Black Friday Is Coming
One-in-three Americans plan on braving the crowds of holiday shoppers this Friday, but a sizable number still hopes to spend less on gifts this holiday season.
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November 25, 2015
November 24, 2015
Holiday Shoppers Are Off to the Races
Americans are shopping at a faster pace this holiday season than they have in the past several years.
In Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2015 holiday season, 43% of American Adults say they have started their gift shopping. Fifty-four percent (54%) have not.
November 24, 2015
Political Translations By Thomas Sowell
It is amazing how many different ways the same thing can be said, creating totally different impressions. For example, when President Barack Obama says that defeating ISIS is going to take a long time, how is that different from saying that he is going to do very little, very slowly? It is saying the same thing in different words.
November 24, 2015
Which Party Will Emerge From Its Gathering Storm? By Michael Barone
Each of our two political parties, ancient by world standards, seems to be facing a gathering storm.
November 24, 2015
More Consider Russia An Ally In Fighting ISIS
As the international effort to eliminate the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) intensifies, voters here are less skeptical of Russia’s involvement.
November 23, 2015
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Confidence in the direction of the country has fallen back in the first full-week survey since the terror attacks in Paris.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending November 20.
November 23, 2015
49% Want to Declare War on ISIS
Despite the recent horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, voters here aren’t ready to take the lead in the fight against the radical Islamic State group (ISIS), but they’re close to a formal declaration of war.
November 23, 2015
Voters Criticize Obama’s, Muslims’ Responses to Terrorist Attacks
Americans aren’t happy with President Obama’s response to the recent massacres in Paris by radical Islamic terrorists but feel even more strongly that prominent Muslims need to speak out against these atrocities.
November 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders Is a Socialist and So Are You By Ted Rall
When it comes to politics, Americans are idiots.
November 21, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 21, 2015
President Obama is at odds with the American people again this week.
November 20, 2015
Voters to Obama: Yes, We Are at War with Radical Islam
President Obama, Hillary Clinton and other senior Democrats refuse to say America is at war with “radical Islamic terrorism” for fear of insulting all Muslims, but voters beg to disagree.
November 20, 2015
Obama Gets Really Angry ... at Americans by Michael Barone
Three days after the Islamic State terrorist attacks in Paris, Americans were primed to hear their president express heartfelt anger, which he did in his press conference in Antalya, Turkey, at the end of the G-20 summit. And they did hear him describe ISIS as "this barbaric terrorist organization" and acknowledge that the "terrible events in Paris were a terrible and sickening setback."
November 20, 2015
The Ululations of Radical College Crybabies By Michelle Malkin
Deray McKesson, the professional agitator whose racial rabble-rousing began at tax-subsidized Teach for America, proudly unveiled his new enterprise on the Internet Thursday: A website chronicling "THE DEMANDS" of his radical brothers and sisters on college campuses across Northern America.
"We recently launched http://thedemands.org which compiles the college demands from across the country," he tweeted. "Check it out."
November 20, 2015
Trump Change: Trump’s Chances Up Again
Has Donald Trump's tough response to the massacres in Paris helped him regain some lost ground?
November 19, 2015
Military Personnel Agree PTSD has Significant Impact on Vets
More than three-quarters of Americans who are now in the military or have previously served have little doubt that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a major problem for veterans.
November 19, 2015
Most Say ‘No’ to Syrian Refugees In Their State
President Obama says the Syrian refugees he hopes to move here are no more dangerous than tourists. The governors of more than two dozen states, citing the links between those refugees and the weekend massacres in Paris, aren’t convinced and have asked the president not to settle them in their states.
November 19, 2015
Republicans 2016: A Contracting List of True Contenders By Kyle Kondik
The atrocities in Paris over the weekend show that events can and will inject new issues into the presidential contest or intensify ones that already exist. But it’s important to remember that what dominates news today might not be what dominates it a month from now, and we still have two and a half months until the primary season begins and nearly a year before the general election.
November 19, 2015
Is Equal Justice the Goal of Black Lives Matter?
Black Lives Matter or all lives matter is an ongoing political debate, but most voters aren't convinced that the Black Lives Matter movement is interested in justice for all.
November 18, 2015
Do You Get Enough Sleep?
Americans agree on the importance of sleep, but a sizable number say they don't get enough of it.
November 18, 2015
Is It Time to Put Out Smoking in Public Housing?
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed banning smoking in all of the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units. Voters like the idea but seriously doubt that it will work.
