Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal Still Picks Up Over 50% In All Match-ups
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal continues to earn over 50% of the vote in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, while his three top Republican challengers remain in the 30s.
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April 12, 2010
April 11, 2010
39% Say Supreme Court Too Liberal, 25% Too Conservative
As President Obama prepares to nominate a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 39% of voters nationwide believe the Supreme Court is too liberal. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 25% think the high court is too conservative, and 27% feel the court’s ideological balance is about right.
April 11, 2010
Just 20% Support Federal Internet Taxes
The Obama administration recently released its proposed plan for government regulation of the Internet that includes federal taxes on digital goods and services.
April 11, 2010
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey 50%, Specter 40%
Republican hopeful Pat Toomey for the first time registers 50% support in his race against incumbent Democrat Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s contest for the U.S. Senate.
April 11, 2010
Would Goodwin Liu Sink the Left-Leaning 9th Circuit? By Debra J. Saunders
There are two ways the Senate can approach a president's judicial nominees -- and specifically President Barack Obama's nomination of University of California, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco.
April 11, 2010
66% Say America Is Overtaxed
When thinking about all the services provided by federal, state and local governments, 75% of voters nationwide say the average American should pay no more than 20% of their income in taxes. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that most voters (55%) believe the average American actually pays 30% or more of their income in taxes.
April 10, 2010
New Hampshire Governor: Lynch 47%, Stephen 37%
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch’s reelection support has dropped below 50% in one key match-up for the first time this year.
April 10, 2010
45% Say Space Shuttle Worth What It Cost Taxpayers
NASA’s manned space shuttle program is in its final year, and the plurality of Americans believes it has been worth the price.
April 10, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Ending April 9, 2010
Fresh off his health care victory, President Obama is moving ahead on a number of other fronts, whether the public’s with him or not.
April 10, 2010
Media Meters for Coverage of President Obama
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter tracks media coverage of President Obama and other public figures.
April 9, 2010
Government Ethics and Corruption Edges Economy as Most Important Issue
Voters now rate government ethics and corruption as the most important issue regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. This is the second time in two years this issue has edged the economy and also marks the highest percentage of voters who have ever rated it most important.
April 9, 2010
New Hampshire Senate: Ayotte First To Reach 50%
All three Republicans candidates for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire show modest gains in support this month, with former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte the first to reach 50%.
April 9, 2010
53% Oppose FCC Regulation of the Internet
Just 27% of Americans now believe the Federal Communications Commission should regulate the Internet like it does television and radio.
April 9, 2010
High-School Honchos Ace Ingratitude By Debra J. Saunders
File this under: No good deed goes unpunished. In 2002, after now California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner sold his startup business for $1 billion, he became a volunteer, then volunteer teacher, at San Jose's Mount Pleasant High School. He even wrote a book about it and plans on donating the profits from the sales of "Mount Pleasant" to the school.
April 9, 2010
Washington Senate: Murray Still Short of 50% Against Any Republican
Democratic incumbent Patty Murray still falls just short of 50% support in match-ups with five potential GOP rivals in Washington State’s race for the U.S. Senate.
April 9, 2010
Illinois Senate: Kirk 41%, Giannoulias 37%
Republican Congressman Mark Kirk claims 41% support for the second month in a row in Illinois’s U.S. Senate race, while his Democratic opponent, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, has lost ground.
April 9, 2010
Losing the Stomach for Humanitarian Interventions By Michael Barone
Over the last two decades, the United States has intervened militarily in several countries to protect human rights. Now, writes historian Mark Mazower in World Affairs, "the concept of humanitarian intervention is dying if not dead." And a good thing, too, he concludes.
April 8, 2010
12% Likely to Buy Apple’s iPad
Apple's new iPad hit shelves across the country this week, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 12% of Americans say they're likely to purchase one. This includes four percent (4%) who are very likely to do so.
April 8, 2010
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
