President Obama soon will announce his second nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, and 56% of U.S. voters believe it is fair for a U.S. senator to oppose an otherwise qualified court nominee because of disagreements over ideology or judicial philosophy.
Support for repeal of the recently-passed national health care plan is proving to be just as consistent as opposition to the plan before it was passed.
"Do you realize," CNN's Susan Roesgen asked a man at the April 15, 2009, tea party in Chicago, "that you're eligible for a $400 credit?" When the man refused to drop his "drop socialism" sign, she went on, "Did you know that the state of Lincoln gets 50 billion out of the stimulus?"
Fresh off his resounding Republican primary victory Tuesday, Texas Governor Rick Perry now finds himself in a close general election contest with Democratic nominee Bill White.
Many school systems across the country are facing strict budget cuts, and one option on the table is going to four-day school weeks to save money.
Government bailouts are still a sore subject with most voters. But the political class remains supportive of efforts to have taxpayers bail out troubled and failing companies.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of likely New Jersey voters have a favorable impression of rock star Bruce Springsteen, including 24% who have a very favorable impression of the Jersey Shore native.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Republicangubernatorial primary race in Arizona shows Governor Jan Brewer gainingground with 26% of likely primary voters now supporting her in acrowded field.
For some people, no means yes.
When he ran for president, then-Sen. Barack Obama argued that earmarks account for a mere "0.5 percent of the total federal budget," so eliminating earmarks would not solve the problem.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Americans say they have filled out their U.S. Census form and returned it to the government.
Both Republican hopefuls hold an early advantage in the first RasmussenReports Election 2010 telephone survey of the U.S. Senate race inArizona.
Thirty-five percent (35%) of California voters now approve of the job Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing, his highest approval ratings this year.
Incumbent John McCain now earns just 47% support to challenger J.D.Hayworth’s 42% in Arizona’s hotly contested Republican Senate Primaryrace, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey oflikely primary voters.
A very long-shot effort to recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez has quite a way to go to win the support of New Jersey voters.
Democrats have criticized Republicans for being the Party of No for their consistent opposition to President Obama’s agenda, and voters have mixed feelings about whether that’s a good place for the GOP to be.
The Republican National Committee has an African-American chairman, Michael Steele, and still the GOP manages to come across as racially insensitive, as well as just plain insensitive. That's no easy feat.
Forty-four percent (44%) of likely voters in the state of California say economic conditions in the country are getting better, according to a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey.
So much is being written in the mainstream media about who the tea partiers are, but very little is being recorded about what these folks are actually saying.
As the debate over the direction of the economy continues, Americans' pessimism about their financial security is slowing. The latest COUNTRY Financial Security Index(R) dipped 0.3 points to 64.6 in June, marking the smallest overall decline since October 2008.
