Most Voters Still Want Less Government, Lower Taxes
While President Joe Biden urges Congress to spend billions of dollars for new programs, most voters don’t think government spends taxpayer money wisely and want a less active role for government.
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May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021
Fox News Still Tops With Conservatives, But Newsmax, OAN Make Gains
A majority of conservative voters say Fox News Channel is their preferred source for TV news, but Newsmax and One America News (OAN) have gained viewers in the past year.
May 21, 2021
Reform Prosecutors May Hang on, but National Democrats May Not by Michael Barone
This week's Democratic primary election for Philadelphia district attorney could presage outcomes in the 2022 and 2024 elections, but not in the way the winner would like.
May 21, 2021
Did the GOP Just Dodge a Bullet? By Patrick J. Buchanan
When he took the floor of the Senate to reject the Democrats' Jan. 6 Commission, Mitch McConnell may have salvaged his party's chances to recapture the House in 2022.
May 20, 2021
COVID-19: Republicans Happiest About End of Mask Mandate
Most Americans approve the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks, but Republicans are most pleased.
May 20, 2021
The House: Democrats Would Have a Tough Slog Even Without Redistricting By Kyle Kondik
Our hypothetical ratings of House 2022 if no district lines changed.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The reapportionment of House seats and pending redistricting has prevented us from releasing U.S. House ratings so far this cycle.
— While Republicans stand to gain from this process, they would be favored to win the House even if the district lines were not changing.
— Rating the House races based on the current lines shows many more Democratic seats in the Toss-up column than Republican ones. These hypothetical ratings are guided by developments in the 2022 campaign so far as well as the normal tendency for the president’s party to lose ground in the House in midterms.
May 19, 2021
Jobs: Are Robots Taking Over?
A majority of Americans think it’s likely that robots and computers will do most jobs in the future, but fewer than one-in-seven believe their own job could be done by a robot.
May 19, 2021
59% Very Concerned About Cyberterrorism
In the wake of the hacking attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, most Americans are worried about threats to the nation’s computer network.
May 19, 2021
Labor Shortage Caused by Government by John Stossel
America has a record 8.1 million job openings.
May 18, 2021
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending May 13, 2021
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of May 9-13, 2021, rose to 88.1, up from 86.9 two weeks earlier. The index is now as high as it’s been since early February; it reached a record low of 82.3 in late March.
May 18, 2021
Conservative Viewers Are Better Informed About Important Topics
How big is the U.S. national debt? How many Americans don’t have health insurance? What’s the top tax rate? If you watch liberal news media, you’re more likely to get those answers wrong.
May 18, 2021
What Was Old Is Now New – The Misery Index by Brian C. Joondeph
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Economic news today has a familiar rhyme, at least for those of old enough to remember the 1970s. I am not referring to John Travolta strutting down Brooklyn sidewalks to the tune of “Stayin’ Alive” or big hair and leisure suits, but instead the Jimmy Carter presidency.
May 18, 2021
Democrats Follow the 'Science' and Reject Common Sense by Stephen Moore
Every time I hear Democrats sermonize about following "the science," I feel as though I'm listening to members of the Flat Earth Society. Science is what the left wants to believe to be true. It has become a way to shut off debate, not advance it. Remember: These were the fools who told us to shut down our schools for a year.
May 18, 2021
Bibi & Hamas -- Only Winners in Gaza War by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Israel is Winning Battles, Hamas is Winning the War."
May 17, 2021
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 13, 2021.
May 17, 2021
Major Middle East War More Likely, Voters Say
In the wake of Hamas rocket attacks on Israel, most voters believe the risk of war in the Middle East has grown.
May 15, 2021
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 15, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 14, 2021
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Rises to Highest Level Since November
Economic confidence rose to 123.7 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, up more than nine points from April, the third consecutive monthly increase.
May 14, 2021
Liberal Media Viewers Are Misinformed About Crime in America
Fewer than 50 unarmed black suspects were killed by police last year and more people were killed with knives than with so-called “assault weapons,” but viewers of MSNBC and CNN are far more likely than Fox News viewers to get those facts wrong.
May 14, 2021
British Labour's Problems Could Hurt Democrats, Too by Michael Barone
Five years ago next month, British voters, in the largest turnout ever, voted to leave the European Union by a 52% to 48% margin. It was an unexpected result, and a harbinger of Donald Trump's even more unexpected election as president five months later.
