62% Want Stimulus Plan to Have More Tax Cuts, Less Spending
With the Senate poised to vote Tuesday on an $827-billion version of the economic recovery plan, 62% of U.S. voters want the plan to include more tax cuts and less government spending.
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February 9, 2009
February 8, 2009
Voters Evenly Divided Over Obama's Warning of Economic Catastrophe
President Obama last Thursday night stated his belief in the need for urgent action on the economic recovery bill working its way through Congress. “If we do not move swiftly … an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe,” he declared. Obama repeated that sentiment in his nationwide radio address on Saturday.
February 7, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 6, 2009
President Obama is quickly learning that being president is harder than just talking about it.
February 6, 2009
64% of Illinois Voters Say Blagojevich Got Fair Trial
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Illinois voters say that former Governor Rod Blagojevich received a fair impeachment trial in the Illinois Senate. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that just 23% disagree and 13% are not sure.
February 6, 2009
54% Say Media Hype Global Warming Dangers
More bad news for the media. Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters say the news media make global warming appear worse than it really is. Only 21% say the media present an accurate picture, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
February 5, 2009
GOP’s McDonnell Has Edge Over All Democrats In Virginia Governor’s Race
Republican Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell has a three-to-nine point lead against three hopefuls for the Democratic nomination in this year’s closely-watched Virginia gubernatorial contest.
February 5, 2009
55% Say Congress Members Don’t Pay All Their Taxes
The majority of Americans say most members of Congress don’t pay all the taxes they owe. In fact, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 15% are confident that their elected representatives do pay the taxes they levy on others.
February 5, 2009
23% Fear Global Warming Will End World - Soon
Nearly one-out-of-four voters (23%) say it is at least somewhat likely that global warming will destroy human civilization within the next century. Five percent (5%) say it’s very likely.
February 4, 2009
GOP President After Obama Seen As A Bit Less Likely
Many U.S. voters still think the recent pattern of the White House alternating between the political parties will continue, but Barack Obama’s early popularity is dampening that belief somewhat.
February 3, 2009
71% View Obama as Politically Liberal
Seventy-one percent (71%) of American voters now view President Obama as politically liberal, including 42% who say he is Very Liberal. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 23% see him as politically moderate and just 2% see him as somewhat or very conservative.
February 2, 2009
11% Say U.S. Should Apologize To Iran
Just 11% of U.S. voters think America should apologize to Iran for “crimes” against the Islamic country – one of the prerequisites demanded by the Iranian president before he will agree to meet with President Barack Obama.
January 31, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 30, 2009
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
January 30, 2009
Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power
Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore.
January 30, 2009
Majority Remain Confident in Obama’s Economic Moves
Ten days into his presidency as the details of his historic economic rescue plan become clearer, Barack Obama still enjoys the confidence of a majority of voters that he knows how to handle the struggling U.S. economy.
January 29, 2009
Republicans Like GOP’s Conservative Direction, Democrats Don’t
One thing for sure: Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on the future direction of the Republican Party.
January 27, 2009
Voters Give Mixed Reviews to Closing of Guantanamo Prison
U.S. voters are closely divided over whether the government should close the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
January 26, 2009
44% of Democrats Say Bush Team Guilty of War Crimes
Forty-four percent (44%) of Democratic voters believe President Bush and senior members of his administration are guilty of war crimes. Only 28% of the nation’s Democrats disagree.
January 24, 2009
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 23, 2009
For the time being at least, it looks like political labels don’t matter as much to Americans as they face an uncertain economic future.
January 23, 2009
59% Fear Too Much Government Spending Is Coming
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of U.S. voters worry that Congress and President Obama will increase government spending too much in the next year or two, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
January 23, 2009
49% Say Obama More Liberal Than They Are
Nearly half of U.S. voters (49%) say Barack Obama is politically more liberal than they are, as the new president begins to tackle the country’s economic problems with a massive spending-and-tax-cut bill.
