A proposal has been made in New York City to allow illegal immigrants to vote for mayor and other top city officials. But voters continue to strongly oppose allowing illegal immigrants to vote at all and adamantly reject a plan like the one in New York City for their hometown.
The primary race is far from over, but most voters already say a choice between the two presidential front-runners, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, is not one they are particularly excited about.
So far the Republicans’ organized punch-out of Donald Trump doesn’t seem to be working, but we won’t know for sure until 10 days from now when GOP voters in Florida and Ohio go to the polls.
The fight between Apple and the FBI has been framed as an epic battle between big tech and big government. Apple, says the Obama Administration, is siding with "its business model and public brand marketing strategy" ahead of public safety. That's not it, says Apple CEO Tim Cook. He says his company is "a staunch advocate for our customers' privacy and personal safety."
In the thick of primary season, most voters still think their fellow Americans need to prove their identity before voting, although support for such laws is down slightly from previous years.
The Republican race goes on after Super Tuesday. In ordinary years, Donald Trump's wins in seven of the 11 Super Tuesday contests after three out of four wins in February, together with his delegate lead, would make him the nominee. Politicians would hurry to back the apparent winner.
Despite two hard-hitting debates and a strong denunciation of Donald Trump by Mitt Romney, the last Republican presidential candidate, voters are even more convinced that Trump will be this year’s GOP nominee.
Six years after its passage by Congress, President Obama's national health care law remains unpopular with a majority of voters who still believe it will lead to higher costs and lower the quality of care.
Let’s have some speculative fun, if such a thing is possible in this election year. After recent primaries, it’s not a stretch to imagine Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee; in fact, the odds at the moment favor this outcome. Now, add a second, more controversial projection: Trump loses the general election handily to Hillary Clinton. If you’re a Trump supporter, you will vigorously object.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be the presidential front-runners in their respective parties, but right now there are more voters who say they will vote against them than will vote for them.
Americans don't consider their fellow countrymen an overly honest group, but they think most play fair when it comes to their taxes.
Voters in both major political parties place high importance on the next U.S. Supreme Court nomination when it comes to Election 2016, but they are predictably divided when it comes to punishing or supporting senators who refuse to consider President Obama's nominee for the latest vacancy on the court.
When the dust settles on this wild and wacky GOP primary season, there will be at least one clear Biggest Loser: the Republican National Committee.
Government pretends it's the cause of progress. Then it strangles innovation.
It is true. You simply cannot trust a politician as far as you can throw them.
As the dust settles from Super Tuesday, we think the race is the same now as it was before the voting: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the favorites to win their respective nominations.
Donald Trump may still be winning Republican state primaries, but Hillary Clinton has now moved ahead of him in a hypothetical presidential matchup.
The "Super Tuesday" primaries may be a turning point for America -- and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing international dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraordinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and personal character to rescue America.
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.
