20% Would Buy New Car Online
As General Motors experiments with selling new cars on E-Bay, 20% of American adults say they would buy a new car online. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 68% would not.
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August 14, 2009
August 14, 2009
67% Expect DC to Become Even More Partisan
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide believe Washington politics is likely to become more partisan over the coming year. That figure is up sharply from 55% a month ago and from 40% when President Barack Obama first took office.
August 14, 2009
Congress Jet-sets Further into the Red By Debra J. Saunders
First a confession: I've never flown on a private jet. I've never flown on a Gulfstream. Never flown on a private 737 "office in the sky."
August 14, 2009
Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 13, 2009
45% of Internet Users Say Charging for Content Will Hurt Newspapers
Forty-five percent (45%) of Internet users say a plan by at least one major news organization to charge for online content is likely to hurt the newspapers in question financially, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 13, 2009
Voters Give GOP First-Time Lead on Health Care
For the first time in over two years of polling, voters trust Republicans slightly more than Democrats on the handling of the issue of health care. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that voters favor the GOP on the issue 44% to 41%.
August 13, 2009
Most Voters Say Immigration Reform Not Likely to Pass
President Barack Obama recently suggested that immigration reform might be on the legislative agenda for early 2010. But, most voters don’t see passage of legislation as likely.
August 13, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Care Reform
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the Healthcare reform.
August 13, 2009
Health Reformers Need Not Fear Mob Scenes By Froma Harrop
Craig Anthony Miller earned brief fame by screaming something about the Constitution in the face of Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. A woman followed with the same scripted rant. The subject of the meeting in Lebanon, Pa., was to be health care, and the goal of the organized mobs was to disrupt it.
August 13, 2009
The Real Death Panels By Joe Conason
When Republican politicians and right-wing talking heads bemoan the fictitious "death panels" that they claim would arise from health-care reform, they are concealing a sinister reality from their followers. The ugly fact is that every year we fail to reform the existing system, that failure condemns tens of thousands of people to die -- either because they have no insurance or because their insurance companies deny coverage or benefits when they become ill.
August 13, 2009
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 48%, Specter 36%
Uncomfortable town hall meetings are just the tip of the iceberg for Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. He now trails Republican Pat Toomey by double digits in his bid for reelection next year and is viewed unfavorably by a majority of the state’s voters.
August 13, 2009
When Liberal Leaders Confront a Centrist Nation By Michael Barone
There are more conservatives than Republicans and more Democrats than liberals. That's one of the asymmetries between the parties that helps to explain the particular political spot we're in. The numbers are fairly clear. In the 2008 exit poll, 34 percent of voters described themselves as conservatives and 32 percent as Republicans; 39 percent described themselves as Democrats but only 22 percent as liberals.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania Democratic Primary: Specter 47% Sestak 34%
Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 13 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania. In June, Specter had a 19-point lead.
August 12, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Woodstock
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the Woodstock anniversary.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania: 42% Favor Health Care Plan, 53% Opposed
Forty-two percent (42%) of Pennsylvania voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of voters in the state finds that 53% are opposed.
August 12, 2009
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) of likely voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 12, 2009
Obama’s Hoof-in-Mouth Disease By Lawrence Kudlow
It’s hard to know why President Obama said what he said at Tuesday’s health-care town hall in New Hampshire. He actually stated, “If you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
August 12, 2009
66% Oppose Mexican Trucks On U.S. Highways
President Obama on Monday concluded a mini-summit with the presidents of Canada and Mexico, but Americans don’t look too kindly on what their neighbors had at the top of their agendas.
August 12, 2009
26% Have Higher Opinion of Bill Clinton Since He Left Office
Former President Bill Clinton was in the news again last week, gaining the release of two American reporters from North Korea, and 26% of U.S. voters now say they have a better opinion of Clinton since he left office in January 2001.
August 12, 2009
Empower the Local Afghan Tribal Chiefs By Tony Blankley
I have talked with soldiers from Afghanistan -- both American and British, both in the ranks and field-grade officers -- in an effort at making sense of what we are doing there. The White House and Pentagon publicly say they are reassessing policy in Afghanistan. It is well that they should. So far, both means and goals are confused.
