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June 9, 2010

Obama 44%, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer 39%

Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters say their views on illegal immigration are closer to those of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer than to the views of President Obama. The two finally met last Friday at the White House to discuss Arizona’s tough new immigration law which the president opposes.

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June 9, 2010

Nevada Election Night Polling: Angle Wins Big Among Tea Party Activists

Sharron Angle won the Republican nomination to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November with strong support from the Tea Party movement.

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June 9, 2010

Illinois Senate: Kirk 42%, Giannoulias 39%

Illinois’ hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate between Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is once again a virtual toss-up.

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June 9, 2010

SC Election Night Polling: 39% of GOP Voters Affiliated With Tea Party

As South Carolina Republicans prepare for a run-off election in two weeks, 81% of GOP Primary voters say they are likely to vote for Nikki Haley if she is the party's nominee in September. A Rasmussen Reports election night survey found that 70% say they are likely to vote for Congressman Gresham Barrett if he is the Republican nominee.

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June 9, 2010

Florida Senate: Crist 37%, Rubio 37%, Meek 15%

Republican Marco Rubio and Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist are tied this month in Florida’s topsy-turvy race for the U.S. Senate.

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June 9, 2010

Florida Governor: Scott 45%, Sink 40%

Republican newcomer Rick Scott now runs stronger against likely Democratic nominee Alex Sink than longtime GOP frontrunner Bill McCollum in Florida’s race for governor.

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June 8, 2010

64% Now Say U.S. Society Fair and Decent

Sixty-four percent (64%) of U.S. Voters now say that, generally speaking, American society is fair and decent, down seven points from late April and the lowest level measured since early October of last year.

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June 8, 2010

86% Concerned About Oil Leak's Economic Impact

Besides the obvious environmental concerns about the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the vast majority of Americans also now worry about how it will impact the economy.

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June 8, 2010

Just 19% See White House Job Offers As Anything Unusual

Voters express only modest concern and hardly any surprise about the secret job offers made by the Obama White House to Democratic politicians in Colorado and Pennsylvania in hopes of getting them to drop their primary challenges of incumbent senators.

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June 8, 2010

74% Oppose Taxing Internet News Sites To Help Newspapers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering several ways to help the struggling newspaper industry, but Americans strongly reject several proposed taxes to keep privately-owned newspapers going.

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June 8, 2010

49% in Pennsylvania Predict Gulf Oil Leak Will Have Devastating Impact

Nearly one-out-of-two Pennsylvania voters (49%) believe the Gulf oil leak will have a devastating impact on the environment for years to come, considerably higher than the view nationally. Another 32% describe the leak's long-term impact as major.

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June 8, 2010

62% Favor Death Penalty

Most Americans continue to support the death penalty, but they have mixed feelings about its effectiveness in preventing crime.

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June 8, 2010

Hotel California's $36,000 Price Tag by Debra J. Saunders

In the United Kingdom, Tory Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that his new coalition government will have to invoke austerity cuts that could affect Brits for years, even decades. New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie has turned into a conservative hero for telling an irate teacher who complained about her pay at a town hall meeting that she doesn't have to teach. Illinois Gov.

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June 8, 2010

Colorado Senate: Republican Candidates Still Hold Small Edge

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton picking up 43% of the vote while State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff earns 42% support.

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June 8, 2010

Blaming Obama for Not Being a God By Froma Harrop

Gulf Coast residents are supposedly mad at President Obama for not keeping the oil from threatening their beaches and marshes. We hear this in stereo -- from political opposition on the right and liberal pundits bored by the president's cerebral approach to problem-solving.

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June 8, 2010

North Carolina Senate: Burr Still Leads Both Democratic Challengers

Incumbent Republican Richard Burr continues to hold a modest double-digit lead over both his Democratic challengers in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.

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June 7, 2010

Alabama Senate: Shelby Still Leads Barnes 58% to 31%

Republican Senator Richard Shelby still earns nearly 60% support in his bid for reelection in Alabama against his little-known Democratic opponent, attorney William Barnes.

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June 7, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 35%

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 6. That’s up slightly from a week ago and broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.

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June 7, 2010

Ohio Senate: Portman 43%, Fisher 43%

Former Republican Congressman Rob Portman and his Democratic rival, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, remain in a dead heat in Ohio’s race for the U.S. Senate.

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June 7, 2010

49% Say Pro-Palestinian Activists To Blame in Gaza Ship Incident

Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters believe pro-Palestinian activists on the Gaza-bound aid ships raided by Israeli forces are to blame for the deaths that resulted in the high-profile incident.