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February 23, 2017
February 23, 2017
2018 Governors: The Battle Lines for Drawing the Lines By Geoffrey Skelley and Kyle Kondik
Given the Democrats’ poor down-ballot performances in the Obama years, and the Republican dominance of redistricting following the GOP’s success in the 2010 midterm, it’s somewhat fitting that arguably the Democrats’ most marquee victory in 2016 will not help them in the redistricting battles to come after the 2020 census.
February 23, 2017
Most GOPers Favor Trump's Criticism of Media; Democrats Disagree
Critical of the press coverage he has been getting, President Trump has called some in the media "enemies of the people." Most Republicans remain angry at the media and strongly support calling out specific members of the press by name, while Democrats and unaffiliated voters are far less critical of the media than they've been in the past.
February 22, 2017
Voters Are Less Critical of Media for Publishing Secrets
Voters are a lot less critical of news organizations that publish top secret government information.
February 22, 2017
Fake News by John Stossel
"Fake News!" shouts our president, calling out CNN, The New York Times and others.
February 22, 2017
Unlike Obama, Voters Say Media No Help to Trump
If there’s one thing voters across the partisan spectrum agree on, it’s that the media isn’t trying to help President Trump. That’s a big change from the Obama years.
February 22, 2017
Trump's War on 'Fake News' Offers a Great Civics Lesson By Charles Hurt
President Trump is lashing out against “fake news” in what is quite possibly the greatest civics-journalism course ever publicly taught in America.
February 22, 2017
Fighting for the Falsely Accused By Michelle Malkin
Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Brian Franklin is finally free. But he is still fighting to clear his name.
February 22, 2017
Most Say White House Leakers Deserve Prosecution
Following numerous leaks of secret information intended to embarrass President Trump to the news media, most voters think the leakers should be punished.
February 21, 2017
Voters Lean Toward Two-State Solution for Israelis, Palestinians
President Trump last week appeared to back away from the longstanding U.S. policy position that a separate Palestinian state is essential to any peace settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians. But voters here tend to see that as key to any successful agreement.
February 21, 2017
Support for Deportations Plummets
Voters have long complained that President Obama was not sending illegal immigrants home fast enough. Now with President Trump in office, they’re worried that too many people are being deported.
February 21, 2017
Is a Trump-Putin Detente Dead? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.
February 20, 2017
46% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-six percent (46%) 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 16.
February 20, 2017
Most See Russia as Likely Influence on Trump
Most voters think Russia is a likely influence on President Trump’s foreign policy but also tend to think critics of fallen National Security Adviser Michael Flynn are more interested in scoring political points than in U.S. national security.
February 20, 2017
Most Say No to Higher Taxes For Infrastructure Projects
If President Trump moves ahead with a major federal plan to rebuild infrastructure in the United States, most Americans don't think they should have to pay any extra taxes to fund it.
February 18, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 18, 2017
Voters clearly aren’t seeing the same President Trump that many in the Washington press corps see.
February 17, 2017
23% Rate Local Infrastructure As Poor
President Trump has talked about a major federal plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure, and Democrats are receptive. Americans aren’t overly concerned about infrastructure problems, though, and see them primarily as a state responsibility.
February 17, 2017
The Deep State Targets Trump by Patrick J. Buchanan
When Gen. Michael Flynn was forced to resign as national security adviser, Bill Kristol purred his satisfaction, "If it comes to it, prefer the deep state to the Trump state."
February 17, 2017
Partisan Lines Stay Fixed Amid Trump Turmoil By Michael Barone
Amid the turmoil of the first month of the Trump administration, with courts blocking his temporary travel ban and his national security adviser resigning after 24 days, the solid partisan divisions in the electorate -- modestly changed in 2016 from what they'd been over the previous two decades -- remain in place.
February 17, 2017
Most Still See Radical Islamic Terrorism As Serious Threat
President Trump's belief that radical Islamic terrorism is a threat to America is one of the primary reasons behind his temporary freeze on refugees and visas. Most voters continue to recognize that threat and believe the United States is still at war with radical Islam.
