to hell and accused them of wanting to lynch black people.
September 7, 2011
43% Favor Offsetting Irene Disaster Aid With Spending Cuts
Hurricane Irene has Washington talking about cutting government spending again. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has proposed that new federal spending for Irene disaster relief be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget, and a plurality of Americans thinks that's a good idea.
September 6, 2011
Election 2012: Generic Republican 49%, Obama 41%
A generic Republican candidate earns the highest level of support to date against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 4.
September 6, 2011
66% Say U.S. Society Fair and Decent
Most voters still think U.S. society is fair and decent and overwhelmingly believe that those who come here from other countries should adopt America's culture and language.
September 6, 2011
New High: 52% Predict Economy Will Be Weaker A Year From Now
Americans are more pessimistic than ever that the U.S. economy will improve during the next year.
September 6, 2011
48% Give Positive Marks to Government Response to Irene
Hurricane Irene didn’t hit the East Coast of the United States nearly as hard as was initially projected, but Americans give the government and the media generally good marks for not taking any chances.
September 6, 2011
Beware Easy 'Fixes' for Entitlement Programs By Froma Harrop
Please, everyone, stop monkeying around with Social Security and Medicare. We mean you, Republicans, and you, Democrats. No one's saying that Social Security can't be slightly recalibrated to keep the program on a sound footing or that significant savings can't be found in Medicare waste. We're saying that if Americans are not vigilant, these programs can be undermined by seemingly small "fixes."
September 6, 2011
Voters See Sun As Global Warming Factor But Blame Humans More
Al Gore may think it’s "BS", but most voters believe solar activity has an impact on global cooling and warming. A narrow plurality gives human activity the edge over sun activity, though, when it comes to which one has a bigger impact on the problem.
September 5, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 37%
Republicans post a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 4. The GOP has led on the ballot every week since June 2009.
September 5, 2011
Obama Speech Fiasco Shows 'Audacity of Weakness' By Michael Barone
I can't remember a more stunning rebuke of a president by a congressional leader than House Speaker John Boehner's refusal to agree to President Barack Obama's demand -- er, request -- that he summon a joint session of Congress to hear the president's latest speech on the economy at 8 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
September 5, 2011
57% Favor Health Care Repeal, 54% Say Repeal Likely
Most voters still want to repeal the national health care law and are more confident than ever that the law actually will be repealed.
September 5, 2011
Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%
Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.
September 5, 2011
For 17%, Labor Day Is One of the Top Holidays
Only a small percentage of Americans consider Labor Day one of the nation’s biggest holidays, and most celebrate it as the unofficial end of summer rather than a recognition of union workers.
September 4, 2011
Just 33% Took A Summer Vacation This Year
Fewer adults took a summer vacation this year, and half of those that did had to cut back for economic reasons.
September 3, 2011
62% Prefer Minimum Wage States Jobs As An Alternative To Welfare
A majority of voters nationwide like the idea of state governments offering jobs instead of welfare payments to those seeking work.
