John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, tops Arizona Senator John McCain 47% to 38% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey The same poll also shows Edwards with the double-digit lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney of 50% to 34%.
Worker confidence was unchanged in Boston in October, as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) held steady at 93.3.
Workers in Texas were less confident in October, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 3.1 points to 123.1.
Ohio worker confidence slipped for the second consecutive month, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) dropped 2.6 points to 97.1.
Confidence among manufacturing workers rose in October, as the sector’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) gained five points to 87.8.
Although worker confidence continued to weaken among African-Americans workers in October, Hispanics experienced a boost of confidence.
Worker confidence continued sinking in Minneapolis-St. Paul in October, as the market’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 6.2 points to 88.9.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Atlanta rose in October, climbing 5.6 points to 108.7.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Los Angeles inched up one point to 94.3 in October.
California workers gained confidence for the second consecutive month, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) rose 6.2 points to 108.4 in October.
Worker confidence fell for the fifth consecutive month in San Francisco, as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) dropped 5.1 points in October to 88.4.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Washington, D.C. edged up 1.8 points in October to 108.8.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for healthcare workers rose 5.4 points to 104.7 in October. The latest Index is one point shy of last October’s reading of 105.7.
For the fourth month in a row, confidence among workers in Chicago rose as the city’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) increased 3.7 points to 97.4.
Confidence among accounting and finance workers fell for the third consecutive month, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) slid 2.9 points to 109.0 in October.
After five months of consecutive declines, the Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Philadelphia rose two points in October to 93.1.
Ending a five-month free fall, the Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Tampa was stable in October, inching up .4 points to 85.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for New York City inched up 1.6 points to 93 in October. The Big Apple’s latest measure of worker confidence is well above last October’s 80.1.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters now say that the best days for the USA have come and gone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 37% believe the nation’s best days are still to come.
During the month of October, 37.3% of Americans considered themselves to be Democrats, 32.7% said they were Republicans, and 30.0% were not affiliated with either major party.
