Recent news reports say the new financial regulatory bill before Congress includes a whole new layer of offices intended to promote the hiring of minorities and women, but voters remain lukewarm about the idea of affirmative action.
HOBART, AUSTRALIA -- California GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has been taking a lot of heat for her voting record. Or non-voting record. The former eBay CEO didn't register to vote in California until 2002. She failed to vote in the 2003 recall election. She didn't register as a Republican until 2007. Too bad Whitman didn't spend her business-big-shot years Down Under. In Australia, it's against the law for citizens age 18 or older not to vote.
The top Republican contenders continue to hold modest leads in the race for the U.S. Senate in the toss-up state of Colorado, with county prosecutor Ken Buck now running slightly stronger than former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton against the top Democratic hopefuls.
A number of Republicans are challenging Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, but again this election cycle it appears she has little to worry about.
The United States has shed 2 million factory jobs since 2007, yet many American companies can't find qualified workers to fill their available openings. That's a shocking problem, given the numbers looking for work. But it could also be a break for blue-collar Americans willing to engage their brains. For them, there is a road from unemployment to a good living, and it may go through a local community college.
Nearly two-out-of-three U.S. voters (65%) continue to believe that American society is generally fair and decent, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty-four percent (24%) say society is unfair and discriminatory.
Republican candidates hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, July 11.
Despite President Obama's meeting last week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to affirm the importance of the U.S.–Israeli relationship, 31% of U.S. voters believe relations between the two countries will be worse a year from now.
While a majority of Pennsylvania voters believe offshore oil drilling should be permitted, not nearly as many support deepwater drilling.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters nationwide favor repeal of the recently passed national health care law. The latest weekly Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the subject finds that 42% oppose repeal.
With the U.S.-Russia spy swap making headlines, 65% of voters say they are at least somewhat confident in the ability of the government to catch those from other countries who are spying on the United States.
Home mortgage interest rates are the lowest in history, but house sales are plunging. Banks can make money easily because of the Federal Reserve's low interest rates, but they're not making many loans. Major corporations are sitting on something like $2 trillion in cash, but they're not investing.
Indiana still has the look of a likely Republican Senate pickup, with former Senator Dan Coats remaining comfortably ahead of his Democratic opponent Brad Ellsworth.
The race for governor of Maryland remains a close one, with incumbent Democrat Martin O’Malley and Republican challenger Bob Ehrlich in a virtual tie again this month.
Although the plurality of Illinois voters feel the $787 billion economic stimulus plan enacted last year by Congress and the president helped the economy, the plurality doesn’t believe it created new jobs.
One-in-seven homeowners (14%) say they are at least somewhat likely to miss or be late with a mortgage payment in the next six months.
Obama administration officials continue to insist that the economy is showing signs of improvement, but most voters aren’t buying it. The Discover (R) Consumer Spending Monitor shows that just 28% of Americans think the economy is getting better, while 48% say it’s getting worse.
Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard continues to lead his Democratic challenger, Scott Heidepriem, by a wide margin in the race for governor of South Dakota.
Just 28% of Florida voters agree with the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s recently enacted immigration law.
Politically speaking, only an improved economy is likely to trump health care and immigration in voters’ minds this November, but the latest findings on the economic front are far from reassuring.
