Rasmussen Employment Index Up Slightly in January

The Rasmussen Employment Index made a modest gain in January to reach 77.2.

Confidence Among Small Business Owners Rebounds in January

After falling in December, confidence among small business owners rebounded in January as more see the economy and economic conditions for their businesses improving, according to the Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM). The monthly index rose to 91.0 this month, up 9.4 points from December 2010 and 5.5 points higher than one year ago, the highest the index has been since December 2007 when it stood at 92.7.

January's Unemployment Report Was a Snow Job By Lawrence Kudlow

The January employment report was a complete snow job. Abominable winter blizzards across the country caused 886,000 workers to report "not at work due to bad weather," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is 600,000 more than the normal 300,000 not at work for the average January of the past decade.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 28, 2011

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What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 21, 2011

Things appear to be looking up a bit for President Obama who on Friday posted his highest job approval numbers in nearly a year in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. 

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 14, 2011

It’s back to business for the new Congress this coming week following the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Arizona. First up in the House is a vote to repeal the national health care bill passed last year by Democrats in the previous Congress.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 7, 2011

The Washington landscape for the next two years began to take shape this past week, with Republicans taking charge of the House and President Obama shaking up his White House staff to meet the challenge of his new, energized opposition.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 29, 2010

Is it really over?

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Ending on March 6, 2010

Spring’s not far away, but for many Americans, it’s going to be winter for a lot longer than that it says on the calendar.

Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month: January 2010

When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: February 6, 2010

Democrats aren’t the only ones with problems this political season.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ended January 22, 2010

Is it really over?

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.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 8, 2010

The week ended with unemployment still at 10%, and most of our indicators show Americans remain pretty gloomy about the country’s economic future. No wonder they’re sour on Congress and the president and what they’re up to.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 1, 2010

Business is good for the government these days.

Government employees are much more bullish about the economy than those who work in the private sector. That’s a big change from the beginning of the year when those on the public payroll were a bit more pessimistic than private sector workers.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ending November 6, 2009

One year can be a lifetime in politics.

48% Say Guantanamo Prison Not Likely to Close in January

For the first time this year, a plurality (48%) of U.S. voters think it’s unlikely that the Guantanamo prison camp for suspected terrorists will be closed by January as President Obama has repeatedly vowed.

Partisan Trends: 37.3% of Americans Are Democrats, 32.6% Republican

While August was seen as a bad month politically for President Barack Obama and his party, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats inched up by half a percentage point during that time.

6% Expect Tax Cut During Obama Years

Just six percent (6%) of voters nationwide now expect their own taxes to go down during the Obama years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% expect their taxes to go up while 40% expect little change. Another 12% are not sure.

45% Rate Obama Good or Excellent As A Leader, Down 19 Points From January

Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters now give President Obama good or excellent marks on leadership, down three points from last month and down 19 points from when he took office in January, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.