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Rasmussen: 29% agree with “Tea Party terrorists” depiction
Ugh. A majority of voters reject the depiction of Tea Party activists as “terrorists,” a new Rasmussen poll shows … but not a terribly large majority, given the ridiculously demagogic attack it...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we return with our Tuesdays with Andrew Malcolm, the Prince of Twitter, on the intersection of media and politics. We’ll talk about the lessons of...
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Oh my: Perry up 11 points over Romney in new Rasmussen poll
Game changer. For the past sixteen months, I have called Rick Perry a potential gamechanger in the Republican primary, and a new poll by Rasmussen confirms it. In a survey taken yesterday of 1000...
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Rasmussen: Perry 44, Obama 41
Hmmm. Meaningful or not? Obama’s weaker than he’s ever been and Perry’s still in the pre-vetted honeymoon phase with voters, so a slight edge for the Republican is no great surprise. On the other...
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Rasmussen: Obama 44, Christie … 43
Hmmm. He’s not running. He’s said it a number of times, at least publicly, that he has no interest in challenging for the Republican nomination. But if he did run, the latest Rasmussen poll shows...
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Rasmussen: Cain sails to lead in Iowa among likely caucus-goers
Good news for Romney as well? The timing of the latest Rasmussen poll may be the most interesting part of the report. Herman Cain got his toughest grilling in a national debate on Tuesday, October...
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Rasmussen Iowa poll: Gingrich falls behind Romney
Decline? A month ago, Rasmussen was one of the first pollsters to pick up on Newt Gingrich’s momentum, showing him up 13 points over Mitt Romney in Iowa, 32/19. If Rasmussen has its finger on the...
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Rasmussen poll shows most voters want gov’t spending reduced
Even those in favor of economic intervention. Should government intervene to improve the economy, and if so, by what means? Three years ago, a Rasmussen poll showed that almost two-thirds of...
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Reason/Rupe poll: Americans want more tolls, not higher taxes
Encouraging. As a follow-up to Ed’s earlier post, which highlighted the results of a new Rasmussen poll that showed most Americans want the government to reduce spending, I present these interesting...
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Rasmussen IA poll: Romney 23, Paul 22 … Santorum 16
Santorumentum? Bear in mind Tina’s caveats about the difficulty of polling in the holiday season, but this does look as though the predictions of Rick Santorumentum have been realized. In the latest...
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NBC/Marist IA poll: Romney 23, Paul 21, Santorum 15
Corroboration. In the last few days before the Iowa caucus, one would expect the polling to get chaotic and inconsistent, given the nature of caucusing and the interference of the holidays. That’s...
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Time/CNN/ORC poll in SC: Romney 37, Santorum 19, Gingrich 18
“Everything’s coming up Romney.” If the results of the latest Rasmussen poll were good news for Mitt Romney, then these results from Time/CNN/ORC are really good news. Romney doesn’t merely lead, he...
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Rasmussen in FL: Romney 41, Gingrich 19, Santorum 15
Over? While South Carolina looks like a toss-up, according to the latest Insider Advantage poll, Florida looks like it could become a rout. The latest Rasmussen poll shows Mitt Romney with a bigger...
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Rasmussen SC poll shows Romney with 7-point lead over Gingrich
Santorum third with 16%. Did Rick Santorum make a mistake in campaigning in New Hampshire? In the past week since Mitt Romney won the first-in-the-nation primary overwhelmingly and Santorum finished...
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Rasmussen poll: The Bain attack is a flop
Clarifying. How exactly has Mitt Romney managed to attract a polling surge in the middle of the attacks from Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry over his Bain Capital days? According to a new Rasmussen...
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Rasmussen nat’l poll showing second Gingrich boomlet?
Within 3 of Romney, 30/27. After a brilliant debate performance by Newt Gingrich on Monday, some wondered whether it was too late in the cycle for a second bounce. According to a Rasmussen poll taken...
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Rasmussen poll puts Gingrich up by 7 nationally
Bounce. Rasmussen conducted a national poll of 1,000 likely Republican primary voters yesterday, and it confirmed what Gallup’s tracking poll also shows — Newt Gingrich’s second boomlet is for real....
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New Rasmussen poll in FL puts Romney up by 8
17-point swing in 3 days. Mitt Romney’s performance in Monday’s debate turned out to be a game-changer after all. Three days after a Rasmussen poll of likely Republican primary voters showed Newt...
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Arizona: Romney 38, Santorum 31, Gingrich 15, Paul 11
Santorum jumped. Good news just keeps coming for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. Not only does a new Rasmussen poll show him leading Romney by 12 points nationally, but a new poll from the...
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Rasmussen in OH: Romney 24, Santorum … 42
Oh my. While Rick Santorum courts the blue-collar vote in Michigan, he’s already looking forward to at least one Super Tuesday state — Ohio. He has spent quite a bit of time in this Rust Belt swing...
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Rasmussen: Trickle-down environmentalism a loser
Plus, a reminder from Ramirez. Will another campaign to generate more money for government subsidies on green technology, especially electric vehicles, impress voters in 2012? Not exactly, according...
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Crater: 69% in new NYT/CBS poll say U.S. should not be fighting in Afghanistan
Endgame. A new high since they started asking this question in 2009. That’s noteworthy but not surprising given the gruesome Rasmussen poll Ed blogged a week ago. How much of it is driven by a...
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Change: Supreme Court ratings jump to new high after ObamaCare arguments
Oral arguments might be useful after all! Who said oral arguments and questions aren’t useful for Supreme Court cases? A new Rasmussen poll shows approval ratings for the Supreme Court hitting a...
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New Rasmussen poll in NC shows Obama’s same-sex marriage bounce
From toss-up to toss-out. Eight days ago, North Carolina voters added the previously existing statutory language defining marriage as between one man and one woman to their state constitution. The...
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Rasmussen: Romney up in Wisconsin, 47/44
Oh my. Earlier today, National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar warned that Mitt Romney was poised to breach the Blue Wall — Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A new Rasmussen poll of likely voters in...
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