Haiti: We Don’t Forget

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Enero 29, 2010 · Filed Under INTERNATIONAL

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Is Obama Soft on Terror?

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Enero 28, 2010 · Filed Under INTERNATIONAL

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Economy Will Be Stronger?…

economy1Hope for a stronger economy has declined in recent months, with pessimism up sharply from a year ago.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 38% of Americans now believe the U.S. economy will get stronger over the coming year. That’s down a point from a year ago and down seven points from July.

But 39% now expect the economy will be weaker in a year. That’s up eight from a year ago.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of government employees say the economy will be stronger in a year. However, just 33% of private sector workers agree. That is consistent with earlier data showing government employees much more bullish than those who work outside of the government sector.

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Enero 27, 2010 · Filed Under GENERAL

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News Media and Government Decisions

untitledVoters are even more convinced now that the news media have too much influence on the actions of government and try to help political candidates they want to win. Most also still think the average reporter is more liberal than they are.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of likely U.S. voters believe the news media have too much power and influence over government decisions, up six points from October. Just eight percent (8%) think the media have too little power and influence, and 19% think their level of power is about right.

Only 20% of all voters say most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of a political campaign. Seventy-two percent (72%) say most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.

Just before the November 2008 presidential election, 68% of voters said most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win, and 51% believed they were trying to help Democrat Barack Obama. Just seven percent (7%) thought they were trying to help his Republican opponent, John McCain.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters say the average reporter is more liberal than they are. Eighteen percent (18%) say that reporter is more conservative, and 20% think their views are about the same ideologically as the average reporter’s. That view is largely unchanged from October.

Eighty-five percent (85%) continue to have more confidence in their own judgment than that of the average reporter when it comes to the important issues affecting the nation, also unchanged from October. Only six percent (6%) trust the average reporter’s judgment more.

Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republicans and a plurality (49%) of unaffiliated voters believe the average reporter is more liberal than they are, a view shared by just 24% of Democrats. But 80% or more of all three groups trust their own judgment over that of the average reporter.

Republicans and unaffiliateds are also far more inclined than Democrats to believe most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.

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Enero 26, 2010 · Filed Under GENERAL

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On News, TV and Politics

televisionTelevision is still likely to rule as the primary source of political news for most Americans this year.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 59% of U.S. voters plan to get most of their political news in 2010 from television. That number includes 37% who will rely on cable news networks and 22% who will turn to traditional TV network news.

Twenty-one percent (21%) will count primarily on the Internet, with just nine percent (9%) relying on print newspapers. Nearly as many (7%) will get most of their political news from radio.

But indicative of the ongoing media shift in U.S. society is the finding that one-third of voters (33%) under 40 plan to get most of their political news from the Internet.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it’s in the news, it’s in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party lean more heavily toward cable news as they look toward 2010, while Democrats are more evenly divided between cable and the traditional TV networks.

In August 2008 as the presidential campaign was heading into the final stretch, the cable news channel voters preferred said a lot about which candidate they supported.

Thirty-five percent (35%) of adults say they rarely or never go online to look for news about politics, elections and government. Twenty percent (20%) say they use the Internet for that purpose every day or nearly every day, and another 17% do so several times a week.

Republicans and unaffiliateds are more likely to go online for this kind of information than Democrats are.

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans say they go online and use the Internet every day or nearly every day. Most of those adults now find online reporting comparable to that in their local newspaper.

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Enero 25, 2010 · Filed Under COMMUNICATION

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