2010 NY Senate: Gillibrand 39%, Generic Republican 34%, Ford 10%
Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand may have a serious problem on her hands if Rudy Giuliani gets in next year’s race for the U.S. Senate in New York State.
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January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010
A Final Look at Massachusetts Election Night Poll
Republicans and Democrats will certainly spar in the coming days about what the Massachusetts election means for health care reform. The very fact that a Republican could win the Massachusetts race while campaigning against the proposed legislation in Congress is the biggest single data point, but the data shows a more complex picture.
January 19, 2010
Brown Wins Stunning Victory in Massachusetts
For the first time since 1972, Massachusetts voters are sending a Republican to Washington as a U.S. Senator. In a stunning upset, Republican Scott Brown has narrowly defeated Democrat Martha Coakley.
January 19, 2010
Massachusetts Voters Split on Tea Party Movement
A Rasmussen Reports Election Night survey finds that Massachusetts voters are evenly divided over the so-called Tea Party movement. Forty percent (40%) of those who voted in today's special election for the U.S. Senate have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party movement, while 41% regard it unfavorably.
January 19, 2010
Health Care Top Issue for Massachusetts Voters
Rasmussen Reports has conducted an Election Night survey of 1,000 voters in the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senate. Data will be released on this page throughout the evening.
January 19, 2010
58% View Hillary Clinton Favorably
The U.S. reaction to the earthquake in Haiti again finds Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the shadow of President Obama when it comes to American foreign policy, but voters have a more favorable opinion of Clinton than they’ve had in months.
January 19, 2010
2010 Texas Governor: White (D) Trails Perry, Hutchison
Texas Democrats cheered the news when Houston’s popular ex-mayor Bill White joined the race for governor, but in the first Rasmussen Reports general election survey in the state this year, he trails his two chief Republican opponents by double-digit margins.
January 19, 2010
2010 Louisiana Senate: Vitter 53%, Melancon 35%
Incumbent Republican David Vitter now holds an 18-point lead over his likeliest Democratic opponent, Congressman Charlie Melancon, in Louisiana's race for the U.S. Senate, suggesting for now at least that concerns about the national Democratic agenda are outweighing those about Vitter's 2007 link to a prostitution ring.
January 18, 2010
Interest High In Massachusetts Senate Race: 49% Nationally Want Brown To Win, 34% Pulling For Coakley
Like fans cheering for their favorite football teams, voters nationwide are paying attention to the special U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts. Almost half of them are rooting for Republican candidate Scott Brown over his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley.
January 18, 2010
38% Favor Health Care Plan, 56% Are Opposed
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 38% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That matches the lowest level of support yet. Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters oppose the plan.
January 18, 2010
2010 Texas Gubernatorial Primary: Perry 43%, Hutchison 33%, Medina 12%
Incumbent Rick Perry holds a 10-point lead over Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in the race for this year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination in Texas.
January 16, 2010
64% of New Jersey Voters Favor Medicinal Marijuana
The New Jersey legislature on Monday passed a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for a variety of medical reasons, and Rasmussen Reports polling in the state shows voters like that decision.
January 16, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 16, 2010
Call it Mass hysteria. The race to replace liberal icon Teddy Kennedy in the U.S. Senate hasn’t gone as Democrats envisioned it, even in the bluest of blue states, Massachusetts.
January 15, 2010
2010 California Senate: Three GOP Hopefuls Narrow The Gap With Boxer
California Senator Barbara Boxer is now the latest Democratic incumbent to find herself in a tightening race for reelection.
January 15, 2010
77% of New Jersey Voters Favor Full-Body Scanners in Airports
Newark Liberty International Airport will be among the first in the United States to implement full-body scanners in its international terminals following a January 3rd incident that shut down the airport for several hours.
January 15, 2010
2010 Colorado Senate: GOP’s Norton Now Leads Bennet, Romanoff by 12
Former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton has opened up an even wider lead over incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet in this year’s U.S. Senate race in Colorado.
January 14, 2010
57% in New Jersey Have Favorable View of New GOP Governor
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of New Jersey voters have a favorable opinion of Governor-elect Chris Christie just before he formally takes office next Tuesday, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Still, while many are giving the new Governor the benefit of the doubt, only 15% with a very favorable opinion.
January 14, 2010
46% Like Health Care Plan in Minnesota, 50% Approve of Franken
Minnesota voters like the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats more than most voters nationwide, but so far that's not changing their view of new Democratic Senator Al Franken, a strong supporter of the plan.
January 14, 2010
2010 New Hampshire Governor: Lynch Still Solidly Ahead
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is one incumbent who appears to be facing little danger so far if he seeks reelection this year.
January 14, 2010
67% Say News Media Have Too Much Influence Over Government Decisions
Voters are even more convinced now that the news media have too much influence on the actions of government and try to help political candidates they want to win. Most also still think the average reporter is more liberal than they are.
