A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 1% of likely voters give Congress an excellent rating and 12% say the legislature has done a good job. Forty-nine percent (49%) give congress a poor rating.
With the passing of the holiday shopping season, consumers are expecting to scale back their spending in January, as ratings of the economy and their personal finances worsened.
At 7:00 a.m. Eastern, on the morning after her victory in New Hampshire, Rasmussen Markets data shows that Senator Hillary Clinton is once again considered the Democratic frontrunner.
"Crowding out" sounds like a bad thing. The Bush administration uses that fearsome term in denying recent requests by Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and no doubt other states to expand Medicaid to families not considered poor.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Maryland voters shows Senator Barack Obama leading John McCain 48% to 42%. However, McCain has a slight edge over Hillary Clinton, 45% to 43%.
In the most recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Pennsylvania voters, John McCain leads Hillary Clinton 48% to 42% and Barack Obama 46% to 38%.
In the 2008 Virginia Senate race, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 38%. Both men are former governors of the state of Virginia.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters shows Senator John McCain enjoying advantages over both Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama. McCain leads Clinton 49% to 38% and Obama 45% to 43%.
The final Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the New Hampshire Republican Primary shows John McCain clinging to a statistically insignificant one percentage point lead over Mitt Romney. It’s McCain 32% Romney 31%.
The final Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire’s Democratic Presidential Primary shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton 37% to 30%.
Mitt Romney and Sen. Hillary Clinton wanted to use Saturday night's televised presidential debates to further their respective goals: keep Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama from winning Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is on top once again in South Carolina’s Republican Presidential Primary.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in South Carolina shows that Barack Obama has opened a double digit-lead over Hillary Clinton in the January 26th Primary Election.
Sixty-six percent (66%) of Americans believe that Barack Obama is at least somewhat likely to win the White House if he is nominated by the Democratic Party.
Rasmussen Reports has been saying all year that Iowa was a must-win state for Barack Obama.
John McCain is facing an unusual two-front challenge as he seeks to hang on to a narrow lead in New Hampshire’s Republican Presidential Primary. He is competing with Mitt Romney for votes in the Republican Primary.
After months of using words like muddled and unclear to describe the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, the results from Iowa and impending New Hampshire Primary may finally provide some clarity.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire, released Monday morning, shows Barack Obama continuing to enjoy a double digit lead in New Hampshire.
Yes, corporate profits are slowing and jobs are softening. Despite 52 months of ongoing jobs gains and 1.3 million new payrolls in the past year, December jobs registered only 18,000 and the unemployment rate ticked back up to (a still historically low) 5 percent.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire shows John McCain earning 32% of the vote while Mitt Romney attracts 30%.
