25% Have Favorable Opinion of Immigration Rights Protesters, 50% Unfavorable
Following weekend protests against the new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, support for the Arizona policy remains unchanged.
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May 4, 2010
May 4, 2010
20% of Illinois Democrats Say Party Should Pick A New Candidate For Senate
Twenty percent (20%) of Illinois Democratic voters think the party should replace Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias because of his ties to the failed Broadway Bank, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
May 4, 2010
Latino Giant to Change U.S. Politics By Froma Harrop
SAN ANTONIO -- It was over frozen lattes three blocks from the Alamo that Lydia Camarillo and I discussed the wave of Latino voters expected to change politics in Texas -- and America. Camarillo is vice president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a group that signs up new Hispanic voters and spurs them to the polls.
May 4, 2010
Whitman Can Spend, but Can She Govern? By Debra J. Saunders
"Meg 2010, Building a New California," the glossy 40-plus-page "policy agenda" for former eBay CEO and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, is so slick that it sat on my desk for weeks before I could finish it. I would pick it up, think that, like her candidacy, it is overly packaged, and toss it back on the pile of papers that litter my desk. It does a great job of laying out California's financial woes and suggesting possible reforms -- but it leaves out how she'll get things done in Sacramento.
May 4, 2010
53% Favor Public Employee Unions
New Jersey and California are just two of the states that are wrestling with high numbers of well-compensated unionized public employees as they try to reduce growing budget deficits.
May 3, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republican 44%, Democrat 37%
Republican candidates now hold a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
May 3, 2010
47% in Illinois Favor Allowing Local Police to Look for Illegal Immigrants
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in Illinois finds that 47% favor giving local police the authority to stop and check the immigration status of persons they suspect of being in the country illegally.
May 3, 2010
Iowa Governor: Branstad 53%, Culver 38%
With the Iowa Republican Primary just five weeks away, former GOP Governor Terry Branstad still attracts much more support than either of his party rivals in the race against current Democratic Governor Chet Culver.
May 3, 2010
Iowa Senate: Grassley 53%, Conlin 40%
Republican Senator Charles Grassley continues to enjoy more than 50% support in match-ups with three potential Democratic challengers.
May 3, 2010
38% in New York Approve of Governor Paterson's Job Performance
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of New York voters now approve of the job Democratic Governor David Paterson is doing, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Just nine percent (9%) Strongly Approve.
May 3, 2010
55% Rate U.S. Health Care System Good or Excellent
Americans have felt little, if any, impact yet from the newly-passed plan to reform health care, and the majority of U.S. voters continue to give the current system positive ratings.
May 3, 2010
The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning 'Third Way' By Michael Barone
Left parties are in trouble in the Anglosphere. Here in America, Democrats are doing worse in the polls than at any time in the last 50 years.
May 3, 2010
52% View Health Care Bill As Bad for Country, 54% Favor Repeal
Most U.S. voters continue to believe the health care plan passed by Congress in late March will be bad for the country, and they favor its repeal.
May 3, 2010
Voters Say Republicans in Congress More Partisan than Democrats
For the first time in over a year of regular polling, voters nationwide say Republicans in Congress are acting more partisan than congressional Democrats.
May 3, 2010
Kentucky Senate: Grayson, Paul Lose Ground But Still Ahead
Trey Grayson and Rand Paul both continue to earn more potential votes than either of their Democratic rivals in Kentucky’s race for the U.S. Senate, but both Republicans have dropped to their lowest levels of support since February.
May 2, 2010
Obamacon Doves vs. Hard-Money Heartland Hawks By Lawrence Kudlow
President Obama has appointed three new doves to the Federal Reserve Board, thereby taking command of the nation's central bank. But there's a split developing inside the Federal Reserve System: The Reserve Bank presidents, appointed by their own district boards of directors, are increasingly likely to wage a battle royale against the central-bank headquarters in Washington and its free-money, ultra-easy policies.
May 2, 2010
69% Oppose Higher Taxes To Lower Deficit
Only 18% of Americans are willing to pay higher taxes to lower the federal budget deficit, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
May 2, 2010
Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month - April 2010
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.
May 2, 2010
A Year for Desperate Measures By Debra J. Saunders
Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, has become my go-to guy for good-government issues. His wife, Joan, he recently confided, calls him "the Sisyphus of reform."
May 1, 2010
Michigan Voters Like Ford Best, Say Chrysler Likeliest To Fail
Ford’s the favorite among the state’s Big Three automakers as far as Michigan voters are concerned, while Chrysler’s the one they think is most likely to bite the dust.
