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April 4, 2024Seniors for Biden? Looking Into the Polls Among Another Key Subgroup By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Horse race presidential polling has shown some significant weaknesses for President Biden among at least a couple of key subgroups: young people and Black voters.
— However, some polls have also shown Biden doing unusually well among senior citizens.
— The oldest voters have generally voted to the right of the national vote in recent cycles, and that is probably what we should expect in 2024 as well, despite these polls.

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                            April 3, 2024Movies Aren't Getting Better, Most Americans Say
By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans believe movies have gotten worse in the 21st century.

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                            April 3, 2024Democrats Like Buttigieg; Others, Not So Much
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is doing a good job, according to a majority of Democrats, but other voters are less impressed.

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                            April 3, 2024Trade Is Evil? By John Stossel
   Leaders of both parties agree: We must reduce globalization.  

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                            April 2, 2024Planes, Trains and Automobiles ... and Trucks By Stephen Moore
   The Biden administration has announced in recent weeks new stringent emissions requirements for virtually the entire American transportation system.

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                            April 2, 2024Who Wants to Be House Speaker? By Daniel McCarthy
Mel Brooks said it's good to be the king -- but is it good to be speaker of the House of Representatives?

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                            April 2, 2024Election 2024: Under-40 Voters More Open to Third-Party Vote
More than a quarter of American voters say they might vote for a third-party presidential candidate this year, and young voters are especially open to the idea.

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                            April 2, 2024Biden Approval Declines in April
When tracking President Biden’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...

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                            April 1, 202432% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 28, 2024.

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                            April 1, 2024Biden Approval Stays Steady in March
When tracking President Biden’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...

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                            March 30, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 30, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            March 29, 202456% See Government as a Threat to Religious Rights
Amid warnings about “Christian nationalism,” the number of voters who view the U.S. government as a threat to religious liberty has sharply increased.
 
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                            March 29, 2024Today's Leaders Are Not Living Up to Constitutional Norms By Michael Barone
   How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've been asking as I seek refuge from contemporary politics in reading and occasionally writing, in my 2023 book "Mental Maps of the Founders," about the early years of the republic.

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                            March 28, 2024Should Government Monitor Video Gamers for ‘Extremism’?
Federal agencies are working to combat extremism among online videogame players, and many gamers are OK with that.

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                            March 28, 2024Will Misinformation, Hate Speech Concerns Justify Censorship?
A majority of voters have concerns about online misinformation and hate speech, but most are also worried about political censorship on the Internet.
March 28, 2024Notes on the State of Politics: March 28, 2024 By Kyle Kondik
The narrowing GOP House majorityRep. Mike Gallagher’s (R, WI-8) surprising announcement late last week that he would resign on April 19 combined with an earlier and also surprising resignation announcement by now ex-Rep. Ken Buck (R, CO-4) is going to have the effect of further reducing the Republicans’ already-slim House majority.

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                            March 27, 2024The Economy, Stupid: Americans Prioritize Growth Over Fairness
When it comes to economic policy, encouraging growth matters more to Americans than promoting fairness.

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                            March 27, 2024In My House! By John Stossel
   What if you come home and find strangers living in your house?

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                            March 26, 2024The More Americans Know About DEI, the More They Hate It
Major corporations are pushing to implement DEI (“diversity, equity and inclusion”) policies, and familiarity breeds contempt. 

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                            March 26, 2024Voters Worried About Military Readiness, View Biden as Weak Commander-in-Chief
At a time when the U.S. military is struggling with recruiting problems, most voters believe President Joe Biden is a weaker commander-in-chief than his predecessors.