Most Voters Think Democrats Led By the Left, GOP Led by the Right
Most voters see a clear ideological divide between the leaders of the two major political parties: The Democrats are led by liberals, and the Republicans are helmed by conservatives.
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September 21, 2011
September 20, 2011
Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42%
A generic Republican candidate holds a five-point advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 18. This is the 11th week in a row the Republican has led the incumbent.
September 20, 2011
59% View Hillary Clinton Favorably
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has her hands full with the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, but she remains the most popular member of President Obama's Cabinet.
September 20, 2011
Obama 44%, Romney 41%
President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continue to run neck-and-neck in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.
September 20, 2011
49% Think Neither Party in Congress Represents the People
Voters are more convinced than ever that neither major political party in Washington, DC is on their side.
September 20, 2011
Obama Has It Right in Deficit Plan By Froma Harrop
President Obama's deficit-cutting plan is not perfect, but close to it. It's fiscally smart and politically smart.
September 20, 2011
Obama’s Bizarre Tax Attack By Lawrence Kudlow
It could almost make your head spin. With an economy on the front end of another recession, President Obama’s tax attack on the folks who are most likely to succeed, invest, start new businesses, and create jobs is nothing short of staggering. Only liberal-left class-warfare ideology can explain this.
September 20, 2011
New High: 37% Say Their Home Is Worth Less Than Remaining Mortgage Payments
The percentage of American homeowners whose home is worth less than what they still owe on it has hit the highest level in nearly three years.
September 19, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 42%, Democrats 39%
Republicans hold just a three-point advantage over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 18. That’s the narrowest margin between the two parties since the first week in August.
September 19, 2011
Obama 43%, Huntsman 35%
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is having difficulty gaining traction in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but he fares about the same as some of the top GOP contenders in a hypothetical matchup with President Obama.
September 19, 2011
New High: 40% Expect Their Home’s Value To Decrease Over Next Year
Homeowners remain very pessimistic about the potential short- and long-term values of their homes.
September 19, 2011
56% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 52% Say Law Is Bad for the Country
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law and view the law as bad for the country.
September 19, 2011
As President, Obama Acts as Shop Steward in Chief By Michael Barone
Barack Obama has been at pains to convince voters that he cares about jobs. It seems to be a hard sell.
September 19, 2011
Among Undecided Voters, 64% Disapprove of Obama
Recent polling shows President Obama attracting between 39% and 46% of the vote against a variety of potential Republican challengers. Despite those relatively low levels of support, the president has never trailed a Republican by more than three percentage points and has enjoyed large double-digit leads in some match-ups.
September 18, 2011
44% Conservative, 40% Moderate, 11% Liberal on Fiscal Issues
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters remain conservative on both fiscal and social issues, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
September 17, 2011
New Low: 23% Say They Owe More Money Than A Year Ago
While the economy continues to stumble along, fewer Americans than ever report they owe more money than they did a year ago.
September 17, 2011
Mike Bloomberg’s Irresponsible Riot Tactic By Lawrence Kudlow
New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, in a radio interview on Friday, warned that high unemployment could lead to widespread rioting. That’s right. He actually said that. At a time when European cities have suffered massively from hooliganism, and at a time when U.S. towns like Philadelphia and Kansas City have suffered huge human and commercial tolls from so-called flash riots.
September 17, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 17, 2011
The presidential primary process doesn’t begin for real for another four months, but the fluctuations in our polling over the past week are a good indicator of how topsy-turvy things are likely to be in the race for the Republican nomination.
September 16, 2011
65% Put Border Control Ahead of Legalizing Illegal Immigrants
With the Legal Workforce Act, a bill forcing companies to check the immigration status of their employees, working its way through Congress, voters nationwide continue to believe overwhelmingly that when it comes to immigration legislation the focus should be on the border.
September 16, 2011
39% Give Obama Good Marks on Libya
Now that anti-government rebels appear to have won in Libya, support for President Obama’s decision to aid them is up slightly, but voters are still dubious that the change will be better for the United States or the Libyan people.
