With Barnes As Democratic Nominee, Georgia Governor’s Race a Toss-Up
If former Governor Roy Barnes is the Democratic nominee, this year's gubernatorial race in Georgia is a toss-up for now.
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January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey Leads Specter and Sestak
Republican Pat Toomey now leads incumbent Senator Arlen Specter 49% to 40% in Pennsylvania’s race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters also finds Toomey with a 43% to 35% lead over Democratic challenger Joe Sestak.
January 21, 2010
2010 New York Governor: GOP's Lazio Ahead of Paterson, Trails Cuomo by 19
Republican hopeful Rick Lazio has moved ahead of incumbent Democrat David Paterson but badly trails state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in this year's race for governor in New York.
January 21, 2010
2010 Missouri Senate: Blunt (R) 49%, Carnahan (D) 43%
Republican Roy Blunt now holds a six-point lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s race for the U.S. Senate.
January 20, 2010
2010 Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Primary: Specter 53%, Sestak 32%
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has now stretched his lead over Democratic Primary rival Joe Sestak to 21 points, his biggest lead yet. But, he’s still just barely over the 50% mark in terms of support.
January 20, 2010
47% Give Obama Poor Marks for Handling of Health Care
Forty-seven percent (47%) of U.S. voters rate President Obama’s handling of the health care issue as poor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 20, 2010
Voters Strongly Oppose Excise Tax on ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans, Even More So When Union Members Are Exempted
Voters aren’t happy with the latest tax proposed to help pay for the trillion-dollar national health care plan, and they’re even unhappier with exempting labor unions from that tax.
January 20, 2010
New York Senate Primary: Gillibrand 48%, Ford 23%
Potential challengers to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have come and gone almost from the day she was appointed last year to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Now former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr., a Manhattan investment banker, is showing interest in the race. One Ford adviser told the New York Post, "If Coakley loses or wins by less than five [in the Massachusetts Senate race], it increases the likelihood that he gets in."
January 20, 2010
McCain on Top In Arizona Primary
Following news that Sarah Palin will campaign for him in Arizona, Senator John McCain has opened a significant lead in the Republican Primary campaign.
January 20, 2010
North Carolina Senate: GOP’s Burr Leads But Below 50% Against Marshall
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr leads two potential leading Democratic challengers in this year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. However, his numbers continue to display potential weakness.
January 20, 2010
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.
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.
