As August winds down, the good news for President Obama and congressional Democrats is that support for their proposed health care legislation has stopped falling. The bad news is that most voters oppose the plan.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters disagree with the Justice Department’s decision to investigate the treatment and possible torture of terrorists during the Bush administration, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republican challenger Chris Christie continues to lead incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in New Jersey’s closely watched gubernatorial race, but his lead is slipping a bit.
If Democrats agree on a health care reform bill that is opposed by all Republicans in Congress, 24% of voters nationwide say the Democrats should pass that bill.
Most voters think they understand the health care reform legislation proposed by President Obama better than Congress does - and about as well as the president himself.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries. Fifty-six percent (56%) are very concerned.
Half of Michigan voters (50%) oppose a proposal to house inmates from the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp at a soon-to-be-closed state prison 145 miles north of Detroit.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters in the home state of the Big Three automakers say Ford will be the most successful of the companies in five years’ time.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Massachusetts voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds that 45% are opposed.
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans disagree with the decision to release the terminally ill terrorist convicted of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland so he could return home to die in his native Libya.
Just two percent (2%) of Michigan voters rate the economy as good or excellent. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide poll shows that 79% rate the economy as poor. In between are 18% who say the economy is in fair shape.
An early look at the 2010 election cycle finds that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has some work to do if he wants to win reelection.
Is it or isn’t it – in the health care reform bill proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats? The public option, that is.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Massachusetts voters agree with terminally ill Senator Edward M. Kennedy that the governor should name an interim senator to take his place until a special election can be held.
John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, continues to hold a commanding lead over all other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in an early look at next year’s state GOP Primary.
Former Governor Roy Barnes is far and away the leader in an early look at Georgia’s 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary race.
Forty percent (40%) of likely voters in Georgia favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 54% oppose the plan.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters worry more that the federal government will try to do too much to fix the economy rather than not enough.
Republican Governor Charlie Crist continues to maintain a sizable lead over his chief Democratic opponent, Rep. Kendrick Meek, in Florida’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
Just 34% of voters nationwide support the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats if the so-called “public option” is removed. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 57% oppose the plan if it doesn't include a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
