While America’s voters are not particularly happy with the current Republican President, the leading Democratic Presidential Candidates have no advantage over the top GOP Hopefuls on key issues.
Entering the month of August, it is quite easy to come up with an explanation for why each of the leading Republican Presidential candidates will not win their Party’s nomination.
New York Senator Hillary Clinton has been steadily gaining support since April in her quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of American adults are at least somewhat confident that the bridges they drive upon are safe.
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) has had little but bad news over the past month.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of American voters have an unfavorable opinion of Vice President Dick Cheney.
Most American voters continue to favor plans that would remove all U.S. combat troops from Iraq early next year. But, most also say that’s not likely to happen.
Democrats and Republicans have different ideas about what a fair tax system would look like and a different understanding of the current tax system.
Hillary Clinton is pulling away from the field in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination but remains weaker than other major Democratic contenders in match-ups with top Republicans.
During the month of July, the number of people identifying themselves as Democrats fell for the fifth straight month.
Americans are fairly upbeat about their own lives, but far more pessimistic when assessing the state of the nation.
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and Arizona Senator John McCain are each seen as politically conservative by 43% of American voters.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of American voters believe that New York Senator Hillary Clinton is politically liberal.
The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey gauging the general election appeal of Dennis Kucinich finds him trailing the top GOP candidates for the presidency.
The latest controversy surrounding embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has done little to change the public’s perception of the situation.
Stories of astronauts taking off while drunk and other recent news stories have dimmed the public image of NASA a bit.
On the surface, the race for the Republican nomination appears to have stabilized in recent weeks.
In last week’s Democratic Presidential Debate, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took different approaches when responding to a question about meeting with the heads of rogue nations.
A new Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 survey shows former Senator John Edwards (D) opening up a seven-point lead of 49% to 42% over former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).
Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans say that the next President should meet with the heads of nations such as Iran, Syria, and North Korea without setting any preconditions.
