51% in New Jersey Approve of Governor’s Performance
Most New Jersey voters still approve of the job that Governor Chris Christie is doing, and he earns solid support for his handling of the state’s contentious budget situation.
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June 16, 2010
June 16, 2010
72% of GOP Voters Say Republicans In Congress Out of Touch With Their Base
Republicans in Congress still haven't convinced the party faithful that they have their best interests in mind.
June 16, 2010
67% Say Better Government Inspections of Oil Rigs Might Have Prevented Leak
Though most Americans are placing responsibility on British Petroleum (BP) to finance the cleanup of the oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico, they are also placing some blame on the government for not inspecting offshore rigs properly.
June 16, 2010
Americans Not Inclined To Pay More To Fight Global Warming
Democratic Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman declared yesterday
that a new EPA study shows their new global warming legislation won't
cost Americans much after all.
June 16, 2010
61% in California Support Troops on Border To Stop Illegal Immigration
Sixty-one percent (61%) of California voters say the U.S. military should be used along the Mexican border to help prevent illegal immigration, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
June 16, 2010
69% Agree With Obama That BP Should Pay For More Than Cleanup
President Obama in his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night said BP is responsible not just for the environmental clean-up from the massive Gulf oil leak but also must “compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of [the] company's recklessness." He is expected to repeat that message in a meeting with top BP officials today.
June 16, 2010
Iowa Governor: Branstad (R) 57%, Culver (D) 31%
Republican Terry Branstad appears well on his way at this point to an unprecedented fifth term as governor of Iowa.
June 15, 2010
Colorado Governor: McInnis (R) 46%, Hickenlooper (D) 41%
It’s the same old same old in the race to be the next governor of Colorado.
June 15, 2010
19% in Pennsylvania Say They're Part of Tea Party
Nineteen percent (19%) of likely voters in Pennsylvania consider themselves members of the Tea Party movement, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey. A plurality (45%) thinks the movement is good for the country.
June 15, 2010
South Dakota Governor: Daugaard (R) 52%, Heidepriem (D) 36%
Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard, coming off his Republican Primary win last week, continues to hold a commanding lead over Democratic challenger Scott Heidepriem in the gubernatorial race in South Dakota.
June 15, 2010
Voters More Critical of Obama, BP For Oil Leak Response
Most voters continue to support offshore oil drilling, but they are becoming increasingly critical of how President Obama and the companies connected to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico are responding to that environmental crisis. The president is scheduled to address the nation about the oil leak disaster in a nationally televised speech this evening.
June 15, 2010
66% of Voters Are Angry At The Media
Sixty-six percent (66%) of U.S. voters describe themselves as at least somewhat angry at the media, including 33% who are Very Angry.
June 15, 2010
South Carolina Senate: DeMint 58%, Greene 21%
While South Carolina Democrats fret over how an unemployed political unknown with a felony charge hanging over him won their party’s Senate nomination, the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the general election contest finds incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint far in the lead.
June 14, 2010
South Dakota House: Primary Victory Bounces Noem (R) Into Lead Over Herseth-Sandlin (D)
When challengers take on an incumbent member of Congress, they almost always get a bounce in the polls following a victory in a contested primary. That appears to be the case in South Dakota following State Representative Kristi Noem’s Republican Primary victory last Tuesday which earns her the right to challenge Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin.?
June 14, 2010
South Carolina Governor: Haley (R) 55% Sheheen (D) 34%
State Representative Nikki Haley is running stronger than her Republican Primary runoff opponent in the general election for South Carolina’s first open gubernatorial race since 1994.
June 14, 2010
Clinton Outpolls Bush As Voters Look Back
Democrats see Bill Clinton as a key factor in embattled Senator Blanche Lincoln’s Arkansas primary win last week and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 51% of voters have a favorable opinion of the former president. Forty-six percent (46%) regard him unfavorably.
June 14, 2010
Michigan Governor: GOP Hopefuls Still Hold Slight Edge
The Republicans still have the edge in Michigan’s tangled gubernatorial contest, but the race is a close one.
June 14, 2010
58% Favor Repeal of the Health Care Bill
For the second week in a row, 58% of Likely U.S. Voters favor repeal of the national health care plan adopted into law by Congress in late March. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds 36% oppose repeal.
June 13, 2010
48% in California Favor Offshore Oil Drilling
Despite the continued struggle to stop the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the plurality (48%) of Likely Voters in California still favor offshore oil drilling, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
June 13, 2010
57% in Illinois Say Blagojevich Should Go To Jail
Illinois voters aren’t quite as adamant about it as they were when the story first broke, but 57% still say impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich should go to jail.
