Kentucky Senate: Paul 49%, Conway 41%
Just after his big Republican Primary win last month, Rand Paul led his Democratic opponent Jack Conway by 25 points in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race. Now Paul’s lead is down to just eight points.
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June 1, 2010
June 1, 2010
Four Very Beautiful Ugly Americans By Debra J. Saunders
I am rarely accused of being overly sensitive to other cultures, and I've had my share of disagreement with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Yet even I was offended at the decision to center the plot of "Sex and the City 2" on an all-expenses-paid vacations to Abu Dhabi for New York's famed four best friends. The sequel's racy material was considered so objectionable that the Islamic emirate wouldn't let filmmakers work there, so the crew had to shoot in Morocco.
June 1, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Reaches Recent High
The Rasmussen Employment Index rose just over a point in May to reach its highest level since September 2008. At 74.8, the monthly measure of worker confidence is up eight points from a year ago but still down 13 points from September 2008.
June 1, 2010
Rhode Island Governor: Chafee, Caprio Battle for Top Honors
Former Senator Lincoln Chafee and Democratic State Treasurer Frank Caprio now earn the same level of support from voters in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial election.
May 31, 2010
Kagan Running Stronger Than Bush’s Nominees
Just as in the case of President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, there’s little question in voters’ minds at this point that Elena Kagan will be confirmed by the Senate. Both of Obama’s nominees run well ahead of where President George W. Bush’s choices were early in the process.
May 31, 2010
Oil Spill Tars Dems' Reputation for Competence by Michael Barone
Obama Struggling to Show He's in Control," reads the headline on The Washington Post's story on Barack Obama's Thursday press conference, where most of the questions were about the Gulf oil spill. "Defensive, unauthoritative and equivocal," wrote Congressional Quarterly's Craig Crawford of Obama's performance. "He came across as a beleaguered bureaucrat in damage control."
May 31, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 37%
For the week ending Sunday, May 30, Republican candidates hold a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot. That’s little changed from a week ago and broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.
May 31, 2010
New Hampshire Governor: Lynch (D) 47%, Stephen (R) 35%
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch runs slightly stronger this month in his bid for reelection against his three chief Republican opponents but still falls short of 50% in a match-up with former state Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen.
May 31, 2010
60% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
The latest weekly Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the recently passed national health care bill finds that 60% of U.S. voters now want to see it repealed.
May 30, 2010
40% Blame Global Warming On Human Activity, 44% Blame Long-Term Trends
Voters in recent months have been increasingly skeptical of the idea that global warming is chiefly caused by human activity, but the number who blame long term planetary trends instead has now fallen back to its lowest level in nearly a year.
May 30, 2010
50% Say Memorial Day Nation’s Most Important Holiday
Fifty percent (50%) of Americans view Memorial Day, officially celebrated tomorrow, as one of the nation’s most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just three percent (3%) say it’s one of the least important holidays, while 47% rate it somewhere in between.
May 30, 2010
I Read the Candidates' Books ... so You Won't Have To By Debra J. Saunders
If the eyes are the window to the soul, as the cliche goes, the political world has a corollary: Books written by candidates are the window into the soul the candidates would like you to believe they have.
May 29, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 29, 2010
From Kandahar to the banks of the Rio Grande - as we approached the Memorial Day weekend, a lot of the talk in our surveys was about the U.S. military.
May 29, 2010
74% Have Favorable Opinion of U.S. Military
This Memorial Day, nearly three-out-of-four Americans (74%) have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 12% hold an unfavorable opinion, and 13% are not sure.
May 29, 2010
Ban the Burqa By Froma Harrop
Belgium has banned the burqa, the head-to-toe veil worn in parts of the Muslim world. French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants his country to follow suit. What's an open-minded person to think?
May 28, 2010
Americans Cut Summer Vacation Plans
Just 35% of Americans plan to take a summer vacation this year, and most of those vacationers don't plan to spend as much as they have in years past, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
May 28, 2010
South Dakota Governor: Knudson Joins Daugaard In Big Lead Over Democrat Heidepriem
With just over a week to go until South Dakota Republicans pick their gubernatorial nominee, two GOP hopefuls hold sizable and near equal leads over Democratic contender Scott Heidepriem. No Democrat has been elected governor of South Dakota since 1974.
May 28, 2010
Alabama Governor: Race Still Wide Open
Alabama’s gubernatorial contest remains wide open, with no candidate in either party earning 50% support from the state’s voters. Both Democratic hopefuls trail three of the top Republicans in the race again this month but run neck-and-neck if former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is the GOP contender.?
May 28, 2010
67% Say Military Should Be Used On Border To Stop Illegal Immigration
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of U.S. voters say military troops should be sent to the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigration. A new Rasmussen Reports nationwide telephone survey finds that just 18% are opposed and another 15% are not sure.
May 28, 2010
42% Say U.S. Will Not Be Number One At End of Century
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters now say the United States will not be the most powerful nation in the world at the end of the 21st Century. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 32% disagree and believe the United States still will be the world’s number one superpower at the century’s end. Twenty-six percent (26%) more are not sure.
