53% Say Limiting Malpractice Awards Would Reduce Health Care Costs
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters say restricting jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits would significantly reduce the cost of health care in the United States.
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September 8, 2009
September 8, 2009
52% of Insured Americans Say They’d Have to Switch Coverage if Health Care Reform Passes
As President Obama prepares for a major speech on Wednesday to relaunch his health care reform initiative, polling data continues to show that many Americans remain skeptical of the details.
September 8, 2009
Voters Divided On Which Party To Trust More On Health Care
As Congress returns to take up the health care plan fashioned by President Obama and congressional Democrats, voters are evenly divided over which party they trust more to handle the volatile issue.
September 8, 2009
Holder Should Do Some Remembering By Froma Harrop
America will soon mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The replays of burning buildings and piercing screams will bring back jagged memories of that horrific day.
September 8, 2009
45% Say Unions Weaken America, 26% Disagree
Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans believe that labor unions make our country weaker, while just 26% say unions make the nation stronger.
September 7, 2009
83% Say Proof of Citizenship Should Be Required to Get Government Health Aid
The health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats contains many controversial items that divide the general public. However, one area of consensus among the public is the desire to restrict government health care benefits to U.S. citizens only.
September 7, 2009
47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Humans
Forty-seven percent (47%) of U.S. voters say global warming is caused by long-term planetary trends rather than human activity.
September 7, 2009
Obama Cannot Escape Hard Choices in September By Michael Barone
"Very active." That's what White House aides say Barack Obama is going to be this month. That's probably an understatement.
September 7, 2009
Only 13% Rate Labor Day One of the Nation's Most Important Holidays
Just 13% of Americans now believe that Labor Day is one of the nation's most important holidays, down seven points from a year ago.
September 6, 2009
60% Say Obama At Least As Ethical As Most Politicians
Sixty percent (60%) of voters nationwide believe that President Obama is at least as ethical as most politicians. That figure includes 34% who say the president is more ethical than his peers and 26% who say he is about as ethical as most.
September 6, 2009
Too Much Gained in Afghanistan To Exit Now By Debra J. Saunders
As he campaigned for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama argued that Afghanistan should become "the central front in the battle against terrorism." Obama has delivered on that issue.
September 6, 2009
59% Celebrate Labor Day As The End of Summer
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Americans celebrate Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer.
September 5, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 4, 2009
For most Americans, Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer. But this year it also means the return of Congress to Washington, D.C., after one of the most harrowing recesses even the most senior of the legislators can ever recall.
September 5, 2009
The Jobless Recovery By Lawrence Kudlow
The jobless-recovery theme re-emerged on Friday with the arrival of a disappointing employment report.
September 4, 2009
58% Say Economy Forced Cuts in Their Summer Vacation Spending
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of American adults who took a vacation this summer said economic conditions caused them to cut back on how much they spent.
September 4, 2009
Does Obama Face a 2012 Challenge In His Own Party?
Leading liberals are already thinking the unthinkable: Challenging President Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012.
September 4, 2009
20% Say Pull All Troops Out of Afghanistan Immediately
Twenty percent (20%) of U.S. voters say all American troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 4, 2009
Cracked Justice Enabled Girl Rape Case By Froma Harrop
Many astounding details surround the story of the California rapist who kidnapped an 11-year-old and kept her captive for 18 years. None shocks more than the raw fact that Phillip Garrido was not locked up, the key lost.
September 4, 2009
Americans Say JFK Had Biggest Impact of the Kennedy Brothers
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963 after nearly three years in the White House, had the most positive and lasting impact on the nation of all of the political Kennedy brothers.
September 4, 2009
Who Will Run the Free Hot Dog Stand? By Susan Estrich
Watching conservatives cheer the demise of the "public option" has left me shaking my head.
