Pot or not, that is the question.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of American adults say alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 19% disagree and say pot is worse.
Labor Day's almost here, so in a new Rasmussen Reports survey, we asked Americans what they did this summer.
The plurality of American adults (46%) believes colleges and universities do not do enough to monitor students’ behavior, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans say current economic conditions in the country are at least somewhat likely to lead to increased crime. Forty-seven percent (47%) say they are very likely to do so.
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults think admission to U.S. national parks should always be free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Forty years ago 400,000 people descended on a small town 80 miles northwest of New York City and staged a music festival that would become the symbol of a generation.
Forty-five percent (45%) of Internet users say a plan by at least one major news organization to charge for online content is likely to hurt the newspapers in question financially, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to get the swine flu vaccine if it becomes available, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-eight percent (38%) say they are very likely to do so.
Get smart, but do it in school. That seems to be the message from a sizable majority of American adults.
President Obama yesterday announced $2.4 billion in federal grants to spur the production of electric cars in this country, and 40% of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to buy an all-electric car within the next decade. But only 14% say it’s very likely.
As far as the public is concerned, the embattled U.S. news media is on its own.
Communities across the country have been toying with the idea of shifting to year-round schooling for educational and budget reasons, but 68% of Americans oppose extending the school year to a 12-month calendar.
Only 17% of Americans say teachers should be asked to take furloughs or pay cuts to help deal with the budget crises that are facing many school systems nationwide.
Twitter is the latest social networking craze on the Internet, but a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of Twitter users are concerned about the safety of their personal information on the site. Twenty-six percent (26%) are very concerned.
Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans say they still consider network television news programs a more reliable source of news than the Internet.
Buzz Aldrin, one of the three U.S. astronauts who first walked on the moon in 1969, says America’s next goal should be sending a manned mission to Mars, but just 29% of Americans agree.
Seventy percent (70%) of American adults say the number of homeless families in the country will increase over the next year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just seven percent (7%) expect that number to decline, while 19% think it will stay about the same.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans say they are overweight, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Thirty-six percent (36%) of Americans say road rage is increasing in the United States, while 42% say it’s staying about the same.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans say gun sales are up in the United States because of a fear of increased government restriction on gun ownership.
