At last there is convincing evidence that Obama’s poll numbers may be descending to earth. While his approval remains high – and his personal favorability is even higher – the underlying numbers suggest that a decline may be in the offing.
Last weekend's European Parliament and British local county council elections were not only a victory for the center-right over the center-left but also, more significantly, an indication of the growing rejection of the past 60 years of denationalized and consolidating European history.
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on health insurance.
Democratic and Republican Congressional candidates have each lost support from voters this week, but Democrats came in just ahead in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
Nearly one-out-of-three Americans (32%) say they have not filled a prescription because the cost was too high, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans expect the quality of General Motors cars to get worse now that the federal government is the majority owner of the bankrupt automaker.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters say Iran should be required to stop developing its nuclear weapons capabilities before a meeting is allowed between the Iranian president and the president of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Children have been starring on television from Day One, but their presence on two reality shows - one already a hot hit, the other a hit in the making - have Americans wondering if the children are being taken advantage of.
McAllen, Texas, spends more per person on health care than any other metropolitan area in America, except for Miami. Why would this poor border town spend $15,000 a year per Medicare enrollee?
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on government spending.
Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on six out of 10 key issues, including the top issue of the economy.
Wal-Mart’s still number one, and Costco has a way to go to catch up.
Only 42% of those who currently own a General Motors car are even somewhat likely to buy a GM product for their next car. That figure includes just 30% who are Very Likely to do so.
Fewer than one-third of U.S. voters (32%) believe most Islamic nations want to have a positive and peaceful relationship with the United States. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% disagree and 24% are not sure.
For a man of his impressive educational credentials, Barack Obama has sometimes shown a surprising ignorance of history.
When the San Francisco school board voted last month to restore the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, it seemed that sanity had prevailed -- three years after the board voted to kill the popular program. Finally, the board had put students' welfare ahead of its ruthless political correctness.
I have hated graduations for most of my life. High school was my best, and it wasn't great: I lost out as valedictorian by one-tenth of a point, and the guys who finished third and fourth behind me both got into Harvard and I didn't. I was heading off to my last choice college, the one that had given me the big scholarship. Still, I was healthy, and my parents were both alive and there. I didn't know yet that right there, that was enough, more than I would ever have again.
Most voters continue to approve of the job President Obama is doing, but, as is often the case, the devil is in the details.
Testifying before the House Budget Committee this week, Ben Bernanke said that when the time comes, the Fed will raise interest rates in order to stop inflation from building in the next recovery. He also asked for "fiscal balance" to sustain financial stability. On the surface -- in terms of keeping prices stable and restoring value to the softening U.S. dollar -- this is positive. Surely Bernanke wants to do right for America, and he's giving it his best shot.
On June 5-6, 2009, Rasmussen Reports will be asking likely voters nationwide the following question: Do most Islamic nation’s want to have a positive and peaceful relationship with the United States?
