49% Favor Less Time Between Election Day and the New Congress
Most new members of the U.S. Senate and House won’t be seated until two months after their election, and a plurality of Americans think that’s too long a time.
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November 12, 2010
November 12, 2010
Americans Say Free Trade Good for Economy But Costs Jobs
A plurality of voters continues to believe that the country’s economy will benefit from free trade, but they also think it will stunt job growth.
November 12, 2010
Most Say Major Legislation Likely Early On From New Congress
A majority of voters see the possibility of big things from the new Congress in the early going next year.
November 12, 2010
GOP Freshmen Will Hold Boehner to His Big Promises By Michael Barone
For political junkies of a certain age, it was a given that the House of Representatives would always be controlled by Democrats. They won the chamber in 1954 and held on for 40 years -- more than twice as long as any party in American history had before.
November 12, 2010
Just 23% Say Situation in Afghanistan Will Be Better in Six Months
As President Obama and his staff consider delaying the withdrawal date for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, voters remain pessimistic about the longest-lasting conflict in American history.
November 12, 2010
It's "OTB" Time: One-Term Barack By Larry J. Sabato
The wreckage of the Democratic Party is strewn just about everywhere. President Obama’s carefully constructed 2008 Electoral College breakthrough is now just broken, a long-ago memory of what might have been a lasting shift in partisan alignment.
November 12, 2010
The World Against Bernanke By Lawrence Kudlow
The great Bernanke QE2 debate continues to heat up. In the run-up to the G-20 meetings, China, Russia, Germany and others have all come out against the Federal Reserve's quantitative-easing agenda. They don't want hot-money excess dollars to flow into their higher-yielding currencies.
November 11, 2010
54% Think Violent Video Games Lead to More Violence in Society
Video game consumers and retailers have been abuzz about the newest in a line of military-inspired video games which market to people of all ages. But most Americans think violent video games like this contribute to violence in society.
November 11, 2010
Obama Gets Better Marks on National Security Than The Economy
While voters tend to disapprove of the way President Obama is dealing with the country's economic problems, they remain more positive about his handling of foreign policy.
November 11, 2010
Americans Slightly More Confident That Country Is Safe From Terrorism
A plurality of voters nationwide continues to believe the U.S. situation in Afghanistan will get worse in the next six months.
November 11, 2010
Most Voters Think Democrats in Congress Will Push Major Legislation in Lame-Duck Session
Most voters think Congress should wait until the new members take office in January before tackling any major new legislation, but even more expect Democrats to try to pass major legislation anyway in the upcoming lame-duck session.
November 11, 2010
2010 By the Numbers By Larry J. Sabato
SENATE
37
The number of Senate races on the November ballot, the most since 1962.
2
The number of appointed U.S. senators to survive the election, Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The four others didn’t run: Ted Kaufman (D-DE), Roland Burris (D-IL), George LeMieux (R-FL), Carte Goodwin (D-WV).
November 11, 2010
Cheese Subsidies Are Full of Holes By Froma Harrop
How interesting that one arm of the Agriculture Department is promoting sales of cheese as another urges the public to eat less of it for health reasons. Your tax dollars at work fighting other tax dollars.
November 11, 2010
A Note on Health Care Reform By Joe Conason
Overstating the importance of a midterm election is understandably tempting for politicians and pundits, especially when the partisan turnover reaches historic proportions, as it indisputably did on Nov. 2. It is a temptation to which Republicans and conservatives seem particularly vulnerable.
November 11, 2010
For 49%, Veterans Day Is One of America's Most Important Holidays
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans consider Veterans Day to be one of the nation’s most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 10, 2010
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 28% of 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, November 7. This is the first reading following the midterm elections and the lowest finding since mid-August.
November 10, 2010
Americans See Friends and Foes on President’s Asian Itinerary
President Obama’s trip to Asia this week took him back to Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, where he spent some of his childhood. Despite the president’s ongoing outreach to the Muslim world, many Americans remain wary.
November 10, 2010
81% Share a Favorable Opinion of U.S. Military
Tomorrow is Veterans Day, a holiday to honor those who have died to defend this country, and Americans continue to hold the U.S. military in very high regard.
November 10, 2010
Most Voters Favor Investigation of Health Care Law’s Potential Impact
Voters are ambivalent about House Republican plans to investigate the Obama administration – unless the subject of the probe is the unpopular national health care bill.
November 10, 2010
Those 10 Pounds By Susan Estrich
Ten pounds separate me from most of the clothes in my closet. They are the cause of regular disaster in dressing rooms.
