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November 20, 2020Californians -- and Americans -- Reject Racial Quotas and Preferences By Michael Barone
Among the most surprising of the multiple surprising results in this election was California's rejection of Proposition 16. The ballot measure was supported by the Democratic supermajorities in the state legislature; by long-established corporations and Silicon Valley tech firms; by leaders of mainline churches and nonprofit organizations. Some $20 million was spent on its behalf and only $1 million in opposition.

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                            November 19, 202061% Think Trump Should Concede to Biden
Most voters now believe President Trump should admit that he lost the election, although they’re less certain their friends and neighbors would agree. They’re more closely divided, however, over whether the Democrats stole the election as Trump contends.
November 19, 2020Senate 2022: An Early Look By Kyle Kondik
Democrats may ultimately have a better shot to win the Senate than the House in two years, although winning either will be challenging.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Democrats may have a better chance of winning the Senate in 2022 than holding the House, even if Democrats lose both Georgia special elections in January.
— The president’s party often struggles in midterms, which gives the GOP a generic advantage in the battle for Congress.
— The Republicans’ three most vulnerable Senate seats may all be open in 2022.

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                            November 18, 2020More Americans See Positive COVID Results But Little Change in State Restrictions
As positive COVID cases cross the 11 million mark in the United States, more Americans are now saying they or someone in their immediate family have gotten a positive test result. But even as these numbers climb, there has been little perceived change in how states are handling lockdown restrictions.
November 18, 2020COVIDGATE: The Corruption of Clinical Trials (Part One) By Michelle Malkin
"Truly striking." "Tremendous." "Extraordinary." "Miraculous." "A great day for science and humanity." Those are just a few of the hyperbolic responses from government health officials and Big Pharma cheerleaders to preliminary COVID vaccine trial data released by Pfizer and Moderna this past week.
November 18, 2020The Climate Hustle By John Stossel
I hear that climate change will destroy much of the world.

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                            November 17, 2020Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending November 12, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of November 8-12, 2020 has climbed to 102.6 from 98.5 the week before.

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                            November 17, 2020New High of 60% Say China Should Pay Some of World’s Coronavirus Costs
More voters than ever consider China an enemy and think the Asian giant should pick up the tab for at least some of the global costs of the coronavirus.
November 17, 2020Why the Media Trash Trump's Superrecovery By Stephen Moore
Let's be honest: The Democrats and the media want the economy to crash before Joe Biden enters the White House in January. They have been rooting against the economy for four years now.
November 17, 2020Beijing Sends Biden a Warning By Patrick J. Buchanan
Because of Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden thundered during the campaign, the U.S. "is more isolated in the world than we've ever been ... America First has made America alone."

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                            November 16, 202035% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 12, 2020.

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                            November 14, 2020What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 14, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            November 13, 2020Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence On The Rise Going Into Election
In the days prior to the 2020 presidential election, economic confidence jumped to 126.4 in the Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, up nine points from October but still shy of the highest finding since March when states started locking down due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
November 13, 2020A Country Where People Are Afraid to Tell Pollsters What They Think By Michael Barone
"I like a good contrarian argument as much as the next guy," tweets mild-mannered RealClearPolitics senior elections analyst Sean Trende, "but there's really no getting around the fact that the 2020 polling was a pile of steaming garbage."
November 13, 2020Who Owns the Future? Dems or GOP? By Patrick J. Buchanan
For Republicans, the returns were mixed on Nov. 3.
Though he carried burdens unrivaled by a president since Herbert Hoover -- a plague that has killed 230,000 Americans in eight months and crashed the economy to depths not seen since the '30s - Donald J. Trump amassed 72 million votes, the largest total in Republican Party history.

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                            November 12, 2020Voters Still See A Divided America, But Lack Confidence That A Trump Defeat Will Help
Voters continue to see a more divided America after four years of the Trump presidency. While half of voters place the blame at Trump’s feet, nearly as many don’t see it getting any better if Biden takes his seat in the White House.
November 12, 2020Notes on the State of the 2020 Election By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Biden’s thin margins in the decisive states; third party vote declines; Senate aligns more closely with presidential partisanship; Republicans demonstrate down-ballot crossover appeal.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Joe Biden is on track to exceed Barack Obama’s 2012 popular vote margin, but his victory in the key states is even narrower than Donald Trump’s in 2016.
— Less than 2% of the national vote went to candidates other than Biden and Trump, a significant change from 2016.
— Assuming nothing changes, as many as 94 of 100 senators in the next Congress will share the same party as the state’s presidential winner.
— The ability to generate crossover support helped Republicans perform surprisingly well in both Senate and House races.

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                            November 11, 2020Most Decided Their Vote Over A Month Ago, Worry About Voter Fraud
Voting patterns in this year’s presidential election are virtually the same as those in 2016, with most voters making their decision weeks before Election Day. But over a quarter of voters worry their vote won’t be correctly counted.
November 11, 2020No Time for Phony Healing By Michelle Malkin
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not forgive.
November 11, 2020Freeloader U By John Stossel
Yale University has fancy dining halls. They pay no property tax.
Local restaurants struggle to compete, but their tax burden makes that hard.