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November 30, 2020

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 November 24, 2020.

November 30, 2020

Voters Positive About America’s Future, Greatness, But Party ID Matters

Americans are still confident about where the country is headed, but Democrats are a lot more optimistic than others that the best is still to come.

November 28, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 28, 2020

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

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November 27, 2020

Hey, Joe! These Are Our Demands By Ted Rall

Progressives and other leftists promise/threaten to pressure/take to the streets to make demands of President-elect Joe Biden if/when he falls short of our expectations. We on the left don't want to be one of those bad bosses who tells you your work isn't good enough but never says what they expect from you in the first place, so you're reduced to fumbling around in the dark.

November 27, 2020

33% Still Plan In-person Black Friday Shopping

With anti-coronavirus restrictions being reimposed in many areas, Americans are less likely to do any in-person Black Friday shopping this year, while online holiday shopping appears ready to edge past last year’s record pace.

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November 27, 2020

A Historic Presidency By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the first two decades of the century, President-elect Joe Biden's choice for secretary of state supported U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. He was an ever-reliable liberal interventionist.

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November 27, 2020

Republicans Retain a Marginal Advantage in Redistricting By Michael Barone

One of the many big surprises in this month's surprising election was the Democrats' failure to overturn Republican majorities in state legislatures. Various Democratic committees budgeted $88 million to flip majorities in big states such as Texas, Florida and North Carolina. Total gains: zero.

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November 25, 2020

Many Still Plan to Travel This Thanksgiving

Health officials have encouraged Americans not to travel this Thanksgiving to prevent a coronavirus surge, but travel plans appear to be down only slightly.

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November 25, 2020

COVIDGATE (Part Two): Clinical Trials and Crusader Bias By Michelle Malkin

Participants in Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials can't stop blabbing. The media is overflowing with testimonials explaining "Why I Volunteered" or "What It Was Like To Participate In The Clinical Trial For Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine." Loudmouth liberal writer Molly Jong-Fast publicly begged for beatification:

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November 25, 2020

Private Property's Harvest By John Stossel

I'm thankful.

Yes, we've got the pandemic, lockdowns, a worsening deficit, etc.

But we still live in a relatively free country at the most prosperous time in human history.

November 24, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending November 19, 2020

With likely new President Joe Biden vowing to undo many of the immigration restrictions imposed by President Trump, the Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of November 15-19, 2020 fell to 96.6 from 102.6 the week before. This is the lowest finding since the Index debuted last December.

November 24, 2020

Most Reject Big Government But Expect Biden to Grow It Anyway

Most voters continue to view big government as a problem and don’t want it, but they strongly suspect that more government and higher taxes are on the way with Joe Biden in the White House.

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November 24, 2020

Paris Climate Treaty Puts America Last By Stephen Moore

Here we are in the midst of the second wave of a once-in-a-half-century pandemic, with the economy flattened and millions of Americans unemployed and race riots in the streets of our major cities. And Joe Biden says that one of his highest priorities as president will be to ... reenter the Paris Climate Accord.

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November 24, 2020

What Trump Will Leave in Biden's Inbox By Patrick J. Buchanan

Dismissing President Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 election remains undecided, Joe Biden has begun to name his national security team.

November 23, 2020

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 November 19, 2020.

November 23, 2020

Democrats Like One-Party Rule More Than Others

With Democrats on the brink of one-party rule in Washington, D.C., it’s no surprise that they like the idea a lot more than other voters do.

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November 21, 2020

Why Democrats Lost and Will Keep Losing Elections By Ted Rall

Why, Democrats have been asking, do so many poor white people vote for a Republican Party that doesn't care about or do anything for them? The most common reply is: Democrats are snobby coastal elites who talk down to them. Classic example courtesy of former President Barack Obama, who said of voters in the Rust Belt: "They get bitter. They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment, as a way to explain their frustrations."

November 21, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 21, 2020

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

November 20, 2020

Democrats Are More Enthusiastic About COVID Vaccine Since Biden Won

Democrats are a lot more eager to get the anti-coronavirus vaccine now that it appears Joe Biden will be administering the shot.

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November 20, 2020

Is Trump Exiting Afghanistan -- to Attack Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan

With the Pentagon's announcement that U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be cut in half -- to 2,500 -- by inauguration day, after 19 years, it appears the end to America's longest war may be in sight.