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                            November 4, 2007Kentucky Governor: Beshear 54% Fletcher 39%
  
As Kentucky voters prepare to go to the polls next week, they appear ready to elect a new Governor. 

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                            November 4, 2007Kentucky: Giuliani 47% Clinton 41%
  
George W. Bush won Kentucky’s Electoral College votes by twenty percentage points in Election 2004 and fifteen points in Election 2000. But, the race for the state’s eight Electoral College Votes might be more competitive in 2008. 

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                            November 4, 2007Kentucky Senator McConnell Below 50% in Re-election Bid
  
An early look at the 2008 Senate race in Kentucky shows mixed results for incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell. 

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                            November 3, 2007Edwards Leads McCain by Nine Points, Romney by 16
  
John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, tops Arizona Senator John McCain 47% to 38% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey The same poll also shows Edwards with the double-digit lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney of 50% to 34%.

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                            November 2, 2007Debate Fallout Has No Immediate Impact on Clinton Poll Position
  
Tuesday night’s debate was not Hillary Clinton’s finest moment of the campaign season, but there has been little or no immediate damage to her standing in the national polls.

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                            November 1, 200744% To Get Flu Shot, Just 11% Worried About Vaccine Shortage
  
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults plan to receive a flu shot this year. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% do not have this precautionary measure in their seasonal plans. Those figures are similar to last year’s results.
November 1, 2007Obama In Toss-ups with Giuliani, Thompson
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with a very slight edge over Illinois Senator Barack Obama, 45% to 43%.
October 31, 2007Maryland: Clinton 46% Giuliani 41%
  
New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by five points in the race for Maryland’s ten Electoral College votes.

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                            October 31, 200757% Want Troops Home From Iraq Within Year
  
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 57% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. 
October 31, 2007Mukasey Confirmation Battle Not Yet Catching Public Attention
  
Just a couple of weeks ago, Michael B. Mukasey seemed headed for easy confirmation as the nation’s next Attorney General. 
October 31, 2007Americans Doubt Sanctions Against Iran Will Work
  
The U.S. government recently imposed a raft of new economic sanctions against Iran that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says are a response both to Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium and to its interference in Iraq. 
October 30, 2007Pennsylvania: Clinton Opens Double Digit Leads
  
In Pennsylvania, Senator Hillary Clinton has opened a double digit lead over four Republican Presidential candidates.
October 30, 2007Virginia Senate: Warner 53% Gilmore 37%
  
In the 2008 race for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 37%. 
October 30, 2007Virginia: Giuliani 46% Clinton 43%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds Rudy Giuliani with a three-percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the state’s Electoral Votes.

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                            October 30, 200777% See Hillary as Likely Nominee
  
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of American adults say that New York Senator Hillary Clinton is at least somewhat likely to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008.

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                            October 30, 2007Stephen Colbert Tops Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich in Presidential Poll
  
Fresh from a victorious interview on "Meet the Press," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert continues to out-pun pundits and expectorate political expectations with his half-sincere, three-quarters-book-promoting campaign for the presidency. 
October 29, 2007Why is Giuliani Seen as the Most Electable Candidate?
  
Is Rudy Giuliani leading the GOP race because he is perceived to be the party’s best general election candidate? 
October 29, 2007The Unifying Theme of Election 2008: Hillary Clinton
  
There are three separate races making up the Election 2008 Presidential competition: the race for the Democratic nomination, the race for the Republican nomination, and the general election. All three share one unifying theme—Hillary Clinton.

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                            October 28, 2007Giuliani Tops Edwards by One Percentage Point; Thompson Lags by Nine
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani holding a statistically insignificant one-point lead over former North Carolina Senator John Edwards.
October 28, 2007Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton, Little About Paul
  
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.