Illegal Immigration Is Bigger Worry for GOP, Unaffiliateds Than for Democrats
Voters continue to believe illegal immigration is a major problem, and few feel the government is doing enough to handle it.
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August 30, 2018
August 29, 2018
41% Oppose Rewarding Civilians For Help With Arrests
A New York police union is offering a $500 reward to any civilian who helps police officers subdue a suspect who is resisting arrest, but Americans aren’t convinced such a proposal is a good idea in their community.
August 29, 2018
27% Say Fire Sessions; 27% Undecided
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to raise questions about whether the president is queuing up to remove Sessions from his position. While few give the attorney general positive marks, Democrats are even more impassioned than Republicans that Trump shouldn’t can him.
August 29, 2018
The Left's Long War on Conservative Free Speech By Michelle Malkin
In the competition of ideas, you can't win the game if you're not on the playing field.
August 29, 2018
Social Media Censorship II By John Stossel
Are those who question the severity of global warming worse than Nazis? I wouldn't think so, but YouTube, owned by Google, seems to.
I wrote last week that YouTube added a Wikipedia link about global warming to videos like ones I do about climate change.
August 29, 2018
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.
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.
