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.
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.
For most U.S. voters, the only thing worse than calling a candidate a conservative is calling him a liberal.
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.
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%.
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.
Over half of U.S. voters (54%) say they followed Very Closely news stories about Barack Obama’s first press conference as president-elect yesterday, and nearly as many (52%) say he set the right tone in his remarks.
There were few surprises for Rasmussen Reports’ visitors on Election Day. A Fordham University study found our daily Presidential Tracking Poll was the most accurate of 23 national polls covering the campaign.
With President-elect Barack Obama already facing challenges from aboard, nearly half of voters (47%) say he will do a good or excellent job handling national security issues.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Though Barack Obama became president-elect just one day ago, 38% of voters already expect taxes to go up when he assumes the White House next year.
Nearly nine out of 10 voters (88%) are glad the presidential election is over, but voters are evenly divided over whether politics in Washington will become more cooperative despite Barack Obama’s call for change from business as usual.
The final Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Election 2008 showed Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 46%. We are pleased to report that those figures precisely matched the actual election returns.
For John McCain, the crash of Lehman Brothers on Wall Street was worse than the Crash of 1929. Looking back over the course of the campaign, it seems clear that the financial meltdown in mid-September was the final, decisive, event that secured Obama’s path to the White House.
While the majority of Americans believe relations with China are important, most do not think the economies of the two countries are very dependent on one another.
So when did voters really decide how they were going to vote?
As the presidential campaign comes to a close, a majority of voters (51%) say most reporters have tried to help Barack Obama win the presidency.
Republicans are happier with their vice presidential candidate than their presidential nominee, while Democrats feel good about both candidates on their ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
On the night before America votes, 59% of likely U.S. voters expect Barack Obama to be elected president.
Looks like there’ll be a lot fewer Democrats in the office on Election Day.
