Those who want polls to tell them who will in Iowa will be sorely disappointed. Rasmussen Reports believes that polling to date has presented a good overview of the race in Iowa but that caution should be used in reading the latest polling from Iowa.
One impact of the long run-up to Election 2008 can be seen in public perceptions of the leading Presidential candidates.
Eight polls have been released for the Iowa caucuses within the past week. For the Democrats, four of those polls show Hillary Clinton ahead, two show Barack Obama in the lead, one has John Edwards on top, and one shows a tie between Edwards and Obama with Clinton a point behind.
Happy New Year. On the first day of 2008, 30% of American voters expect the year to end with Hillary Clinton as President-elect.
While the dynamics of the Republican race seem to change almost every day, the storyline in the Democratic nomination race has been the same almost all year.
Following a pre-season that lasted far too long, and at times seemed to exist only for political junkies and the media, Election 2008 is finally here.
In terms of Hillary Clinton's campaign for President, 43% believe that Bill Clinton is a plus. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% hold the opposite view and consider the former President a minus for the campaign.
Rasmussen Reports, LLC, today announced the launch of RasmussenMarkets.com, a “prediction market” that allows players to "buy and sell" candidates, issues, and news futures.
Rasmussen Reports has launched RasmussenMarkets.com to provide enhanced coverage of Election 2008.
Just 50% of Likely Voters Believe that Presidential Debates are a good way to learn about the candidates.
North Carolina has been a safely Republican state in recent Presidential elections. Even with a home state Senator as the Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate in 2004, President George W. Bush carried the state by a dozen percentage points.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Michigan shows Hillary Clinton leading Rudy Giuliani 45% to 36%, Mitt Romney 45% to 39%, and Mike Huckabee 45% to 36%.
A plurality of 46% of Illinois voters would vote for a generic Democrat if the Presidential election were held today, while only 35% would vote for the GOP candidate.
With the first primary contests less than two weeks away, Senator John McCain has gained a six-point lead over Senator Hillary Clinton in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters see Rudy Giuliani as politically moderate or liberal. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say the same about John McCain while 43% hold that view of Mitt Romney.
Unlike the Republicans, Democrats see little ideological difference among their leading Presidential candidates.
Among the leading Presidential candidates, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have the highest level of core opposition among voters
In a general election match-up, both Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney find themselves in a toss-up with Hillary Clinton.
A man whose Presidential campaign was left for dead last summer has picked up a round of significant endorsements from the Manchester Union Leader, the Des Moines Register, the Boston Globe, and Senator Joe Lieberman.
Those who want polls to tell them who will in Iowa will be sorely disappointed.
