What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 17, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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August 17, 2019
August 16, 2019
Americans Question Whether ‘Peaceful’ Woodstock Is Possible Today
The Woodstock festival billed itself 50 years ago as three days of peace, love and music. Other than three accidental deaths, it lived up to its billing despite rainy weather and a near total lack of support facilities. Most Americans aren’t sure it would play out that way these days.
August 16, 2019
Will Fact-Checkers Foil Democrats' Attempts to Play the Race Card? By Michael Barone
Fact-checking journalists lean left, as Mark Hemingway documented in a canonical Washington Examiner analysis that is just as valid today as when it was published in 2011. But as John F. Kennedy once said, when asked why he wasn't supported by an odoriferous Massachusetts Democrat, "sometimes party loyalty asks too much."
August 16, 2019
Trump's Great Gamble By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Donald Trump's reelection hopes hinge on two things: the state of the economy in 2020 and the identity of the Democratic nominee.
August 15, 2019
Most Who Own Guns Feel Safer
While Americans argue over the availability of guns, most of those with a gun in their house continue to say it makes them feel safer.
August 15, 2019
The End of the Filibuster May Loom By Hunter Brown
Neither side has a practical path to 60 Senate votes, which may imperil the practice.
August 14, 2019
Americans Say Murder More Likely Than Suicide in Epstein Case
Americans aren’t buying that disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail last weekend.
August 14, 2019
Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding the Wicked War on ICE? By Michelle Malkin
All the gun control zealots out in full force last week have apparently gone to the beach. An alarming shooting took place at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in San Antonio on Tuesday. Local media reported that "multiple shots were fired on two floors targeting ICE officials." But the Second Amendment saboteurs were AWOL.
August 14, 2019
Sell an Organ By John Stossel
Have you volunteered to be an organ donor? I did.
I just clicked the box on the government form that asks if, once I die, I'm willing to donate my organs to someone who needs them.
August 13, 2019
Voters Waver on Role of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
The Trump administration’s negotiations with the Taliban may soon bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. Fewer voters than ever see Afghanistan as important to America’s well-being, but most still stop short of supporting a complete troop withdrawal.
August 13, 2019
China, Not Russia, the Greater Threat By Patrick J. Buchanan
Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport.
August 13, 2019
Sending an SOS to the Federal Reserve By Stephen Moore
To keep the economy from a further growth slowdown, the Fed must inject more dollar liquidity into the global economy -- immediately.
August 12, 2019
39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 August 8.
August 12, 2019
Voters Still Question Motives of Politicians Who Raise Gun Issues
Democrats were quick to blame President Trump and Republicans in general – and fundraise off the tragedy - following the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Perhaps this helps explain why most voters remain skeptical of how politicians respond to gun incidents.
August 10, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 10, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
August 9, 2019
Voters Still Worry About Illegal Immigration But Are Divided By The Wall
Voters are even more worried about illegal immigration and question the federal government’s commitment to stopping it. But they also remain closely divided over the need for – and effectiveness of - a southern border wall.
August 9, 2019
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Steadies, Still Near All-Time Highs
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index dropped to 140.9 in August, down nearly four points from last month but still among 2019's highs to date.
August 9, 2019
Biden Goes All In on the Race Issue By Patrick J. Buchanan
Those who believed America's racial divide would begin to close with the civil rights acts of the 1960s and the election of a black president in this century appear to have been overly optimistic.
August 9, 2019
Analyzing the Pieces of the Democratic Puzzle By Michael Barone
"No candidate received a polling bump as a result of the Detroit debates," writes Morning Consult analyst Anthony Patterson this week. That's a big disappointment for the dozen or more candidates struggling to make the Democrats' 2 percent cutoffs for further debate appearances, as well as for the pundits weary after six or so hours of debates and post-debate interviews.
August 9, 2019
Black Approval for Trump Returns to Normal Range
Two weeks ago President Trump triggered a media firestorm when he criticized a longtime Democratic congressman’s job performance, saying his Baltimore district is “a rat and rodent infested mess” and “the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.”
