40% Say Politics At Play in Nobel Prizes
A day after the sixth and final Nobel Prize winner was announced, a plurality of Americans (40%) believe politics plays a role in deciding who is honored.
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October 14, 2008
October 14, 2008
32% Say Election More Negative Than Most, 74% Say Media Focuses on the Negative
With Barack Obama’s campaign now crying foul at ads and comments from his Republican opponents, nearly one out of three voters (32%) say this year’s presidential race is more negative than most.
October 14, 2008
Muck, Inc. By Debra J. Saunders
Over beers, Brian McConnell and his buddies came up with the idea to put a measure on the San Francisco ballot to rename a city sewage plant after President Bush. Ha, ha, ha.
October 14, 2008
Stock Markets Like What They’re Seeing By Lawrence Kudlow
Stocks are up over 700 points today, a record-breaking one-day rally. Good news is coming from the four corners of the world as the U.S., G-7, and G-20 are all working to stem the global banking crisis and credit freeze-up.
October 14, 2008
54% Pay Attention to Political Ads, 62% Rate Most Ads Negative
While Barack Obama spent $21 million on television advertising in the first week of October alone, just over half of U.S. voters (54%) say they pay at least somewhat close attention to political ads, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 13, 2008
Voters Think More of Biden Than Palin
Barack Obama’s running mate, longtime Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, is now viewed more favorably than Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, primarily because the latter just can’t close the deal with women.
October 13, 2008
47% Say Taxing Top Income Americans is Good for U.S. Economy
A plurality of voters (47%) say Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on those who earn over $250,000 a year is good for the troubled U.S. economy, even though 51% still believe that lower taxes are the best way to spur economic growth.
October 12, 2008
McCain Needs to Catch A Break - Or Else By Scott Rasmussen
John McCain needs a couple breaks if he's going to make the presidential race competitive down to the wire.
October 12, 2008
Playing the Race Card By Debra J. Saunders
The race card is back. After Tuesday night's debate, Washington party-crossover dean David Gergen announced it was "too early" to declare victory for Democrat Barack Obama, not because the election is a month away, but because "Obama is black."
October 11, 2008
New Rasmussen Reports Partisan Weighting Targets: 39.3% Democrat 33.0% Republican
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process.
October 11, 2008
55% Expect Obama Victory, Only 15% Believe McCain Will Win
Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now expect Barack Obama to win the election in November and become the 44th President of the United States. Just 15% expect a McCain victory while 27% say the race is too close to call.
October 11, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - October 10, 2008
The souring U.S. economy and the presidential battle between Barack Obama and John McCain dominated the polls again this week, but the findings were studies in contradiction.
October 11, 2008
The Coming Obama Thugocracy By Michael Barone
"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face." Actually, Obama supporters are doing a lot more than getting into people's faces. They seem determined to shut people up.
October 10, 2008
Fans Choose Pedroia, Pujols for League MVP’s
As the final four teams battle it out in October, fans have chosen which players should win the top honors this season in Major League Baseball.
October 10, 2008
52% Favor McCain’s Mortgage Bailout Plan
A majority of voters (52%) favor John McCain’s plan for the federal government to buy up distressed mortgages and refinance them so homeowners can stay in their homes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-five percent (35%) oppose the plan.
October 10, 2008
Thirty Days and Counting By Alan Abramowitz
With one month remaining in the 2008 presidential campaign, national and state polling data indicate that Barack Obama holds a clear lead over John McCain.
October 10, 2008
Statehouse '08 Update By Larry J. Sabato
There are just eleven governorships up for grabs from coast to coast, six currently held the Democrats and five by the Republicans.
October 9, 2008
36% of Baseball Fans Say Boston Red Sox Will Win World Series
Most baseball fans predict an American League team will prevail at the World Series this year, and over a third think that team will be the reigning champion Boston Red Sox.
October 9, 2008
Voters Say Obama Won Debate, McCain More Prepared To Be President
Voters say Barack Obama beat John McCain in Tuesday night’s presidential debate 45% to 28%, but they also think McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama by an 11-point margin.
October 9, 2008
Honor Won and Lost By Joe Conason
Nothing in the presidential campaign so far has been as instructive as its swift descent into the politics of personal destruction. Although voters have probably heard little lately that they did not already know about Sen. Barack Obama, they have learned something very important about Sen. John McCain.
