43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-three percent (43%) 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 October 4.
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October 8, 2018
October 8, 2018
Americans Are More Upbeat About U.S.-China Trade
Despite escalating tensions between China and the United States over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, voters are much more optimistic these days in the United States’ trade future with China.
October 8, 2018
Men, Women Disagree on Gov. Mandate to Seat Women on Boards of Directors
California now requires all publicly traded companies in the state to have at least one woman on their board of directors by the end of 2019. While men and women don’t see eye-to-eye on whether they’d want a law like this in their state, they do agree that the decision shouldn’t be up to the government.
October 6, 2018
Trump Has Revolutionized Politics. Can Democrats Catch Up? By Ted Rall
Donald Trump may last; he may go away. But the influence of his revolutionary approach to American politics will endure. What he learned and taught about campaigning will be studied and emulated for years to come. Social media matters. In 2016, his free Twitter feed defeated Hillary Clinton's $1.2 billion fundraising juggernaut.
October 6, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 6, 2018
Maybe it’s because he’s out of the headlines, but President Trump is enjoying his highest job approval rating since just after his inauguration last year. For U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, it’s still a battle.
October 5, 2018
57% Agree It’s ‘A Scary Time’ to Be A Young Man
Responding to the drumbeat of support by Democrats for the still unproven sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump said this week, “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be found guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.” Most voters agree.
October 5, 2018
We Are All Deplorables Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
Four days after he described Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a "very credible witness," President Donald Trump could no longer contain his feelings or constrain his instincts.
October 5, 2018
Most Rate Senate's Handling of Kavanaugh Process As Poor
Most voters disapprove of how the U.S. Senate has conducted Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process and say the U.S. Supreme Court nominee has been investigated enough.
October 4, 2018
More Than One-in-Four Have Lost Someone to Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and more than a quarter of Americans have lost someone to the disease.
October 4, 2018
Voters Say FBI's Kavanaugh Investigation Won’t Satisfy Anyone
Democrats think the FBI’s expanded background investigation into allegations of sexual assault lodged against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will prove fruitful. Republicans do not. Regardless, voters in both parties don’t think it will satisfy anyone.
October 4, 2018
Voters Continue to See Greater Danger of Political Violence
Despite America’s increasing partisanship leading up to the midterm elections, voters actually see a little bit less of a threat of political violence than this time a year ago. And, for once, Republicans and Democrats alike agree.
October 4, 2018
Ratings Changes: House, Senate, and Governor By Kyle Kondik
Democrats inching closer to magic number in House, poised to net several governorships; Senate battle murky as Kavanaugh effect uncertain
October 3, 2018
Voters Want IDs at the Polls, Don’t See Them as Discriminatory
The state of Missouri is wrapping up its lawsuit over voter identification laws, which the plaintiffs in the case argue are discriminatory toward certain groups of people. Other states across the country, nonetheless, are attempting to enact their own voter identification laws leading up to November’s midterm elections.
October 3, 2018
Most Agree With Kavanaugh’s Harsh Criticism of Confirmation Process
An angry Judge Brett Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee late last week: “This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. The Constitution gives the Senate an important role in the confirmation process, but you have replaced advise and consent with search and destroy.”
October 3, 2018
Investigate the Senate Democrat Wrecking Machine By Michelle Malkin
How did we get here? The Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination circus didn't happen by accident. The emergence of incredible -- and by "incredible," I mean the literal Merriam-Webster definition of "too extraordinary and improbable to be believed" -- accusers in the 11th hour was no mistake.
October 3, 2018
Democrats Still Ahead on Generic Ballot
Democrats continue to lead Republicans on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.
October 3, 2018
Seriously Mentally Ill By John Stossel
They live on the street, often foraging through dumpsters. Some threaten us. Occasionally, they assault people.
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.
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.
