Most Recent Articles: June 2013
June 30, 2013
35% Say Now Is A Good Time to Sell A House in Their Area
June 29, 2013
35% Think Obama Doing Good or Excellent Job with Economy
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
June 28, 2013
70% Say Americans Have More Freedom Than People in Other Countries
24% Say Their Home is Worth Less Than When They Bought It
58% Expect Obama’s New EPA Regulations to Increase Energy Costs
Supreme Court Offers Mixed Verdict to Conservatives and Liberals: A Commentary By Michael Barone
About Those Who Abuse Their Health: A Commentary By Froma Harrop
Public Opinion Leads, Politicians Follow: A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen
June 27, 2013
40% Believe U.S. Is Mankind’s Last Best Hope, 36% Disagree
37% Expect Their Home To Be Worth More A Year From Now
43% Think NSA Domestic Spying Put National Security Ahead of Individual Rights
Only 37% Think Immigration Plan Likely to Become Law This Year
26% of Obama Supporters View Tea Party as Nation’s Top Terror Threat
June 26, 2013
30% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Economy, Health Care Continue to Lead List of Important Issues
72% Think NSA May Have Monitored Congress, Military Leaders, Judges
Dems Struggle With Scandals; GOP Can't Agree on Policy By Michael Barone
The IRS Scandal Is Just Nature Taking Its Course By Mark Meckler
40% Want Border States to Determine When Border is Secure
Puritanical Government By John Stossel
June 25, 2013
51% Now Consider Immigration Very Important to Their Next Vote
Americans Are Married to Jobs As Much As to Spouses
27% Favor Cutting Size of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
Fighting the Stadium Con: Go Brazilians! By Froma Harrop
34% View Justice System As Fair to Poor Americans
June 24, 2013
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40%, Republicans 39%
62% Say Political Leaders Send U.S. Soldiers in Harm’s Way Too Often
Just 28% Now Think Feds Likely to Secure Border if Reform Plan Passes
Among GOP, Rubio Faves Down 15 Points This Year
Voters Continue to Strongly Support Consumer Choices in Health Plans
June 23, 2013
65% Think Government Should Cut Spending to Help Economy
June 22, 2013
42% Are Somewhat Confident Fed Can Keep Inflation Down
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
June 21, 2013
45% Give Obama Poor Marks on Health Care
40% Say Supreme Court Is Too Politically Liberal
An Oregon Study Casts Doubt On Whether Health Insurance Improves Health By Michael Barone
15% Favor Prosecuting Reporters Who Publish Leaked Information, 68% Disagree
The Missing Cows of Mass Destruction By Froma Harrop
Good Guys Are Hard To Find in NSA Surveillance Story By Scott Rasmussen
June 20, 2013
34% Consider War in Afghanistan Very Important Issue
48% Want Lifetime Ban on Regulators Working For Companies They Oversee
55% Disagree With Obama’s Decision to Arm Syrian Rebels
49% Predict Higher Interest Rates Next Year
June 19, 2013
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
53% Are Confident In Stability of U.S. Banking Industry
12% See NSA Leaker Snowden As Hero, 21% As Traitor
Government's War By John Stossel
57% Think Churches Essential to Healthy Communities
June 18, 2013
The Battle Against the Big Government Dragon: A Commentary by Mark Meckler
35% Have Favorable Opinion of Federal Government, 60% Unfavorable
66% Feel Their Company Values Them As An Employee
Another Way We Overpay for Health Care: A Commentary By Froma Harrop
Distrust Growing: 70% Believe IRS Decision to Target Conservatives Was Made in DC
In New Jersey, 44% Would Vote for Christie for President
June 17, 2013
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 39%, Republicans 39%
71% Would Recommend Their Company as a Good Place to Work
Booker Clear Favorite to Replace Lautenberg
Most Want Donor Disclosure from Tax-Exempt Groups
57% Expect Health Care System to Get Worse in Coming Years
June 16, 2013
41% Believe Supreme Court Too Hostile Towards Religion, 15% Too Friendly
On Civil Liberties, Comparing Obama With Bush Is Easy -- and Mostly Wrong
June 15, 2013
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
June 14, 2013
