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April 30, 2009

68% Correctly Predicted Giraud Would Be Eliminated from ‘American Idol’

Way to go! The majority of participants in this week's Rasmussen Prediction Challenge (68%) correctly predicted that Matt Giraud would be the contestant eliminated from "American Idol."

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April 29, 2009

68% Predict Giraud Will Be Voted Off ‘American Idol’ Tonight

“American Idol” is down to five contestants, and the majority of predictors (68%) in this week’s Rasmussen Prediction Challenge say Matt Giraud will be the next one eliminated from the show.

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April 28, 2009

50% Say Drunk Driving Laws Not Tough Enough

One-out-of-two (50%) American adults agree that drunk driving laws in the United States are not tough enough, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. Only eight percent (8%) say the laws are too tough, and 36% believe that they’re about right.

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April 23, 2009

29% Correctly Predicted Rounds, Desai Would Be Eliminated from ‘Idol’

Twenty-nine percent (29%) correctly predicted that Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai would be the next contestants eliminated from "American Idol."

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April 22, 2009

35% Predict Giraud, Rounds Will Be Next To Go on ‘American Idol’

"American Idol" still has seven contestants remaining, thanks to the "save" the judges used last week for Matt Giraud. But because of that save, two contestants will be eliminated on tonight’s show.

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April 22, 2009

Only 31% Believe Americans Environmentally Aware

Wednesday is Earth Day, a day first celebrated 39 years ago to inspire awareness and appreciation of the environment. But, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, only 31% of American adults believe their fellow countrymen are environmentally aware.

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April 21, 2009

70% Say Families Are Recyclers

Seventy percent (70%) of Americans say their families participate in recycling, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 25% say they don’t.

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April 20, 2009

27% Plan to Take Spring Vacation This Year

Spring has sprung, and one thing 27% of Americans adults plan to spring for this season is a vacation, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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April 16, 2009

Just 5% Predicted Judges Would “Save” 'Idol' Contestant Last Night

Well, they can’t be right all the time. Last week, we asked readers in our Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge to predict who they thought would be the next contestant to be eliminated from ‘American Idol.’

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April 15, 2009

46% Predict Desai Next To Go in 'American Idol'

Voting is officially closed for the latest Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge, and 45% of predictors think Anoop Desai will be the next contestant to be eliminated from Fox's "American Idol."

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April 11, 2009

79% Believe Jesus Christ Rose from the Dead

As Christians gather to celebrate Easter this Sunday, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 88% of adults nationwide think the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago.

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April 10, 2009

For Most Americans, Easter Is An Important Holiday

Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans say Easter is one of the nation’s most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's up seven points from a year ago.

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April 7, 2009

64% of Americans Are Comfortable Using Credit Cards Online

Most adults (64%) who use the internet at least occasionally say they are very or somewhat comfortable using credit cards to make purchases online, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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April 5, 2009

22% Pick Boston Red Sox to Win 2009 World Series

It’s opening day of the 2009 Major League Baseball season, and participants in the latest Rasmussen Prediction Challenge think the title of World Series Champion will go back to an American League team this year.

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April 4, 2009

46% Say UNC Will Take NCAA Tournament

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels are well ahead of the competition in the latest Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge, with 46% predicting the team will win this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.

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April 2, 2009

61% Are Confident Online and Other Sources Can Replace Newspapers

This is the finding that struggling daily newspapers don’t want to hear: 61% of American adults are confident that online and other news sources will make up the difference and report things people want to know about if many newspapers go out of business.

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March 31, 2009

Most Americans Okay With Office Pools But Don’t Play

Nine percent (9%) percent of men are either in a pool or know a family members who’s in one, compared to six percent (6%) of women.

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March 25, 2009

Nearly One-Third of Younger Americans See Colbert, Stewart As Alternatives to Traditional News Outlets

Nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 40 say satirical news-oriented television programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are taking the place of traditional news outlets.

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March 24, 2009

The Word Is -- A Tie -- For Stewart, Colbert and Miller

The results are in for the showdown of the cable news political comics – and it’s a tie. Among those who know who they are, that is.

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March 17, 2009

48% Will Wear Green on St. Patrick’s Day

Nearly one-out-of two-Americans (48%) plan to wear green today to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.