The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor slipped to 79.7 in November, falling below 80 for the first time in its history, as consumer economic sentiment fell to a record low and concern over personal finances reached record highs. Heading into the holiday season, consumers temporarily reversed course on spending from previous months, with an increasing number planning on spending more in December.
Congress and the White House are fast reaching a deal on a bailout plan for the Big Three that many suggest is just a step short of nationalizing the U.S. auto industry since it gives the federal government a say in how the automakers spend their money and what kind of cars they build.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested today on federal corruption charges including an attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat recently vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
One in three voters (33%) now say taxes will increase under President Barack Obama’s administration, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s the lowest level seen since Obama was elected last month.
Rasmussen Reports has another opportunity for you to show off you prediction skills and demonstrate your understanding of public opinion.
Rasmussen Reports has another opportunity for you to show off you prediction skills and demonstrate your understanding of public opinion.
Rasmussen Reports has another opportunity for you to show off you prediction skills and demonstrate your understanding of public opinion.
Rasmussen Reports has another opportunity for you to show off you prediction skills and demonstrate your understanding of public opinion.
Even as the White House and Congress put the finishing touches on a $15 billion rescue package for the Big Three automakers, 53% of U.S. voters say they oppose taxpayer-funded loans to help keep General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in business.
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. homeowners oppose the Treasury Department’s proposed direct involvement in the mortgage market to help bring down interest rates, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
In another measure of the country's troubled economy, two-out-of-three adults (66%) are cutting down on the number of people they are buying gifts for this year and concentrating on their families this holiday season.
Company gives $100,000 to congressman's pet cause. Congressman protects company tax loophole worth tens of millions. Bam! Company gives pet cause another $100,000 check.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of likely voters now say Barack Obama's choices for the Supreme Court will be too liberal, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The election is 11 months away, but the four leading candidates for the next governor of Virginia are neck-and-neck at this point, with one-third of voters in the state not aware of any of them enough to even an opinion about them.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of American homeowners expect the value of their home to go up over the next five years, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The holiday season is bringing less joy to retailers this year, with 60% of adults nationally saying they plan to spend less on gifts.
Last week saw the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. In Washington, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -- a group of former cops and drug-war veterans who have soured on America's war on drugs -- gathered to celebrate the anniversary, and to argue for an end to America's current prohibition on marijuana and more serious drugs.
For the first time since the beginning of September, less than half of voters believe the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror.
The election was over a month ago, or was it?
Just this past Tuesday Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss won Georgia’s Senate run-off, finally ensuring that Democrats will not have a 60-Democrat filibuster-proof Senate.
The world doesn't stand still. Case in point: the Georgia runoff election last week made necessary because Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss failed, barely, to win an absolute majority on Nov. 4. In that contest, Chambliss led Democratic challenger Jim Martin by 3 percent. In the runoff, he won by 14.8 percent. Same candidates, very different result.
