Support for Amnesty Is Down, Even With Strict Border Control
Voters think the government needs to do more to control the border but still aren’t sure that’s enough to make them support a path to citizenship for those already here illegally.
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November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016
Is Obama's World a Utopian Myth? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaking in Greece on his valedictory trip to Europe as president, Barack Obama struck a familiar theme: "(W)e are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude form of nationalism, or ethnic identity, or tribalism that is built around an 'us' and a 'them' ...
November 18, 2016
Clinton's Dishonesty Costs Her the Midwest -- and the Election By Michael Barone
Hillary Clinton lost the election in the Midwest. Donald Trump won 50 Midwestern electoral votes that went to Barack Obama in 2012 -- Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio -- plus 20 more in Pennsylvania, where the two-thirds of voters beyond metro Philadelphia are Midwestern in culture and concerns. Trump could have lost Florida and still won.
November 18, 2016
Democrats See A Future for Hillary But Want Party to Follow Bernie
Following Hillary Clinton's surprise loss to Donald Trump, most voters think it's time for her to quit the public arena, but her fellow Democrats disagree. Still, Democratic voters now believe their party should go more in the direction of Clinton's primary opponent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
November 17, 2016
For Working Americans, Staying Put is Best Bet
Half of working Americans expect a raise in the coming year, and they think the best place to get it is where they are employed now.
November 17, 2016
Do Voters Want to Crack Down on Sanctuary Cities?
Voters still support punitive action against so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce immigration laws, although Democrats and unaffiliated voters are more protective of these cities than they have been in the past.
November 17, 2016
16 For ’16 By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
Now that we’ve had a week to digest the results of the 2016 election, here are some observations about what happened and what the results might tell us about the future:
November 17, 2016
Few Think Government Has Their Best Interest In Mind
The outsider candidate may have won this year’s presidential election, but most voters still don't expect the government to be looking out what's best for them. Republicans are more hopeful than other voters, though.
November 16, 2016
Most Intend to Get A Flu Shot This Year
It’s flu season again, and that’s left most Americans running out to get their flu shots.
November 16, 2016
Voters Don’t See Anti-Trump Protests Going Anywhere
Voters are closely divided over whether the street protests against Donald Trump’s election are the product of genuine concern or just being staged by troublemakers. But most agree the protests won’t achieve anything good.
November 16, 2016
Arrogant Obama Blames Deplorable Racists, Says Democrats ‘Have Better Ideas’ By Charles Hurt
For eight years after America elected her first black president, Americans were accused of being racist for pointing out President Obama’s insufferable arrogance.
November 16, 2016
Should Trump Still Investigate Clinton?
President-elect Donald Trump in a TV interview Sunday night appeared to back away from a campaign vow to name a special prosecutor to investigate defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information while secretary of State. Most voters think he should drop the idea, but a sizable majority of Republicans disagree.
November 16, 2016
The Slacker Mandate and the Safety Pin Generation by Michelle Malkin
News flash, kids: Things aren't free. Things cost money. And "free" things provided to you by the government cost other people's money.
November 15, 2016
How We Did
Rasmussen Reports’ final White House Watch daily tracking poll survey was posted Monday morning. It showed Democrat Hillary Clinton with a two-point advantage over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 43%. To be precise, it was Clinton 44.8% to Trump 43.1%, a difference of 1.7%.
November 15, 2016
So Far, So Good, Voters Say of Obama-Trump Truce
Most voters like the way President Obama has responded to the election of Donald Trump but don’t think the early public peace between the two men says much about the future.
November 15, 2016
A Trump Doctrine -- 'America First' By Patrick J. Buchanan
However Donald Trump came upon the foreign policy views he espoused, they were as crucial to his election as his views on trade and the border.
November 15, 2016
What Now? By Thomas Sowell
The good news is that we dodged a bullet in this election. The bad news is that we don't know how many other bullets are coming, or from what direction.
November 15, 2016
Most Democrats Don’t Want Their Party To Work With Trump
Most voters think Democrats should work with Donald Trump once he’s in the White House, but Democrats strongly disagree. Still, voters are more hopeful about the parties cooperating than they’ve been since President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
November 15, 2016
The New Key to Immigration Reform: More High-Skilled Immigrants by Michael Barone
One of the issues President-elect Donald Trump says he wants Congress to act on is immigration. That's not entirely surprising, given that he spotlighted just that issue, in incendiary terms, after gliding down that escalator in the Trump Tower and announcing he was running 17 months ago.
November 14, 2016
32% Say U.S. is Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 10. Two out of the five nights in the survey follow Republican Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States.
