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October 2, 2018

Voters Oppose Voting By Cell Phone, See Higher Fraud Risk

In the upcoming midterm elections, West Virginia will be the first state to allow voters to cast their ballots using their mobile phones, but voters are not jumping to follow suit, citing fraud concerns.

October 2, 2018

62% Say Trump Can't Win With Supreme Court Nominee

As Republicans and Democrats continue to spar over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, more voters these days feel it’s impossible for President Trump to locate a Supreme Court nominee both sides of the political aisle will get behind.

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October 2, 2018

A Trillion-Dollar Blunder By Stephen Moore

I have spent some three decades railing against faulty budgetary scoring of tax bills, but the latest charade from the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Tax Committee takes the cake. The story of fiscal phony math is so indefensible when it comes to the Trump tax cut that you may not believe it could be true. Alas, it is.

October 2, 2018

Trump’s Full-Month Approval Holds in September

When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.

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October 2, 2018

Are Republicans Born Wimps? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Republican leaders are "a bunch of wimps," said Jerry Falwell Jr.

Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing "nice guys."

October 1, 2018

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 September 27.

October 1, 2018

Who Do You Believe - Kavanaugh or Ford? It’s A Tie

Voters are slightly more likely now to believe Christine Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but last Thursday’s high-profile Senate hearing didn’t change many minds. Most voters still think Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation is likely.

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October 1, 2018

Dress Rehearsal for Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved on an 11-10 party-line vote Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yet his confirmation is not assured.

October 1, 2018

Few Think Social Media Sites Can Edit Themselves in An Unbiased Way

Americans agree that social media sites need to do a better job of separating fact from opinion in their feeds but have very little confidence that they'll do it fairly.

September 29, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 29, 2018

The Senate Judiciary Committee Friday afternoon voted 11-10,  strictly along partisan lines, to approve for full Senate action Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court.

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September 29, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh Sex Scandals Teach Us that Extremism, Even Supporting Torture, Are A-OK By Ted Rall

What is wrong with us? Specifically: What is wrong with liberal Democrats?

September 28, 2018

Voter Opinions on Kavanaugh Grow Stronger

As America becomes more familiar with Brett Kavanaugh, voters are developing strong opinions about the Supreme Court nominee, but their willingness to vote for senators who support him hasn’t wavered.

September 28, 2018

Voters Still See Benefit of UN Involvement

President Trump reinforced his “America First” doctrine at the United Nations this week in a rejection of globalism, but nonetheless, voters still support our continued involvement in the UN and a growing number say the United States should continue to be the organization’s biggest benefactor.

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September 28, 2018

How Abortion Polarized America By Michael Barone

Here's my question," tweets legal scholar Jeffrey A. Sachs, obviously in response to the controversy over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "what is the alternative reality where Roe was never decided, levels of partisan polarization are identical to our own, and the SCOTUS appointments process is markedly better?"

September 27, 2018

America Deadlocks Over The ‘Case’ Against Kavanaugh

As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares today to hear details of accuser Christine Ford’s allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, America is a nation evenly divided against itself. Kavanaugh adamantly denies the charge.

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September 27, 2018

The Senate: How 2018 Sets Up 2020 By Kyle Kondik

Keeping an eye on the next map in this cycle’s closing stretch

September 27, 2018

GOP Voters Want 'The Wall'; GOP Congress Doesn't

The Republican-led Congress has produced yet another big spending bill that fails to fund President Trump's border wall even though a sizable majority of GOP voters supports the project.

September 26, 2018

Voters Not Confident Spending Cuts Are Coming

With a new spending bill heading through Congress once again to keep the government operating, most voters don’t see significant government spending cuts coming anytime soon, even though they think those cuts are good for the economy.

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September 26, 2018

Is 'America Great Again'? Voters Not Convinced It Is

It’s a rallying cry for President Trump: “Make America Great Again.” But nearly two years into Trump's presidency, almost half of U.S. voters think more needs to be done.

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September 26, 2018

Stop Google's Kiddie Data Predators By Michelle Malkin

No consent. No disclosure. No escape.