54% Say Congress Doing Poor Job
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
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February 3, 2009
February 3, 2009
Big Three Automakers Much Less Popular, Seen As Less Essential To Economy
Americans have a much dimmer view of each of the Big Three automakers than they did two years ago, but 41% still believe the U.S. automobile industry is very important to the financial stability of the overall economy. That, however, is down from 49% in 2007.
February 3, 2009
Car and Driver By Debra J. Saunders
Americans now know that the "change we can believe in," which President Obama promised, means a taxes-optional administration. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner rode out the bad news about his failure to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes on income he earned while working for the International Monetary Fund, and still won confirmation. The man now in charge of the IRS says it was "an innocent mistake."
February 3, 2009
Employment Index Falls to Record Low for Fourth Straight Month
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell six more points in January to 61.1. That’s the fourth straight month that the Index has fallen to a record low. Since September, workplace confidence has fallen 27 points.
February 3, 2009
62% on Social Networks Have Reconnected With Someone From Their Past
Most American adults under 30 (54%) belong to an Internet social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace.
February 2, 2009
The Gregg Factor By Lawrence Kudlow
So why would the estimable Sen. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) quit his job to become commerce secretary in the Obama administration?
February 2, 2009
42% Say Obama Governing on Bipartisan Basis, Only 22% Say Congress Doing the Same
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say President Barack Obama is governing on a bipartisan basis while 39% say he is governing as a partisan Democrat.
February 2, 2009
88% Say No To Bonuses for Bailed-out Execs
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of American adults say the executives of companies that need federal money to stay in business should not receive bonuses. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that only eight percent (8%) believe the bonuses are okay while five percent (5%) are not sure.
February 2, 2009
55% Correctly Predict Steelers as Super Bowl Winner
They called it right. After one of the most exciting endings in Super Bowl history, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the winners – as 55% of American adults who planned to watch the game predicted.
February 2, 2009
11% Say U.S. Should Apologize To Iran
Just 11% of U.S. voters think America should apologize to Iran for “crimes” against the Islamic country – one of the prerequisites demanded by the Iranian president before he will agree to meet with President Barack Obama.
February 2, 2009
Number of Unaffiliated Voters Grows in January
During January, the number of Americans who say they are not affiliated with either the Republican or the Democratic Party rose by a full percentage point to 26.6%.
February 1, 2009
Prison or Versailles? By Debra J. Saunders
Of course California's prison inmates are entitled to reasonable 21st-century health care. Unfortunately for taxpayers, Clark Kelso, the federal receiver in charge of California's prison health care has, as state Attorney General Jerry Brown noted at a news conference last week, a "gold-plated wish list" for California's prison health care system.
January 31, 2009
The Politics Of The Economic Recovery Act By Scott Rasmussen
Something shifted in the political dialogue last week when the House version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act failed to pick up a single Republican vote.
January 31, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 30, 2009
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
January 31, 2009
Shelve the Stimulus By Lawrence Kudlow
Wednesday night's House tally on the Democratic stimulus package, where not a single Republican voted in favor, was another shot across the bow for this incredibly unmanageable $900 billion behemoth of a program that truly will not stimulate the economy.
January 31, 2009
Telephone Tops The Ways We Talk Together
Despite the Internet’s rise in popularity, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that a plurality of adults (44%) spend more time talking to others on the phone than through other types of communication. Less than a third (31%) mostly converse with others in person, while 17% say they communicate by text message or e-mail.
January 31, 2009
The GOP Should Go Upscale By Michael Barone
There's a debate going on in some Republican circles over which groups of the electorate the party should target.
January 30, 2009
Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power
Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore.
January 30, 2009
Majority Remain Confident in Obama’s Economic Moves
Ten days into his presidency as the details of his historic economic rescue plan become clearer, Barack Obama still enjoys the confidence of a majority of voters that he knows how to handle the struggling U.S. economy.
January 30, 2009
Let the Limbaughs Whine By Joe Conason
How fortunate for Barack Obama that Rush Limbaugh, big radio personality and leader of the instinctual far right, has yet to retire to a sunny island with his bottles of pills. At a moment when Republicans on Capitol Hill feel they must pretend to negotiate with the popular new president over spending to revive the economy, he blurted out what they really feel.
