Are Republicans winning the public relations battle over spending in the $800-billion-plus economic stimulus package? Democrats and Republicans are nearly even in this week's edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of likely voters now say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That’s the highest level of confidence found in five years of tracking, and is up from 55% in late January.
Despite ongoing economic concerns, more voters now believe the nation is heading in the right direction.
Following the unanimous Republican opposition to the economic stimulus bill proposed by and House Democrats, the GOP has narrowed the gap this week on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say President Barack Obama is governing on a bipartisan basis while 39% say he is governing as a partisan Democrat.
During January, the number of Americans who say they are not affiliated with either the Republican or the Democratic Party rose by a full percentage point to 26.6%.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of American voters believe the nation is heading in the right direction. That’s up from 21% just before Barack Obama was inaugurated as President and up from 14% just before the election.
The latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot shows no change this week. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters (64%) say U.S. Supreme Court decisions should be based on what is written in the Constitution, but only 35% think President Obama agrees with them.
Public confidence in the War on Terror rose for the fourth straight week, with 55% who now believe the U.S. and its allies are winning.
Fourteen percent (14%) of likely voters now give Congress good or excellent marks, representing the legislature’s highest approval ratings since last February.
Twenty-one percent (21%) of voters nationwide now say the United States is heading in the right direction. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also found that 72% believe the nation is moving down the wrong track, while another 7% are not sure.
Democrats have increased their lead over Republicans in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
Sixty nine percent (69%) of American voters now view their nation’s society as fair and decent.
Although the United States will swear in a new commander-in-chief in just a few days, voter perceptions about the nation’s future remain largely negative.
Confidence in the America's handling of the War on Terror is over 50% for the first time since mid-November.
Democrats hold a six-point lead over Republicans in the first edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot of 2009. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% said they would choose the Republican.
Republicans now hold the biggest lead over Democrats on the issue of national security since early September. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 48% of voters trust the GOP more to handle national security and the War on Terror, while only 40% trust Democrats more.
It seems as though some of the post-election optimism among Democrats and African-Americans has worn off. For the full month of December, the percentage of those voters who say the nation is heading in the right direction dropped from levels found in November.
