38% Say U.S. Will Be Less Safe Following Iraq Troop Withdrawal; 17% Say Nation Will Be Safer
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of American adults believe that the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq will make the U.S. less safe than it is today.
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July 17, 2007
July 16, 2007
51% Say Wait Till September for Iraq Policy Change
Fifty-one percent (51%) of American voters say that the United States should wait for the September progress report before making major policy changes in Iraq.
July 15, 2007
New York Times, Washington Post, and Local Newspapers Seen as Having Liberal Bias
A Rasmussen Reports survey on perceptions of media bias found that Americans tend to believe that the New York Times, Washington Post, and their local newspaper all show a bias in favor of liberals.
July 14, 2007
Public Divided on Fairness Doctrine
Americans are evenly divided as to whether or not the government should “require all radio and television stations to offer equal amounts of conservative and liberal political commentary.”
July 13, 2007
Americans See Liberal Media Bias on TV News
By a 39% to 20% margin, American adults believe that the three major broadcast networks deliver news with a bias in favor of liberals.
July 12, 2007
Public Skeptical of White House in Executive Privilege Claims
Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans believe Congress is legitimately trying to find information about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
July 11, 2007
45% Expect Violence in Iraq to Increase When U.S. Troops Leave
Forty-five percent (45%) of American voters expect sectarian violence in Iraq to increase if U.S. combat troops are withdrawn.
July 11, 2007
Poll: 19% Consider Troop Surge a Success
Just 19% of American voters believe that the U.S. troop surge in Iraq was a success. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 43% of voters consider the surge a failure.
July 9, 2007
34% Believe Global Warming Can Be Stopped
Following the Live Earth concert, 33% of Americans say they followed news coverage of the event Somewhat or Very Closely.
July 7, 2007
39% Favor Impeaching Bush
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans now believe that President Bush should be impeached and removed from office.
July 7, 2007
21% Support Bush Decision to Commute Libby’s Sentence
Just 21% of Americans agree with the President’s decision to commute the prison sentence of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
July 6, 2007
Will Public Dominate Senate Debate On Iraq?
Senators up for re-election in 2008 overwhelmingly aligned themselves with public opinion during the recent immigration debate.
July 2, 2007
53% Want Dem Congress to Push Bush Harder on Iraq
Most American voters (53%) say that Democrats in Congress have not done “enough to change President Bush’s policies in Iraq.”
June 28, 2007
Immigration Bill Failure Proves Rasmussen’s First Law of Politics
Scott Rasmussen’s first law of politics is that America’s politicians aren’t nearly as important as they think they are.
June 28, 2007
No One Notices As Senate Passes Energy Legislation
One aspect of the immigration debate currently churning in the Senate is that few people are paying attention to anything else the nation’s legislators are doing. Last week, the Senate passed energy legislation and no one noticed.
June 25, 2007
Just 22% Favor Stalled Immigration Bill
As the Senate prepares to resume debate the “comprehensive” immigration reform bill, the legislation continues to face broad public opposition
June 15, 2007
President Bush Gets Best Grades on Taxes and the Economy, Worst on Immigration
Forty percent (40%) of American voters say that President Bush is doing a good or an excellent job on taxes.
June 13, 2007
Poll: Voters Want Smaller Steps to Immigration Reform With Focus on Enforcement
Just 20% of American voters want Congress to try and pass the immigration reform bill that failed in the Senate last week.
June 10, 2007
Iraq: Democrats Want Troops Home Now, GOP Want Troops to Finish Mission
Iraq, the issue that enabled the Democrats to regain control of Congress, remains among the most partisan of issues in the United States today.
June 8, 2007
Why the Senate Immigration Bill Failed
Elite newspapers and countless bloggers are writing their own explanations of why the compromise immigration legislation failed last night.
