Republican Nikki Haley remains ahead of Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the race to be South Carolina’s next governor. But she’s fallen to her lowest level of support this year and for the first time posts only a single-digit lead.
One of the constant refrains of the so-called mainstream media is that tea party candidates are blithering incompetents and weird wackos. They may do well this year, the refrain goes, but when voters come to their senses, the Republican Party will pay a big price for embracing them.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Americans still believe that profiling - the use of factors such as race, ethnicity and overall appearance to determine the subjects of security checks - is necessary in today’s society.
Thirty percent (30%) 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, October 17.
Most voters (65%) say they prefer a government with fewer services and lower taxes rather than one with more services and higher taxes.
Following their debates last week, Republican Congressman Roy Blunt continues to lead Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri's race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican John Raese has now opened up a seven-point lead over West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin in perhaps the most improbably close U.S. Senate contest in the country. It’s Raese’s biggest lead yet.
As a small-business columnist, I get at least several press releases a day from public relations firms around the country that are trying to get their clients a mention in this column. Most represent authors promoting their "new" ideas (sadly, few qualify), consultants trolling for clients or successful entrepreneurs selling their "how I did it" stories (mostly to investors or larger companies that may wish to buy them).
Incumbents, beware: The major votes you’ve cast in Congress over the past couple years appear likely to come back to haunt you this Election Day.
In 2011, the two major legislative initiatives of the tea party Congress (pray the voters deliver such a congress) will be to get a grip on the deficit, and to begin to reverse the intrusion of the federal government in American lives and business.
Republican Congressman Mark Kirk is now barely ahead of Democrat Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois’ up-and-down race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican Rick Scott now leads Democrat Alex Sink by six points in the race to be Florida’s next governor. It’s the widest gap between the candidates in six months of polling.
With midterm elections just two weeks away, new Rasmussen Reports polling finds that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters give President Obama good or excellent marks as a leader. That's a nine-point jump from last month but well below the 64% who felt that way one week after he took office in late January 2009.
Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters believe it isn't worth the effort trying to contact their senator or congressman, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Most voters are more likely to pull the lever for a candidate who has political experience this November, and they’re more concerned with the candidates' policies than their party affiliation.
The line between crazy and creepy is not always a dark one.
Republican Rand Paul continues to hold a double-digit lead over Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race.
It may not be politically correct to say it, but most Americans think the country’s gotten too PC and see that as a problem.
Over half of voters in Illinois favor extending the Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire December 31.
