David Paterson (D) remains unpopular in New York where only 35% of likely voters approve of the job he’s doing as Governor. That number is down somewhat from January where 43% of likely voters approved of his performance.
One week after the House of Representatives passed the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, 54% of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the new law. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% oppose repeal.
On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president’s views are closer to their own.
Last summer, I wrote a column framed as a letter to a young Obama voter. It concluded: "You want policies that will enable you to choose your future. Obama backs policies that would let centralized authorities choose much of your future for you. Is this the hope and change you want?"
The World Champion New York Yankees will face their arch rivals tonight in Major League Baseball’s 2010 season opener, but the plurality of baseball fans already see 28 rings in the club’s near future.
Here is why it is nearly impossible to fix the state budget.
Today's the day Christians believe Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead, and 78% of Americans share that belief.
Following passage of health care legislation in Congress, the reviews are starting to come in. From the White House perspective, the results are mixed at best.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will turn 76 this year, so it’s no surprise many in the sports world are speculating who will fill his shoes upon retirement. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows the early frontrunner among baseball fans is former player and current manager Joe Torre.
Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on nine out of 10 key issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, but the gap between the two parties has grown narrower on several of them.
The men’s NCAA basketball tournament is living up to its nickname “March Madness” again this year.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans say Easter is one of the nation's most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Nine percent (9%) think it’s one of the least important holidays, while 37% say it’s somewhere in between the two.
While the Ohio governor’s race is now a virtual tie, there’s been little movement again this month in the state’s contest for the U.S. Senate.
Voters support offshore oil drilling more than ever, and most don’t agree with President Obama’s decision to limit where that drilling can be done.
In his first year in the White House, Barack Obama’s job approval fell about fifteen points. (The source for all poll data analyzed in this article is the Roper Center.) This steep decline was unusual but not unprecedented for a new president.
The suddenly open race for Wyoming governor finds the four top Republican contenders posting big early leads over their likeliest Democratic rival, Senate Minority Leader Mike Massie, in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of the contest.
New York voters apparently are fed up with their state legislators.
When the Department of Homeland Security released a cautiously worded report on the potential dangers of right-wing extremism last April, the talk-radio wingnuts and certain Republican lawmakers went into spasms of indignation. Clearly, that report -- an innocuous nine-page document commissioned by the previous Republican administration -- had been conjured up by White House Democrats to smear conservatives.
Such is our gadget obsession that the launch of a new electronic reader has set off a death match between two new-media gorillas, Apple and Amazon.com. Apple's iPad seeks to end the Amazon Kindle's domination of the market for devices that let you download books and read them on a screen.
With both parties' primaries just two months away, Alabama's gubernatorial race is wide open.
