Democrats Regain Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot
After a neck-and-neck race last week, Democrats have once again jumped into the lead on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.
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August 29, 2018
August 28, 2018
Voters Put Economic Growth Ahead of Fairness
Voters continue to prioritize making sure the economy is growing over making sure it is fair, but they think government involvement would make society less fair.
August 28, 2018
Voters Say Illegal Immigration A Big Concern But Question Those Who Raise It
A sizable majority of voters says illegal immigration is a critical issue for them in the upcoming congressional elections, but they also suspect most candidates raise the topic for political purposes only, not to deal with it.
August 28, 2018
Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"McCain's Death Leaves Void" ran The Wall Street Journal headline over a front-page story that began:
August 28, 2018
Don't Let the Fed End the Trump Prosperity By Stephen Moore
There's an old cliche that the Federal Reserve likes to take away the punch bowl just when the party is getting going. That's what President Trump suspects that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is doing now by raising interest rates at a time of a booming economy.
August 28, 2018
Voters See Trump Impeachment As Less Likely
Voters see President Trump's impeachment as even less likely and think Democrats need to focus on policy issues instead.
August 27, 2018
41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-one percent (41%) 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 23.
August 27, 2018
Voters Don’t Want Pardons for Manafort, Cohen
Most voters, including Republicans, don’t want to see President Donald Trump use his constitutional power to pardon Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
August 27, 2018
Americans Still Want School To Start in September, Oppose 12-Month Calendar
It’s back-to-school time around the country: kids in many states have already returned to class, while many others are gearing up to start in the coming weeks. But overall, Americans prefer starting school after Labor Day and keeping summer vacation.
August 25, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 25, 2018
Democrats are hoping they don’t have to wait until 2020 to erase Hillary Clinton’s 2016 debacle, but voters in general aren’t that impatient.
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Manafort, Cohen Verdicts No Criminal Problem for Trump
Voters still tend to think the highly publicized cases of Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen will not cause criminal problems for the president, but it’s a party line vote.
August 24, 2018
Do Democrats Want an Impeachment Fight? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer," said President Donald Trump ruefully, "I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen." Michael Cohen is no Roy Cohn.
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Next Democratic Nominee Likely to Put World Before America
Voters agree with President Trump that America should come first on the world stage but don't think the Democratic party's next presidential nominee is likely to agree.
August 24, 2018
Democrats Better off Playing by the Rules Than Denouncing the Rules By Michael Barone
When you lose a game, particularly a game you had good reason to expect you'd win, do you try to figure out how to play better? Or is your first reaction to demand changes in the rules?
August 23, 2018
Will U.S. Be Most Powerful at the End of 21st Century?
Voters are continuing to grow more confident that the United States will remain the world’s top superpower for the foreseeable future.
August 23, 2018
Do Americans Like The Idea of Raising Minimum Wage?
Earlier this week, North Carolina became one of at least four states to raise the hourly minimum wage of state workers to $15.
August 23, 2018
Voters Are Backing Off The News But Still Think It’s Reliable
Fewer voters now say they’re following the news more closely than they were a year ago, but they still overwhelmingly consider the news they are getting reliable.
August 23, 2018
House Update: 12 Ratings Changes By Kyle Kondik
Tuesday’s bombshell developments — the conviction of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, followed in swift succession by a guilty plea from the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that seemed to implicate the president in a scheme to skirt campaign finance laws — may very well not move the president’s approval rating. Previous developments related to Robert Mueller’s investigation of the 2016 campaign and Russian involvement really haven’t. But it would be wrong to look at what happened earlier this week and argue that the Cohen/Manafort news doesn’t mean anything to the battle for the House.
August 22, 2018
Most Rate Their Life Today Positively
Americans are feeling great about life these days, though most say the best years happen before 40.
August 22, 2018
Biden’s Still Democrats’ Choice to Challenge Trump in 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the clear favorite among Democrats to be their presidential nominee in 2020. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who challenged Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016, is a fading second.
