Month-by-Month Review of Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence in January rose for the second straight month and has almost reached the levels enjoyed before the financial industry meltdown in September 2008.
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February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010
Partisan Trends: Number of Unaffiliateds Jumps to Highest Total Since 2007
In January, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell another tenth-of-a-percentage point. Now the number of Democrats is at the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking by Rasmussen Reports.
February 1, 2010
44% Say Terrorist Trials Should Be Held at Guantanamo, 33% Disagree
The Obama administration is moving a planned terrorist trial out of New York City because of growing public opposition, and 44% of U.S. voters say the trials of all suspected terrorists linked to 9/11 should be held at Guantanamo Bay.
February 1, 2010
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: January 2010
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.
February 1, 2010
Florida GOP Senate: Rubio 49%, Crist 37%
Former state House Speaker Marco Rubio has now jumped to a 12-point lead over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida’s Republican Primary race for the U.S. Senate.
February 1, 2010
Obama Impresses 'Educated Class' But Not Terrorists By Michael Barone
Just whom are we trying to impress?
That's a question that occurred to me when, on his second full day in the presidency, Barack Obama announced we would close the Guantanamo detainee facility within one year.
February 1, 2010
Florida Senate: Crist, Rubio Still Ahead of Democrats’ Meek
Both Republican hopefuls hold a double-digit lead over their likeliest Democratic opponent, Congressman Kendrick Meek, in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of this year’s race for the U.S. Senate in Florida.
January 31, 2010
65% Now Hold Populist, or Mainstream, Views
Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters nationwide now hold populist, or Mainstream, views of government. That’s up from 62% last September and 55% last March.
January 31, 2010
So Much Wasted Green for Climate Change Talks By Debra J. Saunders
It was bad enough last month watching Washington politicians merrily flying off to the U.N. climate change Conference of Parties in Copenhagen (or COP-15 for short), ostensibly to draft a global warming treaty, when all the players knew that no meaningful pact would result and that the only sure outcome was that much energy would be squandered.
January 31, 2010
Obama Gets An Incomplete for First Year
Just 19% of voters nationwide believe that President Obama achieved most of his goals during his first year in office. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 70% hold the opposite view and say he did not accomplish those goals.
January 31, 2010
Don't Ask, Don't Tell By Susan Estrich
I don't get it.
Since 1993, more than 13,000 soldiers have been discharged from the military under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. Countless others are effectively denied access to mental health and other services because they can't tell.
January 30, 2010
Deficit of Trust: Most Voters Don’t Believe President’s Assertions About Economy
During his State-of-the-Union address Wednesday night, President Obama spoke about a deficit of trust between the American people and political leaders. New Rasmussen Reports polling on the president’s speech shows just how deep that trust deficit has become.
January 30, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 29, 2010
Is it really over?
January 30, 2010
Obama Sees Both Sides Now By Debra J. Saunders
It all looked so easy in August 2008, when Sen. Barack Obama spoke before the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The Democrats were going to win in November, storm Washington with their reforming ways, and because they were so much smarter than everyone else, they'd know how to get the American economy cooking. There was no doubt as the enthusiastic Invesco Field throng cheered and chanted, "Yes, we can."
January 29, 2010
53% Say Cutting Government Spending Good for the Economy
Fifty-three percent (53%) of likely voters now believe that decreasing the level of government spending will help the U.S. economy. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 24% of voters think that cutting federal spending will hurt the economy. Eleven percent (11%) say it will have no impact, and another 11% aren’t sure.
January 29, 2010
Just 29% of Workers Expect Next Job to Be Better
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 66% of Americans believe leaving their job will be their choice. That’s up a point since November and up five points from a year ago. Just 16% say their employer will decide when it’s time for them to go.
January 29, 2010
38% Say U.S. and Allies Winning War on Terror
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror. That’s the third time in four Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys that confidence has been below 40%. Numbers that bleak haven’t been recorded in consecutive surveys since the middle of 2007.
January 29, 2010
White House "Panic Week" Yields No Change in Direction By Howard Rich
Barack Obama’s “Panic Week” has come and gone, but did his White House learn anything from the historic repudiation of his leftist agenda? Putting the question another way, has Obama made the necessary course corrections or is he still refusing to hear the message that America is sending him so loudly and clearly?
January 29, 2010
A Populist Panacea? By Larry J. Sabato
I’ll admit it. I love populism. In my youth I was always drawn to populist candidates. For over eight months I’ve been predicting that 2010 would be the Year of the Populist, and this prediction has come true. Populism is the only approach that makes sense in this angry, miserable time full of resentful voters. A sincere populist identifies with, and advocates for, the needs of ordinary powerless people, who believe they are being screwed by big, impersonal institutions and elites.
January 29, 2010
Florida Governor: McCollum Holds Stable Lead Over Sink
The race to replace Charlie Crist as governor of Florida still leans Republican with little movement in either direction.
