White House Watch: Trump Wins Over Sanders
Get ready for President Trump’s second term if Senator Bernie Sanders is his Democratic opponent next year, according to the latest White House Watch hypothetical 2020 matchup.
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April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
Where Trump's and Bibi's Interests Clash By Patrick J. Buchanan
On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation's government as such a threat.
April 12, 2019
What Does History Tell Us About 2020? Not Very Much By Michael Barone
What does history tell us about the 2020 presidential election? Not as much as we'd like to know. We're an old republic and our two political parties are the oldest and third oldest in the world. But we've only had a limited number of presidential elections.
April 11, 2019
10% Think Most Cops Are Racist
Chicago officials are still battling over the decision not to prosecute actor Jussie Smollett, with one city councilman last weekend declaring that the city’s police union is “the sworn enemy of black people.” But Americans overwhelmingly reject the charge that most cops are racist and continue to give high marks to the performance of their local police.
April 11, 2019
The Democratic Nomination: It Doesn’t Have to be a Long Slog By Kyle Kondik
The size of the Democratic field, combined with the party’s proportional allocation of delegates and other factors, raises the possibility of a very long nomination process that may not be decided until the convention.
April 10, 2019
Many Still Skipping Medical Checkups, Needed Drugs Due to Cost
Most Americans remain confident about their personal health even though many still skip checkups and drug prescriptions because they cost too much.
April 10, 2019
Democrats Hot for Trump’s Tax Records, Others A Lot Less So
Voters still think presidential candidates should make their tax returns public and that President Trump is no exception. But there’s much less interest in those records than there was in 2016, and most voters say their vote next year doesn’t turn on whether Trump’s tax returns are released.
April 10, 2019
False Accuser Shaun Lying King's Record of Harm By Michelle Malkin
This week, "journalist, activist and humanitarian" Shaun King will give a keynote speech at the annual Innocence Network conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the event, whose attendees work to prevent and undo wrongful convictions, is "The Presumption of Innocence."
April 9, 2019
Most Still Reject Reparations for Slavery
Democrats on Capitol Hill are once again talking about taxpayer-funded reparations as a tangible way to apologize for slavery in this country, but most voters still aren’t buying.
April 9, 2019
Trump is Popping in the Polls By Brian C. Joondeph
Watch most cable or network news shows and the message is clear -- President Donald Trump is unpopular, especially compared to the dozens of fresh faces attempting to challenge him for the White House in 2020. Some of the faces are not so fresh as three of the leading contenders -- Biden, Sanders, and Warren are septuagenarians.
April 9, 2019
How to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis By Stephen Moore
What caused the financial crisis and Great Recession? A decade later, economists still don't have a good answer. Of course, the financial bubble in the housing market was the proximate cause, but this begs the question of what inflated the bubble that burst in the first place.
April 9, 2019
Already Deep in the Politics of Hate By Patrick J. Buchanan
During an Iowa town hall last week, "Beto" O'Rourke, who had pledged to raise the level of national discourse, depicted President Donald Trump's rhetoric as right out of Nazi Germany.
April 8, 2019
40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 April 4.
April 8, 2019
Voters Say Media Obsessed with Controversy, Too Quick to Judge
With charges and countercharges swirling around former Vice President Joe Biden, most voters continue to believe the media is all about controversy and too quick to convict public figures.
April 6, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 6, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
April 5, 2019
For Voters, Illegal Immigration Remains Big Problem, But Not for Democrats
Voters continue to view illegal immigration as a serious problem but don’t think Democrats want to stop it. Cutting foreign aid is one tool voters are willing to consider.
April 5, 2019
Will Black Voters Keep Democrats From Going Too Far to the Left? By Michael Barone
Which of the two dozen or so Democratic presidential candidates is going to carry black voters next year? The answer to that question is likely to be identical to the answer to the question "Which candidate is going to be the Democratic nominee, and maybe the president?"
April 5, 2019
2020: Socialist America or Trump's America? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the new Democratic Party, where women and people of color are to lead, and the white men are to stand back, the presidential field has begun to sort itself out somewhat problematically.
April 5, 2019
Polling Critics Who Work in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones. By Richard Baris
In 1948, Gallup had Democratic President Harry S. Truman trailing Republican Thomas E. Dewey by 5 points, 49.5% to 44.5%. President Truman won the popular vote 49.6% to 45.1%, and the Electoral College 303 to 189.
It would be six decades before Gallup misfired again, when they underestimated Barack Obama’s support in 2012.
