In a survey conducted the night after their first head-to-head debate, Democrat Richard Blumenthal has moved further ahead of Republican Linda McMahon in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race.
The Rasmussen Employment Index jumped six points in September to reach a two-year high of 75.3.
The Illinois race for U.S. Senate between Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is still neck-and-neck.
With the midterm elections just a month away, television viewers are noticing more political attack ads than ever, but most say the ads aren't changing their minds.
Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the race for Wyoming's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives finds Republican incumbent Cynthia Lummis well ahead of Democratic challenger David Wendt.
Republican candidates now hold a three-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, October 2, 2010. This is the smallest gap between the parties in roughly a year.
Republican Senator John McCain holds a 21-point lead over Democratic challenger Rodney Glassman in his bid for reelection in Arizona.
In the first poll conducted since Meg Whitman faced accusations from her former housekeeper and a debate on Univision, former Governor Jerry Brown now holds a modest advantage in California’s gubernatorial race.
Most voters in Florida feel that the current policies of the federal government encourage illegal immigrants to enter the United States.
Most voters disapprove of the job Nancy Pelosi is doing as speaker of the House and think her political views are extreme, but the majority of Democratic voters say she’s shares their values.
The Colorado governor’s race is increasingly looking like a contest between Democrat John Hickenlooper and independent Tom Tancredo.
It happened late Wednesday night, so it didn't get much coverage: Speaker Nancy Pelosi cast the deciding vote when the House voted, 210-209, to adjourn.
The number of voters who favor repeal of the health care law has fallen to its lowest level since the bill was passed by Congress in late March.
Republican challenger John Boozman continues to lead incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln by nearly 20 points in Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race.
Republican Matt Mead earns his highest level of support yet in the race to be Wyoming's next governor.
Although roughly half of voters in Ohio blame George W. Bush for the poor economy, a solid majority feel the current policies of the government have put the country on the wrong path economically.
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
On Oct. 28, 1980, Albert Greenwood Brown snatched Susan Jordan, 15, raped and strangled her to death with her own shoelace. Brown, who was on parole after raping a 14-year-old girl, then spent the night tormenting the dead girl's parents over the phone, telling them that they would never see their daughter again and where to find the girl's half-nude corpse and belongings. A jury sentenced him to death for that crime.
Democratic incumbent Mike Beebe continues to earn more than 50% support in his bid for reelection as governor of Arkansas.
Sixty-six percent (66%) of Americans still think the federal government should sell its majority ownership of General Motors to private investors as soon as possible. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 14%, want the government to retain ownership of GM for a long time. Twenty percent (20%) are undecided.
