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August 18, 2016Clinton 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.

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                            August 17, 2016Americans 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.

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                            August 17, 2016Is 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, 2016Hillary's Headhunter: Sleazeball Ken Salazar by Michelle Malkin
The Loathsome Cowboy rides again.
August 17, 2016Vice 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?

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                            August 17, 2016Americans 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, 2016Does 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.

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                            August 16, 2016Most Think Hillary Likely to Have Done Favors At State for Clinton Foundation Donors
Following news reports that federal investigators are taking a deeper look at the charitable foundation established by Bill and Hillary Clinton, voters are even more suspicious that the Democratic presidential nominee traded favors to donors while she was secretary of State. 
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 11 and 14, 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 16, 2016The Real Existential Threats of 2016 By Patrick J. Buchanan
On Sept. 30, the end of fiscal year 2016, the national debt is projected to reach $19.3 trillion.

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                            August 16, 2016Most Like the NRA But Aren't Moved by Its Endorsement
Most voters share a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association and say their Second Amendment constitutional right to own a gun is important to their vote in the coming elections. But even among voters who rate the second Amendment highly, the NRA's endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump isn't critical to how they will vote.
August 16, 2016Will Trump Take Down Congressional Republicans? By Michael Barone
On Friday, Republican National Committee and Trump campaign staffers held what one described as an "emergency meeting" at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando. The obvious subject: what to do about Donald Trump's flagging campaign and how Republican down-ballot candidates can avoid the possible (likely?) downdraft.
August 15, 201633% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 11.

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                            August 15, 2016Most Still Don’t Trust Clinton or Trump
Democrats trust Hillary Clinton more than Republicans trust Donald Trump, but most unaffiliated voters don’t trust either one of them.

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                            August 15, 2016Voters Are Much More Eager to Vote This Year
Are the stakes higher this election season? Voters seem to think so.

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                            August 13, 2016What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 13, 2016
In a presidential race where most of the media seem to treat policy positions like an afterthought, it may be a surprise that there are some pretty clear differences between the two major political parties and some obvious areas of agreement, too.

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                            August 12, 2016Most Still Question Iran Nuclear Deal
Opponents of the Iran nuclear deal reached last year are accusing the Obama administration of paying a secret ransom to Iran after it was revealed that the United States sent $400 million in cash on the same day four U.S. detainees were released by the Iranian government. The president denies the ransom allegations, saying the payment was related to an older dispute, but most voters continue to express pessimism about the nuclear deal.
August 12, 2016Yes, the System Is Rigged by Patrick J. Buchanan
"I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged," Donald Trump told voters in Ohio and Sean Hannity on Fox News. And that hit a nerve.

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                            August 12, 2016Even More Voters Now See America As A Divided Nation
Voters don’t share President Obama’s upbeat assessment of the nation and strongly believe the United States is coming apart. Even the majority of his fellow Democrats share that gloomy assessment.
August 12, 2016Nationalism Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing By Michael Barone
Google "Donald Trump" and "nationalism" and you'll get 1,090,000 results, the large percentage of which are, to judge from the top hits, negative. "Nationalism" is deemed to be bad stuff, maybe even akin to Nazism.

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                            August 11, 2016Most Say No to Unemployment Benefits For Striking Union Workers
New Jersey last week moved a step closer to making striking union workers eligible for unemployment benefits, but most voters don't welcome that idea where they live.