Biden Approval Declined in March
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...
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April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Most Disagree With Will Smith’s Oscar Slap
When Oscar-winning actor Will Smith slapped host Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday, more than a third of Americans thought Smith did the right thing.
April 1, 2022
Turning a Corner, Away from Excessive Risk Aversion by Micahel Barone
It feels like we're turning a corner.
April 1, 2022
Insult Diplomacy: Does Biden's Vilification of Putin Help? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Several weeks into the war in Ukraine, ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked President Joe Biden if he agreed with those who call Russian President Vladimir Putin "a killer."
March 31, 2022
Biden’s Wealth Tax – More Class Envy Rhetoric By Brain C. Joondeph
President Joe Biden, perhaps looking at the rising budget deficit along with his desire to spend far more money than the U.S. Treasury has in its coffers – not to mention his sinking poll numbers and dim prospects for his party in the November midterm elections – has proposed a wealth tax on the uber rich. The White House calls it the “billionaire minimum income tax” which is neither limited to billionaires nor a tax on income.
March 31, 2022
Are Lawsuits Driving Up Costs?
Fewer Americans think there are too many lawyers in the country, but a majority still think frivolous lawsuits are adding to the costs of health care and other goods and services.
March 31, 2022
Regime Change in Moscow? 70% Agree Putin Must Go
When President Joe Biden declared last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin could not remain in power, the White House scrambled to "walk back" that comment. It turns out, however, American voters overwhelmingly agree with the president's ad-libbed sentiment.
March 31, 2022
The Politics of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing Counties By Kyle Kondik
Trends help illuminate how their states have changed over the past decade, particularly in Florida and Texas.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported changes in population from 2020 to 2021.
— While the headline findings mainly dealt with population declines, a number of places (particularly in the Sun Belt) are still experiencing substantial growth.
— A little more than 5 dozen counties with at least 100,000 residents grew by 3% or more from April 2020 to July 2021. These counties are spread across 20 states.
— Almost all of these counties vote Republican for president, although GOP presidential performance has eroded in many of them.
— Nearly half of these counties are in Florida and Texas, and the differing presidential trends in these fast-growing counties help illustrate the changing political trajectory of each state.
March 30, 2022
Supreme Court: Most Democrats Feel GOP Senators Disrespected Jackson
A majority of voters are troubled by some of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s responses during last week’s confirmation hearings, but most Democrats think President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court was disrespected by Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee.
March 29, 2022
53% Have Already Filed Their Taxes
As the April 15 federal income tax deadline approaches, more than half of Americans have already filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
March 29, 2022
Taxes: 62% Say They Pay More Than Their Fair Share
At a time when President Joe Biden is reportedly considering new taxes on the rich, more Americans than ever think they already pay more than their fair share of taxes.
March 29, 2022
Asia's Autocrats Are Calling, Mr. Biden By Patrick J. Buchanan
While President Joe Biden was in Brussels and Warsaw showing U.S. solidarity with Ukraine, the 38-year-old autocrat who rules North Korea made a bold bid for the president's attention.
March 28, 2022
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 March 24, 2022.
March 28, 2022
Ukraine: Should the U.S. Do More?
A plurality of voters believe the United States isn’t doing enough to help Ukraine defeat the Russian invaders, even while a majority agree with a warning that President Joe Biden’s administration may be trying to do too much.
March 26, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 26, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 25, 2022
Supreme Court: 79% Expect Senate Will Confirm Jackson
Despite contentious Judiciary Committee hearings, most voters think it’s likely that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be confirmed by the Senate as the newest Supreme Court justice.
March 25, 2022
Another Party Hack President by Michael Barone
"The language people speak in the corridors of power is not economics or politics. It is history." So says former Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, quoted in a column on Ukraine by historian Niall Ferguson.
March 25, 2022
Is Victory for Ukraine Worth Risking Nuclear War? By Patrick J. Buchanan
During the 70 years that the Soviet Union existed, Ukraine was an integral part of the nation.
March 24, 2022
Hunter’s ‘Laptop From Hell’ Is an Important Story, Voters Say
Nearly two-thirds of voters say the story of Hunter Biden’s lost laptop is important and believe President Joe Biden was probably involved in his son’s foreign business deals.
