Republicans Tuning into the News Less Than Democrats, Unaffiliateds
Nearly half of voters are following the news more closely these days, but supporters of President Trump and those in his party are starting to tune out more.
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August 18, 2017
August 18, 2017
America's Second Civil War By Patrick J. Buchanan
"They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee -- and what a leader! ... No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller."
August 18, 2017
A Third of Republicans Want McConnell, Ryan Out
Late last week, President Trump criticized Mitch McConnell over the failure to pass a health care repeal bill before the August recess, raising the question of whether the Senator should step down from his position. Even one third of his fellow Republicans think that’s a good idea.
August 18, 2017
What Identity Politics Hath Wrought By Michael Barone
There's a whiff of Weimar in the air. During the years of the Weimar Republic (1919-33), Germany was threatened by Communist revolutionaries and Nazi uprisings. Foreign Minister Walter Rathenau was assassinated, and violent street fighting was commonplace. Then Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
August 17, 2017
Voters Don't Favor Trump Pardon for Arpaio
President Trump announced he is considering pardoning former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently found guilty of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order to stop traffic patrols targeting illegal immigrants. But most voters don’t think the president should pardon him. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
August 17, 2017
Most GOP Voters Say Trump Will Never Make the Media Happy
As far as most Republicans and Trump supporters are concerned, their guy will never get a break from the news media.
August 17, 2017
Most Republicans Now View Mitch McConnell Unfavorably
Most Republicans don't care much these days for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, making him now the most unpopular of the top congressional leaders.
August 17, 2017
Governors 2017-2018: The Democrats’ Complicated Path to Big Gains By Kyle Kondik
A couple of weeks ago, Crystal Ball senior columnist Alan Abramowitz unveiled a model for predicting party change in next year’s gubernatorial elections. The results were rosy for Democrats: The model suggested Democrats should gain somewhere between six to nine governorships depending on the Democratic lead in House generic ballot polling. The Democratic advantage is in large part simply because: 1.) There is a Republican in the White House, and the presidential party often loses ground in midterm elections up and down the ballot; and 2.) Republicans are defending 26 of the 36 governorships up for election next year, meaning that they have a lot of ground to defend while the Democrats have relatively little.
August 16, 2017
Most Still Say Newcomers Should Adopt American Culture
The majority of voters still say newcomers to America should adopt our culture, language and heritage, but that number is down from surveys over the past few years. More than ever now say they should keep their own customs.
August 16, 2017
Where Is the Corporate Disavowal of Black Lives Matter? By Michelle Malkin
Liberal business executives are leaping like lemmings from President Donald Trump's manufacturing advisory council. Good riddance.
August 16, 2017
Voters Think China Should Be Doing More to Reduce North Korean Threat
China announced late last week that it will not intervene if North Korea initiates an attack against the United States, but will step in to prevent an attack on North Korea if the United States initiates.
August 16, 2017
44% Say Opioid Abuse a Problem Where They Live
President Trump has officially declared the nation’s opioid crisis a national emergency. A plurality of Americans agree it’s a major problem where they live, and the number who think most doctors overprescribe drugs has jumped dramatically in the past three years.
August 16, 2017
Google Women By John Stossel
Why aren't there more women criminals?! Men in jail outnumber women by a ratio of 14-to-1. We male stutterers outnumber women, too.
August 16, 2017
Between Alt-right and 'Antifa,' Media Still Manages to Be Worse By Charles Hurt
Eight years after it was proved — even more convincingly than the moon landing — that a black man can get elected president of the United States of America, we still have slow learners stuck in the past.
It’s the “Obliterate History Neanderthals” versus the “I’m White and I’m Proud Brass Knuckle Draggers.” Truly, dumb and dumber — and not always in that order.
August 15, 2017
Voters Are More Supportive of Trump Opponents in Congress
Maybe Republicans in Congress who won’t work with President Trump are on to something. Voters, for now at least, say they’re more likely to reward the anti-Trumpers.
August 15, 2017
If We Erase Our History, Who Are We? by Patrick J. Buchanan
When the Dodge Charger of 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields Jr., plunged into that crowd of protesters Saturday, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, Fields put Charlottesville on the map of modernity alongside Ferguson.
August 15, 2017
Nearly Half Still Think Trump Less Ethical Than Most Politicians
Voters consider President Trump less ethical than his predecessor in the White House, and many still suspect he has less ethics than other politicians.
August 14, 2017
36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 August 10.
August 14, 2017
60% Rate U.S. Society As Fair and Decent
Most voters continue to believe that American society is generally fair and decent, but they don't feel as strongly when it comes to President Trump’s views on society.
August 14, 2017
Index Capital Gains for Inflation, Mr. President By Lawrence Kudlow and James Carter
President Donald Trump's pledge to "Make America Great Again" requires nothing less than reigniting economic growth and prosperity. Wealth creation is essential. As Congress pivots to tax reform -- which is crucial to the wealth creation -- the president could take matters into his own hands by issuing an executive order to index capital gains for inflation.
