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September 26, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 26, 2020

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

September 25, 2020

Most Are Sending Their Kids Back to School If They’re Open

Just over half of Americans report that schools are open for in-person teaching where they live, and most parents in these communities are sending their kids back to school despite the lingering coronavirus threat. Perhaps in part that’s because parents question whether at-home learning is working.

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September 25, 2020

62% Say Trump Has Changed the Republican Party

Voters are closely divided over whether Joe Biden’s lifetime in politics is a positive or a negative, but most agree President Trump’s lifetime in business has changed the direction of the Republican Party.

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September 25, 2020

Who's Violating Norms These Days? By Michael Barone

Norms, we are told, matter. Violating norms, recklessly disregarding norms -- these are charges on which President Donald Trump is often arraigned in the court of public opinion.

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September 25, 2020

All the Chips Are on the Table Now By Patrick J. Buchanan

"As everyone knows, I made it clear that my first choice for the Supreme Court will make history as the first African American woman justice."

September 24, 2020

Most Don’t Blame Climate Change for Spread of Forest Fires

Most voters agree the incidence of wildfires is up this year, but they don’t buy that climate change is the main reason the fires are spreading.

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September 24, 2020

States of Play: Ohio By Kyle Kondik

After Trump maxed out the Buckeye State’s rural areas and small town areas, can Biden max out the suburbs?

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Ohio insiders believe that the state is closer than last time, and that Donald Trump is struggling mightily in suburban areas.

— Still, Ohio should vote considerably to the right of the nation, thanks to its high percentage of white voters who don’t have a four-year college degree — a strong group for Trump — and its smaller-than-average nonwhite population, a group that is very Democratic.

— Suburban areas in general, and the Cincinnati and Dayton areas in particular, would likely be a key part of a Biden path to victory. But Trump is still better-positioned to win the state.

September 23, 2020

White House Watch: Biden Inches Back

Democratic nominee Joe Biden is back in the lead, just barely, in the latest Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey.

September 23, 2020

33% Agree Coronavirus Lockdown Is Historic Assault on Civil Liberties

Politics continues to be a major defining factor when voters are asked about America’s response to the coronavirus. One-third of voters share U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s assessment that the resulting national lockdown is an unprecedented assault on civil liberties.

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September 23, 2020

Sunrise Movement: The Riotous Left's Pot-Banging Brats By Michelle Malkin

Wake up. The "community organizers" of the left are in full wildebeest mode. Now is not the time for bending down, rolling over or playing nice. From now until Election Day (and likely until the end of the year), you can expect screaming banshees carrying identical, preprinted signs to turn up in the middle of the night at the private homes of elected politicians, Donald Trump campaign and administration officials, law enforcement officers, judges and conservative leaders.

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September 23, 2020

Bad Policies Fuel Fires By John Stossel

"Mother Earth is angry!" says Nancy Pelosi in my newest video.

"The debate is over around climate change!" says California Governor Gavin Newsom, smirking, strangely.

September 22, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending September 17, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of September 13-17, 2020 rose to 104.0 from 101.4 the week before.

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September 22, 2020

Biden Anti-Business Agenda Would Wreck the Economy By Stephen Moore

The Democrats are rewriting history, celebrating the Obama record on the economy as if these were the salad days for America. In Washington parlance, that is called "misremembering." The reality is that the Obama tax-and-regulate agenda led to the weakest economic recovery from a recession since the Great Depression.

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September 22, 2020

Last Best Chance to Capture Supreme Court By Patrick J. Buchanan

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are on the cusp of making history.

September 21, 2020

31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 September 17, 2020.

September 21, 2020

83% of GOP Voters Want Trump To Fill Ginsburg’s Seat

Republicans overwhelmingly want President Trump to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s U.S. Supreme Court seat, but among all voters, just over half think he should leave the position vacant for the winner of the presidential election to fill.

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September 19, 2020

If Biden Loses, This Will Be Why By Ted Rall

It would be a stretch to say that Joe Biden is in trouble. He is ahead in the polls, including in states where Donald Trump won last time. Unlike Trump, whose campaign is apparently nearly broke, Biden's campaign is raking in corporate donations.

September 19, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 19, 2020

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

September 18, 2020

45% Say Trump Deserves Nobel Peace Prize

President Trump has been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize following the new U.S.-brokered peace deals in the Middle East. Americans are evenly divided over whether he deserves it.

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September 18, 2020

Beyond the Polls, Trump is Sitting Pretty By Brian C. Joondeph

Labor Day is in the rear-view mirror meaning that the presidential campaign is in full swing. With less than two months until the big day, the electoral winds appear to be blowing in President Trump’s direction.