54% in Virginia Oppose Health Care Plan
Barack Obama was the first Democratic presidential candidate in decades to carry Virginia, but that support isn’t carrying over to the president’s national health care plan.
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December 9, 2009
December 9, 2009
2010 North Dakota Senate: Hoeven 58%, Dorgan 36%
Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year.
December 8, 2009
51% of SC Republicans Say Party Should Be More Like DeMint Than Graham
Two of the most influential Republicans in the U.S. Senate these days come from South Carolina, Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham. But Graham’s efforts to work with majority Democrats on some issues has angered many GOP voters in the state, even prompting efforts to censure him.
December 8, 2009
2010 Connecticut Senate: Dodd Struggles Against All Republican Challengers
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Connecticut now finds Dodd attracting just 35% to 40% of the vote against three possible Republican challengers.
December 7, 2009
41% Favor Health Care Plan, 51% Oppose
The Senate worked through the weekend on its version of the national health care bill, with President Obama stopping by for a rare Sunday visit, but for the second week in a row, only 41% of U.S. voters favor the health care plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats.
December 7, 2009
Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot
Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.
December 6, 2009
What's In A Name? Favorables for Krugman, Fund, Alice Cooper and Springsteen
Most voters (55%) don’t know enough about Paul Krugman to venture even a soft opinion about him. Those with an opinion are fairly evenly divided—22% favorable and 22% unfavorable. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just one-in-10 voters has a strong opinion about Krugman, with four percent (4%) voicing a Very Favorable opinion and six percent (6%) a Very Unfavorable view.
December 5, 2009
42% Want Federal Government to Address Health Care Reform, 23% Prefer Leaving It to States
While most Americans oppose the health care legislation working its way through Congress, most also believe the reform is something the federal government should be dealing with.
December 5, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Ending December 4, 2009
President Obama seems to be shifting from one hot potato to the next these days.
December 5, 2009
2010 South Carolina Governor: Democrat Rex Runs Close Against Top GOP Hopefuls
With the Mark Sanford scandal still swirling in South Carolina, next year’s race for governor is shaping up to be quite competitive if State Education Superintendent Jim Rex is the Democratic candidate.
December 4, 2009
Voters Divided on Afghanistan Goals, Believe Obama Favors Immediate End To War
Voters are almost evenly divided over what is the more important goal in the ongoing war in Afghanistan, but most believe President Obama is looking to end the war as quickly as possible.
December 4, 2009
37% Support President’s Plan for Afghanistan, 38% Oppose
The good news for President Obama is that 53% of voters nationwide support his plan to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Nearly as many (47%) support his plan to begin withdrawing troops from that war-torn country in 18 months.
December 4, 2009
49% in South Carolina Oppose Impeachment of Sanford
Nearly half (49%) of South Carolina voters say embattled Republican Governor Mark Sanford should not be impeached, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
December 3, 2009
70% in Huckabee’s State Oppose Letting Elected Officials Reduce Felons’ Sentences
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is being sharply criticized for his decision as governor of Arkansas to commute the 108-year prison sentence of a man who just last week murdered four police officers.
December 3, 2009
Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming
Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming.
December 3, 2009
62% Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System
Only 27% of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. That’s down five points from August.
December 3, 2009
2010 Arkansas Senate: Lincoln Runs Behind Four GOP Challengers
Another Democratic senator may be at-risk in 2010. Arkansas' Blanche Lambert Lincoln trails all four of her leading Republican challengers in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state.
December 2, 2009
67% Say White House Party Crashers Should Be Punished
Were they or weren’t they invited to last week’s White House state dinner with the prime minister of India? That’s what the authorities are trying to find out.
December 2, 2009
Voters More Skeptical of Town Hall Protestors' Motives
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters nationwide now believe protests at congressional town hall meetings on the health care reform plan were phony efforts drummed up by special interest groups and lobbyists, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
December 2, 2009
Voters Favor Tort Reform by Two-to-One Margin
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters nationwide favor limiting the amount of money a jury can award a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 29% disagree and 14% are not sure.
