Voters Want More Regulation of Financial System
Voters are more confident in the government's oversight of the banking industry but also look more favorably on increasing that supervision.
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February 15, 2017
February 15, 2017
Most See Increased Danger from New Middle Eastern Refugees
While President Trump’s refugee freeze is tied up in the courts, the State Department has sped up acceptance of newcomers from the Middle Eastern terrorist havens targeted by the freeze. Most voters think that’s making America less safe.
February 15, 2017
Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama By Michelle Malkin
The resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn has the anti-Trump media declaring the new administration a "mess," in "turmoil" and thrown into "chaos."
February 15, 2017
Repeal! No, Wait! By John Stossel
Republicans promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But now they are hesitating.
February 15, 2017
Media and Liberals Think They've Finally Caught Their Prey By Charles Hurt
Mike Flynn was right to quit. You don’t lie to the vice president of the United States and let him go out on national television and lie to the American people.
February 15, 2017
Tax and Regulatory Reform Will Mark the End of Obama's War on Business by Lawrence Kudlow
On the very day President Donald Trump's incentive-based tax and regulatory policies are put in place, former President Barack Obama's war on business will have officially come to an end. No longer will American companies be punished by uncompetitive rates of taxation and unnecessary rules and regulations.
February 15, 2017
Is The Future Female?
Hillary Clinton recently declared that "the future is female," and nearly half of voters - regardless of gender - agree there will be more women leaders in the near future. But younger voters are more convinced of this than their elders.
February 14, 2017
Voters Agree Judges Play Politics But Frown on Criticizing Them
President Trump has been highly critical of the judges who stopped his temporary refugee and visa ban. While just over half of voters agree with the president that most judges play politics, they still don’t think public criticism of judges by name is a good thing.
February 14, 2017
Is the Left Playing with Fire Again? By Patrick J. Buchanan
To those who lived through that era that tore us apart in the '60s and '70s, it is starting to look like "deja vu all over again."
February 14, 2017
Americans Say No To Body Cameras For Teachers
Though Americans place a lack of discipline high on the list of problems in public schools today, most don’t think teachers in the United States should follow the lead of some in the United Kingdom who are wearing body cameras to record students’ behavior.
February 13, 2017
45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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 February 9.
February 13, 2017
Many Voters Are Unsure Who Soros, Koch Brothers Are
Money talks big time in U.S. politics, but three of the most influential behind-the-scene “talkers” - billionaires George Soros and brothers Charles and David Koch - are unknowns to a sizable number of voters.
February 13, 2017
Americans View Teaching As Important But Not Desirable Profession
Americans continue to place high importance on teaching as a profession but don’t think many are clamoring to become teachers.
February 11, 2017
Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Ted Rall
The Clash asked once, and now I am too: Should I stay or should I go?
February 11, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 11, 2017
The slugfest continues as Democrats battle President Trump for every inch of ground.
February 10, 2017
Sanders Still Democrats’ Choice for 2020, But It’s Close
Bernie Sanders has the edge, but it’s a close contest when Democrats are asked who should be the party’s nominee against President Trump if he seeks reelection in 2020. One-quarter of all voters, however, say the party should look for a new face.
February 10, 2017
Free Trade's Effect on 'Earned Success' By Michael Barone
Amid all the hurly-burly of President Donald Trump's first weeks in office, let's try to put the changes he's making and the feathers he's ruffling in a longer, 20-year perspective. Start off with his trademark issue -- one that clearly helped him win the 64 crucial electoral votes of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin: trade.
February 10, 2017
Make SCOTUS Great Again: Liberal Judges Push Their Own End By Charles Hurt
Democrats should be very, very careful what they wish for.
February 10, 2017
Trump Must Break Judicial Power By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Disheartening and demoralizing," wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump's comments about the judges seeking to overturn his 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from the Greater Middle East war zones.
February 10, 2017
Consumer Spending Update: More Confidence, More Spending?
For the fourth straight month, the Rasmussen Reports Consumer Spending Update shows confidence in the economy trending upward - with an amazing 25-point overall increase in economic confidence and a 26-point increase in confidence in the direction of the economy since the 2016 presidential elections.
