One week after the House of Representatives passed the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, 54% of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the new law. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% oppose repeal.
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.
Following passage of health care legislation in Congress, the reviews are starting to come in. From the White House perspective, the results are mixed at best.
While the Ohio governor’s race is now a virtual tie, there’s been little movement again this month in the state’s contest for the U.S. Senate.
Voters support offshore oil drilling more than ever, and most don’t agree with President Obama’s decision to limit where that drilling can be done.
The suddenly open race for Wyoming governor finds the four top Republican contenders posting big early leads over their likeliest Democratic rival, Senate Minority Leader Mike Massie, in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of the contest.
New York voters apparently are fed up with their state legislators.
With both parties' primaries just two months away, Alabama's gubernatorial race is wide open.
Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby is another incumbent who is facing little opposition to date on his road to reelection.
The New York Yankees payroll in 2009 was around $200 million dollars, more than the national GDP of 13 nations. The average player for the Yankees earned seven million dollars last year, making them the highest paid sports teams on the planet.
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.
Four of Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln’s Republican opponents now earn more than 50% of the vote as her path to reelection grows even steeper. The numbers are closer when Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter is the Democrat in the race, but only because there are more undecided voters.
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
Democratic Governor Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich are now in a virtual tie in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
U.S. voters are feeling a little more neighborly these days with America’s old Cold War rival.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho appears to be safely on his way to reelection so far.
Any way you cut it at this point, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is comfortably ahead of his rivals in the race for governor of New York, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Empire State voters.
Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter enjoys a comfortable head start in his bid for a second term.
Republican Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard now holds a 17-point lead over likely Democratic nominee Scott Heidepriem in South Dakota’s race for governor. But the Democrat maintains modest leads over two other GOP hopefuls.
The undecideds are ahead in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary contest.
