76% Say Fed Is Likely To Raise Other Interest Rates This Year
The Federal Reserve Board’s decision last week to raise the interest rate it charges banks for short-term loans has most Americans now expecting other rate increases this year.
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February 22, 2010
February 22, 2010
Georgia Governor: Top GOP Contenders Slightly Ahead of Democrats’ Barnes
Three-out-of-the-four top Republican candidates are now slightly ahead of the Democrat one of them is most likely to face in this year’s race for governor in Georgia.
February 22, 2010
Iowa Governor: Culver Trails in Re-election Bid
The latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of the Iowa governor’s race shows incumbent Democrat Chet Culver trailing badly in a match-up with one of his Republican predecessors and also running behind a lesser-known GOP challenger.
February 22, 2010
Florida GOP Senate: Rubio 54%, Crist 36%
Former state House Speaker Marco Rubio continues to lengthen his lead over Governor Charlie Crist in the contest for Florida’s Republican Senate nomination.
February 22, 2010
Obama Lacks One Crucial Ingredient -- Intuition By Michael Barone
No president enters office knowing everything he needs to know. His experience is limited to some greater or lesser extent; his knowledge of the people from whom he will choose appointees is incomplete; his mastery of the substance of public policy, after years on the campaign trail, is likely to be out of date. And like all of us, he does not know what the future will bring.
February 21, 2010
47% Believe U.S. Can Win in Afghanistan
Voters are slightly less optimistic about winning the war in Afghanistan despite a highly publicized, thus far successful U.S. offensive against Taliban forces now taking place there.
February 20, 2010
51% Think Business Leaders Make Better Economic Decisions Than Government Officials
Most Americans continue to have more confidence in the economic decisions of the business community than in those of government.
February 20, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 19, 2010
Fix it or throw it out. Americans seem to be in that kind of mood these days.
February 20, 2010
Tea Party Power to Solve the Debt Problem By Lawrence Kudlow
The New York Times ran a front-page story this week called "Party Gridlock in Washington Feeds New Fear of a Debt Crisis." As usual, they got it wrong. Instead, the headline should have read, "After Scott Brown's Astonishing Senate Win in Massachusetts, New Political Gridlock in Washington Could Spell the End of the Liberal Crack-Up We Have Witnessed over the Past Year."
February 19, 2010
To Tax and Who To Tax: Voters Are Evenly Divided
Voters are now evenly divided as to which candidate they would prefer to vote for: A candidate who opposes all tax increases or one who promises to increase taxes only on the rich. But most still believe tax hikes hurt the economy.
February 19, 2010
43% Expect Change If GOP Takes Over Congress, 32% Don’t
Given increasing voter unhappiness with Congress, many analysts suggest Republicans may win control of at least the House in this November’s elections, but voters have mixed feelings about how big a change that might really be.
February 19, 2010
73% Agree That Washington Is “Broken”
Seventy-three percent (73%) of U.S. voters agree with Vice President Joseph Biden that “Washington right now is broken.”
February 19, 2010
What Went Wrong? By Susan Estrich
Something has gone very wrong.
Was it just a year ago that Democrats assumed more control in Washington than the party has had in my lifetime? It was.
February 19, 2010
“Missing Bush?” Why Republican Revisionism Won’t Sell By Howard Rich
As America loudly repudiates the leftist agenda of President Barack Obama and his Congressional allies, a group of partisan GOP opportunists is busy promoting a theory of “Republican revisionism.”
February 19, 2010
49% Favor Building New Nuclear Plants
President Obama this week announced an $8.3-billion government loan guarantee to build the first new nuclear plant in this country in over a quarter of a century.
February 19, 2010
GOP Will Gain Significantly, But Probably Remain in House Minority By Isaac T. Wood
The last two U.S. House of Representatives elections have been Democratic landslides that have left them with a 79-seat majority. In 2006, Democrats picked up 29 seats on election night (exactly as the Crystal Ball predicted, by the way) and didn’t lose a single seat of their own, even adding another pick-up in a December runoff. The winning streak continued in 2008, with Democrats netting 21 new seats in what was a Blue year across the board.
February 19, 2010
Oregon Governor: Democrats Have It For Now
This year’s race for governor of Oregon is a free-for-all at this stage, with a former Democratic governor who’s the best known of the candidates running slightly ahead.
February 18, 2010
60% in California Say Better If Most Incumbents in State Legislature Are Defeated
As California stumbles through its continuing budget crisis, 60% of likely voters in the state now believe it would be better if most incumbents in the state legislature were defeated in this November’s elections.
February 18, 2010
Wisconsin Senate: Feingold Leads Two Announced GOP Challengers
Wisconsin incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold leads his two best-known announced Republican challengers for the U.S. Senate in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state.
February 18, 2010
65% of Virginia Voters Approve of McDonnell So Far
Just over a month after Bob McDonnell assumed office in Virginia, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds that 65% at least somewhat approve of the job he’s doing as governor, including 29% who strongly approve.
