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July 16, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 16, 2022

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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July 15, 2022

James Madison, 21st Century Pundit by Michael Barone

Could America's Founding Fathers see far, some 234 years, into the future? In declaring independence and fashioning a constitution, they were certainly trying to do so. And, in some cases, they succeeded. Consider this 78-word sentence written by James Madison and published as part of "Federalist 63" on March 1, 1788:

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July 15, 2022

Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan

At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finland?

July 14, 2022

Sex? Violence? Bad Words? Americans Worry About How Movies Impact Children

Are children seeing stuff in movies they aren’t ready to see? Most Americans think so.

July 14, 2022

58% ‘Very Proud’ to Be American

An overwhelming majority of voters believe America is the best country in the world, even though many of them believe the country to be “systemically” racist and sexist.

July 13, 2022

U.S. Constitution ‘Racist’ and ‘Sexist,’ Most Democrats Believe

The U.S. Constitution is overwhelmingly admired by American voters, but most Democrats believe our national charter is tainted by racism and sexism.

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July 13, 2022

Dictator Envy By John Stossel

Some Western leaders envy dictators' powers.

July 12, 2022

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending July 7, 2022

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of July 4-7, 2022, decreased to 88.7, down more than three points from 90.8 two weeks earlier.

July 12, 2022

Most Democratic Voters Want to ‘Abolish’ Supreme Court

While a majority of American voters still have a favorable opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, Democrats have turned against the court and would support radical changes to the institution.

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July 12, 2022

How Angela Merkel's Green Agenda Caused the Economic Collapse of Germany by Stephen Moore

Remember how the world, especially the American media, fawned over former German Chancellor Angela Merkel?

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July 12, 2022

New York Times to Biden -- Time to Go! By Patrick J. Buchanan

When President Joe Biden retired in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday night, he likely did not expect to find a severed horse's head under his bed covers.

July 11, 2022

19% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Nineteen percent (19%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending July 7, 2022.

July 11, 2022

U.S. Voters Don’t Want Ukraine to Cede Territory to Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has captured nearly all of the eastern Donbas region, but American voters don’t believe Ukraine should be willing to give up territory in a negotiated peace with Russia.

July 9, 2022

GOP Congressional Lead Now at 8 Points

The 2022 midterm elections are now 123 days away, and Republicans have an eight-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

July 9, 2022

Republicans Maintain 8-Point Congressional Lead

The 2022 midterm elections are now 116 days away, and Republicans have an eight-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

July 9, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 9, 2022

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

July 8, 2022

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Hits Record Low in July

Economic confidence decreased to 78.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly 10 points lower than June. The index is now at its lowest point since it began in 2014.

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July 8, 2022

Who's Behind Joe Biden's Leftward Lunge? by Michael Barone

What's going on with Joe Biden? Why is a president who ran and was elected as a centrist Democrat supporting one left-wing proposal after another? What has prompted the politician whose sensitivity to public opinion was finely honed for four decades to take one unpopular stand after another?

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July 8, 2022

Latest Symptoms of a Disintegrating Nation by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster," the tale is told that if you approached Webster's grave and called out his name, a voice would boom in reply, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?"

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July 7, 2022

High Courts, High Stakes 2022’s top state supreme court races by Louis Jacobson

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

-- State supreme court contests often attract little public attention, but they can carry significant weight on policy, especially in an era when courts are having to weigh in on such divisive topics as abortion and election administration.

-- About two-thirds of the states have some type of state supreme court election on the ballot this year, but as of now, 8 states stand out as the likeliest to have at least one genuinely competitive race this fall: North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Montana, Michigan, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Arkansas.