Is the Nobel Prize Still the Most Prestigious?
As this year’s Nobel Prize winners are being announced, most Americans aren’t paying attention and are evenly split over whether it’s the most prestigious award one can win.
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October 9, 2017
October 7, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 7, 2017
The schizoid character of America these days is captured in two of our latest polls.
October 6, 2017
Hugh Hefner Said His Critics Were Prudes And Puritans By Ted Rall
No one has ever accused Ross Douthat of excessive astuteness. "Donald Trump isn't going to be the Republican nominee," wrote in January 2016. Dude is paid to prognosticate politics. Even so, Douthat probably pulls down six figures at The New York Times, which doesn't grant me the courtesy of a rejection letter. So people pay attention to him.
October 6, 2017
Voters Want More Gun Control, Less Sure It Will Work
Voters see a need for tougher gun regulation following the Las Vegas massacre but remain closely divided over whether it would prevent future mass killings.
October 6, 2017
The Dead Soul of Stephen Paddock By Patrick J. Buchanan
What was his motive? Why did he do it?
October 6, 2017
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Remains High
The overall Rasmussen Reports Economic Index for October rose two points to 129.2. Enthusiasm about the economy started to grow immediately following the 2016 presidential election and continues to show the highest level of confidence since this tracking began in 2014.
October 6, 2017
Both Parties' Extremists Seem Determined to Lose the Next Elections By Michael Barone
Almost no one disagrees that our two major political parties, the oldest and third-oldest in the world, have become increasingly extreme and estranged over the past decade. It's a startling contrast with the state of political conflict in the dozen or so years after the fall of the Soviet empire.
October 5, 2017
42% Say Nutritional School Lunches Should Be a Requirement
There has been a push for schools to offer more nutritional meals to students to fight the childhood obesity problem that most see as a problem today, and more are now convinced that a lunch meeting nutrition standards should be a requirement in schools.
October 5, 2017
Voter Belief that Supreme Court Should Stick to the Constitution Plunges
A majority of voters continue to believe the U.S. Supreme Court should abide by the Constitution, but that number dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade.
October 5, 2017
The Republican Senate Edge By Kyle Kondik
The U.S. Senate is a curious, unique legislative body for a lot of reasons. It has arcane rules, such as the filibuster, which limits the passage of most legislative items unless 60 members vote yes. Representation in the Senate is not based on population; instead, each state gets two and only two senators, meaning that California (the most populous state) and Wyoming (the least populous) have equal say in the Senate. Each get 2% of the Senate’s membership — two out of 100 senators — even though California has 12% of the nation’s people while Wyoming only has 0.2%. And unlike the House, where the entire membership is on the ballot every two years, only a third of the Senate’s membership is on the ballot each federal election cycle.
October 5, 2017
More Now See Supreme Court as Too Conservative
The Supreme Court returned to the bench on Monday, at full-strength for the first time since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in early 2016. But with his replacement, Justice Neil Gorsuch on the court, voters are now more likely to think the court leans too far right.
October 4, 2017
Most Say Athletics Have Too Much Power Over Colleges, Universities
Despite the fact that many big-time NCAA basketball programs are now reeling from a recruitment bribery scandal, fewer Americans think college athletic programs corrupt the higher education process. But most continue to believe these programs have too much clout.
October 4, 2017
32% Are Less Likely To Go To Big Events After Las Vegas Killings
Americans appear to be taking the Las Vegas massacre in stride, and most aren’t planning to change their personal habits because of it.
October 4, 2017
We Need Fallacy Control Now! By Michelle Malkin
Enough is enough. It's epidemic. It's dangerous. And the time has come to demand its end.
October 4, 2017
Voters Give Their Congressional Representatives Better Marks
Voters aren't overwhelmed with their own representatives to Congress but are more supportive of them than they have been in years.
October 4, 2017
Get Out of the Way By John Stossel
The hurricane devastation is severe. What should the federal government do?
October 4, 2017
Puerto Rico the Latest Crisis Democrats See As Too Good to Let Go to Waste by Charles Hurt
Is there no third rail of American politics this president fears? Obviously not.
October 3, 2017
Voters Blame Democrats If New Tax Code Doesn’t Pass
Congress is working on a proposal that would be the most dramatic overhaul of the U.S. tax code in decades. But most voters don’t think it will happen, and a sizable number believe that’s because of Democrats in Congress.
October 3, 2017
Trump's Incentive-Packed Tax Plan By Lawrence Kudlow
Much as he did in his command performance before the United Nations, when he took back control of U.S. foreign policy, President Donald Trump has seized and energized the tax cut issue. Almost daily, he is pounding away on the themes of faster economic growth and more take-home pay, arguing that his plan will make America's economy great again.
October 3, 2017
Americans Think Most Big-Time College Sports Programs Break the Rules
The NCAA has been rocked by a “pay to play” bribery scandal involving big-time college basketball teams that led to the suspension of Louisville’s head coach last week and an FBI investigation.
