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 12:58 PM, Apr 9, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new poll from Rasmussen shows approval for the Supreme Court among Americans has risen since the Court held its high-profile hearings on Obamacare two weeks ago. According to the poll, which was taken on April 6 and 7, 41 percent of likely voters rate the Court's work as "good" or "excellent," compared with just 28 percent saying the same thing in mid-March, shortly before the oral arguments. Disapproval of the Court's performance remains steady at 19 percent.
Here's more from Rasmussen:
It is impossible to know if the improved perceptions of the court came from the hearings themselves, President Obama’s comments cautioning the court about overturning a law passed by Congress, or from other factors. Approval of the court had fallen in three consecutive quarterly surveys prior to the health care hearings.
The partisan turnaround in views of the court is noticeable. Three weeks ago, 29% of Republicans gave the Supreme Court positive marks for its job performance; now that number has climbed to 54%. Similarly, among voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties, good or excellent ratings for the court have increased from 26% in mid-March to 42% now. Democrats’ views of the court are largely unchanged.
Among all voters, 28% now think the Supreme Court is too liberal, 29% say it’s too conservative, and 31% believe the ideological balance is about right. The number who view the court as too liberal is down five points from a month ago.
2:17 PM, Apr 2, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONAmericans don’t look to be inclined to rely on the Supreme Court to determine the future of Obamacare. For the 30th consecutive time, Rasmussen’s polling of likely voters shows that Americans not only support the repeal of President Obama’s centerpiece legislation but support it by double-digits.
Read more... 11:31 AM, Mar 1, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe most recent national Republican primary poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Mitt Romney leading with 40 percent, 16 points ahead of his closest rival Rick Santorum, who is at 24 percent. According to the poll, taken after Romney's victories in the Michigan and Arizona primaries on Tuesday, Newt Gingrich has 16 percent and Ron Paul has 12 percent.
Read more... 10:01 AM, Feb 24, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe newest poll of Michigan primary voters from Rasmussen Reports shows Mitt Romney regaining the lead in his home state just days before Michigan's presidential primary. Romney leads his closest rival, Rick Santorum, 40 percent to 34 percent, in a survey taken Thursday evening, one day after CNN's presidential debate in Arizona.
Read more... 1:13 PM, Feb 15, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe latest national survey from Rasmussen shows Rick Santorum with a 12-point lead over Mitt Romney among Republican primary voters. Thirty-nine percent of those polled support Santorum while 27 percent support Romney. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul earned 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
Read more... 2:30 PM, Feb 9, 2012 • By WILLIAM KRISTOLYesterday I pointed out that "February 7 could prove to have been Super Tuesday if it turns out to be a key inflection point in the campaign." Two indications, I wrote, of such an inflection point would be "if Santorum now passes Newt Gingrich in national Republican surveys" and if he "continues to do better than Gingrich (and than Romney?) in poll match-ups against President Obama."
Read more... Romney not far behind president in key swing state.12:00 PM, Feb 9, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new Rasmussen poll of likely voters in Ohio shows Rick Santorum tied with Barack Obama in a hypothetical November match-up at 44 percent. In the Midwestern swing state, which will be critical for a Republican presidential victory in the fall, Mitt Romney falls 4 points behind Obama in that potential race, 45 percent to 41 percent. Here's more from Rasmussen:
Read more... 3:15 PM, Jan 31, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONMitt Romney seems to have succeeded in raising enough doubts about Newt Gingrich to secure a comfortable win in Florida, but his attacks and his prospective victory coincide with a majority of Americans thinking President Obama doesn’t look too bad.
Read more... 2:49 PM, Jan 13, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new 60-second radio advertisement from the Mitt Romney campaign makes an appeal to South Carolina's socially conservative Republicans. Listen to the ad below:
Read more... Newt continues his decline against the president.3:22 PM, Dec 14, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Newt Gingrich declining further in a hypothetical matchup against President Barack Obama. Among the 1,000 likely voters surveyed on December 12 and 13, 49 percent say they would vote for Obama while 39 percent would vote for Gingrich.
Read more... 1:35 PM, Dec 1, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new national poll of likely Republican primary voters from Rasmussen Reports shows Newt Gingrich with a 21-point lead over Mitt Romney. According to Rasmussen, this is the largest lead held by any GOP candidate this cycle.
Read more... 1:39 PM, Nov 30, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe latest Rasmussen national poll has Newt Gingrich up over Barack Obama in a hypothetical general election match-up, 45 percent to 43 percent. That difference in within the 3-point margin of error, in a survey of 1,000 likely voters, but it shows a significant swing in support for Gingrich among voters. According to a Rasmussen poll released last week, Gingrich had been trailing Obama by six points.
Read more... 4:10 PM, Nov 3, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENA new national poll of 1,000 likely GOP primary voters from Rasmussen gives Herman Cain a slight lead at 26 percent, with Romney close behind at 23 percent and Gingrich in third at 14 percent.
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