Republican Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell has a three-to-nine point lead against three hopefuls for the Democratic nomination in this year’s closely-watched Virginia gubernatorial contest.
The majority of Americans say most members of Congress don’t pay all the taxes they owe. In fact, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 15% are confident that their elected representatives do pay the taxes they levy on others.
Nearly one-out-of-four voters (23%) say it is at least somewhat likely that global warming will destroy human civilization within the next century. Five percent (5%) say it’s very likely.
Many U.S. voters still think the recent pattern of the White House alternating between the political parties will continue, but Barack Obama’s early popularity is dampening that belief somewhat.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of American voters now view President Obama as politically liberal, including 42% who say he is Very Liberal. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 23% see him as politically moderate and just 2% see him as somewhat or very conservative.
Just 11% of U.S. voters think America should apologize to Iran for “crimes” against the Islamic country – one of the prerequisites demanded by the Iranian president before he will agree to meet with President Barack Obama.
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore.
Ten days into his presidency as the details of his historic economic rescue plan become clearer, Barack Obama still enjoys the confidence of a majority of voters that he knows how to handle the struggling U.S. economy.
One thing for sure: Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on the future direction of the Republican Party.
U.S. voters are closely divided over whether the government should close the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Democratic voters believe President Bush and senior members of his administration are guilty of war crimes. Only 28% of the nation’s Democrats disagree.
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of U.S. voters worry that Congress and President Obama will increase government spending too much in the next year or two, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Nearly half of U.S. voters (49%) say Barack Obama is politically more liberal than they are, as the new president begins to tackle the country’s economic problems with a massive spending-and-tax-cut bill.
Tennessee and Texas were safely in John McCain’s column on Election Day, but over two months later views of the new Democratic president and his agenda are surprisingly high in the two reliably Republican states.
At least in his home state of Texas, former President George W. Bush gets a little respect.
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.
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.
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.
