What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 10, 2009
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April 11, 2009
April 11, 2009
Unions Can't Move the World By Michael Barone
If you have a long enough lever, you can move the world. That's an old saying attributed to Archimedes. But what Archimedes didn't add is that a long enough lever may splinter in your hands if the material is not strong enough. You may end up not moving the world where you wanted it to go and finding yourself in a position you didn't want to be in.
April 10, 2009
76% Oppose Federal Bailout of Ailing Life Insurance Companies
Add one more government bailout to the list opposed by most Americans. Seventy-six percent (76%) of adults say “no” to using federal funds to bail out troubled life insurance companies, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 10, 2009
For Most Americans, Easter Is An Important Holiday
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans say Easter is one of the nation’s most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's up seven points from a year ago.
April 9, 2009
66% of Americans Say Their Vote Counts in Elections
Two-thirds of American adults nationwide (66%) say their vote really matters on Election Day.
April 9, 2009
Predict Who Will Be the Next Contestant Eliminated from American Idol
American Idol is down to its final seven contestants. We want you to predict which contestant will be the next one eliminated from Wednesday's show on April 15.
April 9, 2009
55% Oppose Eliminating Deductions As A Trade-off for Lower Tax Rates
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Americans are opposed to eliminating all tax deductions even it means tax rates will be lowered, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 9, 2009
Only 27% See the U.N. As America's Ally
Just 27% of U.S. voters regard the United Nations as an ally of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 9, 2009
Diverging Coalitions: The Transformation of the American Electorate By Alan Abramowitz
The election of America's first black president has been widely hailed as an historic event. However, much less attention has been paid to the demographic trends which made that event possible and which will continue to affect elections and politics in the United States far into the future. In this article I examine those trends and their consequences for the American party system.
April 9, 2009
The Return of the Fuzzies? By Debra J. Saunders
In the 1990s, the Math Wars pitted two philosophies against each other. One side argued for content-based standards -- that elementary school students must memorize multiplication tables by third grade. The other side argued for students to discover math, unfettered by "drill and kill" exercises.
April 9, 2009
Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism
Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.
April 9, 2009
Let's End Energy Policy Whipsaw By Froma Harrop
Seems a lifetime ago that the price of crude approached $150 a barrel, but it was only last summer. Remember how people went nuts? Santa Barbara County voted for oil drilling off California's spectacular coast. Santa Barbara of all places, epicenter of the 1969 oil spill that ravaged beaches from Pismo to Oxnard -- and launched the modern environmental movement.
April 8, 2009
Only 45% Think They Pay More Than Their Share In Taxes
Just 45% of U.S. voters now think they pay more than their fair share of taxes, the lowest finding on this question since regular tracking began last July.
April 8, 2009
One Week To Go, and 31% Still Haven’t Filed Their Taxes
With one week to go until the federal income tax deadline, 31% of Americans still have not filed their taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone index.
April 8, 2009
Prosecutorial Corruption By Susan Estrich
Corruption is a bad thing wherever you find it, and no profession or institution, from churches on Main Street to banks on Wall Street, is immune. You've got people who abuse the trust of shareholders and people who abuse the trust of voters; you've got cops who abuse their badges and professors who abuse their tenure. But in my book there is a special place by the devil's side for corrupt prosecutors.
April 8, 2009
36% Still Say Country Headed in the Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) of U.S. voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, showing no change from a week ago.
April 8, 2009
61% Say A Home is Family’s Best Investment, Down 12 Points From February
Confidence in the housing market is down again, with just 61% of Americans now saying that buying a home is the best investment most families can make.
April 8, 2009
Health Care in the Offing By Tony Blankley
Of all President Barack Obama's transformative domestic policy proposals, none is more far-reaching and less transparent than health care. What most Washington policy people mean when they talk about his health care proposal was described in the first two paragraphs of Robert Pear's meticulous article in The New York Times on April 1:
April 7, 2009
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40% Republicans 39%
Republicans have pulled within one point of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
