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July 18, 2018
July 18, 2018
Rasmussen Reports Announces Citizen-Sponsored 2018 National Midterm Elections Polling Project
ASBURY PARK, NJ - No independent major daily national polling firm has ever offered ordinary Americans the chance to directly support their national election year surveying so far as we know. That changes this year.
July 18, 2018
Trump's Alleged Ties to Russia, Illegal Immigration Top Concerns for Voters
As President Trump sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin, voters continued to express concerns about his administration’s Russia connection, but worries about illegal immigration have climbed to near the top of the list of voter concerns as well.
July 18, 2018
Boston University's Fake-O-Nomics Darling By Michelle Malkin
It costs a pretty penny to earn a diploma in stupid.
July 18, 2018
Banning Straws By John Stossel
Want to sip a refreshing beverage this summer?
If environmental zealots and sycophants get their way, you won't be allowed to sip it through a plastic straw.
July 18, 2018
Democrats Hold Slightly Smaller Lead on Generic Ballot
Democrats have narrowed their lead over Republicans again on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.
July 17, 2018
Few Favor Banning Neckties
A mayor in southern California is moving to ban neckties from workplace dress codes, citing studies that suggest the neckwear restricts blood flow to the brain. But Americans aren’t ready to say goodbye to the formalwear just yet and few think it’s the government’s place to make that decision.
July 17, 2018
73% of Democrats Want ‘A Fresh Face’ As 2020 Nominee
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are among those touted as serious Democratic presidential contenders in 2020, but three-out-of-four Democrats think their party needs to turn to someone new.
July 17, 2018
How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices By Stephen Moore
One of Donald Trump's more memorable promises on the campaign trail was to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Polls show this issue remains popular with Americans, especially lower-income families, who are worried about high drug prices.
July 17, 2018
Economic Sanctions - Do They Work on Russia?
The United States has imposed economic sanctions on Russia for several years in an effort to change some of the latter's aggressive policies, but voters aren’t convinced that those sanctions have worked very well.
July 17, 2018
Trump Calls Off Cold War II By Patrick J. Buchanan
Beginning his joint press conference with Vladimir Putin, President Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia have "never been worse."
He then added pointedly, that just changed "about four hours ago."
July 16, 2018
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) 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 July 12.
July 16, 2018
Just 21% Say U.S.-Russia Relations Will Get Better
After a delayed start this morning, the much anticipated meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is now under way, but voters aren’t optimistic about future relations with the former Cold War foe.
July 16, 2018
Most Americans Concerned About U.S.-China Trade War
The United States is setting the stage for a trade war with China over the Trump administration’s increased tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports, something nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about.
July 14, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 14, 2018
It has been a rancorous political week with Democrats apoplectic over President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination, his frank comments to U.S. allies over defense spending and trade, and in the House of Representatives where committees interviewed demoted FBI official Peter Strzok about bias against the Trump Campaign in the 2016 election.
July 13, 2018
Is AI the Future for American Jobs?
Americans are leery that most human jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future.
July 13, 2018
Is a Coming NATO Crisis Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Of President Donald Trump's explosion at Angela Merkel's Germany during the NATO summit, it needs to be said: It is long past time we raised our voices.
July 13, 2018
Few Support Free Money Program to Combat Poverty
To combat poverty, a California city has launched a pilot program in which some residents will receive $500 per month with no strings attached. But nearly half of Americans wouldn’t welcome such a program in their area.
July 13, 2018
The Kavanaugh Confirmation Kabuki By Michael Barone
Theater, much like Japan's Kabuki -- that's all the Supreme Court confirmation process is. Donald Trump's presentations of his two nominees, Judge Neil Gorsuch last year and Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Monday, were uncharacteristically graceful -- a worthy theatrical innovation, in the view of even some Trump critics.
July 12, 2018
Republicans Think U.S. Spends Too Much on Welfare, Democrats Disagree
Fewer Americans these days think the government is spending too much money on welfare programs, but Republicans and Democrats remain sharply divided on this issue.
