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The final Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Election 2008 showed Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 46%. We are pleased to report that those figures precisely matched the actual election returns.
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November 6, 2008
November 6, 2008
Loose Ends By Debra J. Saunders
Elections do not deliver neat verdicts. The 2008 race so handily won by President-elect Barack Obama shouted that the American public wanted to see reform in Washington. So it just doesn't seem right that John McCain, a true reformer in the GOP, lost, while Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, holds a thin lead in his re-election bid -- even though Stevens was just convicted on seven felony counts for violating federal ethics laws.
November 6, 2008
The Landslide That Doesn't Feel All Liberal By Froma Harrop
The young and minority voters who swept Democrats to triumph call this the start of a new day. The many not-young whites who also backed Barack Obama might frame it a bit differently. To them, it's a hopeful return to an older day. Do not dismiss these older Caucasians. Without their considerable support in swing states, Obama would not have won.
November 6, 2008
In with the New By Debra J. Saunders
In the end, American voters serve as the great equalizer. When one party goes too far, voters snap the leash, as they did on Tuesday.
November 6, 2008
America's New Political Center By Joe Conason
When George W. Bush looks back someday on the wreckage of the past eight years, even he may someday realize that he missed his most important political opportunity in the months after 9/11. Despite his lackluster performance on that day, Americans stood with him as the symbol of the nation, displaying a steadfast and sober unity we had not felt for decades.
November 6, 2008
Yes He Did By Susan Estrich
Four years ago, he was a State senator from Illinois. Four years ago, the idea of electing a black man as president of the United States was a fantasy.
November 5, 2008
Confidence About Iraq Hits All-Time High
Voter confidence about the situation in Iraq has hit an all time high.
November 5, 2008
McCain’s Fortunes Fell With the Stock Market
For John McCain, the crash of Lehman Brothers on Wall Street was worse than the Crash of 1929. Looking back over the course of the campaign, it seems clear that the financial meltdown in mid-September was the final, decisive, event that secured Obama’s path to the White House.
November 5, 2008
Majority Say What's Good for China Not Good for U.S.
While the majority of Americans believe relations with China are important, most do not think the economies of the two countries are very dependent on one another.
November 5, 2008
Most Voters Made Up Their Minds Weeks Ago
So when did voters really decide how they were going to vote?
November 5, 2008
To Conservatives Who Are Thinking About Tomorrow By Tony Blankley
In regard to attitude, America's conservatives could do worse than to be moved by those lines of Robert Blake from another place and another time on behalf of a similar sacred cause then not yet realized.
November 4, 2008
First Time Voters Heavily Favor Democrats on Generic Ballot
The Democrats now lead Republicans by six percentage points on the Election Day edition of the generic congressional ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if given the choice, 47% of voters would choose their district’s Democratic candidate, while 41% would choose the Republican candidate.
November 4, 2008
Majority Say Reporters Tried To Help Obama
As the presidential campaign comes to a close, a majority of voters (51%) say most reporters have tried to help Barack Obama win the presidency.
November 4, 2008
Palin More Popular With GOP Voters Than McCain
Republicans are happier with their vice presidential candidate than their presidential nominee, while Democrats feel good about both candidates on their ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 4, 2008
59% Expect Obama to Win
On the night before America votes, 59% of likely U.S. voters expect Barack Obama to be elected president.
November 4, 2008
One-Third of Obama Voters Plan To Be Out Today
Looks like there’ll be a lot fewer Democrats in the office on Election Day.
November 4, 2008
Election 2008: Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The final Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Election 2008 shows Barack Obama with 52% of the vote while John McCain is six points back at 46%. One percent (1%) of voters say they’ll select a third-party option while 1% remain undecided.
November 4, 2008
Is Obama Swiping the Tax Cut Issue? By Lawrence Kudlow
Wouldn't it be the height of irony if Barack Obama wins this election as the Ronald Reagan tax-cutter? His tax plans are severely flawed, and his campaign narrative to support them is all wrong.
November 4, 2008
Bankrupt with the Facts - By Debra J. Saunders
The blog headline read: "Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry" and the author charged that the audio of the meeting with Obama "(had) been hidden from the public."
November 4, 2008
Helping the Right 'Homeowners' By Froma Harrop
The Treasury Department is working on a $40 billion, $50 billion -- who's counting anymore? -- plan to guarantee perhaps 3 million "at-risk" mortgages. Now that the Wall Street players have been taken care of, the time has apparently come to bail out some little people.
