Clinton, Trump Still Battle High Unfavorables
It’s lucky for them that this year’s presidential election isn’t a popularity contest or both major party candidates might lose.
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June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016
Brexit Causes Elites Angst -- But Britain May Leave EU Anyway By Michael Barone
"Market Angst as U.K. Edges to Exit," proclaims the headline on The Wall Street Journal's lead story. The exit referred to is Britain's departure from the European Union, a move that will be mandated if a majority votes "leave" rather than "remain" in the national referendum next Thursday.
June 17, 2016
Is Islamic Terror America's Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan
If the cliches hold -- nothing succeeds like success, the past is prologue -- this generation will not likely see an end to the jihadist terror that was on display at Pulse in Orlando on Sunday.
June 17, 2016
Voters Expect More Attacks Like Orlando, Want Muslims to Speak Out
Most voters think the government won't be able to stop further terrorist attacks on the homeland and say the country’s Islamic community should be doing more to condemn such violence.
June 16, 2016
Americans Still Worry About Overpopulation
Last year produced the lowest U.S. fertility and birth rate on record, but Americans still are far more concerned about the population growing too fast.
June 16, 2016
Voters Say Orlando More About Terrorism Than Gun Control
Most voters say the massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub this past weekend is more about terrorism than gun control, but most also agree that someone on a terrorist watch list should not be able to purchase a gun.
June 16, 2016
As Deadline Approaches, Rubio Ponders. But his re-entry would not dramatically change the Senate calculus By Kyle Kondik
The horrifying massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando forces us to ponder whether it will somehow change the national electoral calculus. The short answer is that it’s too soon to tell, but the grim reality is that the frequency of mass murder in the United States — committed by ISIS-inspired lone wolves or others — suggests that this, terrifyingly, might not be the last major spasm of violence that takes place between now and the election. How candidates react could have consequences in November, although it’s also easy to overstate the potential impact of jarring events on the choices that voters make. After all, the American electorate is partisan and the vote choices for the vast majority of them don’t waver much throughout the campaign.
June 16, 2016
White House Watch: Clinton 44%, Trump 39%
With Donald Trump under increasing criticism from leaders in his own party, Hillary Clinton has moved to a five-point lead in Rasmussen Reports’ latest weekly White House Watch survey.
June 15, 2016
Support Increases for Gay Marriage
More voters support same-sex marriage, but most still don't believe it's an area that should be governed by the feds.
June 15, 2016
Americans See Gas Prices on the Rise
With the summer driving season at hand, Americans are much more pessimistic about gas prices than they were last summer.
June 15, 2016
Florida: America's Jihad Playground By Michelle Malkin
The home of the "Happiest Place on Earth" has been breeding killer jihadists and Muslim zealots for years.
June 15, 2016
Would You Rather Have a Beer With Clinton or Trump?
Voters, especially men, would rather have a beer with Donald Trump, but they're evenly divided over which of the major presidential candidates they would invite home for dinner.
June 14, 2016
Will Orlando Change Anything? By Thomas Sowell
However great the shock of the massacre in Orlando, it is only a matter of time before we start hearing again the fact-free dogma that "diversity is our strength."
June 14, 2016
Americans Strongly Disagree With Stanford Rape Sentence
The trial of a Stanford University freshman charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has drawn widespread criticism for the perceived leniency of the judge’s sentencing. An overwhelming number of Americans agree that the six-month jail sentence is too easy, and most say cases like Stanford are fair game for politicians to discuss publicly.
June 14, 2016
Islam & the West: Irreconcilable Conflict? by Patrick J. Buchanan
On Saturday night, Omar Mateen was a loner and a loser.
June 14, 2016
Possible Errors in Exit Polls Suggest More Election Surprises Ahead By Michael Barone
Are the exit polls, on which just about every elections analyst has relied, wrong? That's a question raised by New York Times Upshot writer Nate Cohn -- a question whose answers have serious implications for how you look at the 2016 general election.
June 14, 2016
Obama whiffs on national security, blames guns By Charles Hurt
Well, thank goodness we have President Obama on the case. He will get to the bottom of it and finally put a stop to all this murder, madness and mayhem.
June 14, 2016
Democrats Are Biggest Fans of Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights
Democrats are much more enthusiastic than other voters about giving felons back their right to vote after they’ve served their time.
June 13, 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 and online survey for the week ending June 9.
