Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 36%
For the second straight week, Republican candidates hold a nine-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
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April 13, 2010
April 13, 2010
New York Senate: Gillibrand 40%, Generic Republican 39%
Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand remains in a vulnerable position in her bid for reelection in New York even though no viable Republican running against her.
April 13, 2010
Tea Party Profile: Many Ways To Describe A Movement
The number of people who say they’re part of the Tea Party Movement nationally has grown to 24%. That’s up from 16% a month ago, but the movement still defies easy description.
April 13, 2010
48% Say Government Has Conflict of Interest When Regulating Automakers
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans now believe that the government has a conflict-of-interest when it comes to regulating competing automakers.
April 13, 2010
22% Haven’t Filed Their Income Taxes Yet
The deadline is midnight this Thursday, and 22% of Americans say they still have not filed their income taxes.
April 13, 2010
Where Third Party Candidates Are Almost Routine By Froma Harrop
They make less of a ruckus than the tea party people, but independents in New England are brewing their own revolution. Third-party governors may have been elected elsewhere -- Walter Hickel in Alaska (1990) and Jesse Ventura in Minnesota (1998) -- but in New England, such candidacies have become almost routine.
April 13, 2010
34% Say They Or Someone Close To Them Part of Tea Party Movement
Twenty-four percent (24%) of U.S. voters now say they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
April 13, 2010
A V-Shaped Boom Is Coming By Lawrence Kudlow
Sometimes you have to take out your political lenses and look at the actual statistics to get a true picture of the health of the American economy. Right now, those statistics are saying a modest cyclical rebound following a very deep downturn could actually be turning into a full-fledged, V-shaped recovery boom between now and year-end.
April 13, 2010
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary: Specter 44%, Sestak 42%
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary is a month away, and the race between incumbent Senator Arlen Specter and challenger Joe Sestak is now a dead heat.
April 12, 2010
Louisiana Senate: Vitter 52%, Melancon 36%
Support for Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter has dropped slightly this month, but he still remains well ahead of Democratic Congressman Charlie Melancon in his bid for reelection.
April 12, 2010
Toyota Owners Still More Loyal Than GM Drivers
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans who currently own a Toyota say they are at least somewhat likely to buy their next car from the troubled automaker, including 40% who say they are very likely to do so.
April 12, 2010
47% Say Repeal of Health Care Law Will Be Good for Economy
Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters nationwide believe repeal of the recently passed health care law will be good for the economy.
April 12, 2010
Support for Repeal of Health Care Plan Up To 58%
Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal.
April 12, 2010
Obamacare Will Be at Center of High Court Hearing By Michael Barone
The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens means that in coming months we'll have another hearing on a Supreme Court nominee. But it's not likely to be the sort of hearing we got used to in the two decades after Edward Kennedy declared war on Robert Bork in 1987.
April 12, 2010
Florida Senate GOP Primary: Rubio 57%, Crist 28%
Support for Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s U.S. Senate bid has fallen this month to its lowest level yet. Just 28% of the state’s likely Republican voters support his candidacy now, down six points from March.
April 12, 2010
Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal Still Picks Up Over 50% In All Match-ups
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal continues to earn over 50% of the vote in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, while his three top Republican challengers remain in the 30s.
April 11, 2010
39% Say Supreme Court Too Liberal, 25% Too Conservative
As President Obama prepares to nominate a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 39% of voters nationwide believe the Supreme Court is too liberal. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 25% think the high court is too conservative, and 27% feel the court’s ideological balance is about right.
April 11, 2010
Just 20% Support Federal Internet Taxes
The Obama administration recently released its proposed plan for government regulation of the Internet that includes federal taxes on digital goods and services.
April 11, 2010
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 50%, Specter 40%
Republican hopeful Pat Toomey for the first time registers 50% support in his race against incumbent Democrat Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s contest for the U.S. Senate.
April 11, 2010
Would Goodwin Liu Sink the Left-Leaning 9th Circuit? By Debra J. Saunders
There are two ways the Senate can approach a president's judicial nominees -- and specifically President Barack Obama's nomination of University of California, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco.
