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.
The number of Republicans in the United States grew in August while the number of Democrats slipped a bit and the gap between the parties fell to the smallest advantage for Democrats in five years.
Republican Incumbent David Vitter still earns over 50% of the vote against Democrat Charlie Melancon in the U.S. Senate race in Louisiana.
Democratic Governor Ted Strickland still trails his Republican challenger, John Kasich, by eight points in his bid for reelection in Ohio.
In Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the U.S. Senate race in Alaska, Republican newcomer Joe Miller holds a six-point lead over Sitka Mayor Scott McAdams.
American adults are almost evenly divided about how well the government regulates cleanliness standards in places that serve food.
So which summer film was your favorite? Adults who go to the movies at least once a month have placed their votes and selected “Inception” and “Toy Story 3” as this summer’s best flicks.
The Rasmussen Employment Index inched up just over half a point this month from its six-month low in July.
A majority of voters in Florida feel that neither major political party's leaders have the answers to today’s major issues, and even more believe most member of Congress don’t care what the people think.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely Voters nationwide want Congress to cut its own pay until the federal budget is balanced.
"Mad Men" just won its third Emmy for "outstanding drama." If there were a gold statue for "best nostalgic portrayal," the AMC series would have walked off with that one, too. The allure and success of "Mad Men" is its stylish evocation of a lost era that many older Americans miss and younger ones envy.
Republican Rob Portman now picks up 44% support while his opponent, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, earns the vote from 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters of Ohio’s U.S. Senate race.
The latest CBS poll found that 59 percent of Americans view Arizona's SB1070, the immigration bill that allows Arizona to prosecute immigration violations, as "just right," while another 14 percent think the bill doesn't go far enough. So why does President Obama continue to hammer Arizona's law? And why did the State Department include a reference to the Arizona law in a report for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on America's human rights record?
In the race for governor of Colorado, all three candidates have lost support over the past couple of weeks.
Republican Pat Toomey continues to hold a modest lead over his Democratic Challenger, Joe Sestak, in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.
In the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic Governor Joe Manchin attracts 48% of the vote while Republican businessman John Raese earns 42%.
Republicans now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Just over half of U.S. voters continue to believe that the new health care law will increase the cost of care and believe the law will be bad for the country.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say that most judges in the country are too liberal. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 18% believe most judges are too conservative and 31% say the judges are about right ideologically.
It's a bit too early for House Republican leader John Boehner to measure the drapes and pick out new wallpaper.
