What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - October 18, 2008
While voters seem a bit more optimistic this week about the economy, the tide is still rolling strongly in the direction of big Democratic gains on Election Day.
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October 18, 2008
October 17, 2008
47% Say Obama Won Final Debate, 33% Pick McCain as Winner
Barack Obama scored a hat trick in the presidential debates: A plurality of voters said he won all three, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 16, 2008
Obama Trusted More than McCain on Seven of 10 Electoral Issues
With less than three weeks left until the election, voters still trust Barack Obama more than John McCain on seven out of 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.
October 16, 2008
55% Say Media More Biased This Year in Campaign Coverage
Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters say the media coverage of this year’s presidential campaign is more biased than in previous election years, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 15, 2008
Most Say Debates Were Boring But Are Still Watching
With the last of the presidential debates set for tonight, 60% of voters describe the first two debates as boring and are fairly evenly divided on whether the contests so far were informative or useless.
October 14, 2008
32% Say Election More Negative Than Most, 74% Say Media Focuses on the Negative
With Barack Obama’s campaign now crying foul at ads and comments from his Republican opponents, nearly one out of three voters (32%) say this year’s presidential race is more negative than most.
October 14, 2008
54% Pay Attention to Political Ads, 62% Rate Most Ads Negative
While Barack Obama spent $21 million on television advertising in the first week of October alone, just over half of U.S. voters (54%) say they pay at least somewhat close attention to political ads, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
October 13, 2008
Voters Think More of Biden Than Palin
Barack Obama’s running mate, longtime Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, is now viewed more favorably than Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, primarily because the latter just can’t close the deal with women.
October 11, 2008
New Rasmussen Reports Partisan Weighting Targets: 39.3% Democrat 33.0% Republican
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process.
October 11, 2008
55% Expect Obama Victory, Only 15% Believe McCain Will Win
Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now expect Barack Obama to win the election in November and become the 44th President of the United States. Just 15% expect a McCain victory while 27% say the race is too close to call.
October 11, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - October 10, 2008
The souring U.S. economy and the presidential battle between Barack Obama and John McCain dominated the polls again this week, but the findings were studies in contradiction.
October 9, 2008
Voters Say Obama Won Debate, McCain More Prepared To Be President
Voters say Barack Obama beat John McCain in Tuesday night’s presidential debate 45% to 28%, but they also think McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama by an 11-point margin.
October 8, 2008
76% Support Showing Photo ID Before Voting
Three out of four U.S. voters (76%) believe a person should be required to show photo identification at the polls before being allowed to vote, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 18% do not agree.
October 7, 2008
Most Voters Expect Brokaw to Be Neutral at Debate
Two-thirds (67%) of U.S. voters have a favorable opinion of Tom Brokaw, the moderator of tonight’s presidential debate, and nearly as many (62%) expect him to be neutral.
October 6, 2008
Most Americans Still Say U.S. Is Best Country in the World
Seventy-two percent (72%) of U.S. voters say the United States is the best nation in the world, despite the country’s economic woes and criticism of American foreign policy from abroad.
October 5, 2008
59% Would Vote to Replace Entire Congress
Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% of voters would like to throw them all out and start over again.
October 4, 2008
New Rasmussen Reports Party Weighting Targets: 39.3% Democrat 33.3% Republican
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process.
October 4, 2008
45% Say Biden Won Debate, 37% Say Palin
The Vice Presidential debate on Thursday night attracted a bigger television audience than the Presidential debate a week earlier, but is not likely to have much of an impact on the results of Election 2008.
October 4, 2008
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 3, 2008
Voters still had mixed feelings about the $700-billion financial rescue plan as it worked its torturous way through Congress last week, but for Republicans the country’s current economic mess is proving to be more and more of a drag at the polls.
October 3, 2008
59% Agree With Ronald Reagan—Government Is The Problem
In his first inaugural address, President Ronald Reagan delivered a line succinctly capturing the sentiment that elected him: “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
