Bush Gets Better Grades in Texas
At least in his home state of Texas, former President George W. Bush gets a little respect.
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January 21, 2009
January 21, 2009
45% Support Obama’s Economic Plan
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters favor the $825-billion economic recovery plan proposed by President Barack Obama, and nearly as many (40%) say it is Very Likely to become law in Obama’s first 100 days in office.
January 21, 2009
41% Say Geithner Should Not Be Treasury Secretary
With Timothy Geithner’s Senate confirmation hearing scheduled to begin again today, voters are evenly divided over whether President Obama should scuttle his embattled choice for secretary of the Treasury.
January 20, 2009
48% Say Obama’s Inauguration Signals New Era of Race Relations
On the day Barack Obama begins his presidency, nearly half of Americans (48%) believe his inauguration signals the start of a new era of race relations in the United States.
January 20, 2009
Most Say Foreign Company Will Develop Alternative Fuel Car First
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters think a foreign company will produce a car that uses alternative fuel before an American company does so.
January 20, 2009
Voters Like What They See In The New President
Today, it’s official: Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States.
January 20, 2009
77% Say Inauguration Should Begin With Prayer
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of U.S. voters say an opening prayer should be part of the presidential inauguration ceremony, despite an atheist’s legal effort to halt the historic practice.
January 19, 2009
48% of California Voters Blame State Budget Crisis On Legislature
Nearly half of California voters (48%) blame state legislators for California’s current budget problems.
January 19, 2009
44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People
Al Gore’s side may be coming to power in Washington, but they appear to be losing the battle on the idea that humans are to blame for global warming.
January 17, 2009
California Governor: Brown 40% Whitman 38%
The race may be nearly two years away, but early match-ups for the 2010 gubernatorial election in California show that it's likely to be a close one.
January 17, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 16, 2009
Time doesn’t stand still for ceremony, and neither do the problems that are currently facing the United States. Barack Obama is well aware of this, with his swearing-in as president finally at hand.
January 15, 2009
New Jersey Governor: Christie 42%, Corzine 40%
Former U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, the latest Republican to enter the New Jersey gubernatorial race, has a slight lead over Democratic incumbent Jon S. Corzine in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
January 15, 2009
Voters Like Rice Better, But Say Clinton’s Ready For State
Despite the woes of the Bush administration, U.S. voters like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice better than her designated successor, Hillary Clinton, but most are confident that Clinton is up to the task of being America’s chief diplomat.
January 14, 2009
43% Say Government Insurance Plan Will Make Health Care Worse
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters say the quality of health care in America will get worse if a government-run health insurance plan is created to compete with private plans.
January 13, 2009
Majority Rates Bush as One of America’s Worst Presidents
President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that.
January 13, 2009
Arizona Voters Are Pessimistic About Economy, National Security in 2009
Most Arizona voters do not foresee an end to the economic recession by year's end or America becoming safer from foreign attacks at the same time.
January 12, 2009
Drug Violence From Mexico Now A Bigger Concern Than Illegal Immigration
A majority of Americans (52%) now worry more about drug violence coming over the border from Mexico than illegal immigrants, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 12, 2009
59% of Arizona Voters Okay Napolitano’s Move to Washington
Three-out-of-five Arizona voters (59%) say Governor Janet Napolitano made the right decision accepting President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to be secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano’s nomination will be the subject of a U.S. Senate hearing later this week.
January 12, 2009
Voters Still Say Palestinians to Blame, But 50% Say Israel Should Accept Truce
Two weeks of military action in the Gaza Strip has done nothing to move public opinion in America.
January 11, 2009
Lots Plan To Watch Obama’s Swearing-In Live
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters say they plan to watch at least some of Barack Obama’s inauguration live next week, including 28% who plan to watch it all, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
