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December 21, 2021

The Biggest Corporate Welfare Recipients Ever by Stephen Moore

How much do solar, wind and electric vehicle companies get in federal handouts and tax loopholes in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill? Well over $100 billion in taxpayer largesse. If all the tax credits are included, that number could reach half a trillion dollars. No other industry in American history has ever received this lucrative a paycheck.

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December 21, 2021

What To Do About That Russian Ultimatum By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Get off our front porch. Get out of our front yard. And stay out of our backyard."

December 20, 2021

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 December 16, 2021.

December 20, 2021

Democrats Fear New COVID-19 Variants More, Trust Vaccine Over Natural Immunity

Most Americans are concerned about new variants of the COVID-19 virus, but Democrats are more concerned than others, and place more trust in vaccines to protect against the disease.

December 18, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 18, 2021

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

December 17, 2021

Americans Still Support Celebrating Christmas in School

Most Americans believe religious faith makes the world a better place, and are overwhelmingly in favor of allowing Christmas celebrations in schools.

December 17, 2021

The Gutting of Women’s Sports by Brian C. Joondeph

 Women’s sports came into their own with Title IX in 1972, leveling the playing field by providing funding that was lacking in the past. At that time there were only 300,000 women and girls participating in high school and college sports, but by 2012 that number increased to 3 million girls in high school sports and 190,000 in college sports, a sixfold increase.

December 17, 2021

Voters Don’t Like Congress, and ‘Build Back Better’ Won’t Help

Fewer than a third of voters have a favorable opinion of Congress, and most don’t support the “Build Back Better” legislation now pending in the Senate.

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December 17, 2021

Against the Religion of 'Woke Anti-Racism' by Michael Barone

"If you pull the camera back and think about 1965, and think about last week, there's been massive improvement. The question is why so many people pretend that that's not true."

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December 17, 2021

Biden Holds a Losing Hand By Patrick J. Buchanan

As President Joe Biden's poll numbers sank this fall, and the presidentially ambitious in his party began to stir, the White House put out the word.

December 17, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 17, 2022

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

December 16, 2021

Republicans Lead 48%-39% on Congressional Ballot

The 2022 midterm elections are now 327 days away, and Republicans maintain a strong lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

December 15, 2021

62% Say Christmas Is Too Commercialized

A religious holiday has become an occasion for shopping sales and watching holiday specials on TV, and nearly half of Americans think stores start the Christmas season too soon.

December 15, 2021

Crime: 68% Of Voters Say It’s Getting Worse

An overwhelming majority of voters are increasingly concerned about violent crime and, by a wide margin, they trust Republicans more than Democrats to deal with the problem.

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December 15, 2021

Deadly Delays by John Stossel

COVID-19 deaths are up. Politicians tell us to wear masks and get vaccinated.

December 14, 2021

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending December 9, 2021

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of December 5-9, 2021, increased to 87.8 up nearly two points from 86.2 two weeks earlier. The Immigration Index has been under the baseline in every survey since Election Day last year, and reached a record low of 82.3 in late March.

December 14, 2021

Most Maine Voters Against Amnesty in ‘Build Back Better’

Fewer than 1-in-4 Maine voters are in favor of an amnesty provision for illegal immigrants in the “Build Back Better” legislation, and most would vote against a member of Congress who supports the measure.

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December 14, 2021

The Greatest Financial Swindle of All Time By Stephen Moore

One of the most popular provisions of the 1994 Contract with America was a rule requiring Congress to live by the same laws that families and businesses are subject to.

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December 14, 2021

Are Autocrats Always Adversaries? By Patrick J. Buchanan

When did the political systems of 193 nations become the business of the government of the United States? And who elected us Americans to write the moral code for the regimes that rule other lands?

December 13, 2021

31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 December 9, 2021.