Not surprisingly, the Bible Belt region lives up to its name with states like Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and West Virginia containing the highest percentage of those who believe the Bible is literally true.
In his bid for reelection Democratic Governor Ed Rendell is maintaining a double-digit advantage over Republican Lynn Swann. He now leads the former Pittsburgh Steeler 50% to 38%.
After having lagged by as much as twenty-three percentage points this election season, Republican Senator Rick Santorum now trails Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. by only eight, 40% to 48%.
The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll in Washington shows Senator Maria Cantwell (D) leading challenger Mike McGavick (R) 46% to 40%.
Today's Hillary Meter places the former First Lady a net 56 points to the left of the nation's political center. Two weeks ago, she was 55 points to the left of center, and a month ago 52 points to the left.
Election 2006 is the first election since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that has not been completely dominated by the War on Terror as a defining issue.
Last year some pundits argued that in Democratic-leaning Connecticut, the reelection of even a well-liked Republican incumbent like Governor Jodi Rell could not be taken for granted.
The Missouri Senate race remains one of the closest in the nation. The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Senator Jim Talent (R) with 46% of the vote and Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) at 44%.
Maine's competitive gubernatorial campaign has a caught-in-amber feeling to it, especially when it comes to support for Democratic Governor John Baldacci.
According to the most recent Rasmussen Reports election survey of 500 likely Oregon voters, incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski is on the move while Republican challenger Ron Saxton remains in limbo. The current survey shows Kulongoski ahead 49% to 35%.
America's two-party system generally marginalizes Independent and third-party candidacies, but every once in a while a contest shows the system is not set in concrete: Ross Perot running for President, Jesse Ventura running for Governor, and, now, Joseph Lieberman.
In a political season filled with bad news from the GOP, our latest Arkansas poll shows a trend moving in the other direction. State Attorney General Mike Beebe’s (D) lead continues to evaporate in his gubernatorial contest with former Congressman Asa Hutchinson (R).
After two previous polls showed his overall numbers unchanged, incumbent Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) has added two points to his lead over Republican Congressman Mark Green and now leads in his re-election race 49% to 41%.
He’s down a point from last month’s poll, but that shift isn’t of concern to incumbent U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl. According to the most recent Rasmussen Reports election survey of 500 likely Wisconsin voters, Kohl leads challenger Robert Gerald Lorge 59% to 31%.
In the Maryland race for Governor, Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley is maintaining a seven-point advantage over Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich, leading 50% to 43%.
In the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the competitive U.S. Senate contest in Maryland, Republican Lt. Governor Michael Steele slightly trails each Democratic contender. Congressman Ben Cardin (D) leads Steele 47% to 42%.
Senator George Allen's alleged slur of an opposition campaign worker of Indian descent, recorded on video, has provoked a furious controversy in the state. In the wake of the controversy, support for Allen has dipped to its lowest level of the year.
Former U.S. Senator and Vice President Al Gore has been back in the news as of late with the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," his feature film documentary on the earth's global warming crisis.
William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency was one marked by many firsts. He was the first Baby Boomer president elected in the U.S.
Shortly after winning the Democratic primary in June, Jean Hay Bright noted on her campaign web site that, judging by a Rasmussen Reports election poll, support for Republican Senator Olympia Snowe was "already three points down from the last election."
