North Korea, Iran Still Head The List of U.S. Enemies
Most Americans see just two countries as enemies of the United States – North Korea and Iran. No one else is even close.
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August 26, 2010
August 26, 2010
Voters Now Trust Republicans More On All 10 Key Issues
Voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on nine out of 10 key issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.
August 26, 2010
60% In Illinois Say Most Members of Congress Don’t Care What Voters Think
While a majority of voters in Illinois believe most members of Congress don’t care what their constituents think, most haven’t given their representatives a chance to hear their opinions.
August 26, 2010
Incumbent Defeats By The Numbers By Larry J. Sabato
At the Crystal Ball we receive many requests for information about the history of congressional elections, and there are many ways to look at this topic. In the two simple bar graphs below, we present one way to conceptualize a key part of the contests for Congress. How many incumbents lose for the House and the Senate?
August 26, 2010
New Mexico Governor: Martinez (R) 48%, Denish (D) 43%
Republican Susana Martinez earns her highest support yet against Democrat Diane Denish in the race to be New Mexico’s next governor.
August 26, 2010
The Mosque and the 'American Street' by Froma Harrop
The circus around the mosque should start to lose audience. New York officials have the authority to decide whether an Islamic center may be built near the tragic site of the attacks on the Twin Towers.
August 26, 2010
Utah Senate: Lee (R) 54%, Granato (D) 29%
Republican Mike Lee continues to hold a commanding lead over his Democratic opponent Sam Granato in the U.S. Senate race in Utah.
August 26, 2010
Florida Senate: Rubio (R) 40%, Crist (I) 30%, Meek (D) 21%
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida shows Marco Rubio attracting 40% of the vote, while Charlie Crist picks up 30% in the race to become the state’s next U.S. senator. The new Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek earns 21% support.
August 26, 2010
Redistricting Could Prolong the Democrats' Pain By Michael Barone
Every 10 years, it's time for reapportionment and redistricting. The framers of the Constitution created the first regularly scheduled national census and required, for the first time that I am aware, that representation in a legislature be apportioned according to population.
August 26, 2010
California Governor: Whitman (R) 48%, Brown (D) 40%
The California governor’s race between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman remains a nail-biter.
August 25, 2010
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, August 22.
August 25, 2010
63% In Texas Favor Extending Bush Tax Cuts
Voters in Texas favor extending the so-called Bush tax cuts that are scheduled to end December 31 and are confident that their expiration would have negative impacts on the economy.
August 25, 2010
Wisconsin Senate: Johnson (R) 47%, Feingold (D) 46%
Incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold and his top Republican challenger, Ron Johnson, are essentially tied again this month in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race.
August 25, 2010
Prelude to Appeasement by Tony Blankley
Neoconservatives, Reaganites and other militarily assertive factions in the United States are sometimes accused of thinking it is always 1938 (Britain's appeasement of Hitler at Munich) -- that there is always a Hitler-like aggressor being appeased and about to drag the world into conflict.
August 25, 2010
26% Say They’re Part of Tea Party Movement Or Know Someone Who Is
With mid-term elections just over two months away, roughly one-in-four U.S. voters (26%) say they consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement or have close friends or family members who are involved with it.
August 25, 2010
Utah Governor: Herbert (R) 60%, Corroon (D) 29%
Republican Governor Gary Herbert still leads his Democratic challenger, Peter Corroon, by a two-to-one margin in Utah’s gubernatorial contest.
August 25, 2010
Leaving Home by Susan Estrich
For the past two weeks, I've been traveling across the country interviewing law students who have applied for jobs at my law firm.
August 25, 2010
Wisconsin Senate: Johnson (R) 47%, Feingold (D) 46%
Incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold and his top Republican challenger, Ron Johnson, are essentially tied again this month in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race.
August 25, 2010
Oregon Senate: Wyden (D) 56%, Huffman (R) 36%
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is now comfortably ahead in his bid for reelection in Oregon.
August 25, 2010
Illinois Senate: Giannoulias (D) 42%, Kirk (R) 40%
Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk remain in a near-tie in Illinois’ race for the U.S. Senate.
