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                            September 10, 2014Most Parents Think Winning More Important Than Just Playing the Game
An overwhelming number of Americans consider sports important in childhood development, but most parents think winning is more important than just participating in team sports. Americans also believe free play is better than organized sports activities.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 84% of American Adults think participation in sports by young people is at least somewhat important to their development, although only 36% say it is Very Important. Fourteen percent (14%) believe sports is not very or Not At All Important to a young person’s development. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on September 4-5, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
September 10, 2014Hold On, Mr. President by John Stossel
Do you have a strategy now, Mr. President? asked the cover of the Daily News next to a photo of the second American journalist to be beheaded by the terrorist group ISIS.

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                            September 9, 2014Americans See Too Much Computer, Not Enough Exercise in Kids' Lives
Too much time in front of the computer makes Johnny a fat boy.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 79% of American Adults think children today do not get enough exercise. That's up four points from last November. Only 12% disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on September 4-5, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 9, 2014World Series 2014: Will It Come Down to Los Angeles?
The winner of this season’s Major League Baseball World Series is anyone’s guess at this point, but one-out-of-four baseball fans think the champs will come out of the Los Angeles area.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Baseball Fans shows that 12% predict the Los Angeles Dodgers will win this year’s World Series, while just as many (12%) think the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will be victorious. The Washington Nationals are right behind with 11%, while last year’s National League champs St. Louis Cardinals come in with 10%. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 664 Baseball Fans was conducted on September 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 9, 2014Maine Governor: Michaud (D) 43%, LePage (R) 39%, Cutler (I) 15%
Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud now leads incumbent Republican Paul LePage by four points in Maine's hard-nosed gubernatorial race, with Independent Eliot Cutler a distant third.
A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Maine Voters shows Michaud picking up 43% of the vote to LePage’s 39%. Cutler draws 15% support. Just four percent (4%) are undecided at this point. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Maine was conducted on September 3-4, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 9, 2014Democrats Are More Likely to Vote Early
Just over half of Americans think they’ll wait to Election Day to cast their ballots even if their state offers early voting.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of Likely Voters in states that allow early voting say they are likely to take advantage of that opportunity. But 52% say they are more likely to wait until Election Day. Seven percent (7%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 7-8, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
September 9, 2014Obama's Delusions Dispelled? Well, we Can Hope for Change by Michael Barone
"If you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart," President Obama told Democratic mega-contributors last month in one of the 400-plus fundraisers of his presidency.
But not to worry. "The world has always been messy," he said. "In part, we're just noticing now because of social media and our capacity to see in intimate detail the hardships that people are going through." Like being beheaded by Islamist terrorists. Or having your country invaded by Russian soldiers.
Michael Barone, senior political analyst at the Washington Examiner, (www.washingtonexaminer.com), where this article first appeared, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. To find out more about Michael Barone, and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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September 9, 2014Casinos Just Aren't the Answer By From Harrop
The video for the Bruce Springsteen song "Atlantic City" opens with a scene of the grand Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel imploding into a pile of dust. That was almost 40 years ago. The Traymore Hotel and other grand hotels were leveled in much the same spectacular fashion.
In their place rose glass boxes and concrete hulks to house new casinos. The Atlantic City dream was to fill New Jersey state coffers with gambling gold.

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                            September 9, 2014Americans Think Government Workers Have It Made
Americans continue to believe a government job is better than one with a private company.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American Adults think government workers have more job security than those in the private sector. Just eight percent (8%) think government employees have less job security. Seventeen percent (17%) say job security is about the same for both. (To see survey questions, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on September 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 8, 2014Fans Back NFL's Domestic Abuse Crackdown
Half of American Football Fans think the National Football League's new crackdown against players guilty of domestic violence is appropriate and hold a positive view of the league's commissioner.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken before Monday's release of a video showing Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice striking his then-fiancée, shows that 49% of Football Fans believe the league's new policy on domestic abuse is about right. Another 29% believe the policy is not harsh enough, while only 18% think it is too harsh. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,029 Football Fans was conducted on September 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 8, 2014Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 41%, Democrats 39%
Republicans continue to lead Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending September 7 finds that 41% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican in their district’s congressional race if the election were held today, while 39% would choose the Democrat.
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The national telephone survey of 3,500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports from September 1-7, 2014. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 8, 2014Colorado Governor: Beauprez (R) 45%, Hickenlooper (D) 44%
Incumbent Democrat John Hickenlooper remains locked in a near tie with Republican challenger Bob Beauprez in Colorado's race for governor.
Beauprez now picks up 45% of the vote to Hickenlooper’s 44% in a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Colorado Voters. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate in the race, while seven percent (7%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 800 Likely Voters in Colorado was conducted on September 3-4, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 8, 2014Voters Say More Sanctions Yes, Military Aid No in Ukraine
Voters say sanctions against Russia haven’t done much to ease tensions in Ukraine, but they favor stepping up that pressure if fighting in Ukraine resumes.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of Likely U.S. Voters now view Ukraine as a vital national security interest for the United States these days. That’s up from 26% in mid-April. Nearly as many (37%), however, still believe Ukraine is not critical to U.S. national security. Twenty-two percent (22%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 5-6, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 8, 201456% Still Don’t Like Health Care Law
Obamacare just doesn’t seem to be winning any new friends.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Likely U.S. Voters have an unfavorable opinion of the national health care law again this month, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Forty-one percent (41%) view the law favorably. This includes 39% with a Very Unfavorable view and 19% with a Very Favorable one. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The number of voters who say their insurance coverage has changed because of the new national health care law (37%) is at its highest level since April of last year. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. 
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 5-6, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 7, 2014Fans Pick Denver Broncos to Win Super Bowl
Football fans predict that the Denver Broncos, who were clobbered by the Seattle Seahawks in last year's Super Bowl, will win this season's National Football League championship.
 
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 21% of Football Fans say that the Broncos will win this year's Super Bowl, while 17% pick the defending champion Seahawks. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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 The survey of 1,029 Football Fans was conducted on September 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 7, 2014Oregon Governor: Kitzhaber (D) 48%, Richardson (R) 38%
Democrat John Kitzhaber has a 10-point lead over Republican challenger Dennis Richardson in his bid for a fourth term as governor of Oregon.(To see survey question wording, click here.)

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                            September 6, 2014Maine Senate: Collins (R) 59%, Bellows (D) 31%
Republican Susan Collins holds a near two-to-one lead in her bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate.
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The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Maine was conducted on September 3-4, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 6, 2014What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 6, 2014
Republicans hope they can ride voter unhappiness with Obamacare all the way to control of Congress, but how big a problem is the health care law for Democrats really?

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                            September 5, 2014Americans Are Conflicted Over Corporate Taxes
Nearly half of Americans recognize that the United States has higher corporate taxes than most other industrialized nations and think higher taxes on corporations hurt the economy. But just as many say the level of taxation is not high enough.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of American Adults think higher corporate taxes hurt the economy, while just 26% say they help. Fourteen percent (14%) think higher corporate taxes have no economic impact. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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 The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on August 29-30, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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                            September 5, 2014Oregon Senate: Merkley (D) 48%, Wehby (R) 35%
Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley has pulled further ahead of Republican challenger Monica Wehby in his reelection bid in Oregon.
Oregon is rated Safe Democrat in the Rasmussen Reports 2014 Senate Balance of Power rankings. 
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The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Oregon was conducted on September 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.