Given four choices as to the size of the federal budget presented by the President last week, 39% of American voters did not offer any answer, 36% guessed wrong, and just 24% knew the answer--$3.1 trillion dollars.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that voters are not likely to be impressed by high profile political endorsements.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Virginia shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton by eighteen percentage points. Obama earns 55% of the vote while Clinton attracts 37%.
In Maryland, Barack Obama appears headed for a large victory over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows Obama with 57% of the vote and Clinton twenty-six percentage points behind at 31%.
As the general election campaign season draws near, just 38% of American voters say they are better off than they were four years ago. Fifty-two percent (52%) say they are not. And that’s one of the more upbeat indicators of the public mood.
In a story line that no one could have predicted a few months ago, John McCain is expected to emerge from Super Tuesday as the big winner.
Heading into Super Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama has momentum and appears to be gaining ground on Senator Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
As the Super Tuesday campaigning winds down, New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead in neighboring New Jersey has fallen to single digits.
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton settle in for a long contest that may not end until the Democratic convention, many conversations naturally drift to the question of which candidate would fare better against likely Republican nominee John McCain.
In California, Republican Primary Voters are evenly divided between John McCain and Mitt Romney.
In California’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama now holds a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Hillary Clinton.
In Georgia’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama has taken command of the race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Obama with 52% support while Clinton attracts 37%.
Even after receiving the endorsement of Georgia’s two United States Senators, John McCain finds himself in a tight three-way race in that Southern State’s Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds McCain attracting 31% of the vote while Mitt Romney picks up 29% and Mike Huckabee gets 28%.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Arizona shows a tight race with Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by five percentage points.
In his home state of Arizona, John McCain leads Mitt Romney by nine percentage points. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found McCain earning 43% of the vote while Romney attracts 34%.
In New York’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton has an eighteen point lead over Barack Obama.
John McCain appears poised for victory in New York State’s Republican Presidential Primary. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows McCain with 49% of the vote, nineteen points ahead of Mitt Romney who attracts 30%.
Matching a trend seen throughout the nation, Barack Obama is gaining ground on Hillary Clinton in Missouri. Over the past week, Obama has picked up ten points on Clinton but still trails by nine in a poll conducted five days before the Primary.
The three-way race to win Missouri’s Republican Presidential Primary couldn’t get any closer—three candidates are within four points of each other in a poll with a four-point margin of sampling error.
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama in Alabama has fallen ten points in a week.
