Only 37% of GOP Voters Now Say Party Is Leaderless
As the old political saying goes, you can’t beat somebody with nobody. But a plurality of national Republican voters still think nobody’s running the show for the GOP.
Public Content
Most Recent Releases
May 15, 2009
May 15, 2009
Public Backs Military Tribunals for Suspected Terrorists
President Obama’s decision to keep the military commission system in place for the trials of suspected terrorists moves him closer to public opinion on the topic.
May 15, 2009
35% Rate U.S. Health Care Good or Excellent
Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans rate the nation’s health care system as good or excellent. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 34% of the nation’s adults say the health care system is fair and 30% rate it as poor.
May 15, 2009
The Speaker Speaks By Susan Estrich
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now claiming that intelligence officials misled her about the use of waterboarding when she was briefed in 2002. Previously, it was reported that she, as the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee at the time, had been told about waterboarding as an interrogation technique and had raised no objections to it -- a claim that obviously called into question the speaker's support for a "truth commission" to find out who (else) took that position.
May 15, 2009
Obama's 'Public' Health Plan Will Bankrupt the Nation By Lawrence Kudlow
Does anybody really believe that adding 50 million people to the public health-care rolls will not cost the government more money? About $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion more? At least.
May 15, 2009
Hot House 2010 By Larry J. Sabato, Isaac Wood and Paul Wiley
We are barely into the two-year term for the current House of Representatives, but you can be sure that the 2010 contests have already begun. That is especially true for members of the House who are in two-party competitive districts. For them, it is a permanent campaign.
May 14, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Legalization of Marijuana
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Thursday looks at the legalization of marijuana.
May 14, 2009
84% Say English Should Be America’s Official Language
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Americans say English should be the official language of the United States. Only nine percent (9%) disagree, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Seven percent (7%) are not sure.
May 14, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: College Degree II
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday looks at the value of a college education.
May 14, 2009
70% of Insured Rate Health Insurance Coverage As Good or Excellent
Seventy percent (70%) of Americans with health insurance rate their coverage as good or excellent.
May 14, 2009
NJ Governor: Christie Leads Corzine by Nine
New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon S. Corzine, who hopes to win a second term in November, has now fallen behind Republican challenger Christopher J. Christie by 15 points – 49% to 34%.
May 14, 2009
Only 38% Agree With Cheney That Obama Has Hurt National Security
Just 38% of U.S. voters agree with former Vice President Dick Cheney that America is less safe now because of changes President Obama has made in national security.
May 14, 2009
Illegal Immigration in Tough Times By Froma Harrop
While the recession has rattled every rung of economic ladder, it has ravaged the bottom bars. Unemployment stands at just over 4 percent for college graduates but at nearly 15 percent for those lacking high-school diplomas. In poor black neighborhoods, it's around 30 percent and approaching Great Depression levels.
May 14, 2009
Republicans Wonder How To Sell a Toxic Brand By Joe Conason
Uplifting as it was to see insurance executives, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospital officials and doctors gather at the White House on May 11, pledging cooperation toward health care reform, nothing they said or did was inconsistent with precisely the opposite objective. According to the famed pollster who is helping Republicans in Congress to block reform, in fact, the first critical step toward stopping real change is pretending to support it.
May 14, 2009
Just 24% Correctly Predicted Gokey's Elimination on 'American Idol'
Another week, another elimination, another letdown. Only 24% of predictors in this week’s “American Idol” prediction challenge correctly predicted that Danny Gokey would be the next contestant eliminated from the show.
May 14, 2009
Obama Offers Security at the Expense of Liberty By Michael Barone
Republicans and conservatives are trying to grapple with the Obama administration's $3,600,000,000,000 federal budget -- let's include the zeroes rather than use the trivializing abbreviation $3.6 trillion -- and the larger-than-previously-projected $1,841,000,000,000 budget deficit.
May 14, 2009
California Voters Say Cut Government Spending, Don’t Raise Taxes
Californians will vote next Tuesday on a series of budget-related propositions, and one thing is clear from new Rasmussen Reports telephone polling in the state: Voters aren’t in the mood for tax increases to ease California’s budget woes.
May 13, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: College Degree
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday looks at the value of a college education.
May 13, 2009
Confidence Keeps Climbing: 40% Say U.S. Going In Right Direction
Confidence continues to grow this week that America is turning the corner on many of the problems that have beset it in recent years.
May 13, 2009
42% Support Major Lifestyle Changes To Save The Planet, 44% Disagree
Forty-two percent (42%) of American voters believe that major lifestyle changes are needed to save the environment. But the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also finds that 44% disagree and say that such changes are not necessary. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure.
