55% Have Filed Their Taxes, 43% Expect Refund
With less than three weeks to go until tax day, over half of Americans have filed their income taxes, and nearly as many expect to get a refund.
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March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Dealing with the 'Trademark Bully'
"I started an online business last year. We've had an amazing run so far, with more than 10,000 unique hits every day on our website and a 30 percent gross profit margin on sales of more than $250,000 in our first year. Our site has been written up in some major magazines, and we are getting attention from industry bloggers who have rated our site very favorably.
"Maybe we have been getting too much attention...
March 29, 2011
35% Say U.S. Should Phase Out Nuclear Power Over Next 50 Years
As the Japanese continue to struggle with the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility, support for the building of nuclear plants in the United States has fallen to a new low. One-third of voters now favor phasing out nuclear power in this country.
March 29, 2011
Only 16% Think Country Would Be Better Off If Most Incumbents in Congress Reelected
Voters are less supportive than ever of congressional incumbents and fewer than one-out-of-three think their own representative is the best person for the job.
March 29, 2011
Let Voters Decide on Pensions, Spending By Debra J. Saunders
In Sacramento, the knee-jerk response to any crisis is to blame the Republicans. But if Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders can't cut a deal to win the two GOP votes in the Assembly and two in the Senate needed to qualify Brown's tax-increase extension for the June ballot, Democrats must take their share of responsibility for fudging a deal.
March 29, 2011
When Government Was a Bear By Froma Harrop
Are conservatives right that our government has become overbearing? Is it true that the rights of the individual, enshrined at the dawn of the Republic and cried over by Glenn Beck, are being smashed by the modern state?
March 29, 2011
Rasmussen Employment Index Shows Labor Market Confidence At Seven Month-Low
The Rasmussen Employment Index, which measures workers’ perceptions of the labor market each month, plummeted nine points in March to its lowest level since last August.
March 28, 2011
81% Know Someone Out of Work and Looking for a Job
Eight-out-of-10 Americans continue to know someone who is unemployed and currently looking for work. Most adults also remain pessimistic about the future job market.
March 28, 2011
Voters Less Concerned About Threat of Japanese Radiation
Though American voters are still following news of the nuclear plant crisis in Japan, they are less worried about radiation reaching the United States.
March 28, 2011
Most Small Business Owners Still Looking for Recovery Signs
45% of Owners Whose Profitability Suffered in Downturn Don't Expect Sustained Recovery for Another Year; Two-Thirds of All Owners Likely to Tap Personal Assets
March 28, 2011
69% Still Angry At Government's Current Policies
Midterm elections and a change of power in the U.S. House of Representatives haven't lowered the level of voter discontent with the federal government and the leaders of the two major political parties.
March 28, 2011
The Eyes of Texas Are Sparkling in the 2010 Census By Michael Barone
The Census Bureau last week released county and city populations for the last of the 50 states from the 2010 Census last week, ahead of schedule. Behind the columns of numbers are many vivid stories of how our nation has been changing -- and some lessons for public policy, as well.
March 28, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 39%
Republicans hold just a four-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending March 27, 2011. It's the GOP's smallest lead since early October 2010.
March 28, 2011
58% Now Favor Health Care Repeal
While voters still favor repeal of the national health care law, concerns that the law will force them to change their existing health insurance are lower than a year ago.
March 27, 2011
66% Hold Favorable View of Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor hadn't made a major film in years, but the movie icon who died last week is still viewed favorably by most Americans.
March 27, 2011
Gadhafi -- the Mad Dog Who Trumped the World By Debra J. Saunders
Every American should look at Libya through the prism of the 1988 Pan Am 103 terrorist bombing that left 270 people dead. Moammar Gadhafi -- the man whom Ronald Reagan called the mad dog of the Middle East -- ordered an attack that killed mostly American civilians in a bombing over British soil. Yet rather than be beaten by more powerful nations, he lived to crow about it.
March 27, 2011
18% Say 1930s-like Depression Very Likely In Next Few Years
The number of Americans who think the U.S. economy will spiral into a depression similar to the 1930’s is at its highest level in two years.
March 26, 2011
75% Say Exercise is Important in Daily Life
Most Americans agree on the importance of exercise and do at least some exercising every week.
March 26, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 25, 2011
Americans began the week finding themselves in military action in yet another Islamic country.
March 25, 2011
71% Rate Their Own Health as Good or Excellent
Americans continue to give their health positive ratings, but they are slightly less optimistic about the future.
