24% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-four percent (24%) 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 16, 2020.
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July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
Voters See Media A Lot More Eager To Help Biden Than Trump
Voters still think most news reporters are biased and will continue to help Joe Biden a lot more than President Trump in their coverage of the presidential campaign.
July 18, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 18, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
July 18, 2020
Like Trump, Biden Would Be a Right-Wing President By Ted Rall
What would President Joe Biden do? His supporters are making it hard to read the tealeaves.
They say he'd appoint a great Cabinet. But he won't tell us who would be in it.
July 17, 2020
For Most, Political Correctness Is Killing Freedom of Speech
Most Americans continue to see political correctness as a problem that is killing free speech in this country.
July 17, 2020
63% Say Most News Organizations Are Politically Biased
Following the high-profile resignation of a New York Times opinion page editor, most voters are eager to find fair and balanced media coverage but think the majority of news organizations these days are politically biased.
July 17, 2020
Trump Opponents' Worst Traits Are Trump's Fault By Michael Barone
You could say it's all Donald Trump's fault. His bad qualities -- his carelessness about facts, his obstinance about admitting error, his contempt for others' views -- have turned out to be contagious, to the point that you could argue they're more damaging to his opponents than to him.
July 17, 2020
Is America Up for a Naval War with China? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is the U.S., preoccupied with a pandemic and a depression that medical crisis created, prepared for a collision with China over Beijing's claims to the rocks, reefs and resources of the South China Sea?
July 16, 2020
51% Want to Scrap Electoral College
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent “faithless elector” decision focuses attention once again on the Electoral College’s role in presidential elections. Just over half of voters are ready to set the Founding Fathers’ Electoral College aside.
July 16, 2020
Voters Say Biden Far More Likely Than Trump To Raise Taxes
Joe Biden has promised to raise taxes, and voters believe him. Voters are nearly twice as likely to think Biden will raise their taxes than President Trump will.
July 16, 2020
The Future Shape of the Senate By Louis Jacobson
How 2020 sets up 2022 and 2024.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The Constitution divides the Senate into three “classes” that face the voters on six-year cycles. Under today’s political dynamics, the class that faced the voters in 2018 was favorable to the Republicans, while the class that faces the voters in 2020 is favorable to the Democrats.
— What about the class that faces the voters in 2022? Our analysis shows that this class is also favorable to the Democrats.
— If the Democrats manage to seize the Senate majority in 2020, the relatively pro-Democratic map in 2022 could insulate the party somewhat if Joe Biden is elected president and a midterm backlash benefiting the GOP emerges.
— The Democrats will need to run up the score in the Senate in both 2020 and 2022 if they are going to keep the majority past the 2024 elections, when the Republicans benefit from an extremely favorable map for their party.
July 15, 2020
White House Watch: Trump Narrows The Gap
President Trump has jumped back into the race and now trails Joe Biden by just three points in Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey.
July 15, 2020
Mask Mandates Are a Public Health Menace By Michelle Malkin
Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado, thinks those of us who oppose scientifically dubious, constitutionally suspect and dangerously overbroad face mask mandates are "selfish bastards."
July 15, 2020
Too Much Faith in Models By John Stossel
Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die!
That was the prediction from "experts" at London's Imperial College when COVID-19 began. They did also say if there was "social distancing of the whole population," the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million Americans would still die by this summer.
July 15, 2020
Most Filed Their Taxes By April 15 Anyway
Some habits die hard, and paying income taxes is apparently one of them. Most Americans filed their taxes by April 15 despite the government’s decision to extend the deadline to today because of the coronavirus pandemic.
July 14, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending July 9, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of July 5-9, 2020 rose slightly to 105.3 from 104.3 the previous week. With the Index over 100 for the past several weeks, it suggests voters are comfortable with the immigration restrictions President Trump has put in place since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
July 14, 2020
Only 54% Think Biden Capable of Debating Trump
A New York Times columnist has urged likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden not to debate President Trump in the fall. Most voters think that’s a bad idea, although only just over half believe Biden is even up to debating Trump given ongoing questions about his mental health.
July 14, 2020
The Electoral College: The Fringe of the Map Expands By Kyle Kondik
If Trump’s numbers don’t improve, some surprising states could come into play.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— President Trump’s position has been perilously weak for a month and a half.
— With Joe Biden’s national lead around eight to 10 points, there is a possibility that he could compete for some usually Republican states.
— We are moving seven states from Safe Republican to Likely Republican.
— Our current ratings represent something of a hedge between a Trump comeback and Biden maintaining or expanding his large national lead.
— We also are moving the Missouri gubernatorial race from Likely Republican to Leans Republican.
July 14, 2020
Will the Left Kill America's Energy Dominance? By Stephen Moore
If the "liberal" green movement had the political power during earlier periods of our nation's history that it has now, we would not have built the railroads. Also, there would be no interstate highway system, and the electric grid system that powers our country would be disconnected and shattered.
July 14, 2020
Can Trump Pull a Truman? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On July 22, 1988, after the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, the party nominee, Gov. Michael Dukakis, enjoyed a 17-point lead over Vice President George W. Bush.
