Americans Evenly Divided Over Urgency of Health Care Reform
Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans say the Obama administration should wait on health care reform until the economy improves.
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June 19, 2009
June 18, 2009
Voters Closely Divided Over Cause of Global Warming
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of U.S. voters now believe human activity is the cause of global warming, while 40% say it is caused by long-term planetary trends.
June 15, 2009
83% Now Say More U.S. Troops Likely in Afghanistan
Voters for now rule out the idea of negotiating directly with the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan and feel more strongly that President Obama will have to send more U.S. troops there.
June 15, 2009
41% Favor Public Sector Health Care Option, 41% Disagree
Forty-one percent (41%) of American adults believe it would be a good idea to set up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that an identical number (41%) disagree.
June 12, 2009
Americans Support Universal Health Coverage, But Not If It Covers Illegal Immigrants
Eighty percent (80%) of U.S. voters oppose providing government health care coverage for illegal immigrants as part of the health care reform package that is working its way through Congress.
June 3, 2009
46% Want Health Reform Now, 45% Say Wait Until Economy Improves
Voters remain closely divided on the urgency for health care reform, given the troubled state of the economy.
June 1, 2009
Congressional Consensus on Health Care Gets Mixed Reviews from Public
The Politico reports that “the broad outlines of a consensus plan” have emerged for health care reform. While acknowledging that there are “no guarantees,” the influential Washington newspaper says that the consensus is built around guidelines that assume “all Americans would be guaranteed access to health insurance. In fact, they’d probably be required to purchase it.”
May 26, 2009
49% Oppose Closing Guantanamo Prison Camp
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now disagree with President Barack Obama’s decision to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
May 21, 2009
31% Say Healthy Should Be Required to Buy Health Insurance
Some Americans, generally younger adults and those in good health, decide on their own not to buy health insurance. But the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 31% of the nation’s adults believe even those who are young and healthy should be required to buy health coverage.
May 21, 2009
55% Back Higher Fuel-Efficiency Standards – Even If Car Costs More
Most Americans agree with President Obama’s push for higher fuel efficiency even if, as expected, it increases the cost of a new car.
May 20, 2009
50% Support More Taxes on Alcohol To Help Fund Universal Health Care
Fifty percent (50%) of Americans favor increasing taxes on beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages to help provide health insurance for every one in the country.
May 18, 2009
50% Favor Building More Nuke Plants in U.S.
Just one-out-of-three voters (34%) now believe global warming is caused by human activity, the lowest finding yet in Rasmussen Reports national surveying. However, a plurality (48%) of the Political Class believes humans are to blame.
May 18, 2009
42% Favor Free Health Care For All Americans – Unless Their Own Coverage Has To Change
Americans are evenly divided over the idea of making free health care available to every one in the country, but opposition grows dramatically when their own health insurance is involved.
May 17, 2009
56% of Uninsured Rate U.S. Health Care System as Poor, 26% Receive Poor Care
Most Americans without health insurance (56%) rate the U.S. health care system as poor. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 20% of the uninsured believe the system as good or excellent.
May 15, 2009
32% Would Pay Higher Taxes to Provide Health Insurance for All
Thirty-two percent (32%) of American adults say they’d be willing to pay higher taxes so that health insurance could be provided for all Americans. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 54% say they’re not willing to pay more in taxes.
May 15, 2009
35% Rate U.S. Health Care Good or Excellent
Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans rate the nation’s health care system as good or excellent. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 34% of the nation’s adults say the health care system is fair and 30% rate it as poor.
May 14, 2009
70% of Insured Rate Health Insurance Coverage As Good or Excellent
Seventy percent (70%) of Americans with health insurance rate their coverage as good or excellent.
May 11, 2009
Congress Pushes Cap and Trade, But Just 24% Know What It Is
The gap between Capitol Hill and Main Street is huge when it comes to the so-called "cap-and-trade" legislation being considered in Congress. So wide, in fact, that few voters even know what the proposed legislation is all about.
May 8, 2009
40% Say Israelis, Palestinians Can Peacefully Coexist
With Israel and Iran turning up the bellicose language, U.S. voters are less confident than they were at the beginning of the year that Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace.
May 7, 2009
If Israel Attacks Iran, 49% Say U.S. Should Help
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans say that if Israel launches an attack against Iran, the United States should help Israel. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% believe the United States should do nothing while just 2% believe the U.S. should help Iran.
