47% Say Biden’s Role Will Not Be As Big as Cheney’s
Nearly half of U.S. voters (47%) say Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will not play as important a role in the Obama Administration as Vice President Dick Cheney did during the Bush years.
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November 26, 2008
November 26, 2008
Defense Secretary Is Popular Holdover for Obama
Gates, who has been defense secretary for two years, is viewed favorably by 44% of U.S. voters, with 16% rating their view as Very Favorable. He is regarded unfavorably by just 21%, including seven percent (7%) who say their opinion of him is Very Unfavorable.
November 25, 2008
Voters Have Low Opinion of Congressional Democrats Key to the Economy
The key Democrats on Capitol Hill who will be working to reverse the country’s financial downturn are better known than Barack Obama’s new economic team but not better thought of by voters.
November 24, 2008
New Treasury Secretary An Unknown to 53% of Voters
Wall Street is reportedly reassured by President-elect Obama’s choice of Timothy Geithner to be secretary of the Treasury, but right now 53% of U.S. voters don’t know enough about him to have an opinion about his selection.
November 24, 2008
49% Say U.S. Should Keep Guantanamo Prison Open
Nearly half of U.S. voters (49%) say the United States should not close the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba, but the identical number (49%) also say Barack Obama is Very likely to close it in the first year of his presidency.
November 22, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 21, 2008
This time it looks like Congress is listening to the voters. Nearly half of U.S. voters (48%) told Rasmussen Reports this week that it is better for the economy to let companies like General Motors fail rather than providing government subsidies to keep them in business.
November 21, 2008
53% Give Obama Good Marks on Economy – Before He Takes Office
Over half of U.S. voters (53%) give Barack Obama good or excellent marks on how he will handle the economy, up five points since right after Election Day, although he won’t formally begin to execute his plans for another two months.
November 19, 2008
Voters Rate Hillary Second Only to Powell for Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton hasn’t made up her mind yet whether to take the job, but 28% of U.S. voters say she would make the best secretary of State for incoming President Barack Obama.
November 17, 2008
42% Say Obama’s Picks for the Supreme Court Will Be Too Liberal
Depending on voters’ political party and ideology, Barack Obama’s appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court will either be too liberal or about right. Very few, however, expect his choices for the high court to be too conservative.
November 17, 2008
Voters Say Terrorists, Iran Likely To Be Obama’s First International Test
While Russia was the first country to challenge President-elect Obama with a threat to deploy new missiles facing Europe, most U.S. voters expect terrorists or Iran to provide the new president’s first international test in office.
November 15, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 14, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama continues to bask in the afterglow of a big and historic election, despite an equally historic post-election slump in the stock market.
November 14, 2008
70% Say It’s Very Important for Obama To Work With GOP
Given America’s current economic problems and its foreign policy entanglements, voters overwhelmingly want to see bipartisanship at play in Washington, D.C.
November 14, 2008
75% of GOP Voters Fear Too Much Change
Changing the way government works may have been the winning message on Election Day, but three out of four Republicans (75%) are worried that Barack Obama will change things too much as president. Half of unaffiliated voters (49%) share that concern, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 14, 2008
68% Back Offshore Drilling, Only 44% Think Obama Agrees
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of U.S. voters support offshore oil drilling as a way to keep gas prices down, but only 44% are confident that President-elect Barack Obama agrees with them.
November 13, 2008
Confidence in War Hits New High, But Voters Less Sure When Troops Coming Home
Voter confidence in the War on Terror has reached its highest level ever, with 60% now saying the United States and its allies are winning, according to the first Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey on the issue since Election Day.
November 12, 2008
45% Say Obama Will Govern as Partisan Democrat
Forty-five percent of voters (45%) say Barack Obama will govern as a partisan Democrat, while 40% say he will govern on a bipartisan basis, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
November 11, 2008
43% Say It’s Best To Compare A Candidate To Reagan
For most U.S. voters, the only thing worse than calling a candidate a conservative is calling him a liberal.
November 11, 2008
62% Think Michelle Obama Will Be An Activist First Lady
Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters say Michelle Obama is more likely to be an activist first lady like Hillary Clinton rather than a more traditional one like Laura Bush.
November 10, 2008
Number of Black Voters Who View Society Fair and Decent Nearly Doubles After Election
Two days after Barack Obama became the first African-American to be voted into the White House, the percentage of black voters who view American society as fair and decent jumped 18 points to 42%.
November 10, 2008
78% of GOP Voters Say Next President Likely to Be A Republican
Forty-five percent (45%) of Republican voters are Very Confident that a candidate from their party will be the next president after Barack Obama, contrary to reports that suggest the GOP may be demoralized from the Democrat’s big win last Tuesday.
