55% Oppose Limits On U.S. Nuclear Response To Attacks
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters oppose President Obama’s new policy prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons in response to chemical or biological attacks on the United States.
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April 8, 2010
April 6, 2010
55% Say Media Bias Bigger Problem in Politics Than Big Contributions
Voters agree that big money talks in politics but apparently not as loudly as big media.
April 6, 2010
38% More Likely To Contribute Time or Money To A Political Campaign This Year
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of U.S. voters say they are more likely to contribute time or money to a political campaign this year compared to previous election years.
April 5, 2010
Tea Party 48% Obama 44%
On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president’s views are closer to their own.
April 1, 2010
49% Think New Student Loan Plan Is A Bad Idea, 35% Like It
President Obama this week signed into law a plan that gets the federal government more directly involved in the student loan market, but just 35% of Americans think that’s a good idea. Most don’t think it will save the billions of dollars the president says it will, either.
March 29, 2010
53% Worry Opposition to Obama’s Policies Will Lead To Violence
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters now are at least somewhat concerned that those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence, up 10 points from last September.
March 28, 2010
Only 27% Say U.S. Will Remain Most Powerful Nation
Just 27% of U.S. voters now think the United States will still be the most powerful nation in the world at the end of the 21st century, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
March 28, 2010
Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress
In official Washington, some consider the Tea Party movement a fringe element in society but voters across the nation feel closer to the Tea Party movement than they do to Congress.
March 15, 2010
Three-Way Ballot: Democrats 34%, GOP 27%, Tea Party 21%
Both Republican and Tea Party candidates have gained a little ground in a potential three-way congressional contest, but Democrats remain on top.
March 11, 2010
45% Say Parents Less Involved Now In Their Children’s Education
Americans are critical of the textbooks children use and of the government for not spending enough on the schools. But many also criticize the performance of today’s parents.
March 8, 2010
55% Say Government Doesn’t Spend Enough on Public Education
While government leaders attempt to tackle budget deficits that are ballooning to historic proportions, 55% of Americans say the government does not spend enough money on public education.
February 19, 2010
43% Expect Change If GOP Takes Over Congress, 32% Don’t
Given increasing voter unhappiness with Congress, many analysts suggest Republicans may win control of at least the House in this November’s elections, but voters have mixed feelings about how big a change that might really be.
February 19, 2010
73% Agree That Washington Is “Broken”
Seventy-three percent (73%) of U.S. voters agree with Vice President Joseph Biden that “Washington right now is broken.”
February 18, 2010
Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed
The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the governed.
February 17, 2010
Voters Think Democrats More Likely To Have A Plan for the Future
The first President Bush called it “the vision thing,” and voters are more confident that the Democratic Party has it than do Republicans. They also see Democrats as more ideological than the GOP these days.
February 16, 2010
43% Say Local Government Better Than Feds, States
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level.
February 15, 2010
59% Favor Letting States Opt Out of Federal Programs
Voters strongly believe that a state should have the right to avoid federal programs it doesn’t like, but they draw the line at states seceding from the union.
February 10, 2010
35% Say New Political Party Is Needed
Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters now think Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that an entirely new political party is needed to represent the American people.
February 9, 2010
63% Say Better for Country If Most of Congress Not Reelected
Most voters think the country would be better off if the majority of the current Congress wasn’t reelected this November, and their confidence in their own congressman continues to fall.
February 9, 2010
Tea Party Candidate Now Comes In Last On Three-Way Generic Ballot
For Republicans, the good news is that the Tea Party challenge is a little less scary for now. The bad news is that Democrats are still ahead in a three-way Generic Ballot test.
