Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 39%
Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
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March 30, 2010
March 30, 2010
36% Haven't Filed Their Income Taxes Yet
With just over two weeks to go before April 15, 36% of Americans say they have not yet filed their income taxes.
March 30, 2010
National Sales Tax Still Unpopular
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% of voters nationwide favor a national sales tax if the money is used to pay for health care for all Americans, but 51% oppose that idea. These findings are unchanged from December.
March 30, 2010
Actually, Deficits Don’t Drive Up Rates By Lawrence Kudlow
Treasury rates jumped last week as the 10-year bond moved up to around 3.85 percent, about 20 basis points or so in the last week or two.
March 30, 2010
Clowns to the Left, Jokers on the Right By Debra J. Saunders
When activists break the law protesting Republican policies, it is because lefties care so much. But when conservatives act likewise, it's because they are loudmouths and louts.
March 30, 2010
Down With Political Prognostications By Froma Harrop
Political sages turn today's polling and past voter behavior into confident predictions about upcoming elections. That's their job. But fortune-tellers may do nearly as well, especially when the vote takes place months in the future.
March 30, 2010
South Dakota Governor: GOP’s Daugaard 49%, Heidepriem 32%
Republican Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard now holds a 17-point lead over likely Democratic nominee Scott Heidepriem in South Dakota’s race for governor. But the Democrat maintains modest leads over two other GOP hopefuls.
March 30, 2010
53% Undecided in Michigan’s Democratic Gubernatorial Race
The undecideds are ahead in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary contest.
March 30, 2010
Michigan Republican Primary for Governor: Hoekstra Barely Ahead, With 32% Undecided
Congressman Peter Hoektsra has a slight lead over his Republican rivals in the party’s wide-open primary race for governor of Michigan.
March 29, 2010
Voters Have Mixed Feelings on Obama’s Leadership Skills
Many Democrats view the passage of the national health care plan as President Obama's greatest achievement yet in office, but voters for the first time are evenly divided in their assessments of the president's leadership.
March 29, 2010
South Dakota House: Herseth Sandlin 44%, GOP’s Nelson 42%
South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is now virtually tied with one Republican opponent but is still ahead of two others in her bid for reelection.
March 29, 2010
Media Meter: Whitman Getting More Favorable Coverage than Brown in California
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that Republican candidate Meg Whitman is getting more favorable press coverage these days than former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
March 29, 2010
53% Worry Opposition to Obama’s Policies Will Lead To Violence
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters now are at least somewhat concerned that those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence, up 10 points from last September.
March 29, 2010
Crist-Rubio Media Coverage Fairly Even
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that media coverage of the Republican gubernatorial primary race in Florida is fairly even.
March 29, 2010
More Voters Than Ever See Obama As Partisan Democrat
Less than a week after President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law, more voters than ever say he is governing like a partisan Democrat.
March 29, 2010
Texas Media Coverage Favors White Over Perry
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that media coverage in Texas is far more favorable for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White than for incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry.
March 29, 2010
One Week Later, 54% Favor Repeal of Health Care Bill
One week after the House of Representatives passed the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, 54% of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the new law. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% oppose repeal.
March 29, 2010
Rhode Island Governor: Chafee Still Leads
Former Senator Lincoln Chafee remains the leader in the race to be Rhode Island’s next governor, with State Treasurer Frank Caprio the strongest Democrat in the contest for now.
March 29, 2010
Obama Slights Our Friends, Kowtows to Our Enemies By Michael Barone
Barack Obama's decision to postpone his trip to Indonesia and Australia -- to a democracy with the world's largest Muslim population and to the only nation that has fought alongside us in all the wars of the last century -- is of a piece with his foreign policy generally: attack America's friends and kowtow to our enemies.
March 28, 2010
Only 27% Say U.S. Will Remain Most Powerful Nation
Just 27% of U.S. voters now think the United States will still be the most powerful nation in the world at the end of the 21st century, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
