2010 Florida GOP Senate Primary: Crist 43%, Rubio 43%
Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio are now tied in the 2010 race for the Republican Senate nomination in Florida.
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December 15, 2009
December 15, 2009
Generic Ballot: Republicans 44% Democrats 37%
Republican candidates have bounced back to a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
December 15, 2009
59% Say Average Government Worker Earns More Than Average Taxpayer
Compared to the average government worker, most Americans think they work harder, have less job security and make less money.
December 15, 2009
52% Oppose Further Regulation of U.S. Financial System
Americans remain opposed to further government regulation of the U.S. financial system, even as President Obama and congressional Democrats move closer to passage of legislation that will give the government more oversight than ever.
December 15, 2009
Sin Taxes Are a Shame By Froma Harrop
Sly industry-sponsored ads in which ordinary Americans worry about some scheme in Congress generally irritate me. A grunt greeted the TV spot you've no doubt seen: A woman unloading groceries frets over a proposed "tax on juice, milk and soda" as Americans like her count every penny.
December 15, 2009
48% Concerned About Toy Safety This Holiday Season
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans say they are at least somewhat concerned about the safety of toys being sold this holiday season, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty-three percent (23%) are very concerned.
December 15, 2009
Electoral Dysfunction from Barbara Boxer By Debra J. Saunders
The U.S. Senate defeated an amendment last week to restrict taxpayer funding of abortions under Obamacare. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., voted against the measure, arguing that it would require women to buy special riders to purchase abortion coverage.
December 14, 2009
50% Agree Afghanistan Is A 'Just' War
Fifty percent (50%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama that Afghanistan is a "just" war.
December 14, 2009
60% Have Started Holiday Shopping, 21% Are Done
With less than two weeks to go before Christmas Day, 60% of Americans have at least started their holiday shopping, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 14, 2009
62% Think Afghanistan Will Be A Harder Fight Than Iraq
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters think it will be harder for America to make progress in Afghanistan than it was in Iraq.
December 14, 2009
40% Support Health Care Plan, 56% Oppose It
Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters now oppose the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the highest level of opposition found - reached three times before - in six months of polling.
December 14, 2009
2010 Colorado Governor: McInnis 48%, Ritter 40%
Like many Democrats nationwide these days, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter who was easily elected in 2006 finds himself trailing his chief Republican opponent in a potential 2010 match-up.
December 14, 2009
2010 Pennsylvania Governor: GOP Has Early Edge But Race Wide-Open
The candidate with the best statewide name recognition is in front, but with no one earning over 50% of the vote, Pennsylvania’s 2010 governor’s race is shaping up for now as wide open.
December 14, 2009
Could Obama's Speeches Reflect a Foreign Policy Shift? By Michael Barone
"Evil does exist in the world." This bald assertion is probably not what the Norwegian grantors of the Nobel Peace Prize expected to hear from Barack Obama. It sounds like something that the definer of the axis of evil might say, without the Texas twang.
December 13, 2009
Pelosi Negatives Go Up When She’s Identified As House Speaker
One of the things that political pros often overestimate is how well known politicians are.
December 12, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Ending December 11, 2009
Like Yogi Berra said, it’s déjà vu all over again.
December 12, 2009
51% in Illinois Oppose Prison for Guantanamo Terrorists In Their State
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Illinois voters oppose relocating some suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba to a prison in their state.
December 12, 2009
First, the Good News on the Economic Recovery...By Lawrence Kudlow
First, the good news on the economic recovery that everybody loves to hate: Retail sales totally beat Wall Street estimates with a huge 1.3 percent gain in November. Core retail sales have increase 5.6 percent at an annual rate over the past three months. Family net wealth has rebounded $5 trillion over the past six months.
December 11, 2009
52% Consider Holiday Season Joyous
For most Americans, the December holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year.
December 11, 2009
62% Less Likely to Travel This Holiday Season
Most American adults (62%) say they are less likely to travel this holiday season compared to past years, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
