Most Say Their Politics Aren’t Influenced By Social Media
Most voters regularly use social media sites, but they insist that their political views aren’t shaped by what their friends and family post online.
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October 3, 2016
October 3, 2016
Why Trump Will Do Better in Ohio Than He Does Nationally By Kyle Kondik
For the first time since Ohio rejected Kennedy in favor of Richard M. Nixon in 1960, it seems quite possible that the Buckeye State will find itself on the losing side of a presidential election this year.
October 1, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 1, 2016
Rasmussen Reports is now updating its Clinton-Trump matchup numbers daily, so check White House Watch every morning at 8:30 Eastern Monday through Friday until Election Day.
September 30, 2016
Voters Don’t Trust Media Fact-Checking
Most voters believe news organizations play favorites when it comes to fact-checking candidates’ statements, but this skepticism is much stronger among voters who support Donald Trump than those who back his rival Hillary Clinton.
September 30, 2016
Trump Right on Trade Predators by Patrick J. Buchanan
Is America still a serious nation?
September 30, 2016
What the Debate Tells About How Candidates Would Govern By Michael Barone
You've heard and read by now lots of spin and speculation about who won and where the polls are going to move after Monday's presidential debate. We'll know the answers to these questions soon. The more important question for the long run is how each of these candidates would govern. The debate provides no certain answers to that question, but it does offer some useful clues.
September 29, 2016
Would You Boycott Trump Products?
A sizable number of Americans say they have boycotted businesses on political grounds, but how many would boycott those connected to billionaire Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump?
September 29, 2016
Is Mob Violence After Police Shootings About Race or Law and Order?
Americans are evenly divided as to whether the mob violence that has followed police shootings in recent years is a crime or a cry for justice, but most agree that it only makes the criminal justice situation worse.
September 28, 2016
Americans Remember Arnold Palmer Fondly
Americans have a warm spot in their hearts for Arnold Palmer, "the King of Golf," who passed away this past weekend at age 87.
September 28, 2016
Voters Show More Support for Stop and Frisk Laws
Citing rising murder rates in several major cities, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump argues that police should be allowed to stop and frisk anyone on the street whom they consider suspicious. His Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and other opponents of such laws say that minorities are unfairly targeted. Voters are more supportive of stop and frisk laws but remain concerned that they may violate some Americans’ rights.
September 28, 2016
The Debate I Heard By John Stossel
Something's wrong with me.
I watched Monday's presidential debate. But what I heard was different from what Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton seemed to say.
September 28, 2016
Trump Solid in Debate, But Needs Improvement By Charles Hurt
Monday night’s debate here was a tremendous victory for Donald Trump, but his performance left plenty of room for improvement.
Big picture: Polls show support for Hillary Clinton is collapsing, and she desperately needed to stanch the bleeding. She did nothing during the debate to change the trajectory of those increasingly bleak polls.
September 28, 2016
Voters Say Clinton More Qualified Than Trump for Presidency
Voters still think Hillary Clinton is more fit to be president than Donald Trump.
September 28, 2016
Hillary, Interrupted by Michelle Malkin
Whatever happened to "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar"? Whither "Girl Power"? When did Rosie the Riveter's "We Can Do It!" give way to Hillary the Haranguer's "We Can't Handle It"?
September 27, 2016
Voters Expect Taxes, Spending To Rise Under Clinton, Less Sure About Trump
Voters think taxes and government spending will increase under a Hillary Clinton presidency but are less certain what will happen if Donald Trump is elected.
September 27, 2016
Is Charlotte Our Future? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Celebrating the racial diversity of the Charlotte protesters last week, William Barber II, chairman of the North Carolina NAACP, proudly proclaimed, "This is what democracy looks like."
September 27, 2016
'Favors' to Blacks By Thomas Sowell
Back in the 1960s, as large numbers of black students were entering a certain Ivy League university for the first time, someone asked a chemistry professor -- off the record -- what his response to them was. He said, "I give them all A's and B's. To hell with them."
September 27, 2016
Now We Wait By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
The first debate is over! At least everyone survived.
September 27, 2016
And The Winner Is…
Hyper-competent bureaucrat vs. changemaker – that’s the choice Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump laid out for Americans at their first debate.
