Voters are even more convinced now that the news media have too much influence on the actions of government and try to help political candidates they want to win. Most also still think the average reporter is more liberal than they are.
Thirty-one percent (31%) of U.S. voters rate the government response to the attempted terrorist bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day as good or excellent, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Democratic voters believe Democrats in Congress have done a good job representing their party’s values over the past several years.
President Obama and congressional Democrats may be suffering these days in the polls, but Republican voters are still unhappy with the job their legislators are doing in Washington, D.C.
More voters have greater confidence in the telephone book these days than in the current Congress, and most think their national legislators are paid too much to boot.
Voters remain highly skeptical about incumbents from both political parties which helps to explain why a number of longtime members of Congress are not seeking reelection in November.
Television is still likely to rule as the primary source of political news for most Americans this year.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly intends to ask this week for a federal bailout to keep his state from going bankrupt. But most voters have never been fans of any kind of federal bailout, and most continue to oppose a bailout for California, even when told what specific budget cuts may be necessary.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from the terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day.
Voters feel far more strongly than they have in over two years that legislation currently being debated in Congress would have a significant impact on their lives, and they’re well aware of which party is in charge.
Following the failed terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day, Americans are a lot less critical of airport security procedures.
A Nigerian Muslim’s attempt to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day has Americans much more concerned about the dangers of another terrorist attack.
Voters end a year that has produced some of the most far-reaching big government policies in decades with the same level of concern they’ve voiced for months.
President Obama on Tuesday named the first White House cybersecurity chief, even as news reports surfaced that computer hackers may have stolen U.S.-South Korean military secrets and millions of dollars from Citgroup.
Voters strongly believe that black-white relations are better today - and improving - but are much less confident about the social situation with Hispanics.
One of the things that political pros often overestimate is how well known politicians are.
President Obama in his recent speech laying out his strategy for the war in Afghanistan stressed how important it is for America’s NATO allies to pitch in.
Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.
Most voters (55%) don’t know enough about Paul Krugman to venture even a soft opinion about him. Those with an opinion are fairly evenly divided—22% favorable and 22% unfavorable. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just one-in-10 voters has a strong opinion about Krugman, with four percent (4%) voicing a Very Favorable opinion and six percent (6%) a Very Unfavorable view.
Were they or weren’t they invited to last week’s White House state dinner with the prime minister of India? That’s what the authorities are trying to find out.
