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March 26, 2020Turnout in the 2020 Democratic Primary: Some Clues for the Fall By J. Miles Coleman
In the primary, blue-trending areas see higher turnout, power Joe Biden's strength; erosion for Democrats continues in some rural areas in the South.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— With very few exceptions, statewide turnout in the 2020 Democratic primary has been higher than 2016.
— Suburban areas have seen some of the sharpest turnout increases — though these areas tend to have higher population growth, they’ve also trended blue in general elections, perhaps a positive indicator for Democrats looking to the fall.
— Meanwhile, some rural areas that have been trending away from Democrats in places like North Carolina and Oklahoma saw turnout lag behind 2016.
— While Bernie Sanders seems to have a stronger opponent in Joe Biden than he did with Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ prospects may have been hurt by partisan realignment since 2016.

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                            March 25, 2020More Than Ever Feel Overtaxed
Most Americans continue to think the majority of taxpayers are honest when they file their taxes, even though more than ever believe they personally pay too much.

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                            March 25, 2020Most See National Security Danger in Government’s Focus on Coronavirus
Voters strongly believe the coronavirus is a major threat to America’s national security, and most think our enemies are likely to exploit the U.S. government’s focus on the disease.
March 25, 2020Chutzpah: ADL Wants a Federal Bailout By Michelle Malkin
When I think of "essential" workers in America, the smear merchants of the Anti-Defamation League are at the bottom of the barrel. For decades, they've demonized conservatives and Christians as agents of "hate" and treated our very existence as incitements to violence. The ADL's manufactured outrage machine has broadened its target list to anyone remotely critical of Israel for any reason, President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, "America First" college students, innocuous hand gestures, cartoon frogs and anyone who dares to think or write that "It's OK to be white."
March 25, 2020The Red Tape Pandemic John Stossel
Coronavirus is frightening.
I'm working from home, practicing "social distancing." Experts say it'll help "flatten the curve" so fewer people will be infected simultaneously. Then hospitals won't be overwhelmed.

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                            March 24, 2020Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending March 19, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 15-19, 2020 has dropped for the second week in a row - to 99.6, down from 101.1 the week before.

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                            March 24, 202032% Say Coronavirus Has Thrown Them or A Family Member Out of Work
One-third of Americans say they or someone in their close family is now unemployed thanks to the coronavirus. A whopping nine-out-of-10 are worried about the virus hitting them in the pocketbook.
March 24, 2020$5 Trillion Down the Drain By Stephen Moore
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone should read Robert Higgs' economic classic "Crisis and Leviathan." The critical warning of this masterpiece is that government always uses a crisis -- from the Civil War to the Great Depression to World War II -- to expand power, not only during the emergency but also afterward. Emergencies tend to ratchet up the cost and power of government permanently.
March 24, 2020Must We Kill the Economy to Kill the Virus? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself," tweeted the president on Sunday night, adding that, after the current 15-day shutdown, "we will make a decision as to which way we want to go."

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                            March 23, 202040% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 March 19, 2020.

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                            March 23, 2020Party Affiliation Dictates Responses to ‘Chinese Virus’
Voters are closely divided over how the government has responded so far to the coronavirus threat, but, even in a time of national emergency, it appears that party affiliation overrides all.
March 21, 2020We Should Attach Strings to Corporate Bailouts By Ted Rall
It's the end of the world as we know it, and the banks and airlines feel fine because even in the midst of economic collapse, CEOs can sleep soundly at night, secure in the knowledge that the American taxpayer will bail them out. Again.

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                            March 21, 2020What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 21, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            March 20, 2020Many Still Going to the Office Despite Coronavirus Threat
A sizable majority of Americans plan to spend most of their time at home in the weeks ahead in response to the coronavirus threat, but many will continue to go to the office.
March 20, 2020Sailing in Unprecedented Waters By Michael Barone
Precedent doesn't provide much guidance. There's a deadly coronavirus threatening to circulate through the population. The resulting government orders and social sanctions of self-distancing and self-isolating behavior are unprecedented in living memory.
March 20, 2020Are Americans All-In for a Long Coronavirus War? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"It's a war," says President Donald Trump of his efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and likening his role to that of "wartime president."

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                            March 19, 2020Most Aren’t Worried About Food Supply As Virus Continues
Americans plan to continue to grocery shop in the face of the coronavirus threat, and most aren’t worried that food and other necessary items will become hard to find.

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                            March 19, 202025% Are Ready to Postpone November Election
One-in-four voters are prepared already to postpone the November presidential election – for the first time in U.S. history - if the coronavirus threat continues. Support is much higher for delaying upcoming primaries.
March 19, 2020A Coronavirus Recession Could Doom Trump’s Reelection Chances By Alan I. Abramowitz
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The coronavirus public health crisis likely will lead to an economic downturn of unknown length and severity.
— Historically, second-quarter GDP growth in the election year is an important variable in predicting how an incumbent president will perform in the fall.
— A recession could seriously damage President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.
— However, we are in truly uncharted territory, and it’s unclear how the public will respond electorally to an economic downturn forced by a pandemic.

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                            March 18, 2020Americans Favor Travel Ban, School Closures, But 26% See Panicked Overreaction
Americans strongly support the government’s travel bans and school closings in response to the coronavirus threat, but one-in-four think panic, not reason, is driving some decisions.