Sixty-seven percent (67%) of U.S. voters say military troops should be sent to the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigration. A new Rasmussen Reports nationwide telephone survey finds that just 18% are opposed and another 15% are not sure.
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters now say the United States will not be the most powerful nation in the world at the end of the 21st Century. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 32% disagree and believe the United States still will be the world’s number one superpower at the century’s end. Twenty-six percent (26%) more are not sure.
Only 28% of voters in Pennsylvania are confident their representatives in Congress are representing their best interests.
Democratic Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish now runs virtually even with county District Attorney Susana Martinez in a striking turnaround of the race for governor of New Mexico.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, coming off last weekend’s state Republican Convention endorsement, now holds a slight lead over Democratic opponent Tom Barrett after the two ran virtually even a month ago in the contest for Wisconsin governor.
Republican Senator Richard Shelby still earns nearly 60% support in his bid for reelection in Alabama against his little-known Democratic opponent, attorney William Barnes.
Businessman Ron Johnson, endorsed at last weekend’s state Republican Convention, is now running virtually even against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Pennsylvania voters are evenly divided on whether the U.S. Senate should confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice.
Democratic incumbent Ron Wyden now earns 51% of the vote against Republican challenger Jim Huffman in Oregon’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Democratic State Attorney General Jerry Brown's post-convention bounce appears to be over, and he now posts narrow leads over both his Republican challengers in California's gubernatorial race.
While BP continues efforts to control the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, just over half (51%) of New York Voters say offshore oil drilling should be allowed.
As the saber-rattling increases on the Korean Peninsula, 47% of U.S. voters think the United States should provide military assistance to South Korea if it is attacked by its Communist neighbor to the north.
Voters have an increasingly unfavorable opinion of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan but are more convinced than ever that she will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
With Independence Party candidate Tom Horner officially in the mix, Minnesota’s gubernatorial race is a toss-up for now no matter which Democrat wins the party’s August primary.
Slightly more than half (53%) of voters in Pennsylvania favor passing an immigration law in their state similar to the one recently passed in Arizona.
The number of voters who blame the Bush administration for the nation's current economic problems has reached its lowest level measured to date. Trust in President Obama's economic judgment has hit a new low as well.
Both major parties in Oregon picked their respective nominees in primaries last week, and now those candidates are in a virtual tie in the race to be the state’s next governor.
The Obama White House now says the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but most voters still don't think a government takeover of the oil industry is a good remedy.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe holds a double-digit lead over his likely Republican opponent in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at Beebe's bid for reelection this year.
Incumbent Republican Johnny Isakson is now posting nearly a two-to-one lead over Democratic challenger Michael Thurmond in Georgia’s race for the U.S. Senate.
