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August 9, 2021

35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 August 5, 2021.

August 9, 2021

COVID-19: Two-Thirds of Democrats Say Proof of Vaccination Should Be Required

Politics divides the nation over plans to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, with Democrats strongly favoring the idea while most other Americans are against it.

August 6, 2021

Most Americans See Political Correctness As a Threat to Free Speech

“Cancel culture” is everywhere now, and nearly two-thirds of Americans see political correctness as an infringement of free speech.

August 6, 2021

Cuomo Scandal: 73% Say NY Governor Should Resign

Voters overwhelmingly think scandal-plagued New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign, but most think it is unlikely he actually will resign, and instead expect the state legislature to impeach him.

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August 6, 2021

The Manhattan Project's 'Martians' Didn't Look Like America by Michael Barone

The Manhattan Project didn't look like America. Undertaken today, it would be criticized for failing to meet diversity and inclusion guidelines.
Today's human resources department professionals would be triggered if they looked at the list of physicists hired to produce what President Franklin Roosevelt was told could be a uranium-based bomb "with a destructiveness vastly greater than anything now known." They would be astounded that the president, in his haste to develop such a weapon, as he put it, "before Hitler got it," authorized the hiring of scientists without any attempt to match the diversity of the American population.

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August 6, 2021

A Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Gulf of Oman? By Patrick J. Buchanan

A week ago, the MT Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned tanker managed by a U.K.-based company owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman, was struck by drones.

COVID vaccine mask confidence
August 5, 2021

COVID-19: Vaccine Confidence Grows, But Voters Expect Continuing Mask Mandates

More voters say they’re very confident in the COVID-19 vaccine, even as half expect to Americans will be required to wear masks in public at least another six months. And a majority believe public health should take precedence over individual liberty as the pandemic continues.

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August 5, 2021

Redistricting in America, Part Three: The Republicans’ Southern Prizes By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

The GOP gerrymandering possibilities in FL, GA, NC, and TX

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Democrats tried but failed to get a seat at the redistricting table in four large Southern states in the 2018 and 2020 cycles: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas.

— The consequences for redistricting are vitally important. It’s easy to imagine Republicans squeezing a half-dozen extra seats out of just these four states in 2022, and that may be just a floor on their potential gains.

— However, Republicans could also overreach, and court battles appear likely in all of these states.

August 4, 2021

60% of Voters Say America Is More Divided

America has become more divided since President Joe Biden was elected, most voters believe, and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are contributing to that division.

August 4, 2021

Election Integrity: 74% Of Voters Support Photo ID Requirement

Voters overwhelmingly believe it’s important to prevent cheating in elections and agree that requiring photo identification is a reasonable measure to ensure election integrity.

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August 4, 2021

Unfair Competition By John Stossel

"Why do I have to compete against a male body?" complains mountain bike racer Leia Schneeberger in my new video.

Jan 6 Capitol Riot Hearings
August 3, 2021

Capitol Riot: 59% of Voters Say Investigation Important, But Democrats Care More

Most voters consider the House select committee’s investigation of the January 6 Capitol riot to be important, but it is much more important to Democrats than to others.

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August 3, 2021

American Tech Sector Keeps Blowing Away the Rest of the World by Stephen Moore

Take a bow, America. It's official and irrefutable: The U.S. is blowing out the rest of the world in tech leadership. No other country in the world comes anywhere close in tech innovation and the dominance of our made-in-America 21st-century companies.

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August 3, 2021

America's 'Great Leap Forward' Into Socialism By Patrick J. Buchanan

Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican.

August 2, 2021

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 July 29, 2021.

August 2, 2021

COVID-19: Two-Thirds of Democrats Want Mandatory Masks, Even After Vaccination

Amid growing concern about the “Delta variant” of COVID-19, politics divides Americans over the response, with Democratic voters overwhelmingly in favor of a return to requiring masks in public.

July 31, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 31, 2021

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

July 31, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 7, 2021

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

July 31, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2021

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

July 30, 2021

Voters Rate Congress Even Lower

Nothing that Congress has done in the past three months has improved their standing with voters, most of whom continue to rate congressional job performance as poor.