52% of Voters Give Congress ‘Poor’ Rating
Less than nine months before the midterm elections, a majority of voters still think Congress is doing a lousy job.
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February 10, 2022
February 10, 2022
Ranking the States Demographically, from Most Republican-Friendly to Most Democratic-Friendly By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— For all 50 states, we looked at 3 variables that are increasingly linked with partisan voting patterns: education level, race, and urbanization.
— When the states are rank-ordered by their composite scores on these 3 measures, the Republican-voting states for the 2020 presidential election cluster on one end of the spectrum, while the Democratic-voting states cluster at the other end, with many battleground states somewhere in the middle.
— In both the top (Republican) and bottom (Democratic) halves of our 1-through-50 list, only 5 out of 25 states broke ranks by voting for the presidential candidate who was at odds with the state’s demographic tendencies. This suggests that these 3 demographic factors have a strong influence on presidential voting behavior.
February 9, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg: Most Americans Approve ABC’s Suspension of ‘View’ Host
ABC’s decision to suspend “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg for her comments about the Holocaust is supported by most Americans, who nonetheless think “cancel culture” is out of control.
February 9, 2022
Most Voters Support Removing Soft-on-Crime Prosecutors
With violent crime surging out of control nationwide, a majority of voters support proposed new laws that would replace local district attorneys who fail to prosecute criminals.
February 8, 2022
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending February 3, 2022
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 30-February 3, 2022, increased to 90.2, up more than four points from 85.9 two weeks earlier.
February 8, 2022
CNN: Most Voters Don’t Think Zucker’s Exit Will Help
Most voters don’t watch CNN very often, and don’t think the resignation of the cable network’s president Jeff Zucker will make much difference.
February 8, 2022
Why Are Liberals So Miserable? by Stephen Moore
I'm the kind of guy
Who never used to cry
The world is treatin' me bad
Misery -- The Beatles
February 8, 2022
Putin Wants His Own Monroe Doctrine By Patrick J. Buchanan
When the Union was fighting to preserve itself in the Civil War, the France of Napoleon III moved troops into Mexico, overthrew the regime of Benito Juarez, set up a monarchy and put Austrian Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg on the throne as Emperor of Mexico -- one month before Gettysburg.
February 7, 2022
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) 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 February 3, 2022.
February 7, 2022
Gun Violence: Most Americans Want Stricter Enforcement, Not New Laws
While President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass more gun control laws, most Americans believe stricter enforcement of existing laws would do more to reduce violent crime.
February 5, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 5, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
February 5, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 5, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
February 4, 2022
Tom Brady: Most Americans Think It Was Time He Retired
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement from professional football this week, and most Americans agree that it was time for the 44-year-old to hang up his cleats.
February 4, 2022
Returning to Normalcy on School Masks by Michael Barone
Are we returning to normalcy?
February 4, 2022
What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaking in Conroe, Texas, last weekend, former President Donald Trump accused his successor of allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally across our Southern border.
February 3, 2022
COVID-19: Most Democrats Want to Make Vaccine Mandatory for Students
Although a majority of Americans are against forcing public school students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly two-thirds of Democrats want to make vaccination mandatory.
February 3, 2022
Biden Approval Increased in February
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...
February 3, 2022
Voters Want Tough Border Enforcement, Disapprove of Biden Immigration Policy
Most voters believe President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is worse than former President Donald Trump’s policy, and expect the issue to affect the midterm elections in November.
February 3, 2022
Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work By Alan I. Abramowitz
Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party’s voter turnout.
— However, voting rules did not appear to have much impact on turnout and had no measurable impact on vote margins at the state level in the 2020 presidential election.
— Both voter turnout and voting decisions in 2020 were driven by the strong preferences held by the large majority of voters between the major party candidates.
