81% Know Someone Out of Work and Looking for a Job
Eight-out-of-10 Americans continue to know someone who is unemployed and currently looking for work. Most adults also remain pessimistic about the future job market.
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March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
Voters Less Concerned About Threat of Japanese Radiation
Though American voters are still following news of the nuclear plant crisis in Japan, they are less worried about radiation reaching the United States.
March 28, 2011
Most Small Business Owners Still Looking for Recovery Signs
45% of Owners Whose Profitability Suffered in Downturn Don't Expect Sustained Recovery for Another Year; Two-Thirds of All Owners Likely to Tap Personal Assets
March 28, 2011
69% Still Angry At Government's Current Policies
Midterm elections and a change of power in the U.S. House of Representatives haven't lowered the level of voter discontent with the federal government and the leaders of the two major political parties.
March 28, 2011
The Eyes of Texas Are Sparkling in the 2010 Census By Michael Barone
The Census Bureau last week released county and city populations for the last of the 50 states from the 2010 Census last week, ahead of schedule. Behind the columns of numbers are many vivid stories of how our nation has been changing -- and some lessons for public policy, as well.
March 28, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 39%
Republicans hold just a four-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending March 27, 2011. It's the GOP's smallest lead since early October 2010.
March 28, 2011
58% Now Favor Health Care Repeal
While voters still favor repeal of the national health care law, concerns that the law will force them to change their existing health insurance are lower than a year ago.
March 27, 2011
66% Hold Favorable View of Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor hadn't made a major film in years, but the movie icon who died last week is still viewed favorably by most Americans.
March 27, 2011
Gadhafi -- the Mad Dog Who Trumped the World By Debra J. Saunders
Every American should look at Libya through the prism of the 1988 Pan Am 103 terrorist bombing that left 270 people dead. Moammar Gadhafi -- the man whom Ronald Reagan called the mad dog of the Middle East -- ordered an attack that killed mostly American civilians in a bombing over British soil. Yet rather than be beaten by more powerful nations, he lived to crow about it.
March 27, 2011
18% Say 1930s-like Depression Very Likely In Next Few Years
The number of Americans who think the U.S. economy will spiral into a depression similar to the 1930’s is at its highest level in two years.
March 26, 2011
75% Say Exercise is Important in Daily Life
Most Americans agree on the importance of exercise and do at least some exercising every week.
March 26, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 25, 2011
Americans began the week finding themselves in military action in yet another Islamic country.
March 25, 2011
71% Rate Their Own Health as Good or Excellent
Americans continue to give their health positive ratings, but they are slightly less optimistic about the future.
March 25, 2011
21% Say Today’s Children Will Be Better Off Than Their Parents
Although today’s children are the future of our nation, most Americans continue to believe they won’t be better off than their parents.
March 25, 2011
Americans Show Little Support for Defending Some Treaty Partners
The United States has defense treaties with a number of nations around the globe, and Rasmussen Reports is asking Americans periodically how they feel about going to bat for these countries if they're attacked. On the latest list of nine countries, most Americans support the United States helping to defend just two of them militarily, Panama and the Bahamas.
March 25, 2011
28% Say Libya Important To U.S. National Security, 42% Disagree
While the Obama administration presses on with the military mission in Libya, few voters view the North African country as important to America’s own security.
March 25, 2011
Up in Smoke By Susan Estrich
I quit smoking 25 years ago. Before that, I had tried eight times, and each time I failed.
March 25, 2011
Paradox and Principle in the New Mideast By Joe Conason
Deciding whether to intervene in Libya, the United States and its allies confronted a terrible situation: the immediate imperative -- to prevent a promised massacre by the country's dictator, versus the many long-term reasons to stay away, from the uncertainty of success to the very question of what success would mean. On balance, we could not stand by and allow Moammar Gadhafi to carry out his grotesque threat.
March 25, 2011
50% Recognize that Most Americans Support Congressional Term Limits
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of U.S. Likely Voters recognize that most Americans favor congressional term limits. Just 20% believe it is a view held mostly by conservatives.
March 25, 2011
Obama On Oil: More Misleading Rhetoric By Howard Rich
President Barack Obama says that Americans are “tired of talk” when it comes to rising gas prices. Unfortunately his administration continues to say one thing and do another on this critical economic front – ignoring opportunities to increase our oil supply while at the same time taking credit for production gains that he is actively seeking to dismantle.
