Partisan Trends: Number of Unaffiliated Voters Up for Fourth Straight Month
In April, the number of unaffiliated voters in America grew for the fourth straight month.
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May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
Obama’s Full-Month Rating Remains Stable
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
May 2, 2011
Support for Repeal of Health Care Law Falls to New Low at 47%
For the first time since Democrats in Congress passed the national health care bill in March of last year, support for repeal of the measure has fallen below 50%.
May 2, 2011
On Foreign Policy, Obama Leads From Behind By Michael Barone
Sometimes a sympathetic and perceptive journalist paints a more devastating portrait of a public figure than even his most vitriolic detractors could. A prime example is Ryan Lizza's New Yorker article titled "The Consequentialist" and subtitled, "How the Arab Spring remade Obama's foreign policy."
May 2, 2011
Americans Celebrate Following bin Laden Death
As news circulated on Sunday night about the death of al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, Americans responded to the end of the manhunt with expressions of joy, satisfaction and patriotism.
May 1, 2011
Intolerant Left Strikes Again By Debra J. Saunders
On April 25, gay-rights advocates -- led by the Human Rights Campaign -- scored a victory after the HRC applied pressure on a law firm hired to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and woman and denies federal benefits to same-sex partners. The firm fired its client. There are two reasons you should be outraged, no matter what your position is on DOMA.
May 1, 2011
Favorable Ratings For Speaker Boehner Slip
The honeymoon period may be over for House Speaker John Boehner with his favorable marks falling sharply from last month's high.
April 30, 2011
Most Voters Still Feel Tax Cuts, Less Spending Will Help Economy
Voters continue to believe tax cuts and decreases in government spending will benefit the nation’s economy. But most also still think government spending will go up under the Obama administration.
April 30, 2011
Thanks, Charlie By Susan Estrich
Charlie Sheen is starting a new charity, and his new charity's first priority is to raise money for the Giants fan who was beaten up at Dodger Stadium.
April 30, 2011
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 29, 2011
The names have it. At this stage of the presidential campaign process, name-recognition is what it’s largely all about.
April 29, 2011
50% Favor Title IX, 38% Say It's Been Good for College Sports
The New York Times reports that in an effort to satisfy federal Title IX legislation many Division I colleges are making questionable moves to make it look as if they are offering more spots on sports teams to women. Half of Americans support Title IX, but adults strongly oppose the government requiring colleges to match the percentage of women athletes to the number of women on campus.
April 29, 2011
Bachmann Leads GOP Dark Horse Pack
What if they held a Republican Primary contest and the front-runners didn’t show up? Or what if voters look for anybody but the front-runner? How do primary voters view the dark horses who are possible contenders for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination?
April 29, 2011
44% Say Fed Press Conferences Good for Economy
Ben Bernanke held the first-ever press conference by a chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday and plans even more. Many voters think this increased transparency by the nation's chief banker will be beneficial to the economy, although they still have mixed feelings about Bernanke himself.
April 29, 2011
Romney, Christie Neck-and-Neck Among GOP Primary Voters If Some Big Names Don’t Run
In the past few days Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump have both removed their names from consideration for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination.
April 29, 2011
A Generation of Termites? By Joe Conason
The aging of the baby boom generation has not improved its reputation. Having brought immense positive change to this country, the postwar population wave is frequently castigated as a self-seeking and even selfish cohort by members of the generations that have followed, who worry that those nearing retirement will cost too much to maintain amid dimming economic prospects.
April 29, 2011
2012 Presidential Nominating Process: It's Time for The States By Rhodes Cook
The two major parties have done their job in terms of setting the parameters for the 2012 presidential nominating process. Now, it is time for the states to fill in the blanks. And what they do in that regard over the next few months could go a long way in determining who wins next year's Republican presidential nomination.
April 29, 2011
What Fuels Presidential Approval? By Isaac Wood
With gas prices soaring as summer vacations near, many optimistic Republicans and nervous Democrats are left wondering about what impact those prices will have on President Obama's reelection chances. High gas prices, they point out, sank Jimmy Carter in 1980 and added to the baggage George W. Bush passed on to Republican nominee John McCain in 2008.
April 28, 2011
58% Say There's Too Much Media Coverage of Royal Wedding
Tomorrow, Prince William of England will marry Catherine Middleton in what some are calling “the wedding of the century.” But stateside a majority of Americans think the media is paying too much attention to the royal wedding.
April 28, 2011
76% See China as Bigger Economic Threat Than Military One
The International Monetary Fund has now projected that China will surpass the United States as the world's number one economy by 2016, and Americans overwhelmingly believe China represents a bigger threat to America economically than militarily these days.
April 28, 2011
National GOP Primary Poll: Trump 19% Romney 17% Huckabee 15%
Republican primary voters at this early stage of the game now give billionaire developer Donald Trump the edge over presumptive favorites Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in the race to be the GOP’s presidential nominee in 2012.
