During February, the number of Republicans in the nation grew by a full percentage point, but the Democrats continue to have a sizable advantage in terms of partisan identification.
For the third straight month, 38% of voters rate the U.S. Supreme Court’s job performance as good or excellent.
Despite the country's persistent economic problems, 30% of voters now believe America is moving in the right direction, the highest level in several years.
Democrats have pulled slightly further ahead this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Confidence in how America is doing in the War on Terror has dropped dramatically in the past two weeks. Just 47% of voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 23% believe the terrorists are winning, while 25% say it's a draw. Six percent (6%) are undecided.
Confidence in America’s future remains steady this week, as 28% of voters say the nation is heading in the right direction and 64% say it is going down the wrong track.
U.S. voters are a little more pessimistic about the days to come this month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 39% of voters believe America’s best days are in the future, while 40% say they are in the past.
After an intense partisan debate over the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill, Republicans and Democrats remain almost even in this week’s edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Democrats are still trusted more than Republicans to handle the economy by a 44% to 39% margin, but their advantage on the issue has been slipping steadily since November.
Twenty-six percent (26%) of American voters say the nation is moving in the right direction, while 66% say it is heading down the wrong track, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Are Republicans winning the public relations battle over spending in the $800-billion-plus economic stimulus package? Democrats and Republicans are nearly even in this week's edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of likely voters now say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That’s the highest level of confidence found in five years of tracking, and is up from 55% in late January.
Despite ongoing economic concerns, more voters now believe the nation is heading in the right direction.
Following the unanimous Republican opposition to the economic stimulus bill proposed by and House Democrats, the GOP has narrowed the gap this week on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters don’t like what they’ve seen so far as Congress works to lift the troubled U.S. economy.
Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say President Barack Obama is governing on a bipartisan basis while 39% say he is governing as a partisan Democrat.
During January, the number of Americans who say they are not affiliated with either the Republican or the Democratic Party rose by a full percentage point to 26.6%.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of American voters believe the nation is heading in the right direction. That’s up from 21% just before Barack Obama was inaugurated as President and up from 14% just before the election.
The latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot shows no change this week. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters (64%) say U.S. Supreme Court decisions should be based on what is written in the Constitution, but only 35% think President Obama agrees with them.
