Arizona Senate GOP Primary: McCain 52%, Hayworth 40%
Senator John McCain continues to lead Arizona’s hotly contested Republican Senate Primary contest but his level of support is stuck ina narrow range between 47% and 53%.
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May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010
Arizona Senate: Republicans Remain Ahead of Glassman
Both contenders for the Republican Senate nomination have widened their leads over Democrat Rodney Glassman in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.
May 19, 2010
Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal Loses Ground, Leads McMahon By Just Three PointsLeads
Following a New York Times report that he exaggerated his military record, DemocraticSenate hopeful Richard Blumenthal has lost ground in match-ups againstall his potential Republican challengers in Connecticut.
May 18, 2010
70% Say Women in America Better Off Today Than 25 Years Ago
Most adults believe women in America are better off today than they were 25 years ago, but they still don’t think women receive equal pay for equal work.
May 18, 2010
78% Say Athletes Not Held To Same Standards As Other Students
The killing of a University of Virginia female lacrosse player by a member of the male lacrosse team with a problematic past is the latest violent incident involving a college athlete to capture the public's attention. It raises questions, too, about whether the woman's death could have been avoided.
May 18, 2010
64% Favor Offshore Oil Drilling
Despite the major oil rig leak that continues to spew an estimated 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico, the majority of U.S. voters still support offshore oil drilling.
May 18, 2010
39% Favor Kagan’s Confirmation to Supreme Court, 39% Oppose
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan spent the past week introducing herself to the Senate and to the nation, but U.S. voters remain evenly divided over whether she should be confirmed for the high court.
May 18, 2010
66% of Pennsylvania Voters Say America Is Overtaxed
Sixty-six percent (66%) of likely Pennsylvania voters believe that America is overtaxed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. Only 23% disagree, while 10% more are not sure.
May 18, 2010
Taxpayers and Housing Need a Divorce By Froma Harrop
Even though Las Vegas is full of never-sold and foreclosed-upon houses, a rumble of new home building has begun there. Similar trends are seen in other housing meltdown meccas: Phoenix, Florida and inland California.
May 18, 2010
Florida Governor: Newcomer Scott Mixes Up The Race
Millionaire health care executive Rick Scott has bombarded the airwaves to launch his out-of-nowhere bid for governor of Florida, while both the long-running gubernatorial candidates seem to be slipping slightly in the polls.
May 18, 2010
New York Senate: Gillibrand Far Outpaces GOP Challengers
No major Republican has opted to challenge her, and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is comfortably ahead of the three lesser-known GOP hopefuls who’ve announced for this year’s special Senate election in New York.
May 18, 2010
Texas Governor: Perry 51%, White 38%
Texas Governor Rick Perry earns himself a little more breathing room this month, crossing the 50% mark for the first time in his bid for reelection against Democrat Bill White.
May 18, 2010
Starving for Attention at UC Berkeley By Debra J. Saunders
When some 20 UC Berkeley students announced on May 3 that they were launching a hunger strike to protest the new Arizona immigration law, they also issued a set of "demands." They demanded that Chancellor Robert Birgeneau denounce the Arizona law, rehire laid-off janitors and drop disciplinary actions against students arrested after a violent protest.
May 17, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%
Republican candidates now hold a five-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, a further narrowing of the gap between the two parties to the smallest margin this year.
May 17, 2010
69% of Facebook Users Concerned About Security of Personal Information
Facebook may be the world’s top social networking website with more than 400 million active users, but most of its American users express at least some concern about the security of the personal information they share.
May 17, 2010
64% in Pennsylvania Support Offshore Oil Drilling
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 64% of Likely Voters in Pennsylvania still support offshore oil drilling, despite the ongoing major oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico. This marks just a five-point loss of support from a month ago.
May 17, 2010
An Obvious but Muzzled Truth: Islamist Terrorism By Michael Barone
If you want to watch someone squirm, take a look at the two-minute videotape of Attorney General Eric Holder dodging Republican Rep. Lamar Smith's question of whether "radical Islam" motivated the Times Square bomber.
May 17, 2010
55% Favor Immigration Law Like Arizona’s For Their State
Most U.S. voters have been following news reports about the new immigration law in Arizona, and 55% favor passage of such a law in their own state.
May 17, 2010
56% Still Want to Repeal Health Care Law, Political Class Disagrees
Some things never change, and voter opposition to the recently passed national health care law appears to be one of them.
May 17, 2010
Florida Senate: Rubio 39%, Crist 31%, Meek 18%
Charlie Crist received a bounce in the polls when he left the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. New numbers suggest that the bounce for the governor is over.
