Seventy-eight percent (78%) of U.S. voters say it is at least somewhat likely that taxes will be raised on the middle class to cover the cost of health care reform. Fifty-six percent (56%) say it’s very likely.
In Washington, D.C., the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor are being endlessly scrutinized, live-blogged and analyzed. But the hearings so far have had virtually no impact on public opinion.
Challenger Carolyn Maloney has the edge for now over appointed incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand in New York’s Democratic primary campaign for the U.S. Senate. But nearly a third of potential primary voters have no preference at this time leaving the 2010 race wide open.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a better than two-to-one lead over incumbent Governor David Paterson in next year’s likely Democratic Primary gubernatorial showdown.
Following the first two days of confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, voters overwhelmingly expect her to be confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court but remain divided as to whether she should be.
Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell has rebounded to take a narrow lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for governor in Virginia, highlighting the expected closeness of that contest right up to November.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a better than two-to-one lead over incumbent Governor David Paterson in next year’s likely Democratic Primary gubernatorial showdown.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor spoke for herself Monday on the first day of her confirmation hearings and got some help in the polls as a result.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters now at least somewhat oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, while 46% at least somewhat favor it, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Sonia Sotomayor, the federal appeals court judge who is President Obama’s first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has the numbers with her so far. Americans overwhelmingly expect the Senate to confirm her as her confirmation hearings begin.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Republican Party, and the jockeying already has begun to determine who its standard-bearer will be in 2012 - even though the first primaries are 30 months away.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans now oppose federal government bailouts for states like California that are experiencing major budget problems.
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling this fall that could loosen restrictions on contributions to political campaigns in a major way, but 56% of U.S. voters believe the federal government should regulate how much money individuals can give to political campaigns.
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is campaigning for re-election in a very difficult political environment.
Just 17% of Americans agree with Pope Benedict XVI’s call for more international regulation of the U.S. economy, as part of a new papal encyclical urging world leaders to steer the world economy in a more moral direction.
Republican challenger Chris Christie has lost his post-primary bounce but still leads incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in the New Jersey governor’s race.
Those who say economic and fiscal issues are their biggest concerns make up the majority of Republican voters, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney runs best among those voters if the 2012 GOP Presidential Primary in their state was held today.
A highlight of President Obama’s trip to Moscow this week was an agreement between the United States and Russia to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpiles, but just 22% of U.S. voters trust the Russians to honor that agreement.
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults say, generally speaking, the government tries to do too much, but 31% believe it doesn’t try to do enough.
President Obama recently hosted a White House meeting to relaunch the legislative process for “comprehensive” immigration reform. Joining the chorus a few days later were several big city police chiefs who urged Congress to bring illegal immigrants out from the shadows.
