Most Democrats Favor Mandatory Masks, COVID-19 Vaccine for School Children
When children return to school this fall, will they be required to wear masks and get the COVID-19 vaccine? Democrats hope so.
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July 16, 2021
July 16, 2021
Joe Biden's Big Lie by Michael Barone
Did you know that Black people are not going to be allowed to vote in America anymore? At least in states controlled by Republicans. Sounds a bit unlikely, but that's a conclusion you might have come to if you took seriously what President Joe Biden said in Philadelphia Tuesday.
July 16, 2021
Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Traveling to Philadelphia Tuesday, President Joe Biden laid out in apocalyptic terms the gravity of the "threat" to American democracy from Republican efforts to reform and rewrite state election laws.
July 15, 2021
Voters Less Supportive of Publishing Official Email Leaks
Maybe it was the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s emails, or maybe it was the endless investigations of Donald Trump, but clearly something has happened to shift public opinion against the publication of leaked emails.
July 15, 2021
Most Democratic Voters Strongly Support Texas Walkout
Democratic lawmakers in Texas fled the state this week to prevent the GOP-controlled legislature from passing an election integrity bill, and most Democrats support the fugitive legislators.
July 15, 2021
Republican Governors Draw Primary Challengers, But History Suggests They Face Long Odds By J. Miles Coleman
Checking in on gubernatorial races in Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, and elsewhere.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— With months to go until the 2022 gubernatorial primaries, several Republican governors have drawn notable primary challengers.
— Still, it is relatively rare for sitting governors to lose renomination, and all GOP incumbents appear to be favored in their primaries.
— Most, though not all, Republican primary challengers who have emerged are running to the right of their incumbents.
— While we’re holding off on making any ratings changes for now, any primary upsets may prompt us to reevaluate some races.
July 14, 2021
Biden’s Argument for Afghanistan Withdrawal Gets Majority Support
Voters are divided over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but most agree with President Joe Biden’s explanation for the decision.
July 14, 2021
Break Rules By John Stossel
America has so many regulations that today, often the only way to do something new, to create something great, to prosper is to ignore rules.
July 13, 2021
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending July 8, 2021
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of July 6-8, 2021, declined to 89.3, down from 89.5 two weeks earlier. This is the second consecutive decrease in the index, following three months of gains.
July 13, 2021
Most Voters Reject Biden’s ‘Door-to-Door’ COVID-19 Vaccine Push
President Joe Biden said last week it is time to go “door-to-door” to vaccinate people against COVID-19, but most voters disagree.
July 13, 2021
OPEC and Big Oil's New Best Friend, Joe Biden By Stephen Moore
The price of oil surged to $75 a barrel the other day under President Joe Biden's green energy policies. The price was as low as $35 a barrel under former President Donald Trump because he believed in American energy dominance ("Drill, baby, drill"). So, more oil meant lower prices at the pump. It was effectively a massive, multibillion-dollar tax cut for lower- and middle-income earners of tens of billions of dollars a year.
July 13, 2021
Are the Good Times Over for Biden? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Are the Democrats headed for their Little Bighorn, with President Joe Biden as Col. Custer? The wish, you suggest, is father to the thought. Yet, consider.
July 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 July 8, 2021.
July 12, 2021
Protests May Reduce Olympic TV Audience
Most Americans expect to watch much of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics competition, but the prospect of political protests by athletes make many less likely to tune in.
July 10, 2021
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 10, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
July 9, 2021
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Down Again in July
Economic confidence fell to 108.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, down nearly 10 points from June, the second consecutive monthly decline.
July 9, 2021
58% Of Voters Agree: Media Are ‘Enemy of the People’
Voters overwhelmingly believe “fake news” is a problem, and a majority agree with former President Donald Trump that the media have become “the enemy of the people.”
July 9, 2021
When Did COVID-19 Really Begin? By Brian C. Joondeph
COVID-19 had been a global scourge approaching two years now. Anything that could be politicized has been, from public health recommendations to therapeutics and vaccines.
July 9, 2021
Both Parties Fail to Respond to Signals in the Political Marketplace by Michael Barone
I like to apply free market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians compete for votes and are rewarded for maximizing voters' preferences. As in economics, there are sometimes market failures, but mostly the system seems to be self-regulating.
July 9, 2021
Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission? By Patrick J. Buchanan
As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in Afghanistan.
