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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
California Senator Barbara Boxer is now the latest Democratic incumbent to find herself in a tightening race for reelection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is one incumbent who appears to be facing little danger so far if he seeks reelection this year.
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.