Massachusetts Governor: Patrick (D) 38%, Baker (R) 32%, Cahill (I) 17%
Massachusetts’ spirited gubernatorial contest remains largely unchanged this month, with incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick holding onto a small lead.
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July 26, 2010
July 25, 2010
70% Say Concert Tickets Cost Too Much
Seventy percent (70%) of adults think concert ticket prices are too high, and only 35% say they have attended a music concert in the last year.
July 25, 2010
41% in Florida More Likely to Vote For Independent This Election, 30% Less Likely
As Independent candidate Charlie Crist continues to run neck-and-neck with Republican Marco Rubio in the race for U.S. Senate in Florida, the plurality of voters in the state say they are more likely to vote for a candidate not affiliated with either party this election than they have been in the past.
July 25, 2010
Brown and Whitman Take a Policy Furlough By Debra J. Saunders
Today's question is: Why have both major candidates for California governor -- Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman -- failed to endorse the governor's authority to furlough state workers?
July 25, 2010
Taxes Jumps In Importance, But Economy Still The Main Issue on Voters’ Minds
The number of U.S. Voters who view the issue of Taxes as Very Important has jumped 10 points from May to its highest level ever in Rasmussen Reports tracking. Still, Taxes rank fourth on a list of 10 issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.?
July 24, 2010
Twitter Users A Little Less Concerned About Security of Personal Info
Users of Twitter, the social networking service, are a little less worried about the security of their personal information.
July 24, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls Ending July 24, 2010
One of the key issues in the political debate now roiling the country is how big a part government should play in our lives.
July 24, 2010
North Dakota House: Berg (R) 49%, Pomeroy (D) 46%
The race to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives appears a little tighter this month.
July 23, 2010
49% in Minnesota Favor Investigation of Alleged Illegal Voting by Felons
Nearly half (49%) of Minnesota voters believe state election officials should investigate allegations that felons voted illegally in the 2008 election.
July 23, 2010
Arkansas Senate: Boozman (R) 60% Lincoln (D) 35%
Republican John Boozman holds a 25-point lead over Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race.
July 23, 2010
Ohio Voters Evenly Divided Over Stimulus Plan
Voters in Ohio are evenly divided on whether or not the $787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan enacted last year by President Obama and Congress helped or hurt the economy. However, they are certain that the plan didn’t create any new jobs.
July 23, 2010
75% Say Free Markets Better Than Government Management of Economy, Political Class Disagrees
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely Voters prefer free markets over a government managed economy. Just 14% think a government managed economy is better while 11% are not sure. These figures have changed little since December.
July 23, 2010
Legislature Lowdown: State Legislatures in Play As Redistricting Looms By Tim Storey
Elections for the thousands of state legislative seats that determine partisan control of states are typically provincial battles drawing relatively little attention from national media. These legislative elections are often called hidden elections. However, the spotlight this November will spill over to these down-ballot races because redistricting is around the corner, so the results in hundreds of races in the hinterlands could have long term implications for partisan control of Washington.
July 23, 2010
Winners and Losers in the Game of Political Life By Larry J. Sabato
One reason why people are attracted to politics is because, like sports, there are usually clear winners and losers. Moral ambiguity and shades of gray may overwhelm other sectors of life, but not the bottom-line of elections. Only finality on November 2 really matters. Raising more money or winning a primary or seeing your opponent sink into a scandal is a kind of victory, but it’s transient. Still, you savor what you can on your way to Judgment Day.
July 23, 2010
Arkansas Senate: Boozman (R) 61%, Lincoln (D) 32%
Republican John Boozman now holds a near two-to-one lead over Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
July 23, 2010
West Virginia Senate: Manchin (D) 53%, Capito (R) 39%
A special Senate election this November to replace the late Robert Byrd is still awaiting the green light from West Virginia’s attorney general, but popular Democratic Governor Joe Manchin is the early leader in hypothetical matchups with two of his possible Republican opponents.
July 23, 2010
Arizona Governor: Brewer (R) 53%, Goddard (D) 35%
Arizona’s gubernatorial race is shaping up as a referendum on two of the nation’s hottest political issues – health care and immigration. Republican Governor Jan Brewer has turned to outside legal help to challenge the national health care bill and defend Arizona’s new immigration law because the state’s Democratic attorney general, Terry Goddard, opposes both moves.
July 23, 2010
58% in New York Oppose Mosque Near Ground Zero
Most voters in New York (58%) oppose the building of an Islamic mosque near Ground Zero in New York City.
July 23, 2010
Rhode Island Governor: Chafee (I) Holds Slight Lead
Former Senator Lincoln Chafee and Democratic State Treasurer Frank Caprio now earn the same level of support from voters in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial election.
July 23, 2010
It's a Fiscal Problem, Not a Fed Problem By Lawrence Kudlow
Ben Bernanke threw a curveball in his midterm report to Congress this week. The Fed view of the economy has been downgraded since it last reported in February. Although the official Fed forecast for 2010-11 is still 3 percent to 4 percent real growth, Bernanke sounded particularly gloomy when he characterized the economy as "unusually uncertain." And he indicated that the majority view of the Fed Board of Governors and Reserve Bank presidents is that the risks to growth are "weighted to the downside."
