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December 28, 2007Rasmussen Reports Announces Launch of RasmussenMarkets.com
  
Rasmussen Reports, LLC, today announced the launch of RasmussenMarkets.com, a “prediction market” that allows players to "buy and sell" candidates, issues, and news futures. 
December 28, 2007Rasmussen Reports Launches RasmussenMarkets.com
  
Rasmussen Reports has launched RasmussenMarkets.com to provide enhanced coverage of Election 2008.
December 28, 200750% Say Debates Good Way to Learn About Candidates, 64% Say Reporters Offer Biased Analysis
  
Just 50% of Likely Voters Believe that Presidential Debates are a good way to learn about the candidates.
December 26, 2007Clinton Competitive in North Carolina
  
North Carolina has been a safely Republican state in recent Presidential elections. Even with a home state Senator as the Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate in 2004, President George W. Bush carried the state by a dozen percentage points.
December 26, 2007As Clinton, Obama Maintain Leads Over Republicans in Michigan, 33% Say Peace on Earth Is Possible
  
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Michigan shows Hillary Clinton leading Rudy Giuliani 45% to 36%, Mitt Romney 45% to 39%, and Mike Huckabee 45% to 36%.
December 26, 2007In Illinois, Obama Still Bests Republicans More Easily than Clinton
  
A plurality of 46% of Illinois voters would vote for a generic Democrat if the Presidential election were held today, while only 35% would vote for the GOP candidate.

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                            December 24, 2007McCain 49% Clinton 43%; Clinton Leads Huckabee by Four
  
With the first primary contests less than two weeks away, Senator John McCain has gained a six-point lead over Senator Hillary Clinton in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. 

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                            December 23, 2007Republicans Tend to See Most of Their Leading Presidential Candidates as Politically Moderate or Liberal
  
Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters see Rudy Giuliani as politically moderate or liberal. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say the same about John McCain while 43% hold that view of Mitt Romney.

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                            December 23, 2007Democrats See Little Ideological Difference Between Clinton, Edwards, Obama
  
Unlike the Republicans, Democrats see little ideological difference among their leading Presidential candidates.
December 22, 2007Clinton and Romney Have Highest Level of Core Opposition Among Leading Candidates
  
Among the leading Presidential candidates, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have the highest level of core opposition among voters

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                            December 22, 2007One Point Apart: Clinton and Giuliani, Clinton and Romney
  
In a general election match-up, both Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney find themselves in a toss-up with Hillary Clinton. 

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                            December 20, 2007A Good Time to Be John McCain
  
A man whose Presidential campaign was left for dead last summer has picked up a round of significant endorsements from the 
    Manchester Union Leader, the 
    Des Moines Register, the 
    Boston Globe, and Senator Joe Lieberman.
December 19, 2007Iowa: Clinton 31% Obama 27% Edwards 22%
  
Those who want polls to tell them who will in Iowa will be sorely disappointed.

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                            December 19, 2007New Hampshire: Clinton 31% Obama 28%
  
It’s way too early for New York Senator Hillary Clinton and her team to celebrate, but the former First Lady has gained back some lost ground in the state of New Hampshire.
December 19, 2007Iowa: Huckabee 28% Romney 27%
  
When Mike Huckabee first began to gain ground in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, many dismissed him. 

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                            December 19, 2007New Hampshire: Romney 31% McCain 27%
  
In many places around the country, Mitt Romney is facing a challenge from Mike Huckabee. However, in New Hampshire, Huck-a-mania never took hold. 
December 18, 2007South Carolina: Clinton 33% Obama 33%
  
In South Carolina’s Democratic Presidential Primary, it’s all tied. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are supported by 33% of the state’s Likely Primary Voters. 
December 18, 200763% Want Troops Home From Iraq Within a Year
  
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 63% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. 

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                            December 18, 2007Public Remains Divided on Gun Control
  
In the aftermath of two separate shooting incidents in Arvada and Colorado Springs, Colorado, Americans remain evenly divided as to whether or not stricter gun control laws are needed.
December 18, 2007Lautenberg, Clinton Easily Lead GOP in New Jersey; but Obama and Giuliani Are Neck and Neck
  
Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton enjoys double-digit leads in the Garden State over leading GOP candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee.