Demand for Hybrid Cars Is Little Changed
More hybrid vehicles - part traditional gasoline-powered engine, part electric engine - seem to be on the roads these days, but Americans aren't expressing any increased willingness to buy one.
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April 14, 2016
April 14, 2016
Clinton vs. Sanders: Whom Do Democrats Trust More?
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been on a hot streak lately in the Democratic primary race, but Democratic voters still put more trust in his rival when it comes to key issues.
April 14, 2016
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District, which forms a misshapen U linking Greater Philadelphia in the east to the outskirts of Lancaster and Reading to its west and north, provides a vivid example of the challenges Democrats face on the current U.S. House map.
April 13, 2016
Americans Put Country and God First
After family, what do Americans believe in most strongly? Their country and their religious faith.
April 13, 2016
American Workers Matter: A Chicago Wake and Wake-Up Call by Michelle Malkin
Circle this date on your calendar: April 22. I'll be in Chicago that day attending what may be a very significant milestone in American politics and domestic policy. It's going to be a wake and a wake-up call, part memorial and part protest.
April 13, 2016
Why Are Americans Buying So Many Guns?
Law-abiding Americans are buying guns at a record pace, and most tell us it’s for self-defense. Democrats, however, are far more likely than others to believe it is too easy to buy a gun these days.
April 13, 2016
Another Libertarian Moment? By John Stossel
The Libertarian Party might get more votes this year.
April 13, 2016
Those Words You Hear From Paul Ryan Don’t Herald the Arrival Of a Knight in Shining Armor By Charles Hurt
Here in Washington, nothing ever goes “bump” by itself. Which leads us to the question, “What is Paul Ryan up to?”
April 13, 2016
Most Still Oppose Religious Freedom Laws
Mississippi and North Carolina are the latest states to adopt laws that allow a private business not to serve someone if it violates the business owner's religious beliefs, but critics contend that gay, lesbian and transgender customers will suffer. Most voters nationwide agree and still don’t want their state to adopt such laws.
April 12, 2016
Will Trump Be Swindled in Cleveland, Too? By Patrick Buchanan
In the race for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump would seem to be in the catbird seat. He has won the most states, the most delegates and the most votes -- by nearly two million.
April 12, 2016
Most Republicans Say Kasich, Cruz Ready to Be President, Not Trump
Most Republicans think Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich have what it takes to be president, but GOP voters are evenly divided over whether the same is true of Donald Trump. Among all voters, however, only Kasich fills the bill.
April 12, 2016
The 'Voice of the People' Fallacy By Thomas Sowell
We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice of the people."
April 12, 2016
Democrats See Clinton As More Qualified Than Sanders To Be President
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders entered a war of words recently over whether the other is qualified for the White House. Democrats see Clinton as more qualified, but voters in general are more critical of both candidates’ credentials.
April 12, 2016
The Tragic Deterioration of Washington's Great Society Subway by Michael Barone
If you live any distance beyond the Capital Beltway you probably didn't notice, but an important part of government in Washington shut down on Wednesday, March 16. That's when the Metro subway system's recently installed general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, ordered a one-day shutdown of the entire 117-mile system for emergency inspection of track-based power cables.
April 11, 2016
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending April 7.
April 11, 2016
GOP Voters Still See Trump’s Chances for Nomination Better than Cruz’s
Ted Cruz may have picked up more delegates than Donald Trump in recent days, but Republican voters don’t rate his chances for their party’s presidential nomination nearly as highly yet.
April 11, 2016
No Trump, No Show for 33% of GOP Voters
Members of the establishment in both major political parties worry that supporters of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders will not align with the party’s eventual nominee if their guy isn't chosen, but that appears to be a much more serious problem for Republicans than for Democrats.
April 9, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 9, 2016
What a mess! Both major political parties continue stumbling toward their national conventions after another state primary illustrates how far out of step party leaders are with their own voters.
April 8, 2016
Few Americans Support $15 Minimum Wage In Their State
New York and California recently passed bills that will gradually raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour, and several other states are considering similar legislation. Most Americans want their state’s hourly minimum wage to be above the federal level of $7.25, but they aren’t quite willing to go as high as $15.
April 8, 2016
Can the GOP Get Together in Cleveland? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After winning only six delegates in Wisconsin, and with Ted Cruz poaching delegates in states he has won, like Louisiana, Donald Trump either wins on the first ballot at Cleveland, or Trump does not win.
