30% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
For the second straight week, just 30% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national survey.
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December 9, 2009
December 9, 2009
2010 North Dakota Senate: Hoeven 58%, Dorgan 36%
Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year.
December 9, 2009
Too Few Troops, Too Much Spin By Tony Blankley
A sense of unreality overshadows our debate on Afghan war policy across the spectrum of opinions. The unreality derives from the simple fact that we do not have enough troops to rationally implement an adequate defense of our national interests. So every argument for Afghanistan policy tends to seem unserious, perhaps pointless.
December 8, 2009
GOP's Lead in Generic Ballot Down to Four Points This Week
Republican candidates have a seven-point lead over Democrats for the second straight week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
December 8, 2009
34% Expect Situation in Afghanistan to Get Better
One week after President Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan with a projected troop withdrawal to begin in 18 months, voter confidence in U.S. efforts there has reached its highest level of the year.
December 8, 2009
Most Americans Oppose Second Stimulus and Using Bailout Funds for States
President Obama hopes to use money still unspent from the $787-billion economic stimulus plan to fight the nation’s 10% unemployment rate, and one of the ideas on the table is to channel money to states to keep them from laying off public employees.
December 8, 2009
76% Prefer Free Market Economy
Support for a free market economy remains strong despite the extended recession and last fall’s Wall Street meltdown.
December 8, 2009
51% of SC Republicans Say Party Should Be More Like DeMint Than Graham
Two of the most influential Republicans in the U.S. Senate these days come from South Carolina, Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham. But Graham’s efforts to work with majority Democrats on some issues has angered many GOP voters in the state, even prompting efforts to censure him.
December 8, 2009
2010 Connecticut Senate: Dodd Struggles Against All Republican Challengers
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Connecticut now finds Dodd attracting just 35% to 40% of the vote against three possible Republican challengers.
December 8, 2009
Santa, Take Note: 9% Naughty, 77% Nice
Santa is making his list and checking it twice, with a little help from Rasmussen Reports.
December 8, 2009
America's Clean-Energy Defeatists By Froma Harrop
The United States used to be the can-do country. A respect for science married to the entrepreneurial spirit propelled America to the forefront of global progress and made it rich. But a late-20th century malaise had crept in, fueled by a conservative hostility to modern science and public investment.
December 7, 2009
Professor Obama as Dutiful Commander in Chief By Michael Barone
Every time I visit the White House, I am struck by its military environment.
December 7, 2009
17% Have Finished Their Holiday Shopping
With less than three weeks until Christmas, just 17% of Americans have finished their holiday shopping. Just three percent (3%) finished their shopping over the past week. Seven percent (7%) had finished shopping before Thanksgiving.
December 7, 2009
Just 15% Favor Higher Gas Tax To Fund More Transportation Projects
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently floated the idea of increasing the federal tax on gasoline as a way to meet Congress’ growing list of transportation projects, but most Americans are cool to the idea.
December 7, 2009
67% Expect Unemployment Will Be The Same or Higher A Year From Now
Despite President Obama’s highly-publicized jobs summit late last week and a slight drop in the national unemployment rate to 10%, Americans remain pessimistic about the jobs situation.
December 7, 2009
41% Favor Health Care Plan, 51% Oppose
The Senate worked through the weekend on its version of the national health care bill, with President Obama stopping by for a rare Sunday visit, but for the second week in a row, only 41% of U.S. voters favor the health care plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats.
December 7, 2009
Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot
Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.
December 6, 2009
Declaring War on Another "War President" By Debra J. Saunders
As soon as President Obama had finished his West Point speech in which he pledged to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, conservative pundits started poking at the president's demeanor and message. Big mistake. If Obama's delivery seemed, well, unenthusiastic, so be it. What is important is that Obama delivered a policy that will keep Afghanistan from devolving into a terror pit. He offered the best plan that conservatives possibly could expect.
December 6, 2009
What's In A Name? Favorables for Krugman, Fund, Alice Cooper and Springsteen
Most voters (55%) don’t know enough about Paul Krugman to venture even a soft opinion about him. Those with an opinion are fairly evenly divided—22% favorable and 22% unfavorable. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just one-in-10 voters has a strong opinion about Krugman, with four percent (4%) voicing a Very Favorable opinion and six percent (6%) a Very Unfavorable view.
December 5, 2009
42% Want Federal Government to Address Health Care Reform, 23% Prefer Leaving It to States
While most Americans oppose the health care legislation working its way through Congress, most also believe the reform is something the federal government should be dealing with.
