65% Say They’re Likely To Vote Early If They Can
Early voting is available in most states, and voters in those states by a two-to-one margin plan to take advantage of it. Biden voters are much more eager to vote early than Trump supporters.
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October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020
Election 2020: A Fortnight and Five Days Away By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— With 19 days to go before the election, Joe Biden’s lead in the presidential race remains steady, although his national lead is bigger than his leads in the most crucial swing states.
— In the Senate, Republicans appear to be getting some traction against Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), although Peters remains favored in our ratings. Overall, the Senate battlefield continues to expand, with Republicans having to play more defense in places like Alaska and Kansas.
— Eight House rating changes largely benefit Democrats.
October 14, 2020
White House Watch: Biden Leads By Five
With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden holds a five point-lead over President Trump in Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey. But a week ago, Biden had a 12-point advantage, his biggest lead ever.
October 14, 2020
Party Affiliation Still Dictates Views of Obamacare
Democrats remain the big fans of Obamacare, a central issue in the ongoing confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, while Republicans still want to see it go away.
October 14, 2020
A Media-Political Assassination in Denver By Michelle Malkin
Do Colorado patriots' lives matter?
October 14, 2020
A Tale of Two Camps By John Stossel
When COVID-19 hit, I quarantined in Eastern Massachusetts.
Biking around the woods, I noticed something strange.
October 13, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending October 8, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of October 4-8, 2020 fell to 99.3 from 103.2 the week before. This is the lowest weekly finding since mid-May.
October 13, 2020
Over Half Still Say They Are Likely to Vote Against Trump
Slightly more than half of voters still say they are more likely to vote against President Trump, a finding that hasn’t changed in a year of regular surveying.
October 13, 2020
No, Joe, There Was No Economic Boom Under Obama By Stephen Moore
The great Jackie Gleason once said, "The past remembers better than it lived." And so it is, apparently, with the Obama years.
October 13, 2020
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border," Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ominously warned on Friday.
October 12, 2020
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 October 8, 2020.
October 12, 2020
Voters Strongly Reject Religious Litmus Test for Supreme Court Nominees
Some Democratic opponents of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are criticizing her conservative Catholic beliefs. But three-out-of-four voters say a candidate’s religious faith should not determine whether he or she can serve on the high court.
October 10, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 10, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 9, 2020
Putin's Got His Problems, Too By Patrick J. Buchanan
Before the first Trump-Biden debate, moderator Chris Wallace listed the six subjects that would be covered:
October 9, 2020
Trump’s Monthly Approval Hits 2020 High in September
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
October 9, 2020
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Holds Steady in October
Economic confidence dropped slightly to 117.0 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, down a point from September but just shy of the highest finding since March when states started locking down due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
October 9, 2020
Lockdown Enthusiasts' Risk Aversion Is Producing a More Unequal Society By Michael Barone
Now that Donald Trump exited from Walter Reed Hospital and the vice presidential debate aired, let's turn to an apolitical analyst to understand what's happening. Vaclav Smil, 76, native of communist Czechoslovakia and former University of Manitoba professor for four decades, has written 39 books on energy, technology and demography. "Nobody," says Bill Gates, who has read every book, "sees the big picture with as wide an aperture as Vaclav Smil."
October 8, 2020
Americans Still Prefer Statehood for Puerto Rico Over D.C.
Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer says statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. are priorities for his party if they win control of Congress. But Americans remain more comfortable with one than the other.
October 8, 2020
Presidential Opinion Polls – The Measured vs. The Observed By Brian C. Joondeph
With the 2020 presidential election only weeks away, increasing attention is focused on opinion polls to pick the winner. In 2016, most pollsters were wildly wrong, predicting a Hillary Clinton landslide victory over Donald Trump.
October 8, 2020
Harris Edges Pence As Presidential Prospect
Voters put a lot more weight on the latest vice presidential debate compared to earlier election cycles and give Democrat Kamala Harris the edge over Republican Mike Pence as presidential material.
