Some Have Actually Finished Their Holiday Shopping Already
A sizable number of Americans have already begun their holiday shopping before Thanksgiving, but only a comparative handful are completely done.
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November 22, 2010
November 22, 2010
Two-Thirds Favor Cutting Federal Payroll by 10%
Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide favor a proposal to cut the federal payroll by 10% over the coming decade. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that just 22% are opposed and 12% are not sure.
November 22, 2010
Ways to Come to Grips With American's Fiscal Mess By Michael Barone
Is there any chance we can come to grips with our short-term and long-term fiscal problems -- the huge current federal budget deficit and the huge looming increases in entitlement spending?
November 22, 2010
57% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, and they remain almost evenly divided over whether the law will force them to change their own health insurance coverage.
November 21, 2010
Most Say Smokers Should Pay More For Health Insurance
Some companies already charge smokers more for health insurance, and most Americans think that's a good idea.
November 20, 2010
27% View U.S. Society As Unfair and Discriminatory
More than one-out-of-four Likely U.S. Voters (27%) now believe American society is generally unfair and discriminatory, the highest negative finding in over a year.
November 20, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 20, 2010
Talk about low expectations.
Rasmussen Reports gave voters nationwide a short list of issues that Congress will consider in the next couple of years, including immigration, government spending and taxes, and asked whether they were optimistic or pessimistic about what the legislators will accomplish in these areas.
November 19, 2010
Budgetwise, Most Prefer A Cutter Over A Spender
A strong majority of voters continue to favor a candidate who works to cut federal spending over one who tries to get a fair amount of it for his home district. Most also think a member of Congress who tries to maximize federal spending for his or her district has selfish motives.
November 19, 2010
47% Say America’s Best Days Are in the Past
A plurality of voters nationwide believes America’s best days have come and gone, but that number has remained fairly consistent since the beginning of the year.
November 19, 2010
Voters Favor Ban on Earmarks, But Not Strongly
Earmarks. Pork barrel spending. Call it what you will. Congress views the recent elections as a mandate to cut government spending, and first on the list is a ban on allowing legislators to steer money to their favorite home projects. But voters aren’t quite as gung-ho.
November 19, 2010
Confidence In A Home As An Investment Remains Down
Belief that a home is a good buy for a family remains low.
November 19, 2010
On Earmarks By Joe Conason
It isn't the earmarks, stupid. Bullying Republican Senate leaders into a "voluntary" ban on earmarks may represent a political triumph for the tea party movement, but as a measure to reduce the federal deficit it is a meaningless substitute for real action.
November 18, 2010
Economy Remains Top Issue On Voters' Minds
Every night, Rasmussen Reports asks voters what issues are most important to them when voting, and economic issues have remained at the top of the list for the past two years.
November 18, 2010
30% of Homeowners Say They Owe More Than Their House Is Worth
Thirty percent (30%) of homeowners say the value of their home is less than what they still own on their mortgage. That's the lowest level measured since August but consistent with findings since April 2009.
November 18, 2010
17% Think Government Should Outlaw Smoking
A growing number of states and localities have banned smoking in public places, but there continues to be little public support for outlawing tobacco smoking entirely.
November 18, 2010
Homeowners Still Show Little Confidence In Short-Term Housing Market
Homeowners continue to have little short-term confidence in the U.S. housing market but are much more confident about the picture five years down the road. The findings on both questions remain in the ballpark of where they’ve been for well over a year.
November 18, 2010
See You at Thanksgiving By Susan Estrich
And so another class of high school graduates left home this fall, or said goodbye to their friends who left.
November 18, 2010
EPA to California: Go for It By Froma Harrop
Has the recent Republican sweep of the House doomed President Obama's clean-energy agenda? Possibly. Has it doomed America's? Hardly.
November 18, 2010
38% Say U.S. Legal System Favors Individual Rights Over National Security
As the controversy over new airport body scanners escalates, voters feel more strongly than ever that the U.S. legal system is more protective of individual freedoms than it is of the nation's overall security.
November 17, 2010
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 26% of U.S. voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, November 14. This finding continues to fall since Election Day and is the lowest reading since mid-March.
