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May 5, 2010

Only 7% Say New York Politicians Less Corrupt Than Politicians In Other States

Just seven percent (7%) of New York voters view politicians in their state as less corrupt than those in other states, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.

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May 5, 2010

37% Say Economy Will Be Stronger A Year From Now, 37% Say Weaker

Adults still have mixed feelings about the state of the economy a year from today, but confidence in the economy's long-range prospects is at its lowest level in over a year.

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May 5, 2010

Americans Still Think Government Workers Earn More, Have More Job Security

Americans remain convinced that government workers earn more and have more job security than those who work in the private sector.

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May 5, 2010

Russia and America: Turning the World Upside Down By Howard Rich

A little over a year ago, a columnist for the newspaper that once served as the official communications organ of the Central Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had some choice words for what remains of America’s free market economy.

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May 5, 2010

Michigan Voters Rate Their Elected Officials

Michigan voters aren’t thrilled with their choices for governor. Two-thirds of Democratic Primary voters are either undecided or would prefer some other candidate in the race. Undecided leads among Republican Primary voters.

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May 5, 2010

Smaller Government, Anyone? By Susan Estrich

Maybe not this week.

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May 5, 2010

33% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction

For the second straight week, 33% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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May 5, 2010

Colorado Senate: GOP Hopefuls Still Hold Slight Edge

Support for the candidates in Colorado's U.S. Senate race largely remains in the same narrow range it's been in for months, with all three Republicans continuing to hold modest leads over their Democratic opponents.

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May 5, 2010

Boot the Boot Metaphor By Tony Blankley

In the opening hours and days of an unanticipated event -- such as the current off-shore oil leak, usually not much can be reliably learned about the details of the intruding event -- but much can reliably be learned about the humans responding to it.

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May 4, 2010

Americans More Optimistic About Stock Market's Recovery

The majority of American adults expect the stock market to recover within the next three years, and short-term optimism is at a new high.

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May 4, 2010

Missouri Senate: Blunt 50%, Carnahan 42%

Little has changed this month in Missouri’s race for U.S. Senate, but Republican Congressman Roy Blunt now earns 50% support for the first time against Democrat Robin Carnahan.

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May 4, 2010

42% in New York Oppose State Funding of Charter Schools, 38% Favor It

The New York State Senate is zeroing in on legislation that would more than double the amount of charter schools in the state. But a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Likely Voters in the state have mixed feelings about public funding of the privately managed schools.

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May 4, 2010

Florida Senate: Crist 38%, Rubio 34%, Meek 17%

The Florida Senate race appears to be a whole new ballgame with Republican Governor Charlie Crist’s decision to run as an independent.

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May 4, 2010

25% Have Favorable Opinion of Immigration Rights Protesters, 50% Unfavorable

Following weekend protests against the new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, support for the Arizona policy remains unchanged.

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May 4, 2010

20% of Illinois Democrats Say Party Should Pick A New Candidate For Senate

Twenty percent (20%) of Illinois Democratic voters think the party should replace Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias because of his ties to the failed Broadway Bank, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.

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May 4, 2010

Latino Giant to Change U.S. Politics By Froma Harrop

SAN ANTONIO -- It was over frozen lattes three blocks from the Alamo that Lydia Camarillo and I discussed the wave of Latino voters expected to change politics in Texas -- and America. Camarillo is vice president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a group that signs up new Hispanic voters and spurs them to the polls.

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May 4, 2010

Whitman Can Spend, but Can She Govern? By Debra J. Saunders

"Meg 2010, Building a New California," the glossy 40-plus-page "policy agenda" for former eBay CEO and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, is so slick that it sat on my desk for weeks before I could finish it. I would pick it up, think that, like her candidacy, it is overly packaged, and toss it back on the pile of papers that litter my desk. It does a great job of laying out California's financial woes and suggesting possible reforms -- but it leaves out how she'll get things done in Sacramento.

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May 4, 2010

53% Favor Public Employee Unions

New Jersey and California are just two of the states that are wrestling with high numbers of well-compensated unionized public employees as they try to reduce growing budget deficits.

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May 3, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republican 44%, Democrat 37%

Republican candidates now hold a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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May 3, 2010

47% in Illinois Favor Allowing Local Police to Look for Illegal Immigrants

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in Illinois finds that 47% favor giving local police the authority to stop and check the immigration status of persons they suspect of being in the country illegally.