What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 19, 2010
Washington and Wall Street talk, but Americans just want to know when they’re going to plug the darn hole.
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June 19, 2010
June 18, 2010
56% Oppose Justice Department Challenge of Arizona Immigration Law
The Obama administration has decided to challenge Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court, but a recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% of U.S. voters oppose such a challenge.
June 18, 2010
41% Favor Government Policies To Discourage Use of Fossil Fuels, 36% Oppose
Americans believe strongly that the United States needs to change its dependency on fossil fuels, but they have mixed feelings about whether government policies should encourage use of alternative energy sources in their place.
June 18, 2010
New York Senate: Gillibrand (D) Still Far Ahead of GOP Hopefuls
Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand maintains comfortable leads over all three of her Republican challengers in the race for U.S. Senate in New York.
June 18, 2010
52% Not Willing To Pay More For Clean Energy
Many Americans like the idea of developing clean, environmentally friendly sources of energy, but most aren’t willing to pay for it.
June 18, 2010
New York Senate: Schumer Starts Strong
The first Rasmussen Reports look at Senator Chuck Schumer’s reelection run in New York finds the Democrat running well ahead of two little-known Republican opponents.
June 18, 2010
Texas Governor: Perry (R) 48%, White (D) 40%
The Texas gubernatorial race is a little tighter this month, with Republican Governor Rick Perry’s support dropping just below 50%.
June 18, 2010
Arkansas Governor: Beebe 57%, Keet 33%
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe now earns 57% support in his bid for reelection in Arkansas, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
June 17, 2010
Iowa Senate: Grassley (R) 54%, Conlin (D) 37%
Longtime Republican Senator Chuck Grassley continues to earn more than 50% support in his bid for reelection in Iowa against newly-chosen Democratic nominee Roxanne Conlin.
June 17, 2010
46% Rate Obama's Response To Gulf Leak As Poor
Voters are more critical than ever of President Obama's handling of the ongoing Gulf oil spill despite his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night laying out what the government has done and intends to do in response. In fact, they're nearly as critical of the president now as they are of BP and Transocean, the two companies responsible for the leak to begin with.
June 17, 2010
71% Say Government Response To Oil Leak Important To Their Vote
Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. Voters rate the government’s response to the Gulf oil leak as at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote in November, with 35% who say it is Very Important.
June 17, 2010
Tennessee Governor: McWherter (D) Trails GOP Hopefuls
Three Republican contenders in the race to be Tennessee's next governor continue to hold double-digit leads over Democratic candidate Mike McWherter, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
June 17, 2010
39% in New Jersey Favor Recall of Menendez, 39% Oppose
New Jersey voters are now evenly divided over whether Senator Robert Menendez should be recalled from office, with support for recall unchanged from two months ago.
June 16, 2010
51% in New Jersey Approve of Governor’s Performance
Most New Jersey voters still approve of the job that Governor Chris Christie is doing, and he earns solid support for his handling of the state’s contentious budget situation.
June 16, 2010
72% of GOP Voters Say Republicans In Congress Out of Touch With Their Base
Republicans in Congress still haven't convinced the party faithful that they have their best interests in mind.
June 16, 2010
67% Say Better Government Inspections of Oil Rigs Might Have Prevented Leak
Though most Americans are placing responsibility on British Petroleum (BP) to finance the cleanup of the oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico, they are also placing some blame on the government for not inspecting offshore rigs properly.
June 16, 2010
Americans Not Inclined To Pay More To Fight Global Warming
Democratic Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman declared yesterday
that a new EPA study shows their new global warming legislation won't
cost Americans much after all.
June 16, 2010
61% in California Support Troops on Border To Stop Illegal Immigration
Sixty-one percent (61%) of California voters say the U.S. military should be used along the Mexican border to help prevent illegal immigration, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
June 16, 2010
69% Agree With Obama That BP Should Pay For More Than Cleanup
President Obama in his Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night said BP is responsible not just for the environmental clean-up from the massive Gulf oil leak but also must “compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of [the] company's recklessness." He is expected to repeat that message in a meeting with top BP officials today.
June 16, 2010
Iowa Governor: Branstad (R) 57%, Culver (D) 31%
Republican Terry Branstad appears well on his way at this point to an unprecedented fifth term as governor of Iowa.
