To reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities, a New Jersey lawmaker has proposed penalizing those who use cell phones without hands-free devices on sidewalks and beside roadways. More than a third of Americans are on board with that idea.
While Easter is not the most important holiday of the year for the majority of Americans, most plan on attending a church service to honor it.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American Adults continue to regard Easter, the day Christians believe marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as one of our nation’s most important holidays. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 12% think it’s among the least important holidays, while 46% place it somewhere in between. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on March 22-23, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Americans’ belief in Jesus Christ’s resurrection is even higher this Easter.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Slurpee, the frozen carbonated beverage sold at 7-Eleven convenience stores worldwide, and Americans have fond feelings toward the sugary, icy drink.
Sunday was the first official day of spring, leaving behind Americans' least favorite season and putting most in a better mood.
Freedom of speech. It’s the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for many the most important. But most Americans still feel it’s in danger.
Following a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision this week to uphold an adoption by a lesbian couple in Georgia, just over half of Americans say they support same-sex couples adopting children.
Americans are very angry politically as the surprising success of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders clearly indicates, but fortunately they're not taking that anger out on their family and friends.
Americans don't consider their fellow countrymen an overly honest group, but they think most play fair when it comes to their taxes.
This Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards are marred by controversy over a lack of diversity among the nominees, but viewers don't seem to mind.
Voters disagree with Apple’s decision to challenge a federal court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino, California terrorist massacre, with even more continuing to say preventing terrorism is more important than protecting Americans’ privacy.
Americans don’t rate Presidents’ Day too highly on their list of federal holidays, but most think the number of holidays celebrated by the federal government is about right.
President Obama's recent executive actions on solitary confinement and the treatment of mentally ill prisoners are the latest efforts in a bipartisan push to reform the country’s prison system. While most Americans agree that too many people are incarcerated, many also feel conditions in America's prisons today aren't tough enough.
The World Health Organization this week officially declared a public health emergency in response to the rapidly spreading Zika virus in Latin America. While a majority of Americans show some concern about the virus, they also think the media overhypes such outbreaks.
Detroit public school teachers are taking "sick-outs" in huge numbers in part to protest their pay, causing school shutdowns throughout the city and illustrating the power of public employee unions. Most Americans still agree that teachers are underpaid and have a slightly more positive view of teachers' unions these days.
The names Obama and Clinton never appear in “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” but Republicans are still twice as likely as Democrats to have the new movie on their viewing list. The film details the on-the-ground circumstances surrounding the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya on September 11-12, 2012, while Hillary Clinton was secretary of State.
While the residents of Flint, Michigan deal with the repercussions of lead-contaminated drinking water, the vast majority of Americans still consider their home water supply quite dependable.
Confidence in race relations in America continues to fall, with hopes for the future at their lowest level yet.
Views of Martin Luther King Jr. Day haven’t changed, but even after seven years of having the first black president in office, Americans are more dubious than ever that King’s dream of equal opportunity has been achieved. Blacks are the most skeptical.
Half of Americans intended to get in on this week’s unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot even though very few know someone who has ever won a big lottery.
