45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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 February 9.
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February 13, 2017
February 13, 2017
Many Voters Are Unsure Who Soros, Koch Brothers Are
Money talks big time in U.S. politics, but three of the most influential behind-the-scene “talkers” - billionaires George Soros and brothers Charles and David Koch - are unknowns to a sizable number of voters.
February 13, 2017
Americans View Teaching As Important But Not Desirable Profession
Americans continue to place high importance on teaching as a profession but don’t think many are clamoring to become teachers.
February 11, 2017
Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Ted Rall
The Clash asked once, and now I am too: Should I stay or should I go?
February 11, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 11, 2017
The slugfest continues as Democrats battle President Trump for every inch of ground.
February 10, 2017
Sanders Still Democrats’ Choice for 2020, But It’s Close
Bernie Sanders has the edge, but it’s a close contest when Democrats are asked who should be the party’s nominee against President Trump if he seeks reelection in 2020. One-quarter of all voters, however, say the party should look for a new face.
February 10, 2017
Free Trade's Effect on 'Earned Success' By Michael Barone
Amid all the hurly-burly of President Donald Trump's first weeks in office, let's try to put the changes he's making and the feathers he's ruffling in a longer, 20-year perspective. Start off with his trademark issue -- one that clearly helped him win the 64 crucial electoral votes of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin: trade.
February 10, 2017
Make SCOTUS Great Again: Liberal Judges Push Their Own End By Charles Hurt
Democrats should be very, very careful what they wish for.
February 10, 2017
Trump Must Break Judicial Power By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Disheartening and demoralizing," wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump's comments about the judges seeking to overturn his 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from the Greater Middle East war zones.
February 10, 2017
Consumer Spending Update: More Confidence, More Spending?
For the fourth straight month, the Rasmussen Reports Consumer Spending Update shows confidence in the economy trending upward - with an amazing 25-point overall increase in economic confidence and a 26-point increase in confidence in the direction of the economy since the 2016 presidential elections.
February 9, 2017
Does It Hurt U.S. to Criticize President’s Foreign Policy?
President Trump is receiving lots of pushback from Democrats and many in the media over his foreign policy direction. Like most major issues, voters' partisan identification colors how they view this criticism.
February 9, 2017
Most Oppose Trump Going It Alone Without Congress
Most voters still agree the federal government should only do the things Congress and the president agree on. But Democrats and Republicans have reversed their positions on executive actions by the president now that a Republican sits in the White House.
February 9, 2017
Americans Like School Choice, More Power For States In Education
Democrats unsuccessfully opposed newly-confirmed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, but many Americans share her views on some key areas in education.
February 9, 2017
House 2018: Crossover Appeal By Kyle Kondik
It’s become far less common in recent years for voters to vote for one party for president and another for their local U.S. House seat. While the number of “crossover” districts did go up from 2012 — there are 35 of them, as opposed to 26 after the 2012 election — the percentage of crossover seats, just 8% of the 435 districts, is low historically. To put that in perspective, 40 years ago during the 1976 presidential election — a race that, like this one, saw a national popular vote difference between the two candidates of just about two percentage points — 28.5% of the seats (124 of 435) voted differently for president and for House.
February 8, 2017
Voters Still See America As a Special Place
Voters now believe even more strongly that the United States is special among the nations of the world.
February 8, 2017
Hillary's 'Future Is Female' Femme-A-Goguery by Michelle Malkin
All that was missing from Hillary Clinton's video address to a left-wing women's group this week was a pink pussyhat and a "BOYS SUCK" T-shirt.
February 8, 2017
Most Say Trump Protests Unlikely to Change His Policies
Most voters blame disagreements between President Trump and congressional Democrats on politics alone but don’t think the ongoing protests against the new president are going to make any difference.
February 8, 2017
Smearing Team Trump By John Stossel
Oh, no! I did it again.
It was a foolish mistake. But I slipped.
I read The New York Times.
February 8, 2017
‘1984’: Making Liberals Great Again By Charles Hurt
Donning dirty T-shirts that say things like “nasty woman” and “resist,” the melting snowflakes are fleeing this Orange Revolution for their latest safe space. But it is probably one that should come with a trigger warning for these tender little kiddies.
In droves, the precious political “liberals” and “progressives” are gobbling up copies of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” about “the perils of a totalitarian police state,” according to The Washington Post.
February 8, 2017
More Voters See Government As Protector Of Liberty
More voters than ever consider the federal government a protector of individual liberty, although slightly more still view it as a threat. With a new Republican president in office, though, voters in the two major political parties have reversed their stances: GOP voters have more respect for the government, while Democrats are more wary.
