20% Say Home Value Will Go Up in Year, 29% Expect It to Fall
Homeowners are slightly more pessimistic about the housing market in the short term, but expectations for full recovery in five years are holding relatively steady.
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July 15, 2009
July 15, 2009
Following Two Days of Hearings, 90% Expect Sotomayor to Be Confirmed
Following the first two days of confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, voters overwhelmingly expect her to be confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court but remain divided as to whether she should be.
July 15, 2009
Smile By Susan Estrich
Sonia Sotomayor makes me smile. Maybe I should have a more highfalutin response to the back-and-forth between the judge and the senators. But why?
July 15, 2009
2009 Virginia Governor: McDonnell 44%, Deeds 41%
Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell has rebounded to take a narrow lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for governor in Virginia, highlighting the expected closeness of that contest right up to November.
July 15, 2009
'Freeing Tibet' By Tony Blankley
As I cruise around the Greek Isles for a few weeks, I want to recommend a truly remarkable book for your summer reading, "Freeing Tibet:50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope," by my great friend John Roberts and his wife, Elizabeth Roberts.
July 15, 2009
2010 New York Democratic Gubernatorial Primary: Cuomo 61%, Paterson 27%
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a better than two-to-one lead over incumbent Governor David Paterson in next year’s likely Democratic Primary gubernatorial showdown.
July 15, 2009
48% View Labor Unions Favorably, 42% Don’t
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of labor unions, while 42% view them at least somewhat unfavorably.
July 14, 2009
Republicans Remain Ahead on Generic Ballot for Third Straight Week
Republican candidates continue to lead on the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot as Democrats fall to their lowest level of support among voters in recent years.
July 14, 2009
BAM's Slipping Grip On The Public By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
In the polling hierarchy, the least signif icant data measure is a president's per sonal popularity. Here, President Obama excels, with most polls showing him in the high 60s. Next comes his job approval, significant but not necessarily predictive.
July 14, 2009
45% Say Economy Will Be Stronger in a Year, 36% Say Weaker
Americans are slightly more confident that the economy will be better one year from today, while hopes for its long-term recovery hold steady.
July 14, 2009
44% Oppose Sotomayor’s Confirmation, but Support Grows After First Day of Hearings
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor spoke for herself Monday on the first day of her confirmation hearings and got some help in the polls as a result.
July 14, 2009
The State Budget Mess -- Continued By Debra J. Saunders
When California voters rejected five measures on the May 19 special election ballot, but passed a sixth measure that barred legislative pay raises in budget deficit years, the message to Sacramento was clear: Voters did not like what Sacramento had to offer.
July 14, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Health Insurance
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the health insurance.
July 14, 2009
Immigration Reform Is Quietly Here By Froma Harrop
One of America's toughest problems is being solved right before our unseeing eyes. As Mark Sanford strayed, Michael Jackson departed and Sarah Palin quit, the Obama administration was quietly putting law, order and the national interest back into our immigration system.
July 14, 2009
70% Say Media Coverage of Michael Jackson's Death Was Too Much
Seventy percent (70%) of Americans say the media paid too much attention to the death of music superstar Michael Jackson.
July 14, 2009
41% of Americans Say They Are Overweight
Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans say they are overweight, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
July 13, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Housing Market
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the housing market.
July 13, 2009
Voters Still Rank Economy As Top Issue, But Interest in Health Care Rebounds
The economy once again takes the top spot on the list of 10 important issues among voters, but interest in health care has surged and is now at its highest level in nearly two years.
July 13, 2009
30% Say It’s Okay To Form A Union Without A Secret Vote, 52% Disagree
Thirty percent (30%) of Americans say it is fair to form a union without having a secret ballot vote if a majority of a company’s workers sign a card saying they want to unionize.
July 13, 2009
49% Oppose Health Care Reform Plan, 46% Favor It
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters now at least somewhat oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, while 46% at least somewhat favor it, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
