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June 9, 2016

Obama’s Not Exactly An Asset To Candidates in 2016

President Obama may be garnering unusually high approval ratings lately, but voters are closely divided as to whether his support would help or hurt candidates running in their state and are less likely to vote for a congressional candidate who has supported his agenda.

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June 9, 2016

House 2016: The Balancing Act: How expectations of a Clinton victory could hinder Democrats down-ballot By Kyle Kondik

While Hillary Clinton still leads Donald Trump in most national polling, her margin is not what it once was: She’s up about five points in the HuffPost Pollster average, down from nine points in mid-April, and she’s up just two points in the RealClearPolitics average, also down from nine points seven weeks ago. Now that she’s the presumptive nominee, Clinton will hope to restore those numbers to their prior luster.

June 9, 2016

White House Watch: Clinton 42%, Trump 38%

Has Hillary Clinton’s wrapping up the Democratic nomination made a difference? Have Donald Trump’s comments about the Hispanic judge presiding over the Trump University case come back to haunt him?

June 8, 2016

Americans Have a Favorable Opinion of Ali, Boxing

Americans view the late Muhammad Ali very favorably. Yet despite the beatings he took as a boxer which led to major health problems in his later years, most remain strongly supportive of the sport of boxing.

June 8, 2016

She’s The One: A Woman in the White House?

After winning three state primaries yesterday, Hillary Clinton is set to become the first woman in history to get a major party’s nomination for president of the United States.

Of course, Democratic voters have been predicting a Clinton victory for months in Rasmussen Reports’ monthly Hillary Meter survey. But how do voters feel about the prospect of a woman president?

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June 8, 2016

Measuring Life By the Spoonful By Michelle Malkin

"How is your daughter doing?" is one of the most complicated questions I've had to answer.   

June 8, 2016

Voters Don’t Trust Judges But Think Politicians Should Leave Them Alone

Donald Trump has been rebuked even by some leaders in his own party for his public criticism of the Obama-appointed federal judge who is handling the lawsuit against Trump University. Most voters agree judges are motivated by politics more than the law but are less comfortable with dragging judges into the political debate.

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June 8, 2016

President 2016: The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Politics By Larry J. Sabato

As we find ourselves at the end of the primary season, we can all look back in wonder: What hath the voters wrought? Last summer when he announced a candidacy, almost no political professional picked Donald Trump to be the GOP nominee — yet here he is. And no one we know thought that the big, complicated GOP field of contenders would sort itself out many weeks before the small group of Democrats — but Trump has been in general election mode for some time while Hillary Clinton has had a devil of a time shaking off a persistent foe.

June 8, 2016

How Religious Are Americans These Days?

A majority of Americans consider themselves to be religious, though there’s less religiosity among younger adults.

June 7, 2016

Americans Are Still Wary of Closing Schools on Muslim Holidays

Philadelphia is the latest major school system to add Muslim holidays to its official calendar, but Americans with school-age children still aren’t sure that’s such a good idea, although support's up from a year ago.

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June 7, 2016

The Donald & The La Raza Judge By Patrick J. Buchanan

Before the lynching of The Donald proceeds, what exactly was it he said about that Hispanic judge?

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June 7, 2016

Neither Candidate Is Getting the Immigration Issue Right By Michael Barone

No contemporary political issue has been more controversial, or has been subject to more dubious analyses, than immigration.

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June 7, 2016

Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete? By Thomas Sowell

Among the many disturbing signs of our times are conservatives and libertarians of high intelligence and high principles who are advocating government programs that relieve people of the necessity of working to provide their own livelihoods.

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June 7, 2016

Voters Rate Clinton Vs. Trump on Social Issues

As is the case on most issues Rasmussen Reports has asked about so far, voters tend to think Hillary Clinton will perform similarly to President Obama when it comes to social issues if she wins the presidency, while they expect big changes from Donald Trump - although not necessarily positive ones.

June 6, 2016

27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-seven percent (27%) 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 2.

June 6, 2016

Voters Give Trump University Low Marks for Impact So Far

Former students of the now-defunct Trump University have filed a federal lawsuit against the for-profit educational institution started by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump alleging fraud and predatory business tactics. However, most voters nationwide say the issue will not impact their support of Trump positively or negatively in the upcoming election.

June 6, 2016

The Undecideds Have It

Right now Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are going nowhere.

June 4, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 4, 2016

The level of support for Hillary Clinton and for Donald Trump isn’t moving up, feeding interest in third-party candidates like former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, chosen last weekend as the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee.

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June 3, 2016

Voters Sour on Black Lives Matter But Question Fairness of Justice System

Most voters view the Black Lives Matter movement unfavorably. Perhaps in part that’s because they tend to think the U.S. justice system is less likely to be unfair to blacks than to Americans in general.

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June 3, 2016

The Dogs That Aren't Barking -- and Those That Are -- in 2016 By Michael Barone

Let's look back on the primary campaign -- completed for Republicans, still ongoing for Democrats -- and see if we can identify what Sherlock Holmes referred to as dogs that didn't bark.