Voters Support Cutting Military, Financial Aid to Pakistan
The U.S. government has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan, and most voters think that’s a good idea.
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January 5, 2018
January 5, 2018
The 2010s Look More Like Trump's Ideal America Than Obama's By Michael Barone
One of my favorite Christmastime presents is the Census Bureau's release of its annual population estimates for all of the states. Comparison of the April 1, 2010, Census Bureau enumerations and the June 30, 2017, estimates for the states shows how each state fared in the Obama years, seeing as this period includes 82 of the 96 months of the Obama administration and only five months of Donald Trump's presidency.
January 4, 2018
Fewer Americans Say Crime Is Up in Their Community
While Baltimore is facing its highest homicide rates to date, New York City's crime rate is reaching record lows this year. More Americans in the rest of the country also say crime is down where they live.
January 4, 2018
Just 27% Say Trump Too Aggressive With Iran
President Trump continues to tweet his strong support for pro-democracy protesters in Iran and his criticism of the authoritarian regime they hope to replace, prompting an angry response from the Iranian government. But few voters think he’s gone too far.
January 4, 2018
Republicans, Democrats Agree Trump's In Charge
Love him or hate him, voters agree President Trump is charting the course for the country, and no one else is even close.
January 4, 2018
For New Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, a Lesser Form of Incumbency By Geoffrey Skelley
On Tuesday, now-former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) officially resigned from the U.S. Senate following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women. As we discussed in our last newsletter for 2017, Franken’s resignation means that Minnesota will hold a special election for Senate this coming November, which will take place at the same time as the regular election for the state’s other Senate seat (a “double-barrel” election).
January 3, 2018
Red State, Blue State: Better or Worse?
Voters living in so-called blue states are more likely than those in red states to have had their taxes raised in recent years and less likely to see an improved economic picture where they live.
January 3, 2018
An Unfond Farewell to Un-statesman Orrin Hatch By Michelle Malkin
The longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history announced this week that he will finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally retire.
January 3, 2018
The Times Rides to Mueller's Rescue By Patrick J. Buchanan
What caused the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in July 2016, which evolved into the criminal investigation that is said today to imperil the Trump presidency?
January 3, 2018
Election Odds By John Stossel
President Trump is up 3 percent!
I refer to the betting odds. Gamblers (mostly in Europe because political bets are legal there) now give the president a 53 percent chance of finishing his first term.
January 3, 2018
Dems See Impeachment, GOP Voters See Reelection in Trump’s Future
Nearly half of Democrats think there’s a good chance President Trump won’t make it to the end of his first term in office, but two-out-of-three Republicans see four more years in Trump’s future.
January 2, 2018
Trump Maintains Steady Approval Through the End of 2017
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture.
January 2, 2018
Do Americans Think 2018 Will Be a Good Year?
While more than half of Americans are feeling good about 2018, they aren’t as high on the upcoming year as they have been in recent years.
January 1, 2018
40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 December 28.
January 1, 2018
Happy New Year!
It’s officially 2018, but Americans don’t consider New Year’s Day all that important.
December 30, 2017
If Hillary Clinton Had Won, We'd Be Even Worse By Ted Rall
What if Hillary Clinton had won 114,000 more votes in four key states? Or, what if she'd picked up the two to three percent of the vote she lost because Bernie Sanders' supporters sat on their hands on election day? She'd be "Clinton 2" or "Clinton 45" or "the second President Clinton" -- and the world would look very different.
December 30, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 30, 2017
What has been perhaps the most tumultuous year in American politics since the Clinton administration is ending this week on a positive note for the Trump administration and most Americans.
December 29, 2017
Trying to Take Trump Seriously By Michael Barone
016 turned out to be a year in which it was wise to take Donald Trump as a political candidate seriously but not literally, in the inspired words of syndicated columnist Salena Zito. As 2017 is on the point of vanishing, it's worth asking whether it's time to take Trump seriously, if not literally, as a maker of public policy.
December 29, 2017
What Did Americans Think of 2017?
Americans feel better about 2017 than they did the year before, a reflection perhaps of the record-setting level of economic confidence at year’s end.
December 29, 2017
Trump’s First Year Accomplishments Compiled In Shockingly Long List By Richard Baris
Looking back on President Donald Trump’s first year in office, he has compiled a shockingly strong record and long list of accomplishments. As was also the case with his rise to the presidency, President Trump has broken several records for a first-year commander-in-chief and fulfilled many of his key campaign promises.
