17% Expect Health Care Plan To Lower Costs, 57% Expect Costs to Go Up
Voter expectations that the health care legislation before Congress will become law have reached a new high, but most are still opposed to the plan.
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January 11, 2010
January 10, 2010
52% Still Blame Bush for Nation’s Economic Woes
As the nation’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, 52% of voters nationwide continue to believe that the economic woes can still be blamed on Administration of George W. Bush. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 41% hold the opposite view and believe the policies of Barack Obama are to blame.
January 9, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 8, 2010
The week ended with unemployment still at 10%, and most of our indicators show Americans remain pretty gloomy about the country’s economic future. No wonder they’re sour on Congress and the president and what they’re up to.
January 9, 2010
54% of Democrats Say Their Members of Congress Represent Them Well
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Democratic voters believe Democrats in Congress have done a good job representing their party’s values over the past several years.
January 8, 2010
75% of GOP Voters Still Think Their Legislators Out of Touch
President Obama and congressional Democrats may be suffering these days in the polls, but Republican voters are still unhappy with the job their legislators are doing in Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2010
2010 Kentucky Senate: GOP Hopefuls Now Ahead of Both Democratic Rivals
The two top Republican hopefuls for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky have put a little more distance between themselves and their chief Democratic contenders in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
January 7, 2010
Blumenthal Begins Connecticut Senate Race with Big Lead Over GOP Hopefuls
Longtime Senator Chris Dodd announced yesterday he will retire rather than run for reelection, and Democratic prospects in Connecticut have suddenly gotten a lot better. Richard Blumenthal, the state attorney general, announced his candidacy yesterday, and he leads all potential Republican challengers by wide margins.
January 7, 2010
45% Say Random Group From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress
More voters have greater confidence in the telephone book these days than in the current Congress, and most think their national legislators are paid too much to boot.
January 7, 2010
With Ritter Stepping Down, Democratic Prospects Improve in Colorado
Now that Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has said he will step down rather than run for reelection, Democrats may be more competitive in this year's gubernatorial race.
January 6, 2010
32% Confident Congress Represents Their Best Interests
Voters remain highly skeptical about incumbents from both political parties which helps to explain why a number of longtime members of Congress are not seeking reelection in November.
January 6, 2010
2010 Arkansas Senate Race Still A Referendum on Lincoln
As 2010 begins, the numbers for Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln are pretty much the same as last year’s while she prepares to face Arkansas voters in November.
January 5, 2010
59% Plan To Rely on TV For Political News in 2010
Television is still likely to rule as the primary source of political news for most Americans this year.
January 5, 2010
2010 Massachusetts Senate: Coakley 50%, Brown 41%
State Attorney General Martha Coakley holds a nine-point lead over her Republican rival, state Senator Scott Brown, in Massachusetts’ special U.S. Senate election to fill the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy.
January 4, 2010
55% Say Better for California To Go Bankrupt Than Be Bailed Out
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly intends to ask this week for a federal bailout to keep his state from going bankrupt. But most voters have never been fans of any kind of federal bailout, and most continue to oppose a bailout for California, even when told what specific budget cuts may be necessary.
January 4, 2010
What Voters Like About The Health Care Plan
While most Americans continue to oppose the overall health care plan working its way through Congress, two reforms in the plan are supported by more than 70% of the public - creating a new national insurance exchange and requiring health insurance companies to accept applicants with pre-existing conditions.
January 4, 2010
Voters Agree Only on Taxing The Rich To Pay for Health Care Plan
When it comes to paying for the cost of the proposed health care reform plan, voters are okay with taxing the rich but strongly reject cuts in Medicare and excise taxes on “Cadillac” health plans provided by employers.
January 4, 2010
42% Support Health Care Plan, 52% Oppose
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters now favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the most positive result since mid-November, but still most voters remain opposed.
January 3, 2010
53% Favor Abortion Ban in Health Plan
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters favor a ban on abortion coverage in any health insurance plan that receives federal subsidies. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 40% are opposed to such a ban in the proposed health care legislation now before Congress.
January 2, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 1, 2010
Business is good for the government these days.
Government employees are much more bullish about the economy than those who work in the private sector. That’s a big change from the beginning of the year when those on the public payroll were a bit more pessimistic than private sector workers.
January 2, 2010
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: December 2009
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.
