One-out-of-three Americans (33%) already have filed their income taxes at this point, even though they're not due until April 15. This number is down 10 points from the beginning of March 2008, a reflection perhaps of the difficult economic times.
Bailouts, bailouts everywhere, and not an end in sight.
From February 23-34, 2009, we are asking adults if they believe professional sports are an important escape from the problems of the economic crisis or if they are out of step with the economic crisis. We want you to predict how many people will say that professional sports are an important escape from the problems of the current economic crisis.
Confidence in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan has fallen four points in the week since President Obama signed it into law, and more voters are prepared to punish their representatives for supporting it.
The Big Three auto makers are in big financial trouble. From February 23-34, 2009, we are asking adults if they would buy an automobile from a company that is in bankruptcy. We want you to predict how many people will say yes and would buy an automobile from a bankrupt car company.
While an increasing number of states have banned smoking in public places like bars and restaurants, most Americans (51%) don’t think smoking should be banned in all public air spaces, such as beaches and parks.
Let bankruptcy courts modify the terms of home mortgages, says President Obama and legislation now before Congress. Banks don't like the idea, but it's a good one, possibly even for them.
Americans are closely divided over the need for continued affirmative action programs now the country has elected its first African-American president.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday proposed that motorists be taxed on how many miles they drive to help pay for fixing and building roads and bridges, but President Obama quickly knocked the idea down.
Former President Clinton last week gave fellow Democrat Barack Obama top marks for his handling of the economy but said the new chief executive needs to be more optimistic when talking publicly about economic issues. Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. voters agree, saying President Obama should speak more positively about the economy.
Confidence in how America is doing in the War on Terror has dropped dramatically in the past two weeks. Just 47% of voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 23% believe the terrorists are winning, while 25% say it's a draw. Six percent (6%) are undecided.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of American adults say the federal government would be rewarding bad behavior by providing mortgage subsidies to financially troubled homeowners. Among investors, 65% hold that view.
LONDON -- Think that credit collapse that triggered the Bush administration's $700 billion bank bailout was necessary because of Republican hostility to regulation and the ineptness of President George W. Bush?
An audit by the Internal Revenue Service has long been the nightmare scenario for most taxpayers. But in 2009, after bailouts and stimulus plans totaling trillions of dollars, there’s a bigger concern: a fear the government will run out of money before issuing taxpayer refunds.
That was the week that was, and voters didn’t like much of what they saw.
The Oscars are just two days away, and our readers have made their predictions in this year’s three major categories.
All of America was watching Barack Obama on Jan. 20 as he promised to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." But few thought that, within a month, controversy would arise over the Constitution's census clause.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Georgia voters say it is at least somewhat likely that increased crime in their communities is due to the poor economy. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say it is Very Likely in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
Half (50%) of American voters give President Obama good or excellent marks on his handling of the economy at the close of a busy but turbulent week for the new chief executive.
