44% of Democrats Say Bush Team Guilty of War Crimes
Forty-four percent (44%) of Democratic voters believe President Bush and senior members of his administration are guilty of war crimes. Only 28% of the nation’s Democrats disagree.
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January 26, 2009
January 24, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 23, 2009
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
January 23, 2009
59% Fear Too Much Government Spending Is Coming
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of U.S. voters worry that Congress and President Obama will increase government spending too much in the next year or two, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 23, 2009
49% Say Obama More Liberal Than They Are
Nearly half of U.S. voters (49%) say Barack Obama is politically more liberal than they are, as the new president begins to tackle the country’s economic problems with a massive spending-and-tax-cut bill.
January 22, 2009
Hopes for Obama High in McCain Country
Tennessee and Texas were safely in John McCain’s column on Election Day, but over two months later views of the new Democratic president and his agenda are surprisingly high in the two reliably Republican states.
January 21, 2009
Bush Gets Better Grades in Texas
At least in his home state of Texas, former President George W. Bush gets a little respect.
January 21, 2009
45% Support Obama’s Economic Plan
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters favor the $825-billion economic recovery plan proposed by President Barack Obama, and nearly as many (40%) say it is Very Likely to become law in Obama’s first 100 days in office.
January 21, 2009
41% Say Geithner Should Not Be Treasury Secretary
With Timothy Geithner’s Senate confirmation hearing scheduled to begin again today, voters are evenly divided over whether President Obama should scuttle his embattled choice for secretary of the Treasury.
January 20, 2009
48% Say Obama’s Inauguration Signals New Era of Race Relations
On the day Barack Obama begins his presidency, nearly half of Americans (48%) believe his inauguration signals the start of a new era of race relations in the United States.
January 20, 2009
Most Say Foreign Company Will Develop Alternative Fuel Car First
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters think a foreign company will produce a car that uses alternative fuel before an American company does so.
January 20, 2009
Voters Like What They See In The New President
Today, it’s official: Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States.
January 20, 2009
77% Say Inauguration Should Begin With Prayer
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of U.S. voters say an opening prayer should be part of the presidential inauguration ceremony, despite an atheist’s legal effort to halt the historic practice.
January 19, 2009
48% of California Voters Blame State Budget Crisis On Legislature
Nearly half of California voters (48%) blame state legislators for California’s current budget problems.
January 19, 2009
44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People
Al Gore’s side may be coming to power in Washington, but they appear to be losing the battle on the idea that humans are to blame for global warming.
January 17, 2009
California Governor: Brown 40% Whitman 38%
The race may be nearly two years away, but early match-ups for the 2010 gubernatorial election in California show that it's likely to be a close one.
January 17, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 16, 2009
Time doesn’t stand still for ceremony, and neither do the problems that are currently facing the United States. Barack Obama is well aware of this, with his swearing-in as president finally at hand.
January 15, 2009
New Jersey Governor: Christie 42%, Corzine 40%
Former U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, the latest Republican to enter the New Jersey gubernatorial race, has a slight lead over Democratic incumbent Jon S. Corzine in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
January 15, 2009
Voters Like Rice Better, But Say Clinton’s Ready For State
Despite the woes of the Bush administration, U.S. voters like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice better than her designated successor, Hillary Clinton, but most are confident that Clinton is up to the task of being America’s chief diplomat.
January 14, 2009
43% Say Government Insurance Plan Will Make Health Care Worse
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters say the quality of health care in America will get worse if a government-run health insurance plan is created to compete with private plans.
January 13, 2009
Majority Rates Bush as One of America’s Worst Presidents
President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that.
