69% in New York Say State Better Off If Most Legislators Not Reelected
New York voters apparently are fed up with their state legislators.
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April 2, 2010
April 1, 2010
Alabama Governor: Republicans Slightly Ahead in Wide Open Contest
With both parties' primaries just two months away, Alabama's gubernatorial race is wide open.
April 1, 2010
Alabama Senate: Shelby 59%, Barnes 32%
Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby is another incumbent who is facing little opposition to date on his road to reelection.
April 1, 2010
51% of New York Voters Say Teachers Should Be Paid More Than Athletes
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.
April 1, 2010
49% Think New Student Loan Plan Is A Bad Idea, 35% Like It
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.
April 1, 2010
Arkansas Senate: Republicans Build Leads Over Lincoln
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.
April 1, 2010
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: March 2010
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.
April 1, 2010
Ohio Governor: Kasich 46% Strickland 45%
Democratic Governor Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich are now in a virtual tie in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
March 31, 2010
31% Trust Russia to Honor Nuclear Arms Agreement
U.S. voters are feeling a little more neighborly these days with America’s old Cold War rival.
March 31, 2010
Idaho Senate: Crapo Starting Strong in Reelection Bid
Republican Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho appears to be safely on his way to reelection so far.
March 31, 2010
New York Governor: Cuomo Still Posts Big Leads
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.
March 31, 2010
Idaho Governor: GOP’s Otter 60%, Allred 28%
Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter enjoys a comfortable head start in his bid for a second term.
March 30, 2010
South Dakota Governor: GOP’s Daugaard 49%, Heidepriem 32%
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.
March 30, 2010
53% Undecided in Michigan’s Democratic Gubernatorial Race
The undecideds are ahead in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary contest.
March 30, 2010
Michigan Republican Primary for Governor: Hoekstra Barely Ahead, With 32% Undecided
Congressman Peter Hoektsra has a slight lead over his Republican rivals in the party’s wide-open primary race for governor of Michigan.
March 29, 2010
Voters Have Mixed Feelings on Obama’s Leadership Skills
Many Democrats view the passage of the national health care plan as President Obama's greatest achievement yet in office, but voters for the first time are evenly divided in their assessments of the president's leadership.
March 29, 2010
South Dakota House: Herseth Sandlin 44%, GOP’s Nelson 42%
South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is now virtually tied with one Republican opponent but is still ahead of two others in her bid for reelection.
March 29, 2010
Media Meter: Whitman Getting More Favorable Coverage than Brown in California
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that Republican candidate Meg Whitman is getting more favorable press coverage these days than former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
March 29, 2010
53% Worry Opposition to Obama’s Policies Will Lead To Violence
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters now are at least somewhat concerned that those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence, up 10 points from last September.
March 29, 2010
Crist-Rubio Media Coverage Fairly Even
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that media coverage of the Republican gubernatorial primary race in Florida is fairly even.
