Most people who voted in Election 2010 on the East Coast think the average Democrat in Congress is more liberal than they are and describe the views of most congressional Democrats as extreme. These results come from a Rasmussen Reports telephone polling of people who have already voted in states in the Eastern Time Zone.
Vice President Joe Biden made clear at a Democratic fundraiser last week that he thinks government has been the engine behind America’s progress. “Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” he declared.
Airports across the country, from Washington, D.C. to Seattle, are beginning to install new full-body scanners as part of their security checkpoints. But for privacy reasons, many Americans oppose the scanners which show full-body nude images of the passenger to a screener in another room.
The first polls close at 6:00 p.m. Eastern in Indiana and should provide important clues about the night to come.
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
Beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, as the old saying goes, and most voters still aren’t convinced that there will be a big change in their lives if Republicans win control of Congress.
Most voters say today’s election is a referendum on President Obama’s agenda and that he should change course if Republicans win control of the House. But most also don’t expect him to make that change.
With Election Day at hand, voters are more narrowly divided than they have been for much of this year over which president to blame for the nation's current economic problems.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of those who voted in today’s elections nationwide favor repeal of the national health care bill passed by congressional Democrats in March, including 48% who Strongly Favor it.
Most U.S. voters express concern about the security measures taken by other countries following last week's attempt by terrorists in Yemen to send packages containing bombs to the United States, and the majority expect another attack to occur in the next year.
Republican Thomas Foley now holds a sliver of a lead over Democrat Dan Malloy in the final Rasmussen Reports survey of the 2010 Connecticut governor’s race.
Just before midterm congressional elections in which the new national health care law has been a major issue, 58% of Likely U.S. Voters favor repeal of the measure, including 45% who Strongly Favor it. That’s the highest overall level of support for repeal since mid-September.
Republican Linda McMahon receives her highest level of support to date, but she still trails Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal by seven points in the final Rasmussen Reports look at Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race.
New polling in Connecticut has now moved that senate race from Solid Democrat to Leans Democrat in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Balance of Power rankings.
Democratic Governor Joe Manchin still holds a slight lead over Republican John Raese in the final hours of West Virginia’s surprisingly close special U.S. Senate race.
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln remains on track to be the one Senate Democrat sure to lose her job on Election Day.
New polling Vermont moves that state's gubernatorial race from Toss-Up to Leans Democrat in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard.
Democratic Governor John Lynch holds a six-point lead in his bid for reelection in New Hampshire.
Arizona voters are still bullish about the state’s new immigration law despite the U.S. Justice Department’s ongoing legal challenge.
Republican state Attorney General Tom Corbett holds a nine-point lead over his Democratic rival in the final Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Pennsylvania governor’s race.
