42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) 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 9.
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March 13, 2017
March 13, 2017
Voters Doubt GOP Replacement But Not As Much As They Doubt Obamacare
The Republicans’ proposed replacement for the failing Obamacare system is less than a week old, but voters are dubious about its impact on the cost and quality of health care. Still, the new proposal already earns better marks than the law it hopes to replace.
March 13, 2017
50% Say New WikiLeaks Disclosure Hurts National Security
The newest wave of disclosures from the Julian Assange-fronted WikiLeaks shows the sophisticated level of spying the CIA is now capable of, and voters wish they didn’t know.
March 11, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 11, 2017
What went up has now gone down. President Trump’s daily job approval fell below 50% this week for the first time since Inauguration Day.
March 10, 2017
Voters Still Put Lower Costs Over Health Insurance Mandate
As Congress begins debating ways to change the failing Obamacare system, voters feel more strongly than ever that reducing health care costs is more important than mandating health insurance coverage for everyone.
March 10, 2017
Is a Korean Missile Crisis Ahead? by Patrick J. Buchanan
To back up Defense Secretary "Mad Dog" Mattis' warning last month, that the U.S. "remains steadfast in its commitment" to its allies, President Donald Trump is sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to Korea.
March 10, 2017
Parole for O.J.?
O.J. Simpson, the pro football great famously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, is up for parole this summer from his imprisonment for unrelated crimes. Most Americans don’t want to see Simpson go free.
March 10, 2017
America's High-Risk Complacent Class by Michael Barone
"Most Americans don't like change very much," writes economist and Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen, "unless it is on terms that they manage and control." That's just one of many provocative sentences you can mine from the riches threaded through his new book, "The Complacent Class."
March 9, 2017
Voters, Politicians At Odds Over Level of Government Power
Surprise, surprise: voters don’t think they see eye-to-eye with politicians over of how much power and money the government should have.
March 9, 2017
37% Ready to Take Military Action Against North Korea
North Korea is once again stepping up its anti-U.S. rhetoric and pushing ahead with its nuclear missile program. Voters see the North Koreans as more eager for a war but aren’t overly enthusiastic about doing something militarily about it.
March 9, 2017
Most Say ‘No’ to More Public Anti-Trump Role for Obama
Former President Obama is reportedly planning a more visible stand against President Trump and the GOP to protect his legacy, but most voters think that’s a bad idea.
March 8, 2017
More Americans Vacationed This Winter
Despite the feeling of most Americans that the weather has not been worse this year than in recent years, more Americans than ever are hitting the road for a winter escape.
March 8, 2017
Killing Big Bird by John Stossel
Next week, Donald Trump releases his new budget. It's expected to cut spending on things like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
March 8, 2017
Did Obama Wiretap Trump? Voters React
The 50-50 nation marches on. Republicans and Trump supporters in general strongly suspect that the Obama administration was wiretapping the Trump campaign last year; Democrats and Trump opponents strongly disagree. While the director of the FBI has reportedly disputed President Trump’s wiretapping claim, a lot of voters are wondering about the FBI’s impartiality.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 44% of all Likely U.S. Voters consider it likely the Obama administration tapped telephones in Trump Tower during last year’s presidential campaign, with 26% who say it’s Very Likely. Fifty-three percent (53%) view that claim as unlikely, including 40% who say it’s Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
March 8, 2017
Obama Wiretapping Trump Evidence of Former President's Agenda By Charles Hurt
Once again bypassing the hopelessly jaundiced media, President Trump announced that he just learned that his predecessor in the White House bugged Trump Tower during the last election.
“This is McCarthyism!” he declared, in 140 characters or less.
March 8, 2017
What to Cut - Defense? Entitlements?
Voters have long been fans of smaller government and less spending. But Republicans continue to be defensive about cuts in military funding, while Democrats remain loyal to entitlements.
March 8, 2017
A Day Without American Tech Workers By Michelle Malkin
Last month, there was a national "Day Without a Latino." This week, the demonstration du jour shutting down schools and shops is a "A Day Without a Woman." Here's my question for all the virtue-signaling protesters who pay lip service to better jobs and wages:
March 7, 2017
Major Cuts at the EPA? GOP Says Yes, Democrats Say No
To help offset his plans for expanding the military budget, President Trump is proposing major cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency. As with nearly all of his proposals, Republicans are strongly in favor, while Democrats are just as strongly opposed.
March 7, 2017
The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
At Mar-a-Lago this weekend President Donald Trump was filled "with fury" says The Washington Post, "mad -- steaming, raging, mad."
March 7, 2017
Most Don't Want Clinton to Run for Mayor of New York City
Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Hillary Clinton is eyeing a New York City mayoral run, and the recent appearance of “Hillary for Mayor” signs around the city has added fuel to the fire.
But 58% of Likely U.S. Voters don’t want to see the failed 2016 Democratic presidential candidate run for mayor of New York City. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 23% think Clinton should seek the mayoralty, while 19% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
