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June 13, 2018

More Voters Think A Better NAFTA Is Likely

Voters remain suspicious about free trade deals with other countries, and even more now feel ongoing renegotiations with Canada and Mexico are likely to make the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) better for America.

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June 13, 2018

NYC's War on Academic Excellence By Michelle Malkin

"I also have a dream."

June 13, 2018

Democrats Hold Lead on Generic Ballot for Second Week in a Row

Democrats maintain a slight lead on this week’s Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

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June 13, 2018

Patriarchy Defender By John Stossel

"Shame on you! Shame on you!" chanted protestors after psychology professor Jordan Peterson said he'd refuse to obey a law that would require everyone to call people by the pronoun they prefer -- pronouns like "ze" instead of "he" or "she."

June 12, 2018

Americans Like Championship-Winning Sports Team Visits to the White House

The White House canceled a planned visit by the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles after only a small number of players agreed to visit.

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June 12, 2018

Behind Trump's Exasperation By Patrick J. Buchanan

At the G-7 summit in Canada, President Donald Trump described America as "the piggy bank that everybody is robbing."

June 12, 2018

23% Less Likely to Watch Miss America Pageant Sans Swimsuit Competition

The annual Miss America pageant has announced that it is scrapping the swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants on the basis of their physical appearance.

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June 12, 2018

Putting America First Has Made USA No. 1 By Stephen Moore

The left is quickly running out of excuses for why Donald Trump's economic policies have caused a boom rather than the bust that they predicted with such great certainty.

June 11, 2018

43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely U.S. Voters now 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 7.

June 11, 2018

Most Voters Say Bill Clinton Is A Sexual Predator

Former President Bill Clinton had an embarrassing #MeToo moment last week in a televised interview, claiming he, too, was a victim of the sex scandal that led to his impeachment. But most voters disagree and see Clinton as a sexual offender instead.

June 11, 2018

Just 37% Think Mueller's Probe Good for the Country

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has spent $17 million so far investigating allegations of Russian collusion in the 2016 election. But nearly half of voters don’t think his probe is worth the money, and few believe the outcome will benefit the United States.

June 9, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 9, 2018

President Trump leaves tariff contention at the G-7 meeting in Quebec this morning to begin his journey to Singapore to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for talks about eliminating North Korea’s nuclear weapons threat.

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June 9, 2018

Why Blended Primaries are an Assault on Democracy By Ted Rall

California's "jungle primary" system, in which the two candidates who win the most votes advance to the general election in November regardless of their party affiliation, might have resulted in several bizarre outcomes. Look out: given the state's role as a political trendsetter, this weirdness could go national someday.

June 8, 2018

Does The U.S. Spend Enough On Its Students?

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the United States spends nearly $13,000 per student per year on education, but voters still don’t think that’s enough.

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June 8, 2018

Is Mayor de Blasio an Anti-Asian Bigot? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Though New York City has one of the most segregated schools systems in the country," writes Elizabeth Harris of The New York Times, until now, Mayor Bill de Blasio "was all but silent on the issue."   

June 8, 2018

The Majority Are Proud to Be an American, Proud of History

Americans overwhelmingly are proud of their nation and its past.

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June 8, 2018

California Results Suggest Blue Wave Has Crested and Ebbed By Michael Barone

The nation is just past halftime in the 2018 primary election cycle. Twenty states -- containing the majority, 228 of 435, of House districts -- have held their primaries, and all but the three with runoffs have chosen their nominees.

June 7, 2018

Americans See Overpopulation as a Bigger Problem Than Underpopulation

The U.S. birth rate hit its lowest in 30 years in 2017, potentially leading to a generation unable to replace itself in population. But Americans are still more concerned about a population that grows too quickly than one slowing down.

June 7, 2018

Republicans Are More Eager to Vote This Year Than Democrats

Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats and independents about voting this November, but all Americans are more eager to vote than they were in the last mid-term elections.

June 7, 2018

Voters Remain Critical of Public Schools and Their Graduates

Voters continue to give low marks to America's public schools, and most remain convinced that the graduates of these schools aren't ready to go to college or even just to work.