44% Are Confident They Will Receive All Promised Social Security Benefits
New Jersey Governor: Christie Has Big Lead, Seen as Most Effective Candidate to Work With Obama
57% Fear Government Will Use NSA Data to Harass Political Opponents
High Heels and Workers' Rights By Froma Harrop
Distrust of Government Is What It's All About by Scott Rasmussen
June 13, 2013
32% Are Willing to Pay More In Taxes to Keep Medicare As Is
64% Think Business Owners Should Be Able to Set Dress Codes for Customers
24% Trust Federal Government to Do Right Thing Most or All The Time
20% of Workers Have Been Turned Down For A Job in Past Year
NSA Surveillance, If Ungentlemanly, Is Not Illegal By Michael Barone
House Update: Tiny Movement Toward Republicans By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik
June 12, 2013
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 39% Think Medicare Is a Good Deal
Voters Rate Surveillance Controversy Most Serious, IRS Second
Terror and Safety By John Stossel
34% Think Americans Selfish for Putting Economy Ahead of Global Warming
June 11, 2013
36% Give Obama Positive Marks for Economic Fairness
Unlike Senate ‘Gang of Eight,’ Voters Put More Border Control First
Voters Still Have More Faith in Local Government Than in Feds, States
76% Are Satisfied With Their Current Job
Prop. 13: Message for Another Time:A Commentary By Froma Harrop
41% Willing to Pay More to Fight Global Warming, 47% Are Not
Citizens Stand and Fight the IRS: A Commentary By Mark Meckler
June 10, 2013
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40%, Republicans 38%
46% Think Free Market Policies More Important Than Closing Income Gap
Virginia Governor: McAuliffe (D) 44%, Cuccinelli (R) 41%
America Will Pay a Price for President Obama's Inaction in Syria By Michael Barone
60% Expect Costs To Rise Under Federal Health Care Law
Despite Obama's Assurance, 68% Think It’s Likely Gov't Listening to Their Conversations
June 9, 2013
59% in Virginia Approve of McDonnell’s Performance as Governor
59% Oppose Government’s Secret Collecting of Phone Records
June 8, 2013
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
June 7, 2013
49% Think Economy is Unfair to Hard Workers
12% of Facebook Users Say Hate Speech A Very Serious Problem on the Site
64% Say Most Members of Congress Don’t Care What They Think
Odds Grow Longer for Immigration Reform By Scott Rasmussen
Live From Istanbul: Authoritarians With Bad Taste By Froma Harrop
June 6, 2013
49% Think Obama Good or Excellent Leader
52% View WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning As A Traitor
With Lautenberg Gone, WW II Vets Fade From Politics By Michael Barone
66% of Working Americans Consider Themselves Middle Class
June 5, 2013
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
80% Say It Will Be Difficult for Young People To Find Summer Jobs
56% View Feds As Threat to Individual Rights
6% Think Congress Doing Good or Excellent Job
Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy Voices Strong Opposition To Legalizing Marijuana [VIDEO]
Austerity Myth By John Stossel
68% Say Rewarding Hard Work More Important Than Income Equality
June 4, 2013
79% Say It Will Be Their Choice to Leave Current Job
Rasmussen Employment Index Reaches Highest Level Since 2007
Fewer Vacationers Had to Cut Back on Spending This Year
68% Consider Freedom of the Press Very Important
Slower Rise in Health Care Spending Is a Big Deal: A Commentary By Froma Harrop
37% Rate Obama’s Handling of Gun Control as Good or Excellent
June 3, 2013
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40%, Republicans 40%
President Obama’s Full-Month Approval Rating Down to 49% in May
51% Say U.S. Has Enough Shale Oil Reserves to Become World’s Largest Energy Producer
45% Think U.S. Economy Is Fair, Improvement from May
Tragedy of Detroit Shows 'Big Unit America' Is out of Gas By Michael Barone
54% View Health Care Law Unfavorably
June 2, 2013
GOP Trusted More on Economy and Most Other Issues
June 1, 2013
Voters Give Biggest Trust Margin to GOP on Spending, Democrats on Environment
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
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