Democrats Say GOP Congress Too Confrontational
Although congressional Republicans have yet to pass anything of substance this year, most Democrats think they are already too pushy about what they want.
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April 5, 2017
April 4, 2017
Do GOP Voters’ Views Still Strongly Align With Trump’s?
Voters are now evenly divided on which party’s views align more closely to their own, but the margin among Republican voters is shrinking when it comes to whether they think more like President Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress.
April 4, 2017
Voters Now Put Much More Emphasis on Global Warming Over Jobs
President Trump recently proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third while dismantling many Obama-era climate change policies, but voters are now nearly divided over which is more important in the battle between stopping global warming and creating jobs.
April 4, 2017
Why Is Kim Jong Un Our Problem? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
April 3, 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 March 30.
April 3, 2017
Are Republicans in Congress A Bigger Problem for Trump Than Democrats?
Voters think Republicans in Congress are nearly as big a threat to President Trump’s agenda as Democrats are.
April 3, 2017
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Takes a Hit in March
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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
April 1, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 1, 2017
Americans are still sounding more confident than they did for much of the Obama presidency, but how long will it stay that way?
April 1, 2017
Middle-Income Wage Earners Need a W -- Cut Business Taxes First By Lawrence Kudlow
After the breakdown of health care reform, both President Trump and the Republican Congress need a W -- a win.
April 1, 2017
Five Things Democrats Could Do To Save Their Party (But Probably Won't) By Ted Rall
Coupla weeks ago, I speculated that we may soon witness the end of the Democratic Party as we know it. I was kind. I didn't mention the fact that the party is all out of national leaders. I mean, can you name a likely, viable Democratic candidate for president in 2020? Can you name three?
March 31, 2017
Why the Curious Silence From Obama Over Tapped Trump Tower? By Charles Hurt
What is with this curious — now deafening — silence from former President Barack Obama on these charges that his administration spied on a political opponent at the very height of a presidential campaign?
March 31, 2017
Voters See More Partisanship Coming in D.C.
Congressional Democrats already say they will oppose everything that President Trump attempts, but most voters think the Republican-Democrat divide is going to get even worse.
March 31, 2017
Is Putin the 'Preeminent Statesman' of Our Times? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If we were to use traditional measures for understanding leaders, which involve the defense of borders and national flourishing, Putin would count as the preeminent statesman of our time.
March 31, 2017
Doesn't Anybody Know How to Play This Game? By Michael Barone
"Dare I suggest," writes the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen, "that the quality of governance in this country has taken a downward turn of late?" Or as Casey Stengel, while managing the New York Mets on their way to a 40-120 season in 1962, reportedly asked, "Can't anybody here play this game?"
March 31, 2017
41% of Homeowners See Home Value Rising
Confidence in the housing market continues to grow among homeowners.
March 30, 2017
Faith in Economic Future Lessens
Americans were quite optimistic about the economy following President Trump's inauguration. Two months later, their optimism seems to be waning.
March 30, 2017
57% Say Trump Too Confrontational
Republicans give President Trump high marks for leadership so far. Democrats and unaffiliated voters don’t and think he’s too confrontational.
March 30, 2017
Rooting for Failure By Kyle Kondik
It’s been nearly a week since the Republican plan to dramatically alter the Affordable Care Act died without a vote in the House of Representatives. It’s 84 weeks until the next national election, the 2018 midterm.
March 30, 2017
Is Support for Big Government on the Grow?
Most voters still think government is too big and too expensive, but most Democrats now disagree.
March 29, 2017
Taxpayers Still Feel Gypped Compared to Others
Few Americans think those richer or poorer than they are pay as much as they do in taxes.
