Despite the President’s nationally televised address calling for a temporary increase in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, most Americans continue to believe the nation’s policy should move in the opposite direction.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) formally announced his plans to run for President and instantly finds himself near the top of the heap.
More than three-quarters (76 percent) of U.S. workers report to a Caucasian boss and just one-third (34 percent) state their boss is a woman, according to a new Hudson survey.
Two-out-of-three Americans (66%) believe that “embryonic stem cell research" is at least somewhat likely to lead to cures to previously incurable diseases.
The latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 poll shows that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) still trails both former Vice President Al Gore (D) and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The San Diego Chargers were the top pick of football fans to win it all this playoff season, but Tom Brady and the New England Patriots had other plans.
Nineteen percent (19%) of American voters say that Senator John McCain (R) is likely to be the next President of the United States.
Ninety-four percent (94%) of Americans say it is likely that American soldiers will still be facing combat in Iraq when the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2009.
While no individual team is seen as the dominant favorite in the Super Bowl competition, America’s football fans clearly see the AFC as far stronger than the NFC.
As Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Day, 84% have a favorable opinion of the assassinated Civil Rights leader.
As the President prepares to make his case for sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, just 31% of American voters support that strategy. A national telephone poll of 800 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports found that 56% think that we should be reducing the number of troops in Iraq.
The economic confidence of consumers in Chicagoland rose significantly during the fourth quarter of 2006.
Mitt Romney (R) filed papers last week to formally begin his run for the White House, but a new Rasmussen Reports poll shows how much of an uphill fight it will be for the former Governor of Massachusetts.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of American voters believe it’s better for the country when one political party controls Congress and the other major party controls the White House.
Confidence that that the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror has fallen once again. For the second straight survey, both conducted following the report from the Iraq Study Group, a plurality believes that the terrorists are winning.
Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans have a favorable opinion concerning the nation’s new Speaker of the House.
As Democrats took control of Congress for the first time in 12 years, 48% of Likely Voters trust Democratic Congressional leaders on key issues more than they trust President Bush.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) fell 2.6 points to 102.7 in December, primarily as a result of lowered job satisfaction and increased job loss concerns. The monthly measure lost ground following a nearly four point rise in November.
Worker confidence among accounting and finance professionals fell to a 2006-low in December after hitting a record high the previous month. The group’s Hudson Employment Index SM dropped 11.2 points to 106.0.
After spiking to an all-time high in November, worker confidence among Hispanics fell a dramatic 10.2 points this month, as the Hudson Employment Index SM for Hispanics dropped to 103.5.
