Republicans Now Ahead By Five on Generic Ballot
Republican candidates have now matched their biggest lead over Democrats of the past several years on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
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August 18, 2009
August 18, 2009
46% Say Colleges Don’t Monitor Student Behavior Enough
The plurality of American adults (46%) believes colleges and universities do not do enough to monitor students’ behavior, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 18, 2009
39% Blame Obama Policies for Bad Economy
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.
August 18, 2009
33% Expect U.S. Troops To Be Out of Afghanistan By 2013
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.
August 18, 2009
Obama in Paradise By Debra J. Saunders
When Barack Obama was 11, his mother and grandmother took him and his half-sister Maya on the most American of family vacations -- a road trip that included Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Last week, Obama passed on that gift as he took his wife, daughters Malia and Sasha -- as well as Maya and her family -- on a four-day trip to two of America’s most breathtaking national parks.
August 18, 2009
Free-Market Death Panels By Froma Harrop
"Death panels"? I'll tell you about death panels. My husband faced one some years ago, and it didn't involve any government bureaucrat. It was run by our private insurer, the sort of corporate entity that foes of health care reform say will give you anything you want.
August 18, 2009
80% Expect Bad Economy To Lead To More Crime
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans say current economic conditions in the country are at least somewhat likely to lead to increased crime. Forty-seven percent (47%) say they are very likely to do so.
August 17, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Public Option
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the public option in Obama's health care reform plan.
August 17, 2009
6% Expect Tax Cut During Obama Years
Just six percent (6%) of voters nationwide now expect their own taxes to go down during the Obama years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% expect their taxes to go up while 40% expect little change. Another 12% are not sure.
August 17, 2009
44% Say Admission to National Parks Should Be Free
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults think admission to U.S. national parks should always be free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 17, 2009
Voters Skeptical About Health Care Reform Claims Made By Pelosi and Hoyer
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.
August 17, 2009
Illinois Senate Race a Toss-Up
Republican hopeful Mark Kirk finds himself starting out even in a Senate race against his likeliest Democratic competitor, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
August 17, 2009
Young Voters Should Take Another Look at Obama By Michael Barone
Dear Young Obama Voter,
Congratulations. You have truly changed America.
August 17, 2009
Only 39% Say Woodstock Could Occur Peacefully Today
Forty years ago 400,000 people descended on a small town 80 miles northwest of New York City and staged a music festival that would become the symbol of a generation.
August 16, 2009
The Flight 2816 Fiasco By Debra J. Saunders
The latest infamous incident of Major Airline Tarmac Dysfunction occurred in Minnesota last weekend when a severe storm curtailed Continental ExpressJet Flight 2816.
August 15, 2009
54% Say Passing No Healthcare Reform Better Than Passing Congressional Plan
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.
August 15, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2009
The second week of August turned into one of the toughest yet for the still new Obama Administration.
August 15, 2009
Two Problems By Susan Estrich
America has two problems to deal with in the health care debate, and only one of them relates to health care.
August 14, 2009
17% Say 'American Idol' Will Be Worse Without Abdul
Paula Abdul has quit her job as judge for "American Idol," but just 17% of adults say the show will be worse now that she is gone, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 14, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: College Drinking
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Friday focuses on drinking on college campuses.
