Most California Voters Don’t See Higher Taxes As A Budget Solution
An overwhelming 94% of California voters regard the state’s budget crisis as very serious, but most oppose raising taxes as a solution to the problem.
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January 23, 2010
January 23, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls: Week Ended January 22, 2010
Is it really over?
January 22, 2010
Final Health Care Tracking Poll: 58% Oppose the Plan Before Congress
Rasmussen Reports has been tracking support and expectations for the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats regularly since last June and weekly for the past six months. Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats do not have the votes to pass the legislation in its current form. As a result, this is the final tracking update for that legislation.
January 22, 2010
63% Say Developing New Energy Sources More Important Than Conservation
Sixty-three percent (63%) of U.S. voters say finding new sources of energy is more important than reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume.
January 22, 2010
61% Say It’s Time for Congress To Drop Health Care
Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. voters say Congress should drop health care reform and focus on more immediate ways to improve the economy and create jobs.
January 22, 2010
California Governor: Brown Runs Stronger Than Feinstein
Some Democrats have speculated about Senator Dianne Feinstein entering this year’s race for governor in California, but former Governor Jerry Brown actually runs just a bit better against both of the major remaining Republican challengers in the race.
January 21, 2010
26% Have Favorable View of Rahm Emanuel, 48% Don’t
Admired by some, feared by others, he was President Obama’s first publicly announced Cabinet-level appointment and has been the behind-the-scenes man-in-charge at the White House ever since.
January 21, 2010
With Barnes As Democratic Nominee, Georgia Governor’s Race a Toss-Up
If former Governor Roy Barnes is the Democratic nominee, this year's gubernatorial race in Georgia is a toss-up for now.
January 21, 2010
Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey Leads Specter and Sestak
Republican Pat Toomey now leads incumbent Senator Arlen Specter 49% to 40% in Pennsylvania’s race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters also finds Toomey with a 43% to 35% lead over Democratic challenger Joe Sestak.
January 21, 2010
2010 New York Governor: GOP's Lazio Ahead of Paterson, Trails Cuomo by 19
Republican hopeful Rick Lazio has moved ahead of incumbent Democrat David Paterson but badly trails state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in this year's race for governor in New York.
January 21, 2010
2010 Missouri Senate: Blunt (R) 49%, Carnahan (D) 43%
Republican Roy Blunt now holds a six-point lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s race for the U.S. Senate.
January 20, 2010
2010 Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Primary: Specter 53%, Sestak 32%
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has now stretched his lead over Democratic Primary rival Joe Sestak to 21 points, his biggest lead yet. But, he’s still just barely over the 50% mark in terms of support.
January 20, 2010
47% Give Obama Poor Marks for Handling of Health Care
Forty-seven percent (47%) of U.S. voters rate President Obama’s handling of the health care issue as poor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 20, 2010
Voters Strongly Oppose Excise Tax on ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans, Even More So When Union Members Are Exempted
Voters aren’t happy with the latest tax proposed to help pay for the trillion-dollar national health care plan, and they’re even unhappier with exempting labor unions from that tax.
January 20, 2010
New York Senate Primary: Gillibrand 48%, Ford 23%
Potential challengers to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have come and gone almost from the day she was appointed last year to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Now former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr., a Manhattan investment banker, is showing interest in the race. One Ford adviser told the New York Post, "If Coakley loses or wins by less than five [in the Massachusetts Senate race], it increases the likelihood that he gets in."
January 20, 2010
McCain on Top In Arizona Primary
Following news that Sarah Palin will campaign for him in Arizona, Senator John McCain has opened a significant lead in the Republican Primary campaign.
January 20, 2010
North Carolina Senate: GOP’s Burr Leads But Below 50% Against Marshall
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr leads two potential leading Democratic challengers in this year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. However, his numbers continue to display potential weakness.
January 20, 2010
2010 NY Senate: Gillibrand 39%, Generic Republican 34%, Ford 10%
Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand may have a serious problem on her hands if Rudy Giuliani gets in next year’s race for the U.S. Senate in New York State.
January 20, 2010
A Final Look at Massachusetts Election Night Poll
Republicans and Democrats will certainly spar in the coming days about what the Massachusetts election means for health care reform. The very fact that a Republican could win the Massachusetts race while campaigning against the proposed legislation in Congress is the biggest single data point, but the data shows a more complex picture.
January 19, 2010
Brown Wins Stunning Victory in Massachusetts
For the first time since 1972, Massachusetts voters are sending a Republican to Washington as a U.S. Senator. In a stunning upset, Republican Scott Brown has narrowly defeated Democrat Martha Coakley.
