71% Give Congress Poor Rating
Voter unhappiness with Congress has reached the highest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports as 71% now say the legislature is doing a poor job.
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February 24, 2010
February 17, 2010
28% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Just 28% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. This marks the lowest level of voter confidence in the nation’s current course since one year ago and appears to signal the end of a slight burst of confidence at the first of this year.
February 16, 2010
Republicans Lead Democrats by Nine in Generic Ballot
Republican candidates lead Democrats by nine points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 10, 2010
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
February 10, 2010
Voters Put Economy Far Ahead As Most Important Issue
The economy still trumps all other key issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports in terms of importance.
February 9, 2010
Generic Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 36%
Republican candidates lead Democrats by eight points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, marking little change since the first of the year.
February 3, 2010
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
February 2, 2010
Republicans Lead By Seven on Generic Ballot
Republican candidates lead Democrats by seven points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 1, 2010
Partisan Trends: Number of Unaffiliateds Jumps to Highest Total Since 2007
In January, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell another tenth-of-a-percentage point. Now the number of Democrats is at the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking by Rasmussen Reports.
January 29, 2010
38% Say U.S. and Allies Winning War on Terror
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror. That’s the third time in four Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys that confidence has been below 40%. Numbers that bleak haven’t been recorded in consecutive surveys since the middle of 2007.
January 28, 2010
61% Say Congress Doing a Poor Job
The number of voters who give Congress a poor job performance rating is now at its highest level in more than three years. More voters also think most members of Congress are corrupt.
January 27, 2010
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of U.S. voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 26, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 37%
Republican candidates again hold a nine-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
January 21, 2010
Just 30% Now Say Health Care Reform Is Goal Obama Most Likely to Achieve
Voters, as they have all year, rate cutting the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term as President Obama’s number one budget priority.
January 20, 2010
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 19, 2010
Republicans Post Eight-Point Lead in Generic Ballot
Republican candidates still hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
January 15, 2010
Reid's Favorables Up Slightly
In a rare bit of good news for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, it seems the more people who know about him, the more there are who like him.
January 13, 2010
32% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 12, 2010
Republicans Ahead Again By Nine On Generic Ballot
Republican candidates have now posted a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the first two weeks of 2010.
