Most Say They’re Taxed More Than Their Fair Share
More Americans than ever think they are overtaxed despite last year’s tax cuts and tax reform.
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March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
Americans Appear To Be Less Enthusiastic About Helping NPR
Most voters tune into National Public Radio during the course of a month, but far fewer think taxpayers should continue to subsidize it.
March 21, 2019
This Century’s Electoral College Trends By Kyle Kondik
It has become common to describe our home state of Virginia as a state that is “trending Democratic.” That’s an observation we agree with — we used that exact term a few weeks ago in our initial Electoral College ratings. But what are we really saying when we use a term like that?
March 20, 2019
Voters Favor Term Limits For Supreme Court But No More Members
Democrats, increasingly worried about the U.S. Supreme Court tilting to the right, have been talking lately about changes in its overall makeup. Most voters like the idea of term-limiting the justices but draw the line at adding more members to the court.
March 20, 2019
Never Forget: CAIR's Dirty Deeds By Michelle Malkin
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is having a banner month. The militant Muslim group never lets a crisis go to waste. That means Americans should beware. When unappeasable CAIR is ascendant, our free speech rights, religious liberty and national security are at risk.
March 20, 2019
Academic Jargon By John Stossel
Seven academic journals were recently hoaxed into publishing ridiculous studies on topics like "rape culture and queer performativity" in dog parks.
The editor of only one of the journals, Roberto Refinetti of Sexuality and Culture, agreed to talk to me about the hoax and whether academics learned anything from being duped.
March 19, 2019
GOP Voters Strongly Prefer Trump’s Foreign Policy Over Cheney’s
Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the architects of the war in Iraq, recently criticized President Trump’s foreign policy as being “more like Barack Obama than like Ronald Reagan,” but voters aren’t buying.
March 19, 2019
Voters Veto Pelosi’s Idea of Letting 16-Year-Olds Vote
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters last week that she’s always favored lowering the voting age to 16, but there’s very little voter support for that idea.
March 19, 2019
The Democrats' $100 Trillion Agenda Could Easily Tilt the Nation By Stephen Moore
Remember when Democrats complained that $5.7 billion for a border wall was too expensive? Well, that's chump change compared to what many of the congressional Democrats and nearly all of those 15 declared Democrats in the presidential race are now rallying behind.
March 19, 2019
Who Spawned the Christchurch Killer? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Last Friday, in Christchurch, New Zealand, one of the more civilized places on earth, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, an Australian, turned on his cellphone camera and set out to livestream his massacre of as many innocent Muslim worshippers as he could kill.
March 18, 2019
37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 March 14.
March 18, 2019
Americans Say Colleges, Universities Discourage Freedom of Speech
Americans continue to agree with President Trump that free speech, especially the conservative kind, is at risk on college campuses today.
March 16, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 16, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 15, 2019
Chicago's Clues for the 2020 Democrats By Michael Barone
There was a record-sized field of candidates containing as many women as men. Their surnames ranged from the long familiar to the novel and exotic; they had multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds, and at least one gay candidate was in the running. This sounds like the ever-expanding list of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, but it's also a description of the field in last month's primary election for mayor of Chicago.
March 15, 2019
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Springs Forward
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index climbed to 142.4 in March, up seven points from last month and ranking with 2018’s highs.
March 15, 2019
Most See Admissions Scandal as Sign of Bigger Problem at Elite Colleges
Americans strongly suspect that the just uncovered college admissions cheating scandal is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the country’s top schools are concerned.
March 15, 2019
Is Diversity a Root Cause of Dual Loyalty? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"We can't be divided by race, religion, by tribe. We're defined by those enduring principles in the Constitution, even though we don't necessarily all know them."
March 14, 2019
Trump Seen As Better Leader But Still Too Confrontational
Voters have a more favorable opinion of President Trump’s leadership these days, but they still think he’s too confrontational.
March 13, 2019
Most Reject Democrats’ Debate Ban on Fox
Most voters think Democrats are wrong to bar Fox News from hosting any of their presidential candidate debates but don’t want President Trump to retaliate against pro-Democratic networks.
March 13, 2019
Voters Want Spending Cuts But Say They’re Unlikely
Voters still like the idea of across-the-board cuts in the federal budget but are increasingly pessimistic that big cuts are on the way - despite President Trump’s plan for a five-percent reduction in all non-defense discretionary spending.
