33% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
For the second straight week, 33% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010
Colorado Senate: GOP Hopefuls Still Hold Slight Edge
Support for the candidates in Colorado's U.S. Senate race largely remains in the same narrow range it's been in for months, with all three Republicans continuing to hold modest leads over their Democratic opponents.
May 5, 2010
Boot the Boot Metaphor By Tony Blankley
In the opening hours and days of an unanticipated event -- such as the current off-shore oil leak, usually not much can be reliably learned about the details of the intruding event -- but much can reliably be learned about the humans responding to it.
May 4, 2010
Americans More Optimistic About Stock Market's Recovery
The majority of American adults expect the stock market to recover within the next three years, and short-term optimism is at a new high.
May 4, 2010
Missouri Senate: Blunt 50%, Carnahan 42%
Little has changed this month in Missouri’s race for U.S. Senate, but Republican Congressman Roy Blunt now earns 50% support for the first time against Democrat Robin Carnahan.
May 4, 2010
42% in New York Oppose State Funding of Charter Schools, 38% Favor It
The New York State Senate is zeroing in on legislation that would more than double the amount of charter schools in the state. But a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Likely Voters in the state have mixed feelings about public funding of the privately managed schools.
May 4, 2010
Florida Senate: Crist 38%, Rubio 34%, Meek 17%
The Florida Senate race appears to be a whole new ballgame with Republican Governor Charlie Crist’s decision to run as an independent.
May 4, 2010
25% Have Favorable Opinion of Immigration Rights Protesters, 50% Unfavorable
Following weekend protests against the new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, support for the Arizona policy remains unchanged.
May 4, 2010
20% of Illinois Democrats Say Party Should Pick A New Candidate For Senate
Twenty percent (20%) of Illinois Democratic voters think the party should replace Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias because of his ties to the failed Broadway Bank, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
May 4, 2010
Latino Giant to Change U.S. Politics By Froma Harrop
SAN ANTONIO -- It was over frozen lattes three blocks from the Alamo that Lydia Camarillo and I discussed the wave of Latino voters expected to change politics in Texas -- and America. Camarillo is vice president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a group that signs up new Hispanic voters and spurs them to the polls.
May 4, 2010
Whitman Can Spend, but Can She Govern? By Debra J. Saunders
"Meg 2010, Building a New California," the glossy 40-plus-page "policy agenda" for former eBay CEO and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, is so slick that it sat on my desk for weeks before I could finish it. I would pick it up, think that, like her candidacy, it is overly packaged, and toss it back on the pile of papers that litter my desk. It does a great job of laying out California's financial woes and suggesting possible reforms -- but it leaves out how she'll get things done in Sacramento.
May 4, 2010
53% Favor Public Employee Unions
New Jersey and California are just two of the states that are wrestling with high numbers of well-compensated unionized public employees as they try to reduce growing budget deficits.
May 3, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republican 44%, Democrat 37%
Republican candidates now hold a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
May 3, 2010
47% in Illinois Favor Allowing Local Police to Look for Illegal Immigrants
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in Illinois finds that 47% favor giving local police the authority to stop and check the immigration status of persons they suspect of being in the country illegally.
May 3, 2010
Iowa Governor: Branstad 53%, Culver 38%
With the Iowa Republican Primary just five weeks away, former GOP Governor Terry Branstad still attracts much more support than either of his party rivals in the race against current Democratic Governor Chet Culver.
May 3, 2010
Iowa Senate: Grassley 53%, Conlin 40%
Republican Senator Charles Grassley continues to enjoy more than 50% support in match-ups with three potential Democratic challengers.
May 3, 2010
38% in New York Approve of Governor Paterson's Job Performance
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of New York voters now approve of the job Democratic Governor David Paterson is doing, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Just nine percent (9%) Strongly Approve.
May 3, 2010
55% Rate U.S. Health Care System Good or Excellent
Americans have felt little, if any, impact yet from the newly-passed plan to reform health care, and the majority of U.S. voters continue to give the current system positive ratings.
May 3, 2010
The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning 'Third Way' By Michael Barone
Left parties are in trouble in the Anglosphere. Here in America, Democrats are doing worse in the polls than at any time in the last 50 years.
May 3, 2010
52% View Health Care Bill As Bad for Country, 54% Favor Repeal
Most U.S. voters continue to believe the health care plan passed by Congress in late March will be bad for the country, and they favor its repeal.
