49% Say Impact of 9/11 Attacks Forgotten By Most Americans
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans believe that most of their fellow countrymen have already forgotten the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in which 3,000 died.
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September 11, 2009
September 4, 2009
Americans Say JFK Had Biggest Impact of the Kennedy Brothers
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963 after nearly three years in the White House, had the most positive and lasting impact on the nation of all of the political Kennedy brothers.
September 3, 2009
51% Say Congress is Too Liberal, 22% Say It’s Too Conservative
Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters nationwide believe that Congress is too liberal while 22% hold the opposite view and say it is too conservative. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 14% say the ideological balance of Congress is about right and 12% are not sure.
September 2, 2009
Democrats See Their Congressmen Holding Similar Views to Democratic Voters
Just 27% of Democratic voters say the average Democratic member of Congress is more liberal than the average Democrat.
September 1, 2009
42% Say People Randomly Selected from Phone Book Better Than Current Congress
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that an identical number (42%) disagree, but 16% are not sure.
September 1, 2009
Republican Voters Say GOP Reps in Congress Still Out of Touch
Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters say their party’s representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of GOP voters believe their elected officials have done a good job representing the base.
September 1, 2009
Fear of Potential Terrorist Attack Has Declined
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans believe it is at least somewhat likely that there will be a significant terrorist attack in the United States in the next year. That figure is down from 70% in the summer of 2007 and 58% in December 2008.
August 31, 2009
29% Confident That Congress Knows What It’s Doing on Economy
Two-out-of-three American voters (67%) lack confidence that Congress knows what it’s doing when it comes to the economy.
August 30, 2009
57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress
If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.
August 27, 2009
49% Oppose Justice Department Probe of Bush-era CIA
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters disagree with the Justice Department’s decision to investigate the treatment and possible torture of terrorists during the Bush administration, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 25, 2009
75% Worried That Gitmo Closing Will Set Dangerous Terrorists Free
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries. Fifty-six percent (56%) are very concerned.
August 24, 2009
82% Oppose Decision To Release Lockerbie Terrorist
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans disagree with the decision to release the terminally ill terrorist convicted of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland so he could return home to die in his native Libya.
August 20, 2009
54% Fear Government Will Do Too Much To Fix Economy
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters worry more that the federal government will try to do too much to fix the economy rather than not enough.
August 14, 2009
Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 6, 2009
Krugman Disses Rasmussen Poll - But Forgets to Fact-Check
In a blog posting yesterday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman raises questions about a recent Rasmussen Reports poll of Massachusetts voters. The poll shows that Bay State voters are less than enthusiastic about the state’s experiment in health care reform.
August 4, 2009
53% Have Favorable Opinion of Clinton
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. That figure includes 30% with a Very Favorable view of the former U.S. senator and first lady.
August 4, 2009
Clinton 51%, Palin 39%
If America elects a woman president soon, right now her name appears to be Hillary Clinton.
August 3, 2009
28% Say U.S. Will Be Number One At End of Century, 37% Disagree
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% say America will not be the world’s most powerful nation by then, and nearly as many (35%) are not sure.
July 31, 2009
50% Favor Cutting Mail Delivery Over Government Subsidies for Postal Service
Half of Americans (50%) would rather cut back the number of days mail is delivered than have the federal government subsidize the U.S. Postal Service to maintain its current level of service.
July 23, 2009
72% Don’t Want Feds Changing Their Light Bulbs
Washington’s got another bright idea that most Americans don’t like.
