What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 4, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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July 4, 2020
July 3, 2020
Only 40% Think Founders Would Consider America A Success This 4th of July
Respect for the Fourth of July is down this year, although most still recognize that it marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But Americans aren’t so sure the Founding Fathers who signed that important document would be happy with the country they initiated this day.
July 3, 2020
Voters Strongly Support Mount Rushmore, Historic Statues
Most voters still rally around Mount Rushmore and historic statues around the country that may be out of line with modern-day sentiments. But there is growing support among those under 40 to do away with them.
July 3, 2020
Generations Defining -- and Redefining -- American History By Michael Barone
Americans naturally tend to think of their presidents in terms of generations, like they do with their families. This may have started with the news that former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, half a century to the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence they jointly drafted.
July 3, 2020
Are Uncivil Protests and Mob Violence Winning? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Seattle Commune is no more.
Declared three weeks ago by radical leftists as CHAZ, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, rechristened CHOP, the Capitol Hill Occupation Protest, the six-block enclave inside Seattle ceased to exist July 1. The cops shut it down.
July 2, 2020
68% Are Likely To Send Their Kids Back to School in the Fall
Most Americans expect their local schools to reopen this fall after the spring’s coronavirus lockdown. Two-out-of-three parents say they’re likely to let their kids go back.
July 2, 2020
The House: Democratic Murmurings in the Texas Suburbs – and Elsewhere By Kyle Kondik
11 rating changes, most in favor of Democrats.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Joe Biden’s currently strong lead in the presidential race is being felt in the suburbs, which if it lasts could imperil Republicans in some of their formerly dark red turf.
— Texas merits special attention, where as many as 10 Republican-held House seats could become vulnerable if Trump were to lose the state.
— We have 11 House rating changes, 10 of which benefit Democrats.
— Democrats remain favored to retain their House majority.
July 1, 2020
Feds Plan to Bring Back Death Penalty; 50% Agree
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to stop the government from reviving the death penalty for federal cases after not using it for nearly 20 years. Voters still tend to support capital punishment but not like they used to.
July 1, 2020
Jobs Americans Won’t Do? Most Voters Disagree
Supporters of immigration, illegal or otherwise, often say that immigrants take the jobs Americans don’t want, but most voters don’t agree.
July 1, 2020
What's the Matter with Kansas State University? By Michelle Malkin
Kansas hasn't voted for a Democrat in presidential elections since 1964. From 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2017, Republicans in Topeka held the iron trifecta of the governor's mansion, the state House and the state Senate. In 2016, Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton in this quintessential red state by a 57-36 margin.
July 1, 2020
A Reason to Protest By John Stossel
Protesters say America's criminal justice system is unfair.
It is.
June 30, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending June 25, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of June 21-25, 2020 reached a new high of 108.1, up from 105.5, the week before. The Index has been trending upward over the past month as the U.S. economy rebounds from the coronavirus lockdown and racial protests continue in many parts of the country.
June 30, 2020
As COVID-19 Continues, Faith in Public Health System Falls
Fear of coronavirus remains high, with Americans expressing less confidence that the U.S. public health system can handle it.
June 30, 2020
Liberalism Is Dangerous to Your Wallet and Your Health By Stephen Moore
The most recent jobs report found that nine of the 10 states with unemployment rates above 14% are in liberal blue states. Ranked from highest to lowest, they are Nevada (25.3%), Hawaii (22.6%), Michigan (21.2%), California (16.3%), Rhode Island (16.3%), Massachusetts (16.3%), Delaware (15.8%), Illinois (15.2%), New Jersey (15.2%) and Washington state (15.1%). I call this the "blue-state jobs depression." The states with the lowest unemployment rates are all conservative red states: Nebraska (5.2%), Utah (8.5 %), Wyoming 8.8%, Arizona (8.9%) and Idaho (8.9%).
June 30, 2020
Now It's Woodrow Wilson's Turn By Patrick J. Buchanan
Now that statues of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Theodore Roosevelt have been desecrated, vandalized, toppled and smashed, it appears Woodrow Wilson's time has come.
The cultural revolution has come to the Ivy League.
June 29, 2020
24% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-four percent (24%) 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 25, 2020.
June 29, 2020
38% of Voters Think Biden Has Dementia
Nearly four-out-of-10 voters believe Joe Biden has dementia. Most voters, including just over half of Democrats, feel it is important for the likely Democratic presidential nominee to publicly address the issue.
June 27, 2020
Resist Evictions and Foreclosures By Ted Rall
COVID-19 has created the ideal medium for a summer of continuous protest.
Political protests and demonstrations used to be weekend affairs during which angry leftists shouted at empty government offices before shuffling home Sunday afternoon to gear up for the workweek. With 1 out of 4 workers having filed for unemployment and many more working from home, tens of millions of Americans have free time to march in the streets. Sporting events, movie theaters, retail stores and even houses of worship are closed due to the coronavirus lockdown.
June 27, 2020
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...
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.
