Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Colleges & Underage Drinking
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Wednesday focuses on drinking beer and its effect on underage drinking.
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August 26, 2009
August 26, 2009
34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
For the second straight week, just one-third (34%) of likely voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 26, 2009
19% Say House Prices Will Go Up In Next Year, 27% Expect Them To Go Down
New government data suggests the housing market may be slowly beginning to revive, but for most Americans, short-term and long-term views of that market remain basically unchanged.
August 26, 2009
Command Decision By Tony Blankley
On May 27, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson had telephone conversations about Vietnam with McGeorge Bundy, his national security adviser, and Sen. Richard Russell, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. First, to Bundy, he said: "It just worries the hell out of me. I don't see what we can ever hope to get out of there. ... I don't think that we can fight them 10,000 miles away from home and ever get anywhere. ... I don't think it's worth fighting for, and I don't think we can get out. It's just the biggest damn mess I ever saw. ... What the hell is Vietnam worth to me? ... What is it worth to this country?"
August 26, 2009
Americans Rate Government, Self-Employment as Top Job Choices
A government job looks less attractive to Americans than it did at the beginning of the year, but it remains the top employment choice in today’s economic environment.
August 26, 2009
70% Prefer Government That Provides Fewer Services With Lower Taxes
Seventy percent (70%) of likely voters now favor a government that offers fewer services and imposes lower taxes over one that provides more services with higher taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 26, 2009
24% Say Democrats Should Pass Health Care Reform Without GOP Votes
If Democrats agree on a health care reform bill that is opposed by all Republicans in Congress, 24% of voters nationwide say the Democrats should pass that bill.
August 25, 2009
Republicans Maintain Steady Lead on Generic Ballot
This summer brought a significant shift in voter preferences in the Generic Congressional Ballot. As Republican Congressional candidates once again lead Democrats by a 43% to 38% margin this week, this is now the ninth straight ballot the GOP has held a modest advantage.
August 25, 2009
18% Right About "Transformers" Storming the First-Weekend Box Office
In a prediction challenge issued in early May, Rasmussen Reports asked adults which film would be the summer's biggest opening weekend blockbuster.
August 25, 2009
Voters Say They Know Health Care Bill Better Than Congress
Most voters think they understand the health care reform legislation proposed by President Obama better than Congress does - and about as well as the president himself.
August 25, 2009
75% Worried That Gitmo Closing Will Set Dangerous Terrorists Free
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries. Fifty-six percent (56%) are very concerned.
August 25, 2009
79% Know Someone Out of Work and Looking for Employment
Nearly eight-of-10 American adults (79%) know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that only 14% do not know an unemployed person looking for work.
August 25, 2009
Children Should Not Be Props on Reality TV By Froma Harrop
In the beginning, "Jon & Kate Plus 8" had a sweet charm. The little ones would scamper and shout toddler things, as their harried parents tried to keep order.
August 25, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: CIA
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Tuesday focuses on the CIA.
August 25, 2009
50% in Michigan Oppose Housing Gitmo Prisoners in the State
Half of Michigan voters (50%) oppose a proposal to house inmates from the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp at a soon-to-be-closed state prison 145 miles north of Detroit.
August 25, 2009
The Mysterious Case of Scottish Justice By Debra J. Saunders
When convicted Pan Am Flight 103 killer Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi landed to a hero's welcome in Libya last week, there was no question about it: Our Betters in Europe got rolled.
August 24, 2009
63% in Michigan Predict Ford Will Be Most Successful Automaker
Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters in the home state of the Big Three automakers say Ford will be the most successful of the companies in five years’ time.
August 24, 2009
53% of Massachusetts Voters Favor Congressional Health Care Plan
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Massachusetts voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds that 45% are opposed.
August 24, 2009
82% Oppose Decision To Release Lockerbie Terrorist
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans disagree with the decision to release the terminally ill terrorist convicted of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland so he could return home to die in his native Libya.
August 24, 2009
Rasmussen Reports Daily Prediction Challenge: Obama's Vacation
The daily Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge for Monday focuses on the Obama family and the media.
