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Most Americans still get their weather news from local television despite the variety of news sources available these days, and fewer adults believe the media overhypes the weather.
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December 31, 2010
December 31, 2010
Americans Say Where They'll Be, What They'll Do On New Year's Day
Only one-third of Americans will be making a resolution for the New Year, but those who make one are sure they’ll keep it through 2011.
December 31, 2010
37% Already Say This Winter Worse Than Others in Recent Years
Winter is barely a week old, and more than one-third of Americans already say the season is worse than it has been in recent years.
December 31, 2010
For All Americans, Oil Leak Was Tops In Interest
American Adults shared one of the chief concerns of Likely Voters in 2010, the Gulf oil leak’s impact on the economy.
December 31, 2010
The Death Penalty Debacle By Susan Estrich
California has more prisoners on death row than any other state. Last year, according to the Los Angeles Times, it added 28 more, for a total of 717, contrary to trends elsewhere.
December 31, 2010
What Americans Will Be Doing to Bring in the New Year
For some Americans, it’s a big night out of partying while others view New Year’s Eve as just another night. Surveys conducted by Rasmussen Reports found the following plans to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.
December 30, 2010
Optimism About the Upcoming Year Hits A Seven-Year Low
Americans expected the current year to be better than it turned out but are more hopeful about the year to come. This is similar to findings in previous years. Still, adults are less optimistic about the upcoming year than they’ve been in the previous seven years of surveying.
December 30, 2010
Tax Cut Bill Makes Headlines, But Many Still Not Sure How Their Congressman Voted On It
The deal to extend the Bush tax cuts alienated the president from many in his own party and made a lot of conservative Republicans unhappy, but nearly one-in-three voters don’t even know how their local congressman voted on the recent legislation.
December 30, 2010
New Soldiers in the Fight Against the Drug War By Froma Harrop
Profound thanks are due televangelist Pat Robertson for stating so clearly what many of us have been screaming in the wilderness for years -- that the criminalization of marijuana is a plague on young people. May he lend courage to politicians who know better but won't do the right thing for fear of seeming "soft" on drugs.
December 30, 2010
Is Hacking Your Spouse's E-Mail Truly a Crime? By Debra J. Saunders
Michigan prosecutor Jessica R. Cooper's bio boasts that she is a "pioneer in the world of women in the law." As it turns out, she is a pioneer in the world of busybodies in the law as well. Cooper is the Oakland County prosecutor who charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony for hacking into his now ex-wife's e-mail, as he suspected that she was having an affair.
December 30, 2010
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: One More Thing America Needs from Its Media
The feedback from last week's column on the need for more "slapstick comedy" from our entertainment media was really amazing. Thanks to all readers who wrote in to support my view that we need more Lucille Balls and fewer Jon Stewarts making us laugh.
December 29, 2010
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, December 26. That's up eight points from last week and the highest level of optimism found since late October.
December 29, 2010
Most Will Be Home to Ring in the New Year
As 2010 turns to 2011 on Friday night, most adults plan to be home and wide awake.
December 29, 2010
Voters See GOP As Winner of New Census Findings
While it’s a hot topic in Washington. D.C., only 33% of voters are Very Closely following recent news stories about the Census and congressional redistricting. That puts it way below the level of interest in the top stories of 2010.
December 29, 2010
No Comeback for New Comeback Kid By Tony Blankley
Don't believe all the Washington talk that President Obama had a great lame duck session and goes into the new year and the new 112th congress with the whip hand. Utter nonsense.
December 29, 2010
Voters Follow Unemployment, Jobs, Gulf Oil Leak Stories Closest in 2010
In a year loaded with news, voters in 2010 paid most attention to stories about unemployment and job creation, the disastrous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the health care debate and the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
December 29, 2010
Zachary Furnish-John By Susan Estrich
Born on Christmas day in California to a surrogate mother, weighing in at 7 pounds 15 ounces.
The son of proud fathers Sir Elton John and his civil partner David Furnish.
No statement as to whether or which of the two was the sperm donor.
December 28, 2010
Most Americans Will Skip New Year's Eve Parties But Not Drinks
This New Year’s Eve, most Americans don’t plan on attending a party or even a dinner, but a sizable number intend to enjoy a drink. Even more will offer up a prayer as 2010 becomes 2011.
December 28, 2010
19% Get Regular News Updates Via Phone or Other Devices
One-in-five voters now regularly get news and political updates on their phones or other portable electronic devices.
December 28, 2010
Voters See Obama As Less Partisan Than Those in Congress
Voters appear a little less confident that members of both major parties will be able to work together in Washington, D.C.
