Most Are Dubious About Talks to End Failed War in Afghanistan
The clock is still ticking on America’s longest-running war. But few voters think the war in Afghanistan has accomplished its mission, and most think it’s unlikely to have a happy ending.
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January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020
Trump Not Immune to the Usual Down-Ballot Presidential Penalty By Louis Jacobson
But the Senate remains a bright spot for Republicans amidst decline elsewhere.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— After just three years in the White House, Donald Trump is seeing a significant erosion of down-ballot seats held by his party.
— This erosion puts Trump in good company — at least since World War II, presidents typically experience at least some erosion across his party’s numbers of U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and state legislative seats.
— The best news for Trump and Republicans is that they have held their own in the category of races that is arguably most politically important: the Senate.
January 22, 2020
55% Favor Calling New Witnesses for Senate Impeachment Trial
Most voters think the U.S. Senate should allow new witnesses to supplement the House’s party-line impeachment case before deciding whether to remove President Trump from office.
January 22, 2020
Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics By Michelle Malkin
The latest, lawless migrant caravan hurtling from Honduras to our southern border is as organic as AstroTurf.
January 22, 2020
Everything on Demand By John Stossel
Reporters complain about business. We overlook the constant improvements in our lives made possible by greedy businesses competing for your money. Think about how our access to entertainment has improved.
January 21, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 16, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 12-16, 2020 is at 100.5, up from 99.7 the week before.
January 21, 2020
Once Again, Party Line Defines Views of Trump China Trade Deal
President Trump has just signed the first phase of an historic trade agreement with China, although both countries are still keeping their recently imposed tariffs in place for now. Voters tend to think the deal will be good for America and are more upbeat on how it will impact them personally. But as usual, party line makes a difference.
January 21, 2020
Working Hard Versus Hardly Working By Stephen Moore
Almost all of us know (because President Trump boasts of it in nearly every speech) that our 3.5% unemployment rate has reached a 50-year low. But this official decline in joblessness doesn't tell the entire story of the improvement in the job market in the United States. And it doesn't fully capture the change in direction between what happened under President Barack Obama and Trump.
January 21, 2020
Is Mass Civil Disobedience Our Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On the holiday set aside in 2020 to honor Martin Luther King, the premier advocate of nonviolent Gandhian civil disobedience, thousands of gun owners gathered in Richmond to petition peacefully for their rights.
January 20, 2020
45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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 January 16, 2020.
January 20, 2020
26% Say Bernie Thinks Like They Do; 37% Say Same of Trump
For many Democrats, Bernie Sanders is the candidate who can beat Joe Biden for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination. But voters are less in sync with Sanders’ avowedly socialist views than those of his potential campaign rival, President Trump.
January 18, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 18, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
January 18, 2020
America's Long History of Meddling in Russia By Ted Rall
Russia -- OK, not the actual Russian government but a private troll farm company located in Russia -- bought $100,000 worth of political ads on Facebook designed to change the outcome of the 2016 election. Except that only a small fraction of those ads were political. Also except that the small fraction was divvied up between pro-Hillary Clinton and pro-Donald Trump ads. And especially except that $100,000 in Facebook ads can't affect the outcome of a $6.8 billion election.
January 17, 2020
Pelosi’s Favorables Are At A New High
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains the best-known leader of Congress and is enjoying her greatest popularity ever. Her counterpart in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, earns his highest favorables in five years.
January 17, 2020
Most Veto Warren’s ‘Day One’ Plan to Erase Student Loan Debt
Senator Elizabeth Warren vowed this week to go around Congress and begin cancelling $640 billion in student loan debt on her first day in office if she is elected president. But most voters oppose the Massachusetts Democrat’s plan, and even more think Congress needs to have a say in the matter.
January 17, 2020
A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out By Patrick J. Buchanan
About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: "It's not personal. It's not political. It's not partisan. It's patriotic."
Seriously, Madam Speaker? Not political? Not partisan?
January 17, 2020
What We've Learned From the Democratic Race -- So Far By Michael Barone
Elections are a form of communication. Voting tells politicians, and the press if they're capable of getting the message, what citizens will tolerate and what they won't. The Democrats haven't voted yet, but they've been campaigning for more than a year and have just had their last debate before the Iowa caucuses two weeks from Monday.
January 16, 2020
51% Still Likely to Vote Against Trump In November
While the diminishing Democratic field of White House hopefuls continues to slug it out, just over half of voters still plan to vote against President Trump come November.
January 16, 2020
Ratings Changes: Senate, House, and Governor By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The Kansas Senate race is getting a lot of national buzz, but we still see the GOP as clearly favored to hold the seat.
— The chances of Republicans springing Senate upsets in New Hampshire and Virginia appear to be growing dimmer.
— Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) decision not to hold a special election for CA-50 makes it likelier for Republicans to hold the seat.
— Vermont is a sleeper Democratic gubernatorial target.
January 15, 2020
Americans Are Less Supportive of Plastic Bag Ban
States and localities throughout the country are debating whether to outlaw the use of disposable plastic bags, even as Americans nationwide appear less agreeable to the idea.
