Americans Feel Much Better About the Economy
Americans are far more optimistic about their economic future since Donald Trump's election as president.
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February 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Voters Are Wary of NAFTA But Still Like Mexico
Voters feel more strongly these days that Mexico is a U.S. ally but are less sure about the benefits of the NAFTA trade deal with our southern neighbor which President Trump has vowed to renegotiate. Many suspect the U.S.-Mexico relationship is going to take a turn for the worse over the next year.
February 1, 2017
Not All Refugees Are Welcome By Michelle Malkin
For years, left-wingers would contest my use of the term "open borders lobby" because, they sternly rebuked me, nooooobody in America seriously believes in open borders.
February 1, 2017
50% Favor Major Cutback In U.S. Funds To UN
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to dramatically reduce the amount of money the United States gives to the United Nations, and half of voters support such a move. Republicans strongly approve.
January 31, 2017
Voters Think Democrats Unlikely to Stop Trump
A majority of voters - including half of Democrats - don’t think Democrats in Congress will be able to halt President Trump’s agenda.
January 31, 2017
People Need to Get Over the So-called ‘Muslim Ban’ By Charles Hurt
Look, global elites, nobody said self-governance would be easy. Or pretty. But it is what it is. Get over it.
January 31, 2017
Most Want Mexico to Pay for At Least Some of the Wall
Most voters aren’t as insistent as President Trump but think Mexico should pay for at least some of the new border wall. Perhaps in part that’s because they still question Mexico’s willingness to stop illegal immigration.
January 31, 2017
The First Firestorm by Patrick J. Buchanan
That hysterical reaction to the travel ban announced Friday is a portent of what is to come if President Donald Trump carries out the mandate given to him by those who elected him.
January 30, 2017
47% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-seven percent (47%) 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 January 26.
January 30, 2017
Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens
Most voters approve of President Trump’s temporary halt to refugees and visitors from several Middle Eastern and African countries until the government can do a better job of keeping out individuals who are terrorist threats.
January 30, 2017
Support Down For Keystone Pipeline
Following President Trump’s signing of an executive order to put construction of the Keystone XL pipeline back on track, voters are less supportive of the project than they’ve been in the past, with opposition among Democrats in particular increasing dramatically from two years ago.
January 28, 2017
The Women's March was a Dismal Failure and a Hopeful Sign By Ted Rall
On Saturday, January 21, three times as many people attended a demonstration against Trump as showed up the day before for his inauguration. Solidarity marches across the nation drew hundreds of thousands, perhaps more.
January 28, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 28, 2017
President Trump moved at warp speed through his first full week in office, and voters like what they’re seeing.
January 27, 2017
Most Don’t Think Feds Should Help Fight Local Crime
President Trump this week introduced the possibility of sending federal law enforcement to Chicago if the city fails to stem its rising murder rate, but most voters think the feds should butt out of local crime.
January 27, 2017
To Wall or Not to Wall? Voters Expect Big Cut in Illegal Immigration
Voters are closely divided over whether the United States should build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, but most think it’s likely that President Trump will dramatically cut the number of illegal immigrants entering America.
January 27, 2017
What Trump's Wall Says to the World by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall," wrote poet Robert Frost in the opening line of "Mending Walls."
January 27, 2017
'America First' Is Not a Threat but a Promise By Michael Barone
"From this day forward, it's going to be only America first, America first," Donald Trump proclaimed in his inaugural address. As has been his habit, he added to the prepared text the word "only" and employed the rhetorical device of repetition by repeating "America first."
January 27, 2017
Gallup, Come Back. We Missed You
America’s gold standard pollster for election season horse-race polling declined to post an entry in 2016’s political derby. The field was poorer for it.
January 26, 2017
83% Say It’s Important to Buy American
Americans strongly believe in buying things made in the U.S.A., and most don't think the government protects domestic businesses enough.
