Heading into the final weeks of the congressional election season, 62% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that no matter how bad things are, Congress can always make them worse. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 19% disagree, with 19% more not sure.
Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias remain locked in a tight race for the U.S. Senate, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Illinois.
Most Americans remain willing to help defend only five other countries in the world militarily, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican Rand Paul receives his highest level of support since winning his party’s primary in May in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of voters in New York know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. That’s slightly higher than the level measured nationally.
Voters remain strongly convinced that congressional Democrats will try to pass legislation in the closing weeks of the year if Republicans win control of the Congress in November, and they strongly oppose any such lame-duck legislation.
Despite her halting debate performance last week, Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer now earns 60% of the vote in her bid for reelection, her best showing in the race to date.
Republican Meg Whitman's post-convention bounce appears to be over, and she and Democrat Jerry Brown are once again running a close contest for governor of California.
Most New Jersey voters continue to approve of new Governor Chris Christie's job performance despite the continued finger-pointing over who's to blame for a mix-up that appears to have cost the state $400 million in federal education funds.
As summer comes to an end, flu season is right around the corner, and 51% of Americans plan on getting a flu shot this year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Forty-two percent (42%) do not.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of Likely Voters in Ohio say they know someone who is out of work and looking for a job.
With Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on the front-burner again, voters continue to believe strongly that any agreement must include recognition by Palestinian leaders of Israel’s right to exist. But most voters think that recognition is unlikely.
Support for Republican Congressman Mike Castle falls just short of 50% for the third month in a row, but he continues to hold a double-digit lead over Democrat Chris Coons in Delaware’s U.S. Senate race.
Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remain in a dead heat in California’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican Governor Dave Heineman still holds a better than two-to-one lead over Democratic challenger Mike Meister in his bid for reelection in Nebraska.
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but a plurality believes that repeal of the controversial measure is unlikely.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo continues to hold almost a four-to-one lead over Democrat Tom Sullivan in the race for Idaho’s senate seat.
Voters in Pennsylvania are not very happy with Congress or the federal government.
Republican Brian Sandoval earns his highest level of support yet against his Democratic challenger, Rory Reid, in the race to be Nevada's next governor.
Labor Day is upon us marking both the unofficial end of summer and the start of the fall campaign season. All indications are that the voters are prepared to do the same thing they did in 2006 and 2008, vote against the party in power.
