What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2009
The second week of August turned into one of the toughest yet for the still new Obama Administration.
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August 15, 2009
August 14, 2009
Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 13, 2009
Most Voters Say Immigration Reform Not Likely to Pass
President Barack Obama recently suggested that immigration reform might be on the legislative agenda for early 2010. But, most voters don’t see passage of legislation as likely.
August 13, 2009
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 48%, Specter 36%
Uncomfortable town hall meetings are just the tip of the iceberg for Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. He now trails Republican Pat Toomey by double digits in his bid for reelection next year and is viewed unfavorably by a majority of the state’s voters.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania Democratic Primary: Specter 47% Sestak 34%
Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 13 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania. In June, Specter had a 19-point lead.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania: 42% Favor Health Care Plan, 53% Opposed
Forty-two percent (42%) of Pennsylvania voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of voters in the state finds that 53% are opposed.
August 12, 2009
66% Oppose Mexican Trucks On U.S. Highways
President Obama on Monday concluded a mini-summit with the presidents of Canada and Mexico, but Americans don’t look too kindly on what their neighbors had at the top of their agendas.
August 12, 2009
26% Have Higher Opinion of Bill Clinton Since He Left Office
Former President Bill Clinton was in the news again last week, gaining the release of two American reporters from North Korea, and 26% of U.S. voters now say they have a better opinion of Clinton since he left office in January 2001.
August 12, 2009
North Korea, Iran Rank One, Two on U.S. Enemies List
Both are developing nuclear weapons and refuse to listen to the United Nations and other international mediators who are trying to talk them out of it. They’re also the nations that sizable majorities of Americans consider to be the biggest enemies of the United States.
August 11, 2009
Canada, Great Britain Seen As America’s Best Friends
The United States has been the world’s sole superpower since the fall of the Soviet Union in the early ‘90s, but as far as most Americans are concerned, we haven’t made any new friends since then.
August 11, 2009
Support for Congressional Health Care Reform Falls to New Low
Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago.
August 11, 2009
2009 Virginia Governor: McDonnell (R) 47% Deeds (D) 38%
Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell has opened a nine-point lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for governor in Virginia.
August 10, 2009
45% Rate Obama Good or Excellent As A Leader, Down 19 Points From January
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters now give President Obama good or excellent marks on leadership, down three points from last month and down 19 points from when he took office in January, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 10, 2009
32% Favor Single-Payer Health Care, 57% Oppose
Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% are opposed to a single-payer plan.
August 10, 2009
Americans Still See More Enemies Than Friends In Middle East
The United States still has a long way to go building friendships in the Middle East despite President Obama’s highly-publicized outreach to the Muslim world.
August 10, 2009
On Health Care, 51% Fear Government More Than Insurance Companies
When it comes to health care decisions, 51% of the nation’s voters fear the federal government more than private insurance companies.
August 9, 2009
21% Say Vietnam Still An Enemy of U.S., 21% Say Ally
For most Baby Boomers, the Vietnam War was a watershed moment, with the names of the dead memorialized on a black marble wall in Washington, D.C., and on similar monuments around the country. Thirty-four years after that war finally ended, Americans are evenly divided over whether Vietnam is an ally or still an enemy of the United States.
August 8, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 8, 2009
Now the health care reform debate begins in earnest.
August 7, 2009
25% Agree With Pelosi That Health Insurers are ‘Villains’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared last week that health insurance companies are “villains,” and 25% of U.S. voters agree with her.
August 7, 2009
41% View Town Hall Protesters Favorably, 35% Don’t
Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of the people opposing health care reform at town hall meetings now being conducted by members of Congress, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
