As California stumbles through its continuing budget crisis, 60% of likely voters in the state now believe it would be better if most incumbents in the state legislature were defeated in this November’s elections.
Wisconsin incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold leads his two best-known announced Republican challengers for the U.S. Senate in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state.
Just over a month after Bob McDonnell assumed office in Virginia, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds that 65% at least somewhat approve of the job he’s doing as governor, including 29% who strongly approve.
As expected with incumbent Senator Evan Bayh’s surprise announcement this week that he will not seek reelection, Indiana’s U.S. Senate race is wide open. The three leading Republican contenders all post leads for now over the two most prominently mentioned Democratic hopefuls, but it’s not even clear if those Democrats are in the race.
The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the governed.
Another “safe” Democratic senator may not be quite as safe as he thought.
The first President Bush called it “the vision thing,” and voters are more confident that the Democratic Party has it than do Republicans. They also see Democrats as more ideological than the GOP these days.
With China still blocking UN efforts to impose meaningful sanctions on Iran, 29% of U.S. voters now think the United States should take action alone against the rogue Islamic nation.
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level.
Questions continue to mount over the science behind years of studies that say humans are chiefly to blame for global warming. But reflecting a trend that has been going on for more than a year, just 35% of U.S. voters now believe global warming is caused primarily by human activity.
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman now runs dead even with likely Democratic nominee Jerry Brown in California’s gubernatorial contest.
For the second month in a row, incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer is in surprisingly tight races with three potential Republican challengers in California.
Voters strongly believe that a state should have the right to avoid federal programs it doesn’t like, but they draw the line at states seceding from the union.
Democratic Senator Patty Murray holds double-digit leads on three of the top Republicans who hope to unseat her in this year’s Senate race in Washington State.
“A plague on both your houses,” Shakespeare famously wrote in “Romeo and Juliet.” That seems to be the primary message voters are sending these days.
Incumbent Republican David Vitter has an even more commanding lead this month over his top Democratic challenger in Louisiana's race for the U.S. Senate.
North Dakota may be shaping up to be dangerous territory for the state’s other longtime Democratic incumbent, too.
Popular Republican Governor John Hoeven crushes his two likeliest Democratic rivals thus far in North Dakota’s race for the U.S. Senate.
Michigan is home to the Big Three U.S. automakers: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The latest Rasmussen telephone survey in the state finds that Michigan voters have the most favorable opinion of Ford, the only one of the Big Three who didn't receive federal bailout help to stay in business.
Little has changed this month in Missouri's race for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Senator Kit Bond.
