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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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