Candidates for New York’s U.S. Senate seat come and go, but the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand still in a virtual dead heat with former Governor George Pataki.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of New York State voters say Governor David Paterson should resign and allow Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch to finish out his term.
One of the sadder categories in the history of human misfortunes is the list of those things that are obvious, but wrong. By definition, if something is obvious, most people agree with it, and thus, it is likely to win the day -- but lose the verdict of history.
Republican candidates lead Democrats by eight points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter who yesterday announced a Democratic Primary challenge to embattled Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln runs weaker than the incumbent, for now at least, against the top Republican challengers in Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race.
Views of the country's short- and long-term economic future are gloomier these days than they have been at any time since President Obama took office in January of last year.
In January, the Senate joined the House in passing "pay-as-you-go" rules to require Congress to pay for new discretionary spending. On Feb. 12, President Obama signed the bill.
Ex-Senator Lincoln Chafee is the leader for now in Rhode Island’s race for governor.
Americans who shopped till they dropped have stopped. Per capita consumption is down for two straight years, according to Booz & Company's new study of U.S. spending behavior. That hasn't happened since the Great Depression.
Any way you cut it at this point, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is comfortably ahead of his rivals in the race for governor of New York, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Empire State voters.
Right now Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has no major challengers in his bid for reelection and posts a double-digit lead in a hypothetical match-up with the state’s best-known Democrat.
In February, the number of voters not affiliated with either major party increased by half a percentage point as both Republicans and Democrats lost further ground.
Retiring U.S. Senator Sam Brownback holds a commanding 22-point lead over his likeliest Democratic opponent, state Senator Tom Holland, in this year’s race for governor of Kansas.
Most Americans (58%) say the current state of the U.S. economy has caused more stress in their family, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
So much for hopes of bipartisanship in Washington, D.C., especially in a midterm election year.
"More talk, no deal" was The Wall Street Journal's headline on Thursday's Blair House health care summit. "After summit flop, Democrats prepare to go it alone on Obamacare," proclaimed the headline here at The Washington Examiner. These were appropriate verdicts if you viewed the summit as an attempt to reach bipartisan agreement or even a limited consensus.
President Obama’s health care summit last week seems to have nudged up support, but 52% of U.S. voters continue to oppose the plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats.
The Academy Awards are still a week away, but Rasmussen Reports thought it would take a sneak peek inside the envelopes by asking Americans who they want to win the best picture, actor and actress awards.
Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide give President Obama good or excellent marks for leadership. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 41% rate the president's leadership as poor.
All the talk about reforming health care over the past year hasn’t led to any legislation but it has generated improved perceptions of the U.S. health care system and left voters divided about the need for reform.
