59% Think A Home Is A Family’s Best Investment
For many Americans, a house still doesn’t look like a safe bet for a home.
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December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009
Holiday Remnants By Susan Estrich
The last Thanksgiving of my childhood started out promisingly enough. It was 1969, and we were going to my parents' best friends' house. I had a crush on their second oldest son, and with luck (a lot of it), we'd end up in his room listening to Led Zeppelin. He was much cooler than I was, but I was who would be there on Thanksgiving.
December 1, 2009
Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM): Small Business Confidence Plunges
Economic confidence among America's small business owners plummeted in November, as more owners cited serious concerns about cash flow and saw economic conditions for their own businesses getting worse. The Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM)index fell 12 points in November to 76.5 from 88.5 in October.
December 1, 2009
Number of Democrats Falls to Four-Year Low
The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell by nearly two percentage points in November. Added to declines earlier in the year, the number of Democrats in the nation has fallen by five percentage points during 2009.
December 1, 2009
42% Say Their Own Congressman Deserves Reelection, 42% Disagree
Congress, beware. Voters are now evenly divided over whether their own congressman deserves another term in office.
December 1, 2009
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: November 2009
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
December 1, 2009
The Inquisition of Global Warming By Debra J. Saunders
This just in from the Times of London: After the leak of highly embarrassing e-mail messages from the University of East Anglia's influential Climatic Research Unit, CRU has been forced to admit that it dumped "the original raw" climate data used to bolster the case for human-caused global warming, while retaining only the "value-added" -- read: massaged -- data.
December 1, 2009
Those Finished With Holiday Shopping Doubles After Black Friday
Black Friday was obviously a busy Friday for many Americans, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. They’re also a little more willing to spend on gifts now.
December 1, 2009
Republican Still Lead By Seven on Generic Ballot
Republican candidates have a seven-point lead over Democrats for the second straight week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
December 1, 2009
Rasmussen Employment Index Down As Hiring Expectations Decline
After three months of gains, the Rasmussen Employment Index dropped more than four points in November to its lowest level since July.
December 1, 2009
60% Say Passage of Health Care Reform Will Increase Deficit
Members of Congress may rely upon the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), but voters are skeptical. The CBO has projected that the health care legislation now being considered by Congress would make the federal budget deficit a bit smaller over the coming decade, but only 17% of voters believe that’s true.
December 1, 2009
Working on Apps Not Abs By Froma Harrop
This is a nation of goose-necked children hunched over their electronics in front of a TV. They will turn into goose-necked adults with vitamin D deficiencies, the result of spending their sunny hours downloading songs in darkened rooms. Obesity will plague many of them.
November 30, 2009
Voters Continue to Trust GOP More on Most Top Issues
Voters remain more confident in Republicans than in Democrats this month on virtually all of the key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. But that confidence is not quite as strong as a month ago when the GOP led on all 10.
November 30, 2009
33% Say Their Representative in Congress is Best Person for Job
Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters nationwide believe that their representative in Congress is the best person for the job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% disagree and 25% are not sure.
November 30, 2009
71% Angry at Federal Government, Up Five Points Since September
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
November 30, 2009
Confidence in Housing Market Stalls
October’s exuberance over the housing market appears to have fallen back to the levels seen for much of this year, while long-term confidence appears to be trending down.
November 30, 2009
47% View A Candidate’s Religious Faith As Important
Voters are narrowly divided on the importance of a political candidate’s religious faith but are less enthusiastic about the role of religion in politics and government.
November 30, 2009
Question Wording and Job Approval
Not surprisingly, when you ask about the President’s Job Approval in different ways, you get different results.
November 30, 2009
41% Support Health Care Legislation, 53% Oppose
The U.S. Senate is now formally beginning debate on a plan to reform health care in America, but most voters remain opposed to the plan working its way through Congress.
November 30, 2009
Global Warming Consensus: Garbage in, Garbage out By Michael Barone
As Air Force One heads to Copenhagen for the climate summit Dec. 9, it will presumably not make a U-turn while flying over the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at University of East Anglia near Norwich, England. But perhaps it should.
