53% See Third-Party Candidate As Likely President in Next 10 to 12 Years
Voters see little chance of a third-party candidate being elected president next year, but most think one has a shot at the White House a little further down the road.
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September 13, 2011
September 13, 2011
Romney 43%, Obama 40%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now holds a sliver of a lead over President Obama in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup.
September 13, 2011
Disapproval, of Course, Is a Relative Thing By Froma Harrop
If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt immensely amusing to the tea party fringe, but to those of us not getting the joke, they were an appalling attack on a fragile economy.
September 13, 2011
41% Say America's Allies Put It In Greater Danger
A plurality of adults nationwide thinks America’s allies are bad for the country.
September 12, 2011
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%
Republicans post a five-point advantage over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 11. The GOP has led on the ballot every week since June 2009.
September 12, 2011
Voters See Congressional GOP as More Partisan Than Democrats
Most voters continue to lack confidence in members of Congress reaching across the political aisle, but they feel Democrats are doing a better job at bipartisanship than Republicans are.
September 12, 2011
50% Say U.S. Safer Today Than Before 9/11
One-out-of-two voters are confident that America is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
September 12, 2011
38% Favor Obama Jobs Plan, 36% Oppose
Voters think Congress may pass at least some of President Obama’s latest jobs plan but have much more confidence in reducing government regulations to create new jobs.
September 12, 2011
Obama Buys the Drinks That Other Guys Pay For By Michael Barone
What is there to say about Barack Obama's speech to Congress Thursday night and the so-called American Jobs Act he said Congress must pass? Several thoughts occur, all starting with P.
September 12, 2011
Just 21% Say 9/11-Driven Mission in Afghanistan Has Been Accomplished
Less than one month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Afghanistan to end that country’s harboring of al Qaeda terrorists training against the United States. Nearly 10 years later, with Afghanistan now America’s longest war, most Americans think that mission remains unfinished.
September 11, 2011
Scott to Host Special Episode of "The Rasmussen Report" on Radio Today
The Rasmussen Report airs live today at 3:06 pm on WMAL/630AM in Washington, WLS/890AM in Chicago, and online everywhere. Join Scott for a powerful interview with a young woman who was on the 64th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the planes hit.
September 11, 2011
34% Say 9/11 Directly Impacted Their Family or Friends
One-in-three Americans (34%) say their family or friends have been directly impacted by the events that took place on September 11, 2001, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of adults say their family or friends have not been directly affected by the events of that horrific day.
September 11, 2011
66% Think America Has Changed for the Worse Since 9/11
More Americans than ever believe the nation has changed for the worse since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but most also still think the world would be a better place if more countries were like the United States.
September 10, 2011
10 Years After 9/11: 50% See al Qaeda as Weaker, But 61% Think Another Attack Likely
As Americans nationwide recognize the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, they do so feeling stronger than ever that the organization behind those attacks is being defeated.
September 10, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 10, 2011
This past week may well have been a preview of the headlines for months to come, with Texas Governor Rick Perry coming out swinging on the national stage and President Obama trying once more to give the struggling economy a shot in the arm. Whether Obama can get his new jobs plan to work may go a long way toward determining whether he keeps his job for another four years.
September 10, 2011
Tiny, Targeted, and Temporary That won’t do it, Mr. President By Lawrence Kudlow
Who would have really expected a 300-point stock market plunge on the day after President Obama’s so-called jobs speech?
September 9, 2011
60% Expect Government Spending To Go Up Under Obama
Although President Obama has outlined a jobs plan that couple tax breaks with spending cuts, most voters continue to believe government spending will go up under his administration. They’re also not convinced taxes will go down on his watch.
September 9, 2011
Only 10% Now Say They Are the Working Poor
The number of working Americans who classify themselves as poor has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years, while the number of middle class workers ties the all-time high.
September 9, 2011
73% Say Media More Interested in Controversy Than Where Candidates Stand on the Issues
Voters overwhelmingly believe the media’s more interested in playing “gotcha” with those running for president than with airing out where they stand on the important issues of the day.
September 9, 2011
For the Campaigns, It’s Already About Electoral College Math By Larry J. Sabato
Straw polls, real polls, debates, caucuses and primaries — these comprise the public side of presidential campaigns 14 months before Election Day. But behind the scenes, strategists for President Obama and his major Republican opponents are already focused like a laser on the Electoral College.
