The New York Yankees payroll in 2009 was around $200 million dollars, more than the national GDP of 13 nations. The average player for the Yankees earned seven million dollars last year, making them the highest paid sports teams on the planet.
President Obama this week signed into law a plan that gets the federal government more directly involved in the student loan market, but just 35% of Americans think that’s a good idea. Most don’t think it will save the billions of dollars the president says it will, either.
Four of Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln’s Republican opponents now earn more than 50% of the vote as her path to reelection grows even steeper. The numbers are closer when Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter is the Democrat in the race, but only because there are more undecided voters.
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
Democratic Governor Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich are now in a virtual tie in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
U.S. voters are feeling a little more neighborly these days with America’s old Cold War rival.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho appears to be safely on his way to reelection so far.
Any way you cut it at this point, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is comfortably ahead of his rivals in the race for governor of New York, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Empire State voters.
Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter enjoys a comfortable head start in his bid for a second term.
Republican Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard now holds a 17-point lead over likely Democratic nominee Scott Heidepriem in South Dakota’s race for governor. But the Democrat maintains modest leads over two other GOP hopefuls.
The undecideds are ahead in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary contest.
Congressman Peter Hoektsra has a slight lead over his Republican rivals in the party’s wide-open primary race for governor of Michigan.
Many Democrats view the passage of the national health care plan as President Obama's greatest achievement yet in office, but voters for the first time are evenly divided in their assessments of the president's leadership.
South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is now virtually tied with one Republican opponent but is still ahead of two others in her bid for reelection.
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that Republican candidate Meg Whitman is getting more favorable press coverage these days than former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters now are at least somewhat concerned that those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence, up 10 points from last September.
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that media coverage of the Republican gubernatorial primary race in Florida is fairly even.
The Rasmussen Reports Media Meter shows that media coverage in Texas is far more favorable for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White than for incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry.
One week after the House of Representatives passed the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, 54% of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the new law. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% oppose repeal.
Former Senator Lincoln Chafee remains the leader in the race to be Rhode Island’s next governor, with State Treasurer Frank Caprio the strongest Democrat in the contest for now.
