What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 1, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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February 1, 2020
February 1, 2020
Corporate Crap That Doesn't Kill Bernie Just Makes Him Stronger By Ted Rall
On Jan. 19, The New York Times oddly co-endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic presidential nomination. Two days later, a poll on the key New Hampshire primary showed Warren down 4 points. Bernie Sanders' surge continued. What happened?
January 31, 2020
Most Voters Tell Senate: Leave Trump's Future to Us in November
Most voters oppose the U.S. Senate’s removal of President Trump from office and say that decision should be left up to them in November.
January 31, 2020
Biden Remains Democrats’ Clear Choice Nationally
Joe Biden has rebounded to a near two-to-one lead over second-place rival Bernie Sanders among Democrats nationally just before the party’s process of picking a presidential nominee begins in earnest.
January 31, 2020
A Sanders Sweep? By Michael Barone
The old becomes the new. It's less than a week from of the Iowa caucuses, and Bernie Sanders, born in September 1941, three months before Pearl Harbor, leads the RealClearPolitics average of recent polls by 4 points in Iowa, 10 points in New Hampshire and 5 points in the biggest delegate prize, the Super Tuesday-voting California.
January 31, 2020
Is Bernie's Hour of Power at Hand? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Can a septuagenarian socialist who just survived a heart attack and would be 80 years old in his first year in office be elected president of the United States? It's hard to believe but not impossible.
January 30, 2020
Most Still Want Tight Border Control, Not Open Borders
Voters still favor tough border control and say it’s too easy to get in and stay in the United States illegally. But they also think illegal immigration is getting a little harder these days.
January 30, 2020
Take Two: Can Sanders Broaden His Base? By Rhodes Cook
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Unlike in 2016, Bernie Sanders has a real chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
— However, he likely will have to broaden his base of support to do so.
— Namely, better showings in big urban and suburban areas are important, particularly as the field narrows.
January 29, 2020
Most, But Not As Many, See A Woman President Coming
With Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s chances appearing to fade, voters are less sure a woman will be elected president than they were when Hillary Clinton was on deck, although most still think one is coming. Voters also still prefer giving a successful president a chance to be reelected.
January 29, 2020
35% Say U.S. Elections Unfair
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, voters are more confident about U.S. elections than they were four years ago. But most still don’t believe the federal government has the consent of those it governs.
January 29, 2020
Red China's Infection of US Classrooms By Michelle Malkin
Dangerous menaces are spreading from mainland China to the United States. Surgical masks and Big Pharma vaccines, however, won't protect this nation from its infiltration. The problem doesn't lie with bats. It lies with America's batty pursuit of globalization at all costs.
January 29, 2020
Freebies for Everyone By John Stossel
The Iowa Caucus, the real start of the 2020 presidential primaries, is next week. Who's favored to win? Sadly, as I write this, the smart money says it's the candidate who's promised Americans the most "free" stuff.
January 28, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 23, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 19-23, 2020 is at 102.7, up from 100.5 the week before.
January 28, 2020
Americans Are Confident U.S. Health System Can Handle Coronavirus
Most Americans are worried about the rapidly spreading coronavirus but feel confident the U.S. public health system is up to the challenge.
January 28, 2020
The Economy's Unsung Hero Is Low Interest Rates By Stephen Moore
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, President Donald Trump again talked positively about negative interest rates. That's not a very good idea considering negative interest rates are a warning signal of deflation, which can be as bad for an economy as runaway inflation.
January 28, 2020
Impeachment: The Left's Ultimate Weapon By Patrick J. Buchanan
In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act that had been enacted by Congress over his veto in 1867. Defying the law, Johnson fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, without getting Senate approval, as the act required him to do.
January 27, 2020
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 January 23, 2020.
January 27, 2020
Most Say Impeachment No Problem for Trump in Upcoming Election
Most voters think President Trump’s impeachment won’t hurt him at the polls in November and don’t share House Democrats’ concern that the upcoming election may be unfair if Trump is one of the candidates.
January 25, 2020
If This Is a Democracy, Why Don't We Vote for the Vice President, Too? By Ted Rall
Let's say you owned a house and needed extra cash to make ends meet, so you decided to rent two of your bedrooms. Would you agree to lease those rooms to two people under the condition that you could only run a credit check on and meet one of them? Would you allow an anonymous rando to move into your second room, no questions asked, not even what their name is?
January 25, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 25, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
