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July 27, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 27, 2019

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

July 26, 2019

Most Still Say Political Correctness Kills Free Speech

President Trump and others are routinely accused of hate speech by political opponents, but for a sizable majority of Americans, political correctness remains the bigger problem.

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July 26, 2019

After Mueller Debacle, Where Do Democrats Go? By Patrick J. Buchanan

The Democrats who were looking to cast Robert Mueller as the star in a TV special, "The Impeachment of Donald Trump," can probably tear up the script. They're gonna be needing a new one.

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July 26, 2019

A Big Wednesday for 'Populists' on Both Sides of the Atlantic By Michael Barone

Power shifted Wednesday, on both sides of the Atlantic.

In Washington, the dim performance of Robert Mueller, in the hearings House Democrats insisted on, took the last air out of the Collusiongate balloon. The notion that Donald Trump would be hounded out of office has been revealed as the fantasy it always was.

July 25, 2019

Most Still Favor School Pledge of Allegiance ‘Under God’

Most Americans still see a place for the Pledge of Allegiance “under God” in the nation’s schools, but they’re not quite as passionate about it as they have been.

July 25, 2019

Most Still Question Government Dependency But Less Critical of Food Stamps

The Trump administration is planning to tighten requirements for food stamps, potentially cutting more than three million current recipients. Americans agree there are too many who depend on government benefits, but they’re less critical of the food stamp program than they have been in the past.

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July 25, 2019

The 2020 Congressional Elections: A Very Early Forecast By Alan I. Abramowitz

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— A forecasting model based on postwar electoral history along with the president’s approval rating and the House generic ballot points to Democratic gains next fall.

— The model’s projection won’t be finalized until late next summer and will be based on whatever the president’s approval and the House generic ballot polling is at that time.

— The Republicans enjoy some advantages on both the House and Senate map that might allow them to overperform whatever the model’s final projection is.

July 25, 2019

For Being Such An Idiot, Trump Is Pretty Smart By Brian Joondeph

We have been hearing now for four years, ever since that escalator ride at Trump Tower, how then-candidate, now President Trump is such an idiot. The media, Democrats and NeverTrumpers virtually in lockstep assured us that Trump would never be the Republican nominee. When he was, they doubled down promising that he would never be president. Nearly every so-called opinion poll confirmed their predictions.

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July 24, 2019

Voters See Twitter As Future Presidential Tool But Don’t Like Trump Using It

Most voters say President Trump’s use of Twitter is the wave of the future for subsequent presidents, but nearly as many, including a large number of his political opponents, think Trump’s use of social media to jump over the Washington press corps is bad for the country.

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July 24, 2019

NYC's Anti-Cop Anarchy: What Say You, Dante de Blasio? By Michelle Malkin

Dante de Blasio is the son of Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has abandoned his crime-wracked city (but not his public office, tax-subsidized salary or perks) for a quixotic presidential bid to become America's social justice warrior-in-chief. Calculated to promote his race card-playing dad's campaign, Dante stoked anti-cop hysteria a few weeks ago with a widely disseminated USA Today op-ed. Dante's screed came just days after de Blasio declared at the first Democratic debate:

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July 24, 2019

Wages War By John Stossel

Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign was just disrupted by campaign workers demanding the same $15 per hour Sanders demands government force all employers to pay.

July 23, 2019

Americans Owe Less, Worry Less About Rising Interest Rates

Americans aren’t complaining as much about higher debt these days and are much less likely to see higher interest rates on the horizon.

July 23, 2019

Most Voters Think Trump, Unlike Congress, Listens to Them

Voters definitely have mixed feelings about President Trump’s political savvy, but most think he listens to voter concerns a lot more than Congress does.

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July 23, 2019

'Who's Afraid of Cryptocurrencies?' By Stephen Moore

Finally, we seem to have a bipartisan consensus in Washington. Both parties are terrified of new private money, and they want to regulate it out of existence. The near universal fear and loathing by government officials of these so-called cryptocurrencies is all the more reason they should exist.

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July 23, 2019

America: An Us vs. Them Country By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Send her back! Send her back!"

The 13 seconds of that chant at the rally in North Carolina, in response to Donald Trump's recital of the outrages of Somali-born Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, will not soon be forgotten, or forgiven.

July 22, 2019

41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-one percent (41%) 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 18.

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July 22, 2019

Voters Aren’t Ready to Cut Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood

Most voters continue to have a positive opinion of Planned Parenthood, but they’re less emphatic when it comes to a new government policy that withholds millions in federal funding from the group.

July 20, 2019

Rasmussen Reports Offers 2020 Polling Co-Branding to All U.S. Political Sponsors

Beginning immediately, Rasmussen Reports will expand its existing co-branded polling program from U.S. media organizations to add U.S.-based political issue groups and political campaigns at both a national and state level...

July 20, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 20, 2019

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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July 19, 2019

It's Up To Nancy Pelosi to Cave In By Ted Rall

How should the Democratic Party resolve its civil conflict between progressives and centrists? Society has a simple rule. When an argument gets out of control, it's up to the side with the most money, power and social standing to extend an olive branch.