What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 3, 2016
The Donald Trump show has been playing in at least three different cities this past week, while the rest of the nation watches with anticipation.
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December 3, 2016
December 2, 2016
Obama’s Approval Holds Steady in Post-Election November
When tracking President Obama’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 can be seen in the graphics below.
December 2, 2016
Voters Say Trump Better Than Obama for Jobs
On the heels of President-elect Trump’s announcement that Carrier will not be leaving Indiana for Mexico, voters predict Trump will be a better jobs president than the man he is replacing.
December 2, 2016
Fake News and War Party Lies By Patrick J. Buchanan
"I have in my possession a secret map, made in Germany by Hitler's government -- by the planners of the New World Order," FDR told the nation in his Navy Day radio address of Oct. 27, 1941.
December 2, 2016
Most Favor Death Penalty for Charleston Church Shooter
Jury selection is underway in the federal trial of Dylann Roof who stands accused of the shooting deaths of a pastor and eight parishioners in a black Charleston, South Carolina church last year. Most Americans believe Roof deserves the death penalty if found guilty.
December 2, 2016
Donald Trump and the Outstate Midwest Redraw the Partisan Lines by Michael Barone
Would any Republican besides Donald Trump have beaten Hillary Clinton and been elected the 45th president? It's an interesting question, not susceptible to a definitive answer but with consequences for politics going forward.
December 1, 2016
The Internet's Where It's At For Holiday Shoppers
Has Cyber Monday taken the place of Black Friday?
December 1, 2016
Most Expect Major Action in Trump’s First 100 Days
Most voters expect big things from President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Congress right from the start but aren’t quite as optimistic as when Barack Obama and Democrats took full charge in 2009.
December 1, 2016
Did ‘Fake News’ Sway The Election?
Still struggling to explain Donald Trump's surprise victory, Hillary Clinton and many of her supporters first blamed FBI Director James Comey. In recent days, some have turned to what they are calling "fake news" on social media sites, insisting that the deliberate spread of false information may have been a deciding factor.
December 1, 2016
In 2016’s Game of Musical Chairs, the Music Stopped at the Wrong Time for Clinton By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
After the Bay of Pigs debacle, when U.S.-backed forces tried and spectacularly failed to topple Fidel Castro’s nascent communist regime in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy held a press conference and took blame for the failure. Speaking on April 21, 1961 — just a few months into his presidency — JFK memorably declared, “There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan,” meaning that when something goes right, many will want to take credit for it, but when something goes wrong, no one wants to take the blame.
November 30, 2016
Americans Rate Race Relations Even Worse in Government
Confidence in U.S. race relations hit an all-time low earlier this year, but Americans think they’re even worse in politics and government. However, most don’t think Americans are inherently racist.
November 30, 2016
Justin Trudeau: Baby-Faced Commie Apologist Unmasked by Michelle Malkin
Wasn't one vapid pretty boy named Justin from Canada enough?
November 30, 2016
Most Say Recount Unlikely to Take Away Trump’s Win
Most Democrats welcome a presidential vote recount in three key states; most Republicans and unaffiliated voters do not. But the majority of voters in all three groups think a recount is unlikely to reverse Donald Trump’s victory. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
November 30, 2016
Return of the Fourth Estate Fainting Couches By Charles Hurt
Just when they thought it was safe to go outside again, the political press is breaking out the smelling salts again.
November 30, 2016
Are Trump's Businesses Bad for the Presidency?
President-elect Donald Trump has assured the American public that his wide array of business dealings around the world won’t impact his decisions as chief executive, but most voters have concerns about whether that will truly be the case. Democrats are far more concerned than other voters are, however.
November 30, 2016
Drain the Swamp! By John Stossel
President-elect Trump says he's uniquely qualified to "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C. He can do it, he said at one debate, because as a businessman, he understands American cronyism. "With Hillary Clinton, I said, 'Be at my wedding,' and she came to my wedding. You know why? She had no choice because I gave."
November 29, 2016
Should Presidents Include Political Opponents In Their Cabinets?
President-elect Donald Trump has been busy meeting with potential members of his Cabinet, including some who were vocal opponents of his campaign. Voters overwhelmingly believe that a president’s Cabinet is important to his administration’s success, but are less sure about the benefits of bringing in political opponents.
November 29, 2016
Populist-Nationalist Tide Rolls On By Patrick J. Buchanan
Now that the British have voted to secede from the European Union and America has chosen a president who has never before held public office, the French appear to be following suit.
November 29, 2016
Americans Aren’t Avoiding Politics During Holiday Gatherings
It may have been a contentious year in U.S. politics, but most Americans aren’t avoiding political discussions altogether when they spend time with family and friends this holiday season.
November 29, 2016
Will Donald Trump Do for Infrastructure What He Did for Wollman Rink? by Michael Barone
In May 1986, a 39-year-old Manhattan real estate developer named Donald Trump promised to get Wollman Rink in Central Park up and running -- something the city government, despite spending $13 million, had failed to do for six years. Trump delivered, ahead of time and under a $3 million budget.
