Favorables for Michelle Obama Jump Six Points to 67%
Two-thirds of U.S. voters (67%) now have a favorable opinion of Michelle Obama, including 43% who hold a Very Favorable view of America’s new First Lady.
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April 6, 2009
April 6, 2009
Why The Double Standard for the Auto and Finance Industries? By Scott Rasmussen
Voters opposed bailouts for both the auto industry and the financial industry, but the federal government provided support for both. Some critics—particularly those who favor the auto industry—have noted that the terms and tone of the bailouts were markedly different, however.
April 6, 2009
More Voters See Taxes As Very Important Issue
While the economy remains the top issue nationwide, taxes are moving up on the priority list. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of voters see taxation as very important; it’s highest level in nearly two years.
April 6, 2009
Support Falls For Axing Heads of Bailed-Out Companies
Following the Obama administration’s highly-publicized decision to force Rick Wagoner out as head of General Motors last week, Americans are now less supportive of having the government push senior managers out the door.
April 5, 2009
22% Pick Boston Red Sox to Win 2009 World Series
It’s opening day of the 2009 Major League Baseball season, and participants in the latest Rasmussen Prediction Challenge think the title of World Series Champion will go back to an American League team this year.
April 5, 2009
57% Want Military Response to North Korea Missile Launch
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North Korea’s missile launching capability. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure.
April 5, 2009
Lost and Found on Fringes of First Family By Debra J. Saunders
When Barack Obama first met his Auntie Zeituni at an airport in Kenya in 1988, his late father's sister told him, "Welcome home," and kissed him on both cheeks. Obama was on a pilgrimage to the land where his African father lived apart from Obama's American mother.
April 4, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 3, 2009
This president hasn’t had an easy week since he took office, and the past one was one of his toughest yet.
April 4, 2009
46% Say UNC Will Take NCAA Tournament
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels are well ahead of the competition in the latest Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge, with 46% predicting the team will win this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.
April 4, 2009
Obama Abroad: In Some Ways, Much Like Bush By Michael Barone
Barack Obama's foreign policy is beginning to take shape. Semantically, it's a sharp repudiation of the policies of the George W. Bush administration. In reality, it's something like a continuation of Bush policies. Or, if you want to distinguish between the allegedly confrontation-minded policies of Bush's first term and the more accommodationist policies of his second term -- a distinction that I think is exaggerated but has something to it -- then it's something like the second Bush term. With, of course, some differences.
April 3, 2009
44% See More Tension With Other Countries Because of Economic Crisis
Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans say the current global economic crisis is more likely to create tension between the United States and other nations rather than to encourage more cooperation.
April 3, 2009
75% Oppose Release of Guantanamo Inmates in the United States
President Obama’s intelligence chief said last week that some inmates at the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp may be released in the United States, but just 13% of U.S. voters think that should be allowed.
April 3, 2009
CALIFORNIA: THE KEY TO THE ELECTORAL LOCK By Rhodes Cook
California may be the Golden State, but it has been a while since people have called it that without a trace of sarcasm. With its double digit unemployment rate, difficult to balance budget, and crumbling infrastructure, California these days is anything but golden.
April 2, 2009
44% Favor Government-Backed Auto Warranties
Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters like the idea of a federal government guarantee of automobile warranties issued by companies that go out of business, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 2, 2009
54% Count On U.S. Business Leaders More Than World Leaders To Help U.S. Economy
So much for the hoopla and highly publicized activities of this week’s G-20 economic summit.
April 2, 2009
Europe on the Cheap By Debra J. Saunders
American voters want -- and President Obama campaigned on a platform of -- European-style government at American tax rates.
April 2, 2009
Congress Favorables Up, But So Is Perception That Most Members Are Corrupt
Twenty-one percent (21%) of U.S. voters now think Congress is doing a good or excellent job, its highest ratings in over a year, but nearly twice as many (41%) also think most members of Congress are corrupt.
April 2, 2009
Centrist Dems: Dogged If They Do, Dogged If They Don't By Froma Harrop
There's trouble around the Democratic campfire. The party has the White House and solid congressional majorities. But what it doesn't have is everyone on the same page, strumming the same chords, singing the same tune.
April 2, 2009
A 'Truly Breathtaking' Departure By Lawrence Kudlow
Team Obama fired GM CEO Rick Wagoner Sunday afternoon, just a short time after Treasury man Tim Geithner told the television talk shows that some banks will need large amounts of new TARP-money government assistance -- even though the bankers don't want it.
