62% Favor Death Penalty
Most Americans continue to support the death penalty, but they have mixed feelings about its effectiveness in preventing crime.
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June 8, 2010
June 8, 2010
Hotel California's $36,000 Price Tag by Debra J. Saunders
In the United Kingdom, Tory Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that his new coalition government will have to invoke austerity cuts that could affect Brits for years, even decades. New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie has turned into a conservative hero for telling an irate teacher who complained about her pay at a town hall meeting that she doesn't have to teach. Illinois Gov.
June 8, 2010
Colorado Senate: Republican Candidates Still Hold Small Edge
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton picking up 43% of the vote while State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff earns 42% support.
June 8, 2010
Blaming Obama for Not Being a God By Froma Harrop
Gulf Coast residents are supposedly mad at President Obama for not keeping the oil from threatening their beaches and marshes. We hear this in stereo -- from political opposition on the right and liberal pundits bored by the president's cerebral approach to problem-solving.
June 8, 2010
North Carolina Senate: Burr Still Leads Both Democratic Challengers
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr continues to hold a modest double-digit lead over both his Democratic challengers in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.
June 7, 2010
Alabama Senate: Shelby Still Leads Barnes 58% to 31%
Republican Senator Richard Shelby still earns nearly 60% support in his bid for reelection in Alabama against his little-known Democratic opponent, attorney William Barnes.
June 7, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 35%
Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 6. That’s up slightly from a week ago and broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.
June 7, 2010
Ohio Senate: Portman 43%, Fisher 43%
Former Republican Congressman Rob Portman and his Democratic rival, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, remain in a dead heat in Ohio’s race for the U.S. Senate.
June 7, 2010
49% Say Pro-Palestinian Activists To Blame in Gaza Ship Incident
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters believe pro-Palestinian activists on the Gaza-bound aid ships raided by Israeli forces are to blame for the deaths that resulted in the high-profile incident.
June 7, 2010
58% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
The latest weekly Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the recently passed national health care bill finds that 60% of U.S. voters now want to see it repealed.
June 7, 2010
Oil Slick, Joblessness May Stymie Dems' Rebound By Michael Barone
Republicans are encountering some speed bumps on what they hope is the road to victory in the November elections. Their candidates for Republican open Senate seats in Ohio and Missouri are running no better than even in recent polls. The independent candidacy of Gov. Charlie Crist is threatening Marco Rubio's bid to hold the Republican Senate seat in Florida.
June 7, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Not Dragging Down Obama’s Approval Ratings
There is plenty of chatter in opinion columns and places where political junkies gather about how the Gulf oil spill is hurting public perceptions of President Obama. Some are calling it this president’s Katrina. Others have compared it to the Carter-era hostage crisis.
June 7, 2010
Ohio Governor: Kasich 47%, Strickland 42%
After two months of running essentially even, Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland lost some ground this month, restoring Republican John Kasich’s modest lead in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
June 6, 2010
61% Predict More Partisanship in Washington
The level of partisan politics in Washington, D.C. continues to be business as usual as far as most U.S. voters are concerned.
June 6, 2010
All Cog, No Machine; All Check, No Balance By Debra J. Saunders
I want to start a series of occasional columns about how in modern America, everything is so complicated that we can't get simple things done.
June 6, 2010
Super Bowl's The Winner In Terms of Sports Viewership
Sports championship games are an important part of many Americans’ lives, and the Super Bowl is by far the winner in terms of which one is watched the most.
June 5, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls Ending June 5, 2010
Oil and water don’t mix, and Americans made that quite clear this past week as the massive oil rig leak continues to pollute the Gulf of Mexico.
June 5, 2010
Pennsylvania Governor: Corbett 49%, Onorato 33%
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Pennsylvania shows that Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett attracts support from 49% of Keystone State voters in his bid to become governor. His Democratic challenger, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, earns 33% of the vote.
June 4, 2010
Only 23% Favor Government Mortgage Help
As the federal program to combat foreclosures winds down, most Americans still think it's better for the government not to help troubled homeowners.
June 4, 2010
New Mexico Governor: Martinez 44%, Denish 42%
Fresh off winning the Republican nomination on Tuesday, county District Attorney Susana Martinez remains in a virtual tie with Democratic Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish in New Mexico’s gubernatorial contest.
