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                            January 16, 2021What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 16, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            January 15, 2021After Capitol Riot, 50% Want Trump Removed From Office Now
In the wake of violence at the U.S. Capitol last week and a House impeachment vote this week, half of voters support removing President Trump from office before Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.
January 15, 2021From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism By Michael Barone
It wasn't just Donald Trump's detractors who felt a sudden sense of relief when they heard that Twitter was blocking his feed after the storming of the Capitol and the disruption of the reading of the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. While President Trump's exact words to the crowd on the Ellipse didn't constitute a criminal incitement, they were uttered with a reckless disregard for the possibility that they'd provoke violence, which any reasonable person could find impeachable.
January 15, 2021The Lynch Mob Comes for Citizen Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled this mob and lit the flame of this attack."

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                            January 14, 2021Will Democrats Make Life Better? Survey Finds Voters Are Divided
With Democrats now controlling both houses of Congress and Joe Biden preparing to become President, voters are divided along partisan lines about whether this will improve life for the average American.

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                            January 14, 2021Only 28% Think U.S. Winning Against Coronavirus
Most Americans are pessimistic about the country’s struggle against COVID-19, and they’re almost as worried about the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic as they are about its health impact.
January 14, 2021The Objectors Versus the Rejecters By Kyle Kondik
Analyzing how House Republicans voted in last week’s Electoral College disputes.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Roughly two-thirds of House Republicans backed at least one of two objections to a state’s presidential results last week. And a clear majority backed both.
— Generally speaking, members who backed both objections come from more Republican-leaning districts than those who opposed both.

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                            January 13, 2021Voters Support Trump’s Decision Not to Attend Biden Inauguration, Expect Peaceful Transition
President Trump provoked controversy when he announced last week that he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but most voters appear to support Trump’s decision.
January 13, 2021Teachers Unions Fail Science By John Stossel
Is your child's school open now?

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                            January 12, 2021Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 7, 2021
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 4-7, 2021 fell to 95.0 from 97.2 the week before. This is the lowest it’s been since December 2019. The Index has closed below its baseline for the past five weeks and eight out of the last nine weeks, indicating voters are looking for tighter immigration control from the incoming Biden administration.

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                            January 12, 2021Most Voters Say News Media Have Too Much Influence Over Government
The news media have too much influence over what government does, according to a majority of voters, many of whom worry the media’s power will grow under Joe Biden’s presidency.
January 12, 2021Liberalism Will Be Unleashed -- and Will Fail Again By Stephen Moore
We were all told that 2021 would be a better year for the country, but the first two weeks could hardly have been worse. The left is out to discredit not just President Donald Trump and his indefensible behavior since the election but also his ideas. They are triumphantly saying that free market conservatism is dead and that the era of big government is back with a vengeance. Not so fast.
January 12, 2021Exploiting the Capitol Riot to Kill Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
Donald Trump has stumbled and fallen, and the establishment is not going to let slip this last opportunity to stomp him and his movement to death.

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                            January 11, 202123% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-three percent (23%) 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 7, 2021.

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                            January 11, 2021Most Voters Oppose Slavery Reparations, But Expect Democrats Will Approve Payments
A majority of voters are against proposals to have reparation payments for slavery funded by U.S. taxpayers, but think such payments are likely to be enacted now that Joe Biden has been elected President and Democrats control Congress.

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                            January 11, 2021Are Republicans Now Waking up to their Political Suicide? By Brian C. Joondeph
Elected Republicans, taking their voters and current events for granted, reading only the Washington Post and watching CNN, have squandered their political relevancy, perhaps permanently. Through their foolish attempts to “reach across the aisle” or act in a more “dignified” manner than their party leader, President Trump, they have now lost the platform Trump gave them, acting dazed and confused as to what happened.

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                            January 9, 2021What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 9, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
January 8, 2021Most Voters Want Congress to Work With Biden
Americans don’t expect the new Congress to be better than the last one, but most say it would be better for Congress to work with President-elect Joe Biden than to oppose him.

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                            January 8, 2021Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Continues Post-Election Decline
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index dropped by three points this month, the second consecutive monthly decline since Joe Biden was elected President. The index fell to 111.5 from 114.5 in December, continuing the decline from 126.4 just before Election Day, amid a climate of public concern about new lockdowns to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 8, 2021Will Democrats Ditch a Policy That's Produced More Equal Incomes? By Michael Barone
The policies of defeated one-term presidents are not as easily reversed as their victorious successors, suffused with campaign rhetoric, sometimes suppose they will be. Even when, as now, the winning party has majorities in both houses of Congress.