Intrepid explorer who discovered America or merciless oppressor of the native peoples who already lived here? Some historians paint a darker picture of Christopher Columbus these days, and nearly a quarter (24%) of adults now don't think America should honor him with a national holiday.
Americans are much more skeptical of the motivation behind the awarding of the prestigious international Nobel Prizes following President Obama's win Friday of the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Obama says U.S. children need to spend more time in school to make them more competitive with students from other countries, and 49% of Americans think the president is right.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and 23% of adults plan to donate money toward breast cancer research this month, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
Personal blogsites are becoming increasingly more common on the Internet, but just 11% of Americans believe that the government should regulate their content.
Text messaging is one of the most widely used means of communication, especially among young people. But 91% of adults say people should not be allowed to text message on a cell phone while driving.
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Americans say they are less like to watch CBS’ “Late Night with David Letterman” following the talk show host’s admission that he has had affairs with women who work on the show.
One-out-of two Americans aren’t paying much attention to the case of film director Roman Polanski recently arrested for the rape of a 13-year-old girl that he committed 32 years ago. But among those who are following the story somewhat or very closely, 78% say he should go to prison and just eight percent (8%) disagree.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of American adults believe that today’s children will not be better off than their parents.
No more Mr. Nice Guy, apparently. Seventy-five percent (75%) of adults say Americans are becoming ruder and less civilized, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
With the eighth season of "American Idol" about to begin, Americans who watch the program are inclined to think the addition of comedian Ellen DeGeneres as a judge will give it a boost.
Diane Sawyer, soon to be the new anchor of ABC’s evening television news, is no more popular than Charles Gibson, the broadcaster she is replacing, but 39% of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to watch Sawyer when she takes over. Twenty percent (20%) say they’re very likely to do so.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans are at least somewhat confident that enough testing has been done on the swine flue vaccine for it to be safely offered this fall. But just 14% are very confident of that fact in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
When asked to choose from a list of top news stories that broke this past summer, 40% of American adults said the heated health care debate had the biggest impact on them personally.
It was nearly 40 years ago today that the Beatles called it quits, but 22% of Americans still say they are the greatest rock band of all time.
Just 13% of Americans now believe that Labor Day is one of the nation's most important holidays, down seven points from a year ago.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Americans celebrate Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of American adults who took a vacation this summer said economic conditions caused them to cut back on how much they spent.
The return of Tom Brady has football fans believing that the New England Patriots can regain their Super Bowl form this year.
In the course of just over one month, baseball fans have shifted their prediction for this year’s World Series Championship team from the Boston Red Sox to their arch rivals, the New York Yankees.
