Most Think Government, Big Business Work Together Against America
Most voters feel government and big business are a deadly combination.
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July 6, 2016
July 6, 2016
Americans Are Willing to Pay More to Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs
Americans strongly agree with both major presidential candidates about the importance of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States and are willing to pay more for consumer goods to make it happen.
July 6, 2016
Libertarianism for Beginners By John Stossel
It took me years to figure out that markets work better than government.
July 6, 2016
On Hillary Emails, Comey’s Evidence Clashes with Comey’s Conclusions By Charles Hurt
So it turns out that while you can indict a ham sandwich, indicting our top diplomat for “extremely careless” handling of national secrets at a time of war against the most determined and diabolical enemy we have ever faced — well, that is just a waste of time. Inconvenient. Awkward.
July 6, 2016
Iovi Et Bovi: The Teflon Hillary Standard by Michelle Malkin
There is a classic Latin epigram about double standards that resounds in the aftermath of the FBI's surrender this week to the corruptocracy:
July 6, 2016
Will the West Survive the Century? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Nativism ... xenophobia or worse" is behind the triumph of Brexit and the support for Donald Trump, railed President Barack Obama in Ottawa.
Obama believes that resistance to transformational change in the character and identity of countries of the West, from immigration, can only be the product of sick minds or sick hearts.
July 6, 2016
Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton
Most voters disagree with FBI Director James Comey’s decision not to seek a criminal indictment of Hillary Clinton.
July 5, 2016
Racial Discrimination on Campus Likely to Go on Forever By Michael Barone
"Affirmative action" will continue to be the routine course of business of college and university admissions for the foreseeable future. That's the bottom line from the Supreme Court's June decision in Fisher v. University of Texas.
July 5, 2016
Voters Aren’t Happy with NAFTA, Other Free Trade Deals
Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate NAFTA and other international free trade deals if elected president, saying they are costing U.S. jobs and killing the economy. Supporters say the trade deals lower prices for American consumers. Voters are not big fans of free trade deals like NAFTA but also strongly believe that the politicians negotiating those deals don’t care what they think anyway.
July 5, 2016
Obama's Full-Month Approval Remains At Recent High
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis , people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
July 5, 2016
What Are We Celebrating? By Thomas Sowell
There was a time when the Fourth of July meant something more than a three-day weekend. Speeches, writings and commemorative ceremonies reminded us of the origins and greatness of America. No matter where in the world our ancestors came from, we today are almost invariably better off because they came to America.
July 4, 2016
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 June 30.
That’s unchanged from last week and up three points from the previous week just after the terrorist massacre at an Orlando nightclub. Thirty percent (30%) or more said the country is heading the right way for five out of the first seven weeks this year after tracking in the mid-20s nearly every week during the second half of last year. But the weekly finding has now been back in the 20s since mid-February.
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The national telephone survey of 2,500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports from June 26-30, 2016. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
July 4, 2016
Independence Day Still Ranks High For Americans
Most Americans still place high importance on the Fourth of July, although most aren’t planning any travel this holiday weekend.
July 2, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 2, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton in hotter water at week’s end?
July 1, 2016
Who's Really to Blame for Brexit and Donald Trump By Ted Rall
At this writing, securities markets and the international community are reeling at the news that British voters have opted to leave the European Union. The "Brexit" has provoked angry reactions from the pro-Remain camp, who accuse Leave voters of stupidity, shortsighted ignorance and, worse, thinly-disguised racism and nativism posing as nationalism.
July 1, 2016
Why Trump Is Routing the Free Traders by Patrick J. Buchanan
On trade, Bernie Sanders is closer to Trump. Even Hillary Clinton has begun to renounce a TPP she once called the "gold standard" of trade deals.
July 1, 2016
Warren Not Seen As Boost To Clinton Presidential Ticket
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Hillary Clinton on the presidential campaign trail earlier this week, fueling speculation of an all-woman national ticket. But most voters - including Democrats and women - say a vice presidential nomination for Warren wouldn't help Clinton's chances for the White House.
July 1, 2016
Brexit Due to Failure of Elites, Not Bigotry of Masses By Michael Barone
Bigotry! Nativism! Racism! That's what elites in Britain, Europe and here have been howling, explanations for why 52 percent of a higher-than-general-election turnout of British voters voted for their nation to leave the European Union.
June 30, 2016
If Americans Could Live Anywhere in the World, They'd Still Choose U.S.
This Fourth of July, Americans will celebrate the independence of the United States of America, and most say they wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else.
June 30, 2016
49% Say Clinton Lied To Victims’ Families About Benghazi Attack
The final report released this week by the special congressional committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, hasn’t significantly changed voters’ opinions about how the incident will impact Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House. Still, nearly half of voters believe the then-secretary of State lied to the victims’ families about the nature of the attack.
