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FOR PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY: Daily Snapshot
Biden Trails McCain and Giuliani by Double Digits
Poll: Most Oppose Bush Plan for More Troops in Iraq
Consumer Economic Confidence in Chicagoland Improves Significantly
Romney Enters White House Race, Trails All Democrats
Confidence in War on Terror Falls Again
38% Believe It's Better For Different Parties to Control Congress & White House
48% Trust Dem Leaders in Congress, 38% Trust Bush
Pelosi: 43% Have Favorable Opinion of New House Speaker
Lower Job Satisfaction Prompts Year-End Decline in Worker Confidence
42% Will Make New Year's Resolution
Bush Job Approval at 44%
Consumer Index at 121.9


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Romney Enters White House Race, Trails All Democrats
In match-ups against leading Democrats, Romney now trails John Edwards 54% to 32%.
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Daily Snapshot

For Premium Members Only: See results of 2008 Presidential Match-ups featuring Romney vs. Clinton & Gore.

Also, view favorability ratings for Robert Gates and various Election 2008 Presidential Candidates.
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42% Still Want Allies to Follow USA
American voters are increasingly willing to follow the lead of our allies in the interests of international cooperation.
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Bush Job Approval
Updated daily by Noon Eastern.
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List of articles released each day for the past two months.
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Election 2006
"One clear lesson from the Republican victory of 2004 and the Democratic victory of 2006 is that the best place to look for polls that are spot on is RasmussenReports.com."

Michael Barone,

Senior Writer for U.S. News & World Report and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Employee Costs Not Likely to Jump with Minimum Wage
Seventy percent of small business owners say an increase in the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour would have no impact on their employee costs. "This most likely reflects that many small business owners pay more than the minimum wage to their employees," Rachakonda said.
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Job Loss Concerns Temper Steady Hiring Expectations
Expected hiring remained steady in December as 30 percent of workers anticipated their firms would hire in coming months. However, the number of workers worried about losing their jobs rose from 17 to 18 percent this month. This trend was exacerbated among private firm managers, who reported a three point increase in job loss concerns, as well as a three point increase in expected layoffs.
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Job Security Concerns Take FL Worker Confidence to 2006-Low
Worker confidence in Florida fell to a 2006-low in December, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index SM plummeted nine points to 112.4. Declining optimism around personal finances, expected layoffs and job security contributed to the decrease. The latest reading is well below last December, when the state’s Index registered 120.4.
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LIFESTYLE

Only 9% Predict 2007 to Be Best Year Ever
Looking ahead to 2007, hopes are in place for a somewhat better year. Nine percent (9%) expect 2007 to be one of the best years ever while an additional 48% say it will be good or excellent. Just 10% believe the year ahead will be a poor one.
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Most Believe Man Will Walk on Mars in Next 25 Years
Fifty-three percent (53%) say it is at least somewhat likely that man will walk on Mars within the next 25 years. That’s a little changed from 55% in a survey conducted a year-and-a-half ago.
Fifty-six percent (55%) of Americans believe it is somewhat or very likely that life exists on other planets. Twenty-two percent (22%) say it’s not very likely and 13% believe it is not at all likely.
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Most Likely to Keep New Year's Resolutions
Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans say that they will make a New Year’s Resolution for 2007. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of 1,000 adults found that 51% will not. Watching football on New Year’s Day is a bigger part of the national ritual—47% say they’ll be watching a game.
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Congressional Ratings: 11% Rate Congress Good or Excellent

Just 11% of American voters give the outgoing Congress good or excellent marks. That’s down from 13% two weeks ago and 15% on Election Day. The latest Rasmussen Reports tracking survey finds that 38% say Congress has done a “fair” job while 47% give it a poor rating.

Voter dissatisfaction with Congress comes through loud and clear in this survey. Just 14% say that Congress has passed legislation that improved the quality of American life, down from 17% on Election Day. Sixty-one percent (61%) say Congress hasn’t done a thing to improve the lives of most Americans. Read More...


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