Rasmussen Poll Shows Dems Gaining Trust on Economy

Rasmussen Reports released a poll that shows that Democrats are now trusted more than Republicans when it comes to handling the economy. The percentage was 50% for Democrats and 35% for Republicans on which party the people poll trusted more to handle the economy.

According to Rasmussen the Democrats lead on this issue has grown since the election. Prior to the election the results were 51% for the Democrats and 42% for the Republicans. Rasmussen also reports that non-investors the spread were 64% to 22%, but investors the spread was only 43% to 41%.

You can read more about this poll here.

Rasmussen Reports GOP Likes Palin, Dems and Independents, Not So Much

Rasmussen Reports released the findings of a poll concerning views Republicans have of Sarah Palin. The interesting thing is that while 91% of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, 81% of Democrats and 57% of Independents have an unfavorable view of her.

What's also interesting is that 69% of Republicans think that she helped the GOP ticket while only 20% of Republicans think she was a liability. Of the Republicans polled, 64% back Palin for the 2012 Republican nomination, while 12% back Mike Huckabee and 11% back Mitt Romney.

The full article from Rasmussen can be read here.

Rasmussen Reports Running Daily Presidential Primary Tracking Polls

Rasmussen Reports are running daily presidential primary tracking polls and posting them online. The daily poll on the Democratic Presidential primary vote is showing a definite tightening of the race between Clinton and Obama. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo wonders if this is the first evidence of the effect that the revelations about the retiring pastor of Barack Obama's church are having on the race.