What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 3, 2010
Out with the old, in with the new. That’s what many shoppers are likely to be thinking this time of year, and what many voters may have in mind as well.
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What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 3, 2010
Out with the old, in with the new. That’s what many shoppers are likely to be thinking this time of year, and what many voters may have in mind as well.
December 4, 2010
Shock Therapy for Jobs By Lawrence Kudlow
Unemployment jumped to 9.8 percent in a very disappointing November jobs report. Non-farm payrolls increased by only 39,000, and private jobs expanded by just 50,000. This is way below what the economy needs.
December 3, 2010
Most Voters Don't Expect Big Spending Cuts From New Congress
Despite the upcoming Republican takeover of the House, most voters are still not convinced Congress will actually cut government spending substantially over the next year. GOP voters are among the most doubtful.
December 3, 2010
Americans Question Whether Extended Unemployment Benefits Do More Harm Than Good
As Congress wrangles over whether to continue funding unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks, Americans express skepticism about the need for benefits that last that long.
December 3, 2010
Most Voters Believe Congress Likely to Extend Bush Tax Cuts For All
Despite Democratic resistance to extending the Bush tax cuts for those who earn $200,000 or more a year, most voters are optimistic that the tax cuts will be continued for all Americans.
December 3, 2010
That Uneven GOP Wave By Larry J. Sabato
A simple map of House gains in November 2010 is quite revealing.
December 3, 2010
Most Favor Hike In Social Security Tax Level
Americans are receptive to a proposal by President Obama’s bipartisan deficit reduction commission to increase the level of income taxable for Social Security, but most don’t like the idea of raising the retirement age.?
December 2, 2010
Most Americans Plan to Have A Christmas Tree
Many Americans are getting into the Christmas spirit this holiday season but maybe not quite as many as last year.
December 2, 2010
Voters Still Expect More Spending By Obama
Though the president’s bipartisan deficit reduction commission is exploring a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes to reduce the massive federal deficit, most voters continue to expect government spending to increase during the Obama years.
December 2, 2010
Consumer Confidence Highest Since February 2008
The Rasmussen Reports Consumer Index for the full month of November shows the highest level of economic confidence in more than two-and-a-half years. The Consumer Index monthly rating of 84.3 is the highest since February 2008 but is still well below the baseline month of October 2001, just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
December 2, 2010
Americans Give Mixed Marks To Limits On Mortgage Tax Deduction
President Obama’s bipartisan deficit reduction commission is considering a radical overhaul of one of the most sacred of sacred cows – the income tax deduction on interest paid on home mortgages. Americans are narrowly divided when asked about possible ways to limit that deduction.
December 2, 2010
The Democrats' Fab Four, Revisited By Thomas F. Schaller
Sandwiched between the Democrats’ disappointing 2002 election cycle and their 2010 “shellacking,” the party made significant gains during the three, mid-decade intervening elections of 2004, 2006 and 2008. And nowhere were the party’s gains more impressive than in four states: Colorado, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia.
December 2, 2010
The American Dream Is Not All About Money By Froma Harrop
We always talk about "The American Dream" -- about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it. Few bother to define it.
December 2, 2010
51% Say Leaking of U.S. Secrets Is Treason
Most voters believe public release of U.S. secret and confidential documents hurts national security, and they consider the leaking of such information to be an act of treason.
December 1, 2010
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 29% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, November 28.
December 1, 2010
Partisan Trends: Republicans 36.0%, Democrats 34.7%, First GOP Lead Ever
In November, 36.0% of American Adults identified themselves as Republicans; 34.7% considered themselves Democrats, and 29.3% were not affiliated with either major party. That’s the largest number of Republicans since February 2005 and the first time ever that Rasmussen Reports polling has found more people identifying as Republicans than Democrats.
December 1, 2010
Entrapment By Susan Estrich
Defenders of Mohamed Osman Mohamud are already arguing to the press that he was set up and in court that he was entrapped. Every state recognizes a defense that argues a defendant was "entrapped," but most of them define it narrowly, as do the federal courts.
December 1, 2010
Voters Question U.S. Protection of Secrets Following WikiLeaks’ Disclosure
Voters are strongly concerned about the impact of the latest dump of sensitive and secret U.S. data on the Internet by the WikiLeaks organization and think the U.S. government needs to do a better job protecting that kind of information.
December 1, 2010
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Down One Point in November
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.
