Maine Governor: LePage (R) 38%, Mitchell (D) 30%, Cutler (I) 16%
The race to be Maine's next governor remains virtually unchanged from a month ago, with Republican Paul LePage running slightly ahead.
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August 16, 2010
August 15, 2010
54% in Illinois Say No To Abolishing Death Penalty
Most Illinois voters (54%) are against abolishing the death penalty in their state, according to a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters.
August 15, 2010
North Dakota Senate: Hoeven (R) 69%, Potter (D) 25%
Republican Governor John Hoeven continues to earn overwhelming support in his bid to win the North Dakota Senate seat now held by retiring Democrat Byron Dorgan.
August 15, 2010
14% Say Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 46% Say Worse
Eighty-one percent (81%) of American adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the numbers vary little across demographic, partisan and income groups.
August 15, 2010
Real Tax Increases, Real Consequences By Debra J. Saunders
Taxpayers don't look at taxes the way the people who spend the tax money do. Take the battle over the extension of the "Bush tax cuts." Americans to Washington: They were tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. If Washington allows all or parts of the "Bush tax cuts" to expire at the end of the year, the result won't be to not cut taxes, as Beltway lingo and President Obama suggest, but to raise taxes.
August 14, 2010
Georgia Senate: Isakson (R) 55%, Thurmond (D) 41%
Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson continues to hold a double-digit lead over Democrat Michael Thurmond in Georgia’s race for the U.S. Senate.
August 14, 2010
The Working Poor: 16% of All Workers
One-out-of-six working Americans (16%) consider themselves to be among the working poor.
August 14, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls Ending August 14, 2010
Would you buy a used car from your congressman? A lot of voters probably wouldn’t.
August 14, 2010
60% in Florida Favor Arizona-Like Immigration Law in Their State
Most voters in Florida support an immigration law like the one recently passed in Arizona in their state.
August 13, 2010
45% Think Terrorists Very Likely To Detonate Nuke In Next 25 Years
Seventy-six percent (76%) of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that a terrorist group will detonate a nuclear weapon in the next 25 years, and that includes 45% who say it is Very Likely.
August 13, 2010
Georgia Governor: Deal (R) 51%, Barnes (D) 42%
Coming off his razor-thin Republican Primary runoff win on Tuesday, former Congressman Nathan Deal earns better than 50% support against Democrat Roy Barnes in Georgia's race for governor.
August 13, 2010
Minnesota Governor: Dayton (D) 45%, Emmer (R) 36%, Horner (I) 10%
The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of Likely Minnesota voters finds Democrat Mark Dayton leading Republican Tom Emmer and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner in the state’s gubernatorial race.
August 13, 2010
Birth Days, Death Days By Susan Estrich
My friend Kath would have turned 60 this week.
August 13, 2010
Most Oppose Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants
Most Americans still oppose granting U.S. citizenship automatically to children born in America to illegal immigrants.
August 13, 2010
Obama’s Transparency Charade Continues By Howard Rich
The more things “change,” the more they stay the same in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. – especially when it comes to government transparency.
August 13, 2010
Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal (D) 47%, McMahon (R) 40%
The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of Likely Connecticut Voters finds that Democrat Richard Blumenthal has slipped below the 50% mark of support this month against Republican Linda McMahon in the state’s U.S. Senate race.
August 13, 2010
Blood Diamonds Meet U.N. Swells By Debra J. Saunders
Prosecutors at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague interrupted the trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor last week with some comic relief. They put supermodel Naomi Campbell on the stand to tie Taylor to the trade of "blood diamonds."
August 13, 2010
Colorado Governor: Hickenlooper (D) 43%, Maes (R) 31%, Tancredo (ACP) 18%
Tom Tancredo’s entrance into the Colorado governor’s race cuts substantially into support for the two Republican hopefuls and gives Democrat John Hickenlooper a double-digit lead. But overall support for Hickenlooper remains where it’s been for months.
August 12, 2010
34% Say U.S.-Israel Relationship Will Get Worse
U.S. voters are now as pessimistic about America’s relationship with Israel as they are about relations with the Muslim world.
August 12, 2010
70% Say D.C. Politics Will Be More Partisan Over Next Year
Seventy percent (70%) of U.S. voters now expect politics in Washington, D.C. to be more partisan over the next year. That's up four points from last month and the highest finding since President Obama took office in January 2009.
