Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans disagree with the decision to release the terminally ill terrorist convicted of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland so he could return home to die in his native Libya.
Just two percent (2%) of Michigan voters rate the economy as good or excellent. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide poll shows that 79% rate the economy as poor. In between are 18% who say the economy is in fair shape.
An early look at the 2010 election cycle finds that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has some work to do if he wants to win reelection.
Is it or isn’t it – in the health care reform bill proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats? The public option, that is.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Massachusetts voters agree with terminally ill Senator Edward M. Kennedy that the governor should name an interim senator to take his place until a special election can be held.
John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, continues to hold a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
Former Governor Roy Barnes is far and away the leader in an early look at Georgia’s 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary race.
Forty percent (40%) of likely voters in Georgia favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 54% oppose the plan.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters worry more that the federal government will try to do too much to fix the economy rather than not enough.
Republican Governor Charlie Crist continues to maintain a sizable lead over his chief Democratic opponent, Rep. Kendrick Meek, in Florida’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
Just 34% of voters nationwide support the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats if the so-called “public option” is removed. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 57% oppose the plan if it doesn't include a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
Conservative Republicans in Florida may be rumbling about Charlie Crist’s run for the U.S. Senate, but so far the governor is well ahead of his chief 2010 GOP Primary challenger.
Public criticism of President Obama’s health care reform plan and other actions may be growing, but most U.S. voters continue to blame the country’s economic problems on the recession that began under his predecessor, George W. Bush.
President Obama on Monday declared U.S. military action in Afghanistan as a “war of necessity,” and just 33% of voters believe it is even somewhat likely that U.S. combat troops will be removed from that country by the end of the president’s first term. Only eight percent (8%) say it is very likely.
Statements by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a recent article in USA Today are aimed at assuring Americans that their access to quality care will be even greater under the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Republican hopeful Mark Kirk finds himself starting out even in a Senate race against his likeliest Democratic competitor, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of American voters say passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress would be better than not passing any health care reform legislation this year.
The second week of August turned into one of the toughest yet for the still new Obama Administration.
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.
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.
