59% View Hillary Clinton Favorably
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has her hands full with the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, but she remains the most popular member of President Obama's Cabinet.
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September 20, 2011
September 20, 2011
49% Think Neither Party in Congress Represents the People
Voters are more convinced than ever that neither major political party in Washington, DC is on their side.
September 19, 2011
Among Undecided Voters, 64% Disapprove of Obama
Recent polling shows President Obama attracting between 39% and 46% of the vote against a variety of potential Republican challengers. Despite those relatively low levels of support, the president has never trailed a Republican by more than three percentage points and has enjoyed large double-digit leads in some match-ups.
September 18, 2011
44% Conservative, 40% Moderate, 11% Liberal on Fiscal Issues
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters remain conservative on both fiscal and social issues, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 17, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 17, 2011
The presidential primary process doesn’t begin for real for another four months, but the fluctuations in our polling over the past week are a good indicator of how topsy-turvy things are likely to be in the race for the Republican nomination.
September 16, 2011
65% Put Border Control Ahead of Legalizing Illegal Immigrants
With the Legal Workforce Act, a bill forcing companies to check the immigration status of their employees, working its way through Congress, voters nationwide continue to believe overwhelmingly that when it comes to immigration legislation the focus should be on the border.
September 16, 2011
39% Give Obama Good Marks on Libya
Now that anti-government rebels appear to have won in Libya, support for President Obama’s decision to aid them is up slightly, but voters are still dubious that the change will be better for the United States or the Libyan people.
September 16, 2011
Obama 46%, Perry 39%
Before he entered his first debate as a presidential candidate, Texas Governor Rick Perry was the Republican frontrunner and held a modest lead in a hypothetical matchup against President Obama. Perry was the target for all the other candidates in the two most recent GOP debates, however, and he now trails the president by single digits.
September 15, 2011
Bachmann Now Trails Obama by Double Digits
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s campaign for president has struggled since she won the straw poll vote in Ames, Iowa last month. Texas Governor Rick Perry entered the race at the same time and immediately became the primary alternative to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
September 15, 2011
64% Say Boeing Should Be Allowed to Operate Plant in South Carolina
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be upset with Boeing’s plan to operate a non-union plant in South Carolina, but most Americans think it should be allowed to.
September 15, 2011
59% Say U.S. Government Encourages Illegal Immigration
Most voters nationwide continue to believe government policies encourage illegal immigration and support using the military along the U.S.-Mexican border. But they remain divided as to whether the federal government or individual states should enforce immigration laws.
September 14, 2011
50% Say Obama’s Policies Have Hurt the Economy
One-out-of-two Likely U.S. Voters (50%) now believe that President Obama’s economic policies have hurt the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 14, 2011
26% Support Elevated Status of Palestine, 38% Say It Will Hurt Israeli Peace Talks
The Obama administration is trying to avoid a vote at the United Nations next week that would elevate the status of the Palestinian Authority from a nonvoting “observer entity” to “observer state” for fear it would harm Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and incite violence in the region. A plurality of Likely Voters nationwide agrees that recognizing Palestine as a new nation would hurt its peace talks with Israel, but voters are also fairly undecided as to whether they think the UN should grant Palestine that independence.
September 14, 2011
Pressure for Third-Party Candidate Comes From Those Who Want Less Federal Spending
Some people think there is room for a radical centrist presidential candidate who would hold views somewhere between the views of President Obama and whoever the Republicans nominate to oppose him.
September 13, 2011
Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42%
A generic Republican candidate holds a five-point advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 11. This is the 10th week in a row the Republican has led the incumbent.
September 13, 2011
Voters Remain Pessimistic About Iraq, Afghanistan
Confidence among U.S. voters that the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan will get better in the near future remains near all-time lows.
September 13, 2011
53% See Third-Party Candidate As Likely President in Next 10 to 12 Years
Voters see little chance of a third-party candidate being elected president next year, but most think one has a shot at the White House a little further down the road.
September 13, 2011
Romney 43%, Obama 40%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now holds a sliver of a lead over President Obama in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.
September 13, 2011
41% Say America's Allies Put It In Greater Danger
A plurality of adults nationwide thinks America’s allies are bad for the country.
September 12, 2011
38% Favor Obama Jobs Plan, 36% Oppose
Voters think Congress may pass at least some of President Obama’s latest jobs plan but have much more confidence in reducing government regulations to create new jobs.
