The volatile 2010 Republican Primary race for governor in Texas has become a toss-up, with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison currently inching ahead of incumbent Rick Perry by two points – 40% to 38%.
Richard Burr’s U.S. Senate seat has a recent history of high turnover, but the incumbent Republican holds double-digit leads over three Democratic challengers in an early look at North Carolina’s 2010 Senate contest.
For New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, his closest competitor in 2010 is the man who so far isn't even interested in the race.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of likely voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Next year’s U.S. Senate race in Colorado is a lot more crowded this week, and incumbent Michael Bennet has some serious competition on hand.
Conservative loudmouths are crowing that they are driving Barack Obama's popularity ratings below 50 percent. They are very proud of themselves. They shouldn't be. Destroying what is best about our country is not something to brag to your children about.
With one-sixth of the Obama administration's term of office complete, last week it revealed its profound commitment to an unprecedented policy of eschewing the exercise of great-power diplomacy -- and indeed of being willing to consciously accept humiliation -- in the hope of gaining future advantage from talking with hostile but weaker nations.
Republican Kelly Ayotte leads Democrat Paul Hodes by eight points in an early look at New Hampshire’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
Twelve percent (12%) of voters nationwide believe that most opponents of President Obama’s health care reform plan are racist. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of voters disagree, and 21% are not sure.
With the eighth season of "American Idol" about to begin, Americans who watch the program are inclined to think the addition of comedian Ellen DeGeneres as a judge will give it a boost.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got a bit of reprieve from the voters after a tumultuous August recess for most members of Congress.
Democratic congressional candidates have pulled within one point of Republicans this week in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.
Diane Sawyer, soon to be the new anchor of ABC’s evening television news, is no more popular than Charles Gibson, the broadcaster she is replacing, but 39% of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to watch Sawyer when she takes over. Twenty percent (20%) say they’re very likely to do so.
Will the sex scandal of former GOP Assemblyman Mike Duvall make a difference for the California GOP? In that Duvall -- now known as Spanky -- had the good sense to resign 15 hours into the scandal, the answer would be: No.
The post-speech bounce continues with the nation now evenly divided over the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, but the increase in support is still coming from Democratic voters rallying to their leader.
One week after President Obama’s speech to Congress, opposition to his health care reform plan has reached a new high of 55%. The latest Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll shows that just 42% now support the plan, matching the low first reached in August.
In what is currently a difficult political climate for Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trails two potential Republican challengers seeking to unseat him as he faces reelection next year in Nevada.
President Obama was on Wall Street, calling for a new regulatory regime to prevent a financial panic like the one set off a year ago. "We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess that was at the heart of this crisis," he said.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans are at least somewhat confident that enough testing has been done on the swine flue vaccine for it to be safely offered this fall. But just 14% are very confident of that fact in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
When asked to choose from a list of top news stories that broke this past summer, 40% of American adults said the heated health care debate had the biggest impact on them personally.
