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January 18, 2011

Scott's Video Report and Chat: Public Opinion on Health Care Reform

Given the historical nature of this vote on whether or not to repeal the unpopular health care bill and what it means to the national political debate, it seemed like a good time for an overview of our poll results related to this topic and an analysis about where things seem to be headed. To view this exclusive video presentation, please click here. You will need to be logged in to your Platinum Service account to view it. Please allow 15 minutes for the presentation.

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January 17, 2011

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 38%

After holding double-digit leads for the past two weeks, Republicans lead Democrats by eight points on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending January 16, 2011.

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January 17, 2011

Voters Tend To See Health Care Repeal As a Deficit Reducer

Although the Congressional Budget Office claims repealing the health care law will increase the federal budget deficit, a plurality of voters disagrees with that assessment.  At the same time, most voters feel free market competition will do more to cut health care costs than government regulation.

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January 17, 2011

Voters Give Obama Good Marks for Arizona Response, See No Lasting Political Change

Most voters have a favorable opinion of President Obama’s response to the recent shootings in Arizona but feel the incident will have no lasting impact on the political debate in the country.

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January 17, 2011

Most Still Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, Say It Will Increase Deficit

Support for repeal of the national health care law passed last year remains steady, as most voters continue to believe the law will increase the federal budget deficit.

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January 17, 2011

A Sigh of Relief When Mad and Evil People Are Foiled By Michael Barone

In his superb speech in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday evening, Barack Obama did great service to the nation. He put to rest the libel that political incivility is responsible for the Tucson shootings. He did so with three words that he added to the written text: "It did not."  

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January 17, 2011

82% Hold Favorable View of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Most Americans continue to hold civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in high regard while holding mixed views about the state of race relations in this country.

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January 16, 2011

Undecided Is The Leader Among Golden Globe Watchers

The curtain is set to rise on tonight’s 68th annual Golden Globe awards, and there are no clear favorites to win the top film awards among those who intend to watch.

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January 16, 2011

Voters Hold Less Fear of Government Health Care Decisions

Voters for the first time are slightly less fearful of having their health care decisions made by the federal government than by private insurers.

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January 16, 2011

What Makes Brown Think He Can Get a Tax Increase? By Debra J. Saunders

Can Jerry Brown do it?

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January 15, 2011

Americans Show Little Confidence in U.S. Race Relations

As the nation prepares to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Americans show little confidence in the state of race relations in the country today and into the future.

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January 15, 2011

38% Say America's Best Days Are In The Future

With the start of the New Year, voters are slightly more optimistic about the future of America than they have been for most of 2011. 

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of Likely Voters say the country's best days are in the future, up from 32% last month and the highest level measured since mid-February of last year.   Forty-four percent (44%) feel America's best days are in the past, while another 18% are not sure.  (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 11-12, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology.

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January 15, 2011

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 14, 2011

It’s back to business for the new Congress this coming week following the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Arizona. First up in the House is a vote to repeal the national health care bill passed last year by Democrats in the previous Congress.

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January 14, 2011

Just 33% of Football Fans Following NFL Labor Negotiations Closely

No NFL football in 2011?  This is a possibility, but professional football fans don’t appear to be paying much attention and they have mixed feelings on whether it will actually happen.

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January 14, 2011

Patriots Still Favored to Win Super Bowl

Only eight National Football League teams are left heading into this weekend’s divisional playoff round, and the New England Patriots remain the top pick among fans to win the Super Bowl.

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January 14, 2011

75% Want Health Care Law Changed

Voters overwhelmingly want to see last year’s health care law changed, but there is substantial disagreement about how best to do it.

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January 14, 2011

Going Down in an Up Economy By Froma Harrop

In the typical economic downturn, Americans thrown out of work make a deal with Euthenia, the Greek goddess of prosperity. They say (in their heads): We will get through this. We'll move in with family, find any part-time job. All we want is an assurance that good times will eventually return for hardworking people like us.  

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January 14, 2011

55% Say America Is Not Yet A Land of Equal Opportunity

Americans tend to think their fellow citizens talk too much about race, but most agree that we have yet to achieve a level playing field for all races in this country.

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January 14, 2011

Blood Libel By Susan Estrich

Alan Dershowitz isn't offended. He says it's OK for Sarah Palin to invoke one of the most anti-Semitic images of our time in attacking those who have been critical of her putting crosshairs over the name of the congresswoman who was later shot.

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January 14, 2011

How We Enable Crimes of Insanity By Joe Conason

The deranged expression on the face of Jared Lee Loughner in the mug shot released by the police -- taken within hours after he allegedly killed six innocent people and wounded 14 more, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords -- suggests that we may never fully understand whatever illness afflicts him. The law requires us to assess his mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness.

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