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February 4, 2022

What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Speaking in Conroe, Texas, last weekend, former President Donald Trump accused his successor of allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally across our Southern border.

February 3, 2022

COVID-19: Most Democrats Want to Make Vaccine Mandatory for Students

Although a majority of Americans are against forcing public school students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly two-thirds of Democrats want to make vaccination mandatory.

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February 3, 2022

Biden Approval Increased in February

When tracking President Biden’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture...

February 3, 2022

Voters Want Tough Border Enforcement, Disapprove of Biden Immigration Policy

Most voters believe President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is worse than former President Donald Trump’s policy, and expect the issue to affect the midterm elections in November.

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February 3, 2022

Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work By Alan I. Abramowitz

Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party’s voter turnout.

— However, voting rules did not appear to have much impact on turnout and had no measurable impact on vote margins at the state level in the 2020 presidential election.

— Both voter turnout and voting decisions in 2020 were driven by the strong preferences held by the large majority of voters between the major party candidates.

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February 2, 2022

Biden Approval Reached New Low in January

When tracking President Biden’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Biden’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.

February 2, 2022

Worst President Ever? Voters Rate Biden Below Trump, Obama

Most voters think President Joe Biden is one of the worst ever to hold the office, and rank him below his two immediate predecessors in the White House.

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February 2, 2022

Inflation by John Stossel

Inflation is the worst in 40 years.

February 1, 2022

Americans Still Like Amazon, But Worry About Local Business

While a majority of Americans have positive opinions about Amazon, they fear local businesses will suffer from the online competition.

February 1, 2022

Is Climate Change Making Winter Worse?

Most Americans say this winter hasn’t been worse than usual, but they believe climate change could cause severe snow storms.

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February 1, 2022

The Greatest Government Failure in American History by Stephen Moore

The tally for how much the federal government spent to combat COVID-19 is now estimated to be $5 trillion. It is more than the combined costs of World Wars I and II. The left is celebrating that politicians in Washington saved us. Really? From what exactly?

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February 1, 2022

NATO -- Strategic Asset or Liability? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia?

January 31, 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 January 27, 2022.

January 31, 2022

50% Support Biden’s Impeachment

Half of voters believe President Joe Biden should be impeached, and nearly as many think Republicans will do it if they win a congressional majority in the midterm elections.

January 29, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 29, 2022

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

January 28, 2022

COVID-19: 50% Think Media Exaggerate Pandemic

Fewer Americans approve of how the media are covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and half now think the threat of the virus is being exaggerated.

January 28, 2022

Supreme Court: Most Voters Don’t Like Picking Justices by Race and Gender

A majority of voters expect President Joe Biden to keep his campaign promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, but they don’t like the idea of choosing justices on the basis of race and gender.

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January 28, 2022

Voters Oppose 'Transformative' Policies, Want Reform of Dysfunctional Bureaucracies By Michael Barone

Do Americans really want transformative change? The evidence accumulates that they don't.

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January 28, 2022

Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating? by Patrick J. Buchanan

"What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people."

January 27, 2022

Democrats In Congress Too Liberal, Most Voters Believe

A majority of voters think congressional Democrats are too liberal, and agree with the Senate GOP leader that voters don’t want to “fundamentally transform America.”