Voters Divided Over 'Assault Weapon' Ban
Proposals to ban certain types of weapons, including AR-15 rifles, in the wake of recent mass shootings have voters divided over whether such legislation would be constitutional.
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June 4, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 4, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
June 3, 2022
‘2000 Mules’: Documentary’s Message Resonates With Voters
The new documentary “2000 Mules,” which investigates evidence of widespread cheating in the 2020 presidential election, is hitting home with voters who have seen the film.
June 3, 2022
Republicans Expand Congressional Lead
The 2022 midterm elections are now 158 days away, and Republicans have an eight-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.
June 3, 2022
Politics as the Leisure of the Theory Class Michael Barone
Politics has increasingly become, for many Americans, the leisure of the theory class. That's a phrase from the early 20th century sociologist Thorstein Veblen, which I turned on its head in a recent column. He was condemning the showy consumerism of the contemporary rich for having no economically practical purpose. I, on the other hand, was describing the political preoccupations of contemporary people, mainly high-education liberals but also low-education populists, as having no practically achievable goals.
June 3, 2022
US and Ukraine, Goals in Conflict By Patrick J. Buchanan
Among the nations aiding Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion, America has been foremost. Yet the war interests of our two nations are not identical.
June 2, 2022
Most Americans Exercise Every Week
Americans consider exercise important, and the vast majority exercise at least once a week.
June 2, 2022
Do Government Workers Really Need a Raise?
Congress is considering a huge pay increase for federal employees, but a plurality of Americans think government workers are already better off than employees in the private sector.
June 2, 2022
The Outlook for the 2022 Senate Elections: A State-by-State Analysis By Alan I. Abramowitz
What a predictive model tells us about the last decade of results, as well as 2022
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Senate elections have become firmly yoked to their state’s presidential leanings.
— Democrats now hold a tiny Senate majority in large part because of their superior performance in otherwise Republican-leaning states, a performance they may find difficult to sustain because of deepening partisan polarization.
— Based on the fundamentals of state partisanship, incumbency, and the national political environment, Republicans have a good chance to pick up at least a seat and take back control of the upper chamber. But poor candidates could hurt their chances, as they have in some other recent Senate races.
June 1, 2022
Biden Approval Unchanged in May
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...
June 1, 2022
‘Hate Speech’ or Free Speech? Voters Divided
Most voters are concerned about “hate speech” on the Internet, but are divided about whether it can be suppressed without violating First Amendment free speech protections.
May 31, 2022
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending May 26, 2022
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of May 22-26, 2022, decreased to 91.2, down more than a point from 92.5 two weeks earlier.
May 31, 2022
Can ‘Red Flag’ Laws Prevent Mass Shootings?
Mental health problems are seen as a leading factor in mass shootings by young men, and voters overwhelmingly support so-called “red flag laws” to help prevent such tragedies.
May 31, 2022
House GOP Trust-busting Bill Is an Economic Disaster by Stephen Moore
With President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda in ruins, Democrats want to blame Big Business for the mayhem of high inflation and a collapsing stock market.
May 30, 2022
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-five percent (25%) 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 May 26, 2022.
May 30, 2022
Summer’s Here, and It’s Time for Vacation Plans
Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer for most Americans, nearly half of whom expect to take a vacation this summer.
May 28, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 28, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 27, 2022
Memorial Day: Remembering Fallen Heroes
As the nation prepares to celebrate Memorial Day, more than a third of Americans will remember someone close to them who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
May 27, 2022
Primary Results: Trump Repudiated, Republicans Enthused, Democrats Focused On Theoretical Issues by Michael Barone
Complete and utter repudiation. That's what a record number of Republican primary voters in Georgia administered to former President Donald Trump this Tuesday. The man he blamed for not contesting his narrow 2020 loss in the state, Gov. Brian Kemp, won renomination with 74% of the vote.
