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November 22, 2023

China: 45% Rate Biden ‘Poor’ on Issue

After President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a plurality of voters still rate Biden as doing a poor job dealing with China.

November 21, 2023

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data Ending November 16, 2023

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of November 12-16, 2023, increased to 86.2, up more than a point from 84.7 two weeks earlier.

November 21, 2023

When Inequality Is Fatal for Men By Daniel McCarthy

Equality has always been an American preoccupation, right from the words "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence.

November 21, 2023

Voters Much More Confident in Social Security

Confidence that Social Security will pay out its promised benefits has increased significantly, including among younger voters, who have previously been most skeptical about the program.

November 21, 2023

Will New York Politicians Tax Wall Street Out of Existence? By Stephen Moore

Let's face it. Anyone who works in, or just visits, the Wall Street area of Manhattan can't deny the aura of power and money isn't what it was 20, 30 or 50 years ago.

November 20, 2023

30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty percent (30%) 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 November 16, 2023.

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November 20, 2023

‘Islamophobia’? Most Voters Don’t Think So

A majority of voters don’t believe that Muslims in America are victims of unfair treatment.

November 18, 2023

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 18, 2023

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

November 17, 2023

45% Have Already Started Holiday Shopping

While the holiday shopping season traditionally begins on “Black Friday” – the day after Thanksgiving – many Americans aren’t waiting to buy gifts.

November 17, 2023

Election Integrity: 56% Say Cheating Likely in 2024

A majority of voters expect cheating to influence next year’s presidential election, and see mail-in voting as part of the problem.

November 17, 2023

Memo to Hamas: Settler Societies Aren't Evil By Michael Barone

In the nauseating demonstrations celebrating Hamas' slaughter of Israelis, one hears repeated, again and again, the refrain that Israelis are "settlers" and "colonists" -- and therefore, in the catechism inculcated in universities in recent decades,

oppressors not deserving of mercy or sympathy when tortured and murdered by those who deemed themselves the oppressed.

November 16, 2023

Parties Even on Ethics Issue, But Biden Tops Trump

On the issue of ethics and corruption in government, Democrats and Republicans are tied, but former President Donald Trump is viewed as less ethical than President Joe Biden.

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November 16, 2023

Notes on the State of the 2023 Elections By Kyle Kondik

VA 2023 looks a lot like 2019; ads might help explain a PA oddity; Beshear and disaster relief.

Virginia result looked a lot like four years ago

Vote counts in Virginia are nearly final but not yet certified. There were no late changes to the topline result that seemed likeliest the morning after the election: Democrats won their barest possible majorities in both chambers: 51-49 in the state House of Delegates and 21-19 in the state Senate.

November 16, 2023

Republicans Need to Figure Out the Abortion Issue By Brian Joondeph

Abortion continues to be a political hot potato 50 years after the controversial Roe v. Wade decision where the U.S. Supreme Court “legislated” a Constitutional “right” to abortion.

November 15, 2023

44% Expect Weaker Economy

Although Americans have become slightly more optimistic about the economy, less than a third expect it to be stronger over the next year.

November 15, 2023

Democrats Lead by Double Digits on Abortion Issue

More than three-quarters of voters expect abortion to be an important issue in the 2024 election, and Democrats hold an 11-point advantage on the issue.

November 15, 2023

Government Deceit By John Stossel

"Experts" were confident that they knew what America should do about Covid. They were wrong about so much.

November 14, 2023

2024: Biden Leads Trump, But What About RFK Jr. Factor?

The third-party campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election.

November 14, 2023

By the Time Abortion Makes the Ballot, the Battle's Over By Daniel McCarthy

The fight over abortion in America is as much a religious contest as a political one.

November 14, 2023

The Nat Cons Are Dead Wrong: Middle-Class America Is Much Better Off Today Than in the Past By Stephen Moore

In the last several months, I have debated some of the intellectual leaders of a group called the "national conservatives."