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August 10, 2017

Most Still Favor Voter ID Laws

Missouri held its first election this week after enacting voter identification laws, and officials say it went smoothly. Most voters continue to favor such laws, though slightly more now believe they may be discriminatory.

August 10, 2017

Americans Fear Stock Market Could Collapse

The Dow Jones Index has been enjoying record highs since Donald Trump was elected president, but most Americans remain on edge that the stock market could collapse again.

August 10, 2017

Most Still See Voter Fraud as Serious Problem

Some groups are suing the federal government over President Trump’s voter fraud commission, claiming privacy and civil rights violations. While a majority of voters still considers voter fraud a serious problem, a growing number are now downplaying the severity of the issue.

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August 10, 2017

Alabama’s Long History With Senate Special Elections By Geoffrey Skelley

The 2017 Alabama special election for the U.S. Senate kicks off with party primaries this coming Tuesday (Aug. 15). Should one or both parties have no candidate win a majority that day, a primary runoff will take place on Sept. 26. Both sides have crowded fields, but given the dark red hue of the state, most expect the eventual Republican nominee to hold the seat for the GOP. The appointed incumbent, Sen. Luther Strange (R), appears somewhat vulnerable, at least in the Republican primary.

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August 9, 2017

More Voters Give Thumbs Up to Union Leaders

Nissan workers in Mississippi recently voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW), a blow to the already struggling union presence in the south.

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August 9, 2017

How Did the Dems' IT Scandal Suspects Get Here? by Michelle Malkin

Here is a radical proposition: The public has a right to know the immigration status and history of foreign criminal suspects. Their entrance and employment sponsorship records should not be treated like classified government secrets -- especially if the public's tax dollars subsidized their salaries.

August 9, 2017

Most Still Say ‘No’ to Letting Illegal Immigrants Vote

A sizable majority of voters still opposes giving illegal immigrants the vote, even in local elections. Democrats remain much more supportive of the idea than other voters do, however.

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August 9, 2017

Under Trump, Homeland Security Actually Gets Around to Securing the Homeland By Charles Hurt

Are you tired of winning yet?

In the long march to remaking American greatness, President Trump has certainly attracted plenty of scorn and ridicule from all the predictable and boring corners over all the predictable and boring nonissues.

August 9, 2017

Americans Aren't Sure More Work Means More Pay

While unemployment is trending down and Americans are more upbeat about their job prospects than they have been in years, that doesn't mean they expect a bigger paycheck.

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August 9, 2017

Regulating Guns By John Stossel

Have a gun license? Plan to bring your gun to my hometown? Don't.   

August 8, 2017

40% Favor Affirmative Action

The Trump administration plans to investigate affirmative action policies at major universities in an attempt to challenge what they consider discriminatory practices against white and Asian-American students.

August 8, 2017

Just 17% Say Terrorists Winning War on Terror

Fewer voters now think the terrorists have the upper hand in the ongoing War on Terror, though they don’t believe relationships with the Islamic world are getting much better.

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August 8, 2017

After the Coup, What Then? by Patrick J. Buchanan

That the Trump presidency is bedeviled is undeniable.

August 7, 2017

32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 3. 

August 7, 2017

13% Have Switched Parties or Gone Independent Recently

Voters are less likely these days to split their vote between the two major parties, but just over one-out-of-10 now say they’ve changed the party they identify with in recent months.

August 7, 2017

More Voters Voting Independent, Want Competitive Third-Party

Voters are more receptive to a political third party than they have been in recent years, and more than half now say they have voted for a candidate independent of the two major parties.

August 5, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 5, 2017

Positive economic news continues to roll in, but voters aren’t giving President Trump any credit and gave him lower approval ratings this week than they did during his predecessor’s entire presidency.

August 4, 2017

Voters Remain Unconvinced There is a ‘Party of the People’

Even as partisan tension continues to rise in Washington, slightly fewer voters now say neither Republicans nor Democrats are the party of the American people.

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August 4, 2017

Is Trump's Russia Policy Being Hijacked? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In crafting the platform in Cleveland on which Donald Trump would run, America Firsters inflicted a major defeat on the War Party.    

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August 4, 2017

More Americans Think Raising Minimum Wage Will Help Economy

Despite some recent studies that suggest otherwise, Americans feel more strongly that raising the minimum wage is a good economic move and are more likely to believe it should be a living wage.