What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 27, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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June 27, 2020
June 26, 2020
Most Feel Personally Less Safe, Ready to Turn to Biden
Voters worry about their safety more these days and have more confidence in Joe Biden than President Trump to make things better. But once again party affiliation makes a big difference.
June 26, 2020
The Frivolous Democrats By Michael Barone
White college graduates have emerged from the last two decades of elections as an increasingly large and cohesive political bloc -- and one that poses problems for both political parties.
Back in the pre-COVID-19 era, their numbers augmented by recent products of woke campuses, they seemed the dominant force in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
June 26, 2020
Biden's Basement Strategy: Just Say Nothing By Patrick J. Buchanan
Some polls now have Joe Biden running ahead of Donald Trump by 10 points and sweeping the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. This vindicates the strategy Biden's advisers have adopted:
Confine Joe to his basement, no press conferences. Trot him out to recite carefully scripted messages for the cameras. Then lead him back to his stall.
June 25, 2020
Most Americans Plan to Dine Out Within Next Month
With the coronavirus lockdown easing in much of the country, most Americans plan to return to restaurants in the next month, although they admit they are worried about catching the virus while dining out.
June 25, 2020
Media Learned Nothing From 2016 Polling Fiasco By Brian C. Joondeph
For months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, the media was confidently predicting Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in a landslide. They clung to this narrative even when the election was all but over.
June 25, 2020
31% of Blacks Favor Removing ‘White Jesus’ from Churches
Americans strongly reject the call by a leading Black Lives Matter activist to remove “white Jesus” from churches and elsewhere. His message resonates far stronger among black Americans than others.
June 25, 2020
The Electoral College: Trump’s Floodgates are Creaking By Kyle Kondik
Florida, Pennsylvania shift toward Biden, but he’s still shy of the magic number 270 in our ratings.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— We are making two Electoral College rating changes this week.
— Florida moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up, and Pennsylvania moves from Toss-up to Leans Democratic.
— This means 268 electoral votes are rated as at least leaning to Joe Biden in our ratings; 204 are at least leaning to Donald Trump; and there are 66 electoral votes in the Toss-up category.
— Biden is decently positioned, although his current lead may be inflated.
June 24, 2020
Most Say It’s Too Hard to Fire Bad Cops
Americans are critical of police unions and think it’s too difficult to get rid of bad apples on the police force.
June 24, 2020
Hoaxed by #FakeNoose Again By Michelle Malkin
You are being lied to, America. Again and again and again. Hysterical journalists are in on The Big Hoax. Simpering politicians in both parties are in on The Big Hoax. Celebrity opportunists are in on The Big Hoax.
June 24, 2020
The New Censors By John Stossel
Do you say what you think? That's risky! You may get fired!
You've probably heard about a New York Times editor resigning after approving an opinion piece by Senator Tom Cotton that suggested the military to step in to end riots.
June 23, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending June 18, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of June 14-18, 2020 held steady at 105.5, little changed from 105.7 the week before. The week was marked by a major U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of the so-called “Dreamers,” illegal immigrants brought to this country when they were young.
June 23, 2020
64% Worry About Cop Shortage and Public Safety; Blacks Worry Most
Most Americans value the role of the police and worry that increasing criticism of cops will make their communities less safe. Black Americans are the most concerned.
June 23, 2020
Stop the Madness of Congressional Spending By Stephen Moore
The coronavirus shutdown has flattened multiple industries across America -- everything from airlines and manufacturers to hospitals, retailers, oil and gas producers, and restaurants. Many of the 30 million small and large businesses in the country have reported a 30% reduction in revenues. Amid the carnage, one sector of the economy is thriving like never before in the history of the republic: the government.
June 23, 2020
How Long Will the Vandals Run Amok? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The left's war on America's past crossed several new frontiers last week.
Portland's statue of George Washington, the Father of his Country and the first president of the United States, the greatest man of his age, was toppled and desecrated.
June 22, 2020
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-five percent (25%) 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 June 18, 2020.
June 22, 2020
Most Don’t Agree With Democrats or Republicans in Congress
Voters continue to see Democrats in Congress as more liberal than they are and congressional Republicans as more conservative.
June 20, 2020
Our Politics Need a Culture of Atonement By Ted Rall
Culturally informed by Roman Catholicism's expectation that regret must prompt an apology as well as penance, Western European tradition calls for a rhetorical journey by politicians who claim to have changed course. A chastened leader should explain why and how he came to his previous belief, explain the circumstances that changed his mind and make the case for his new, different policy. He must expend political capital in order to get changes enacted.
June 20, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 20, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
June 19, 2020
Military Voters Are A Lot More Critical of Trump
President Trump drew criticism from retired military leaders when he recently threatened to use the armed forces to calm domestic unrest, and veterans in general are a lot more critical of the president than they have been in the past.
