What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 17, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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April 17, 2021
April 16, 2021
J&J Vaccine Pause – Prudence or Politics? - A Commentary by Brian C. Joondeph
The FDA and CDC this week recommended a pause in COVID vaccinations of the Johnson & Johnson single shot vaccine due to a small number of reports of blood clots in individuals receiving the vaccine.
April 16, 2021
66% Say Most Cops Aren’t Racist
As the Minneapolis trial of a former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd nears its conclusion, most voters support their local police and reject claims that cops are racist.
April 16, 2021
Workers Don't Share Democrats' Nostalgia for Unions By Michael Barone
It wasn't even close. The final count was 1,798 against and 738 for, 71% to 29%.
April 16, 2021
Biden Bids Farewell to a 'Forever War' By Patrick J. Buchanan
"It is time to end the forever war."
April 15, 2021
Americans Confident in Online Commerce, But Don’t Trust Social Media Companies
After a data breach exposed Facebook users’ information, most Americans trust social media companies less than they do online retailers.
April 15, 2021
Most Voters Think Jury Will Convict Derek Chauvin, But Expect More Riots Anyway
As the trial of Derek Chauvin nears its conclusion, most voters expect the former Minneapolis police officer to be convicted in George Floyd’s death, but think riots will follow the verdict whatever the jury decides.
April 15, 2021
The Mini-Midterms: Five Takeaways from Six Decades of House Special Elections By Kyle Kondik
Races often break against president’s party; winners rarely lose next election.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— There have been nearly 300 U.S. House special elections since the mid-1950s.
— These elections more often flipped against the party that holds the White House — just like what often happens to the president’s party in midterm House elections — but the president’s party has scored some noteworthy wins, too, which can cloud the predictive value of special elections.
— Special election winners rarely lose their next election, but it does happen.
April 14, 2021
Americans Still Support English as Official Language
More than half the states have made English their official language, and nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that should be the policy nationwide.
April 14, 2021
Crowder Calls Out Censorship By John Stossel
The most viewed conservative commentator on YouTube is Steven Crowder with his channel, Louder with Crowder.
April 13, 2021
Majority of Voters Rate Congressional Performance ‘Poor’
Barely one-in-five voters approve of the job Congress is doing, and most rate congressional job performance as poor.
April 13, 2021
Election Integrity: 62% Don’t Think Voter ID Laws Discriminate
Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, they reject claims that voter ID laws are discriminatory.
April 13, 2021
Biden's Green Energy Plan Declares War on American Energy, A Commentary by Stephen Moore
Am I the only one who finds it head-scratching that President Joe Biden, who wants to spend $2 trillion of taxpayer money on "infrastructure," is the same president whose first act in the White House was to kill a multibillion-dollar oil and gas pipeline that would create some 15,000 jobs? The Keystone pipeline that he canceled was vital to our energy infrastructure and wasn't going to cost taxpayers a penny.
April 13, 2021
Putin & Xi Have Red Lines, Too By Patrick J. Buchanan
What are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping up to?
April 12, 2021
39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 April 8, 2021.
April 12, 2021
Most Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage, But Not to $15
Democrats in Congress want to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15, but while most Americans support increasing the minimum – currently $7.25 an hour – they balk at proposals to more than double it.
April 10, 2021
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 10, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
April 9, 2021
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Continues Rebound
Economic confidence rose to 114.1 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, up more than four points from March, the second consecutive monthly increase.
April 9, 2021
60% of Democrats Support Moving Baseball All-Star Game From Atlanta
After Georgia passed a new election law, Major League Baseball (MLB) decided to punish Georgia by moving the annual All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. Most Americans think it’s a bad idea to mix sports and politics, but a majority of Democratic voters say MLB made the right decision.
April 9, 2021
Will Joe Biden's Jim Crow Big Lie Boomerang? by Michael Barone
The big lie works -- until it doesn't.
