What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 24, 2017
This week witnessed the conclusion of the most expensive congressional race in history, and big money and divisive politics were on full display.
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June 24, 2017
June 23, 2017
Voters Fear Worsening Syria Relationship Will Lead to Russia Conflict
In the wake of the United States’ downing of a Syrian warplane, voters believe this is just the beginning of a situation that will get worse and could result in direct military conflict with Russia.
June 23, 2017
The Passing of the Pelosi Era by Patrick J. Buchanan
In the first round of the special election for the House seat in Georgia's Sixth District, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff swept 48 percent. He more than doubled the vote of his closest GOP rival, Karen Handel.
June 23, 2017
The Outlook After the Special Elections By Michael Barone
The victory of Republican Karen Handel in the special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday has discouraged Democrats and encouraged Republicans. Democrat Jon Ossoff won 48.1 percent in the special election's first round April 18, and Democrats had high hopes that they could take this House seat from the Republicans.
June 23, 2017
Few Americans Would Run for Congress
Congress member isn’t a job most Americans want, even if they knew they would win. But nearly four-out-of-10 still want in.
June 23, 2017
Democrats Want To Lose The 2020 Election By Ted Rall
"I am not a member of any organized political party," Will Rogers said ages ago. "I am a Democrat."
June 22, 2017
Voters Want Tightly-Controlled Borders
Voters want to crack down on illegal immigration, and to many, that still means locking down the borders.
June 22, 2017
Voters Say Money Too Big A Hurdle for Most to Run for Congress
Following the most expensive congressional race in U.S. history, voters agree money makes it impossible for most people to run for Congress, but they also still believe that money is not the most important factor in an election.
June 22, 2017
76% of GOP Voters Believe Most Reporters Biased Against Trump
Voters are still critical of the news coverage President Trump is getting and continue to believe most reporters are out to get him.
June 22, 2017
Working-Class Republicanism By Kyle Kondik
A new book tells the story of a president who made his name as an entertainer and a Democrat before moving to the Republican Party and then launching a bid for the presidency. This candidate won his party’s presidential nomination despite objections from some party stalwarts that he was unelectable in the fall. He then captured the presidency in part because he was able to perform better than Republicans typically do in some traditionally white, working-class areas in key states.
June 21, 2017
Voters Don’t Trust Anonymous Sources
President Trump’s deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein warned the American public late last week against putting much stock in news stories that cite anonymous officials. Voters seem to agree.
June 21, 2017
The Double Murder of Otto Warmbier by Michelle Malkin
We may never know what brutal torture and malign neglect American student Otto Warmbier suffered at the hands of North Korea's dictatorship before losing his life this week at the age of 22.
June 21, 2017
Voters Say It's Easier to Stay in U.S. Illegally Than Other Countries
Voters think it's easier to enter the United States illegally and stay here illegally than it is in most other countries around the globe.
June 21, 2017
'Stingy' Jeff Bezos By John Stossel
Thursday, right before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he'd acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, he tweeted a "request for ideas" for "philanthropy strategy." If you have suggestions re "helping people in the here and now... reply to this tweet."
June 21, 2017
Most Think America is More Divided Since Trump
Five months into Donald Trump’s presidency, voters think Americans are even more at odds.
June 21, 2017
Bern Victims Pile Up in Democratic Party By Charles Hurt
If the anti-Trump fever the media keeps telling us all about cannot break through in Georgia’s 6th District, then it truly is nothing but a phantom that exists nowhere but in the minds of media elites hysterically trying to will President Trump out of existence.
June 20, 2017
Anger Runs High on Both Sides of the Trump Divide
Half the voters in the country are angry at President Trump. The other half are angry at those who oppose him.
June 20, 2017
Voters Favor Probe of Obama Staffers' Use of Intelligence Info
Republicans strongly suspect that senior Obama administration officials used secret U.S. intelligence information for political ammunition, and voters think that's worth investigating. But few believe criminal charges are likely.
June 20, 2017
After the ISIS War, a US-Russia Collision? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Sunday, a Navy F-18 Hornet shot down a Syrian air force jet, an act of war against a nation with which Congress has never declared or authorized a war.
June 19, 2017
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 June 15.
