29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 August 18.
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August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016
A Eulogy for John J. McLaughlin By Patrick J. Buchanan
Issue one!
To understand John McLaughlin, it was helpful to have been a 13-year-old entering an all-boys Jesuit school in the 1950s.
August 22, 2016
Most Still Oppose End to U.S. Control of Internet
Most voters continue to oppose the U.S. government’s decision to cede its last vestige of control over the internet to an international authority and worry that some countries may try to censor web content.
August 22, 2016
Most Voters Say No to Further U.S. Nation-Building Efforts
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he would put an end to “nation building," a term that in recent years has been used to describe stepped-up efforts to establish democracies in the Middle East by use of the U.S. military and U.S. taxpayer dollars. Few voters believe the government's nation-building efforts have been a success, and most agree with Trump that they should be ended.
August 20, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 20, 2016
Media coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign has focused more on its personalities and controversies than actual policy issues, and this week proved to be no different.
August 19, 2016
Parents Give Their Kids’ Schools High Marks
Americans remain critical of U.S. public schools in general, but parents are more positive than ever about the performance of their children’s schools.
August 19, 2016
Most Support Trump’s Call for Immigration Restrictions, Screening Test
Most voters support Donald Trump’s plan for temporarily restricting immigration from countries with a history of terrorism and for testing to screen out newcomers who don’t share America’s values. Most also agree that such a test is likely to reduce the number of terrorists entering the United States.
August 19, 2016
It Ain't Over Till It's Over by Patrick J. Buchanan
"I did it my way," crooned Sinatra.
August 19, 2016
Today's Candidates Don't Measure Up to Roosevelt or Reagan By Michael Barone
Donald Trump has just made changes, again, in his campaign's top leadership, shoving aside the seasoned Paul Manafort and installing Breitbart News Chairman Steve Bannon and veteran pollster Kellyanne Conway. He's obviously acting in response to his falling poll numbers nationally, in target states and even in some states that have been safely Republican in recent elections.
August 18, 2016
Trump and Blacks By Thomas Sowell
Who would have thought that Donald Trump, of all people, would be addressing the fact that the black community suffers the most from a breakdown of law and order? But sanity on racial issues is sufficiently rare that it must be welcomed, from whatever source it comes.
August 18, 2016
Most Want Schools to Open After Labor Day
More and more schools around the country are starting classes before Labor Day, but most Americans think they should hold off a bit.
August 18, 2016
Voters Say It’s Important for Clinton, Trump to Hold Press Conferences
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton hasn’t had a formal press conference since late last year, largely avoiding media questions for the entire primary season. Republican nominee Donald Trump’s routine press conferences often seem to do him more harm than good. Do voters want presidential candidates to meet the press?
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 82% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is important for the major presidential candidates to hold regular press conferences to answer questions from reporters, with 48% who say it is Very Important. Just 17% view regular press conferences as unimportant, and that includes only three percent (3%) who feel they are Not At All Important. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 15-16, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
August 18, 2016
White House Watch: Clinton 41%, Trump 39%, Johnson 9%, Stein 3%
The race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continues to tighten as it moves further from the conventions, but both candidates are still struggling to close the deal.
August 18, 2016
Clinton Rises to 348 Electoral Votes, Trump Drops to 190 By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
New Hampshire may just have four electoral votes, but it’s important. If you doubt it, just ask any Granite State citizens, and they’ll tell you about their first-in-the-nation primary. Even that quartet of electoral votes can matter; in 2000, if Al Gore had just won them (and without Ralph Nader on the ballot, he probably would have), Gore would have been president even without Florida. He didn’t and he wasn’t.
August 17, 2016
Americans Report Paying More For Health Care Compared to Five Years Ago
While most Americans say their personal health hasn’t changed much over the past five years, most say they’re paying more for health care than they were five years ago.
August 17, 2016
Is Trump to Blame for His Bad Media Coverage?
Most voters still think the media is more interested in controversy than in the issues when it comes to the presidential race, and supporters of Donald Trump strongly believe the coverage of his public comments is a classic example. Most Hillary Clinton supporters say Trump’s just a sloppy speaker.
August 17, 2016
Hillary's Headhunter: Sleazeball Ken Salazar by Michelle Malkin
The Loathsome Cowboy rides again.
August 17, 2016
Vice Presidential Prospects By John Stossel
We've heard nonstop criticism of both the Democrat and Republican presidential candidates -- for good reasons. So are their running mates any better?
August 17, 2016
Americans Are Less Enthusiastic About Sales Tax Holidays
Seventeen states nationwide will temporarily suspend some sales taxes to boost back-to-school shopping this year, but Americans seem less interested in taking advantage of sales tax holidays compared to past years.
August 16, 2016
Does Black Success Matter? by Thomas Sowell
We keep hearing that "black lives matter," but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps demagogues demonize the police. The other 99 percent of black lives destroyed by people who are not police do not seem to attract nearly as much attention in the media.
