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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.”

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January 27, 2022

The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately By Louis Jacobson

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— In almost half the states, governors and lieutenant governors are either nominated separately, or else the official who is next in the line of succession is elected separately.

— This makes it reasonably common for the governor and lieutenant governor to come from separate parties. Currently, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Vermont fall into this category. Sometimes these pairings work smoothly; other times, they don’t.

— Even governors and lieutenant governors from the same party can have relationships that range from distant to acrimonious. There are recent examples of this phenomenon in Idaho and Rhode Island.

— In states where gubernatorial candidates cannot choose their running mates, it may be harder for them to win the governorship in the first place.

January 26, 2022

Most Workers Don’t Expect Wage Increases

American workers are now less optimistic they’ll get a raise soon, but most plan to hold on to the job they’ve got.

January 26, 2022

Only 31% Want U.S. Troops to Defend Ukraine

With Russia threatening to invade Ukraine, less than a third of voters want American troops deployed to defend against such an attack.

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January 26, 2022

Sick City By John Stossel

San Francisco's liberal mayor declared a "state of emergency" to try to deal with the city's "nasty streets."

January 25, 2022

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending January 20, 2022

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 16-20 2022, decreased to 85.9 down three points from 88.9 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 2021.

January 25, 2022

Election Integrity: 63% Support ‘Truly Bipartisan’ Reform

Most voters are happy with last week’s defeat of Democrat-backed election reform legislation, and support a GOP senator’s call for a bipartisan bill.

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January 25, 2022

The Most Dangerous Virus Today Is Runaway Government Spending By Stephen Moore

When I came to Washington, D.C., in 1985, Ronald Reagan was president. I was working for the Reagan budget office. We did something we weren't very proud of at the time. We introduced the first $1 trillion budget in American history, which was unthinkable. One trillion dollars. There are 12 zeroes in a trillion. A trillion is a million dollars times a million. The budget deficit hit $200 billion and 6% of our entire GDP. Again, unthinkable.

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January 25, 2022

Is Biden Right? Does the Left Own the Future? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Before he appeared at his first solo news conference of 2022, President Joe Biden knew he had a communications problem he had to deal with.

January 24, 2022

28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 20, 2022.

January 24, 2022

More Now View the Economy as Unfair, Especially to Minorities

Voters increasingly see the U.S. economy as being unfair, and think it is especially unfair to blacks and Hispanics.

January 22, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 22, 2022

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

January 21, 2022

Inflation, Crime Are Top Voter Concerns

Voters are significantly more worried about inflation and violent crime than they are about COVID-19 or climate change.

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January 21, 2022

Abolish Parenthood? No, Family Trumps 'Equity' by Michael Barone

"California should abolish parenthood, in the name of equity." That's the headline of a Ventura County Star column by Zocalo Public Square's Joe Mathews. "Want true equity?" the San Francisco Chronicle headlined the same column three days later. "California should force parents to give away their children."