President Obama is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for at least $50 billion in new government spending on the nation’s transportation infrastructure and billions more in tax credits in hopes of jumpstarting the troubled economy with midterm elections less than two months away.
Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remain in a dead heat in California’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican Governor Dave Heineman still holds a better than two-to-one lead over Democratic challenger Mike Meister in his bid for reelection in Nebraska.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. The survey data was collected on the seven days ending Sunday, September 5, 2010.
Imagine that you have a product whose price tag for decades rises faster than inflation. But people keep buying it because they're told that it will make them wealthier in the long run. Then, suddenly, they find it doesn't. Prices fall sharply, bankruptcies ensue, great institutions disappear.
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but a plurality believes that repeal of the controversial measure is unlikely.
It’s Labor Day, but, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, just 15% of Americans rate it as one of the nation’s most important holidays.
Summer is almost over and according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, reading and playing games continues to be the most popular activities of the summer.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo continues to hold almost a four-to-one lead over Democrat Tom Sullivan in the race for Idaho’s senate seat.
Voters in Pennsylvania are not very happy with Congress or the federal government.
At the end of Obamaland's Recovery Summer, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is betting that Californians want the federal government to keep growing.
When it comes to celebrating Labor Day, 52% consider the holiday as the unofficial end of the summer. A third (32%), however, actually celebrate it to honor workers, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Republican Brian Sandoval earns his highest level of support yet against his Democratic challenger, Rory Reid, in the race to be Nevada's next governor.
Labor Day is upon us marking both the unofficial end of summer and the start of the fall campaign season. All indications are that the voters are prepared to do the same thing they did in 2006 and 2008, vote against the party in power.
Following a nationwide FDA recall on eggs, only 19% of Americans who eat eggs at least once a month say the recent recall has caused them to cut down on the amount of eggs they normally eat.
The number of Americans who report they’re paying more for gas has fallen dramatically in the last five months, and the number that expects prices to increase in the future is also down.
Incumbent Republican C.L. “Butch” Otter still leads the race for Idaho’s next governor.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Likely Voters in Ohio are angry at the current policies of the federal government, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
If Congress wants to change Social Security, 71% believe that any proposed changed should be submitted to a vote of the American people. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% disagree and 9% are not sure.
That was the headline on Thursday's Drudge Report. And it is as good a summary as any of what happened Wednesday night when incumbent California Sen. Barbara Boxer met her challenger, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, in their first debate.
