67% Oppose A Military Draft
U.S. voters strongly oppose the reinstitution of a military draft and are even more strongly in favor of an all-volunteer military. They also don’t think a year of mandatory public service is a good idea.
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November 13, 2009
November 13, 2009
'09 Elections: Some Parting Thoughts By Rhodes Cook
No doubt off-year elections can be overanalyzed. They are few in number. They sometimes give evidence of conflicting trends. And their predictive value for the midterm elections to follow has been rather conclusively debunked.
November 13, 2009
Klobuchar Bests Franken, Bachmann Among Minnesota Voters
Minnesota voters give Senator Amy Klobuchar higher marks for job performance than her fellow senator Al Franken and Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman who has become a conservative lightning rod in the national health care debate.
November 13, 2009
Voters Want Green... In Their Wallets By Howard Rich
As the fallout continues to settle from the 2009 elections, among the more overlooked results was a ballot issue in Boulder County, Colorado that would have extended an existing sales tax to fund the acquisition of additional “open space.”
November 13, 2009
Do You Recognize Your President? By Susan Estrich
There's an old saying that hard cases make bad law. The same rule, unfortunately, applies to presidential decisions.
November 13, 2009
47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Human Activity
Nearly half the nation’s voters still believe that global warming is caused primarily by long term planetary trends, not human activity
November 12, 2009
73% in Texas Favor Death Penalty for Fort Hood Shooter
Seventy-three percent (73%) of Texas voters say Major Nadal Malik Hasan should receive the death penalty if he is convicted of last week’s massacre at Ford Hood, Texas.
November 12, 2009
60% in NJ Say Most Christie Supporters Were Voting Against Corzine
Sixty percent (60%) of New Jersey voters say most of Republican Chris Christie’s winning support last week came from those who were voting against his opponent, incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine.
November 12, 2009
73% Worry Some May Be Executed For Crimes They Didn’t Commit
While the majority of Americans support use of the death penalty, 73% are at least somewhat concerned that some people may be executed for crimes they did not commit. Forty percent (40%) are very concerned.
November 12, 2009
61% Support Death Penalty
The execution Tuesday of the Washington, D.C. sniper killer and the unfolding investigation of last week’s murder spree at Fort Hood, Texas have again put the spotlight on the death penalty, one of the most hotly contested issues in the United States for years.
November 12, 2009
History Is Calling -- Will Obama Answer? By Michael Barone
Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on the past and on what it might mean for the future. Monday saw the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, even if Barack Obama could not find time to travel once again to Berlin to attend the commemoration there. And Wednesday is the 91st anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
November 12, 2009
Testing Next Year's Lies Today By Joe Conason
Within hours after the House of Representatives approved health care reform by a narrow margin, Republicans predicted retribution at the polls next fall. They promised to make every Democrat regret that historic vote as the first step toward the reversal of power in Washington.
November 12, 2009
45% Now Rate Obama’s Economic Performance As Poor
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters now give President Obama poor marks for his handling of the economy, the highest level of disapproval this year.
November 12, 2009
Casinos Take Money From States By Froma Harrop
In Las Vegas, house prices have dropped 55 percent since peaking in August 2006, and the foreclosure rate is seven times the national average. Gigantic new condo towers sit nearly empty (real-estate pros call them "see-through buildings"), and unemployment tops 13 percent. The recession has sent casino revenues plunging 20 percent from two years ago.
November 11, 2009
33% Say U.S. Is Heading In Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) of voters now say the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 11, 2009
24% Watch Oprah At Least Occasionally
Nearly one-out-of-four Americans (24%) say they watch daytime television host Oprah Winfrey's program at least occasionally. Eight percent (8%) watch at least once a week, with five percent (5%) watching every day or nearly every day.
November 11, 2009
Economy Is Once Again Top Issue For Voters
After being knocked out of first place last month for the first time in nearly two years, the economy is back as the issue voters view as most important.
November 11, 2009
The San Francisco Democrat By Susan Estrich
You've got to hand it to Nancy Pelosi. Love her or hate her -- and there are probably more people in the second category than the first -- you can't deny the enormity of her accomplishment. She did something very, very big.
November 11, 2009
60% Want Fort Hood Shooting Investigated as Terrorist Act
Sixty percent (60%) of likely voters nationwide say last week's shootings at Fort Hood should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act.
November 11, 2009
Hillary in 2012? By Tony Blankley
I write this week from New Orleans, where I am participating in the Bipartisan Policy Center's Inaugural Political Summit, organized by Tom Daschle, Howard Baker and Bob Dole and hosted by Mary Matalin and James Carville.
