Right Direction or Wrong Track
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
wenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, August 15.
While down slightly from the last two weeks, confidence in the nation’s current course has ranged from 27% to 35% since last July. Following Congress' passage of the national health care bill in late March, the number of voters who said the country was heading in the right direction peaked at 35%, the highest level of optimism measured since early September 2009.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Democrats feel the country is heading in the right direction. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans and 77% of voters not affiliated with either political party feel the country is heading down the wrong track.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of all voters say the country is heading down the wrong track, up two points from last week.
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Health Care Law
56% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law; 54% Say Law Is Bad for Country
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Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters now regard President Obama’s political views as extreme. Forty-two percent (42%) place his views in the mainstream, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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Election 2010: Senate Balance Of Power
Balance of Power: Calfornia Senate Moves to a Toss-Up
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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New polling in the hotly contested California senate race has moved that race to Toss-Up status from Leans Democratic in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Rankings. In the latest polling conducted on Tuesday Night Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer are virtually tied.
To find out how Rasmussen Reports determines its Balance of Power rankings, click here.
With three months to go, Rasmussen Reports polling shows that Republicans are poised to pick up Democratic-held Senate seats in three states— Arkansas, Indiana and North Dakota. Two others are leaning that way--Delaware and Pennsylvania. Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln is the only incumbent senator left in these races who is currently projected to lose a seat. The others are open-seat races following retirements by Democratic incumbents, with the exception of Pennsylvania, where incumbent Arlen Specter was defeated in the state's Democratic Primary.
At the moment, no Republican-held seats appear headed for the Democratic column.
Currently, there are six states in the Toss-Up category. Outside of the Toss-Ups, projections indicate that Democrats can probably count on having 49 Senate seats after Election Day, while Republicans will hold 45.
Five of the six Toss-up states are currently Democratic seats, while one is held by the GOP.
Among the five Democratic seats in the Toss-Up category, two are open seat races (Colorado and Illinois). The Democratic incumbents in the Toss-Up category are Harry Reid of Nevada, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Barbara Boxer of California.
The Republican Toss-Up is found in Florida, where recent polling shows Republican Marco Rubio running slightly ahead of Independent Charlie Crist.
The state results and overall projections will be updated whenever new polling data justifies a change.
In the table below, the states marked in red currently have a Republican senator. Those in blue currently have a Democratic senator.
There are two independents in the Senate today, and Charlie Crist is running as an independent candidate in Florida. For purposes of the Balance of Power projections, all three are counted as Democrats.
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