What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 30, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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May 30, 2020
May 29, 2020
Harris Tops Democrats’ List of VP Hopefuls
After last week’s flap over Joe Biden’s black voter comment, Kamala Harris has edged ahead among her fellow Democrats on a list of the party’s top potential vice presidential candidates.
May 29, 2020
Plague in a Time of Partisanship By Michael Barone
America faces a contagious infection: partisanship. Consider the responses to a poll question about treating the COVID-19 virus with the long-approved and widely used drug hydroxychloroquine.
A Morning Consult poll shows 52% of Republicans supporting the drug and 16% against. At the same time and in the same country, 56% of Democrats opposed it, and 13% were in favor.
May 29, 2020
A Fatal Failing of Establishment Elites By Patrick J. Buchanan
In his half-century in national politics, Joe Biden has committed more than his fair share of gaffes. Wednesday, he confused Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7, 1941, with D-Day, June 6, 1944.
The more serious recent gaffe, a beaut, came at the close of a recent contentious interview with black activist Charlamagne tha God.
May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Fear Remains, Especially Among Older Americans
Even as the coronavirus lockdown eases in many parts of the country, Americans are less concerned about the threat of the disease but still aren’t overly confident in the ability of the public health system to protect them.
May 28, 2020
27% of Blacks Say Black Voter Who Chooses Trump Over Biden Is Not Really Black
One-in-four black voters agree with Joe Biden that a black voter who chooses Donald Trump over Biden is not really black.
May 28, 2020
Republican Presidential Primary Turnout: Trump vs Bush By J. Miles Coleman
Early in the primary season, Republican pollster John Couvillon noted that President Trump’s "unshakable" rapport with the Republican Party’s base may be leading GOP partisans to do something unusual historically: turn out in uncontested primaries.
May 27, 2020
Most Remain Suspicious of Politicians Who Play the ‘Race Card’
Joe Biden triggered a backlash last week when he said blacks who choose President Trump over him aren’t really black, but most voters continue to believe politicians only play the so-called ‘race card’ to win, not to fix minority problems. Still, they see Democrats like Biden as a bigger help than Republicans.
May 27, 2020
Cashing In on Contact Tracing By Michelle Malkin
Look out. An "army of contact tracers" is about to be unleashed on America. Corporations, political lobbyists and government bureaucracies all win. Privacy, freedom and family autonomy all lose. Big time.
May 27, 2020
A Different Presidential Candidate By John Stossel
We have a choice!
Next presidential election, we don't have to decide between two big-spending candidates, neither of whom has expressed much interest in limited government.
May 27, 2020
Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is the U.S. up for a second Cold War -- this time with China?
What makes the question newly relevant is that Xi Jinping's China suddenly appears eager for a showdown with the United States for long-term supremacy in the Asia-Pacific and the world.
May 26, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending May 21, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of May 17-21, 2020 stands at 98.5, down from 99 the week before.
May 26, 2020
Politics Remains A Big Factor in Voter Views of COVID-19 and America’s Response
Views of the coronavirus crisis and how America has responded continue to break down along party lines, which helps explain why Red Republican states are opening up while Blue Democrat states are extending their lockdowns.
May 26, 2020
The Lockdown Democrats By Stephen Moore
America is starting to reopen for business across the country -- except for a handful of states where lockdown orders are expected to remain in place for weeks to come. With very few exceptions, the cities and states that have ordered their businesses to remain comatose and their millions of workers to go without paychecks are blue, blue, blue. This list includes New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, California and Oregon. They all have Democratic governors.
May 25, 2020
34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) 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 May 21, 2020.
May 25, 2020
For Most, Summer Begins on Memorial Day, But Far Fewer Plan to Travel
Most Americans agree that Memorial Day – celebrated today – is the unofficial beginning of summer, but the number of those who plan a summer vacation this year has plummeted.
May 23, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 23, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 23, 2020
If Trump Wins Again, Don't Blame Progressives. This Is on You, Centrists By Ted Rall
The corporate conservatives who control the Democratic Party are suffering from cheaters' remorse.
The DNC and its media allies (NPR, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vox, etc.) subverted the will of primary voters, undermining initial front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders in order to install the worst candidate of the 20 centrists in the campaign.
May 22, 2020
26% Say COVID-19 Has Cost Them Tickets to a Sporting Event
One-in-four Americans have been forced to cancel tickets to a sporting event because of the coronavirus crisis and now say they are watching more sports on TV to make up for it.
May 22, 2020
Most Agree With Trump’s Temporary Cutback in Regulating Small Business
Voters come down strongly on the side of small businesses, with most in favor of President Trump’s plan to loosen government regulation on them while they recover from the coronavirus lockdown.
