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February 22, 2022

In the End, Sweden Did It Right by Stephen Moore

What if two years ago, when COVID-19 first hit these shores, our politicians hadn't panicked?

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February 22, 2022

Are Democrats Kicking Away Their Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Not so long ago, Democrats seemed the party of the future.

February 21, 2022

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 February 17, 2022.

February 21, 2022

Most Americans Say One President’s Day Is Enough

George Washington’s birthday (February 22, 1732) has been a federal holiday since 1879, but is colloquially known as President’s Day to include Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809). Despite their admiration for Lincoln, most Americans don’t think Honest Abe deserves a separate holiday. 

February 19, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 19, 2022

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

February 18, 2022

Republicans Expand Lead on Congressional Ballot

The 2022 midterm elections are now 263 days away, and Republicans have a 13-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

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February 18, 2022

Must Government Be a 'Big, Waddling, Sluggish Beast'? by Michael Barone

Itinerant policy journalist Ezra Klein, now with the New York Times, has highlighted something interesting about the Biden Democrats' now-defunct Build Back Better package -- something beyond its huge cost (trillions) and its failure to get majority support in the Democratic Congress, just like the single-payer health care bill that recently failed to pass in California's Democratic supermajority legislature.

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February 18, 2022

Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine? By Patrick J. Buchanan

When NBC's Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue Americans fleeing Ukraine, Biden replied: "There's not. That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another."

February 17, 2022

Worse Than Watergate? Most Voters Believe Clinton Campaign Scandal ‘Very Important’

A majority of voters think special counsel John Durham’s accusations against Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign are very important, and agree with former President Donald Trump that it’s a scandal worse than Watergate.

February 17, 2022

66% Of Voters Believe Biden Should Take Mental Test

Most voters believe that President Joe Biden’s mental abilities have declined since he took office, and two-thirds agree with GOP members of Congress who have urged the president to take a cognitive test and release the results.

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February 17, 2022

The “Big Sort” Continues, with Trump as a Driving Force By Rhodes Cook

Number of blowout counties spiked in 2016, endured in 2020.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— More than 20% of the nation’s counties gave 80% or more of its 2-party presidential votes to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.

— Trump won the vast majority of these counties, but because Biden’s blowout counties are much more populous, he got many more votes out of his “super landslide” counties than Trump got out of his.

— Trump’s blowouts were concentrated in white, rural counties in the Greater South, Interior West, and Great Plains, while Biden’s were in a smattering of big cities, college towns, and smaller counties with large percentages of heavily Democratic nonwhite voters.

February 16, 2022

COVID-19: Democrats Still Support Mask Requirements

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have grown tired of mandatory mask policies, but Democratic voters remain convinced that masks are effective and should be required in public places, including schools.

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February 16, 2022

Canceling Joe by John Stossel

Joe Rogan is amazing.

February 15, 2022

Most Americans Don’t See Brighter Future for Children

Economic pessimism has taken hold and fewer Americans believe today’s children will be better off than their parents.

February 15, 2022

59% of U.S. Voters Support Canadian Truckers in ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protest

Canada’s prime minister has invoked emergency powers in an attempt to shut down a protest by truckers seeking an end to COVID-19 restrictions, but most American voters support the so-called “Freedom Convoy” – and think a similar protest here would be a good idea.

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February 15, 2022

Under Pandemic Lockdowns, the Rich Got Richer and the Poor Got Crushed By Stephen Moore

Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the heavy-handed government lockdowns of businesses, restaurants, schools, churches and parks did more harm than good to our health and well-being.

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February 15, 2022

The Richard Nixon His Loyalists Knew by Patrick J. Buchanan

Whenever America is polarized, as it is today, people go back in memory and history to recall other times their nation was so divided.

February 14, 2022

30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty percent (30%) 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 February 10, 2022.

February 14, 2022

Valentine's Day: Romantic Dinner Is Favorite

Forget about flowers and candy – a dinner with someone special is what most people want for Valentine’s Day.

February 12, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 12, 2022

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