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January 18, 2010

83% Have A Favorable View of Martin Luther King

As the nation celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday today, 83% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. That group includes 47% with a very favorable view of him.

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January 18, 2010

Interest High In Massachusetts Senate Race: 49% Nationally Want Brown To Win, 34% Pulling For Coakley

Like fans cheering for their favorite football teams, voters nationwide are paying attention to the special U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts. Almost half of them are rooting for Republican candidate Scott Brown over his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley.

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January 18, 2010

What Will Happen in Massachusetts on Tuesday? By Scott Rasmussen

Two weeks ago, Rasmussen Reports released a poll showing that Republican challenger Scott Brown had closed the gap in Massachusetts to single digits.

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January 18, 2010

38% Favor Health Care Plan, 56% Are Opposed

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 38% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That matches the lowest level of support yet. Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters oppose the plan.

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January 18, 2010

2010 Texas Gubernatorial Primary: Perry 43%, Hutchison 33%, Medina 12%

Incumbent Rick Perry holds a 10-point lead over Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in the race for this year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination in Texas.

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January 17, 2010

37% of Americans Sending Cash for Relief Efforts in Haiti

The heartbreaking news from Haiti is being followed closely by 78% of American adults nationwide. That figure includes 40% who are following the grim realities Very Closely in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

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January 17, 2010

Only 40% Believe Space Shuttle Has Been Worth The Cost

NASA plans five more space shuttle missions this year, the first in early February, and then the historic shuttle program will come to an end.

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January 17, 2010

And Then There Were None By Debra J. Saunders

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell announced Thursday that he is dropping out of the California GOP gubernatorial primary and instead will run against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.

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January 16, 2010

64% of New Jersey Voters Favor Medicinal Marijuana

The New Jersey legislature on Monday passed a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for a variety of medical reasons, and Rasmussen Reports polling in the state shows voters like that decision.

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January 16, 2010

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 16, 2010

Call it Mass hysteria. The race to replace liberal icon Teddy Kennedy in the U.S. Senate hasn’t gone as Democrats envisioned it, even in the bluest of blue states, Massachusetts.

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January 16, 2010

Obama Rewards Losers, Punishes Winners By Lawrence Kudlow

President Obama's misbegotten bank tax is precisely the wrong policy at precisely the wrong time. It will wind up backfiring across the board. Why? Because bank consumers and borrowers are the ones who will wind up paying this tax, creating an obstacle to economic recovery.

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January 15, 2010

2010 California Senate: Three GOP Hopefuls Narrow The Gap With Boxer

California Senator Barbara Boxer is now the latest Democratic incumbent to find herself in a tightening race for reelection.

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January 15, 2010

77% of New Jersey Voters Favor Full-Body Scanners in Airports

Newark Liberty International Airport will be among the first in the United States to implement full-body scanners in its international terminals following a January 3rd incident that shut down the airport for several hours.

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January 15, 2010

50% Favor Cutting Back on Space Exploration

Fifty percent (50%) of Americans now say the United States should cut back on space exploration given the current state of the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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January 15, 2010

Berkeley High's Next Science Experiment By Debra J. Saunders

If liberal politics and good intentions helped all students learn, then Berkeley High School should be an exemplar to all California. Yet, according to its governance council, Berkeley High was identified last year as the high school with "the largest racial equity/achievement gap in the state."

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January 15, 2010

2010 Colorado Senate: GOP’s Norton Now Leads Bennet, Romanoff by 12

Former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton has opened up an even wider lead over incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet in this year’s U.S. Senate race in Colorado.

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January 15, 2010

Reid's Favorables Up Slightly

In a rare bit of good news for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, it seems the more people who know about him, the more there are who like him.

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January 15, 2010

For Reid, Motive Does Matter By Joe Conason

If Harry Reid's private remarks about the skin tone and speaking style of Barack Obama were offensive, the Republican crusade to oust him from his leadership position is worse.

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January 14, 2010

57% in New Jersey Have Favorable View of New GOP Governor

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of New Jersey voters have a favorable opinion of Governor-elect Chris Christie just before he formally takes office next Tuesday, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Still, while many are giving the new Governor the benefit of the doubt, only 15% with a very favorable opinion.

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January 14, 2010

46% Like Health Care Plan in Minnesota, 50% Approve of Franken

Minnesota voters like the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats more than most voters nationwide, but so far that's not changing their view of new Democratic Senator Al Franken, a strong supporter of the plan.