Most Still Support Requiring Photo ID To Vote
In the thick of primary season, most voters still think their fellow Americans need to prove their identity before voting, although support for such laws is down slightly from previous years.
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March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016
Can Donald Trump Be Stopped? Maybe By Michael Barone
The Republican race goes on after Super Tuesday. In ordinary years, Donald Trump's wins in seven of the 11 Super Tuesday contests after three out of four wins in February, together with his delegate lead, would make him the nominee. Politicians would hurry to back the apparent winner.
March 4, 2016
Trump Change: More GOPers Than Ever Say Trump Very Likely To Be Nominee
Despite two hard-hitting debates and a strong denunciation of Donald Trump by Mitt Romney, the last Republican presidential candidate, voters are even more convinced that Trump will be this year’s GOP nominee.
March 3, 2016
Voters Are Still Down On Obamacare
Six years after its passage by Congress, President Obama's national health care law remains unpopular with a majority of voters who still believe it will lead to higher costs and lower the quality of care.
March 3, 2016
The Trumpmare: Can the Republicans Save the Senate? By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik
Let’s have some speculative fun, if such a thing is possible in this election year. After recent primaries, it’s not a stretch to imagine Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee; in fact, the odds at the moment favor this outcome. Now, add a second, more controversial projection: Trump loses the general election handily to Hillary Clinton. If you’re a Trump supporter, you will vigorously object.
March 3, 2016
Trump or Clinton - Who Are Voters Most Likely to Vote Against?
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be the presidential front-runners in their respective parties, but right now there are more voters who say they will vote against them than will vote for them.
March 2, 2016
Are Americans Honest at Tax Time?
Americans don't consider their fellow countrymen an overly honest group, but they think most play fair when it comes to their taxes.
March 2, 2016
Supreme Court Nominee Looms Large for Voters
Voters in both major political parties place high importance on the next U.S. Supreme Court nomination when it comes to Election 2016, but they are predictably divided when it comes to punishing or supporting senators who refuse to consider President Obama's nominee for the latest vacancy on the court.
March 2, 2016
The 2016 GOP Debate Debacle By Michelle Malkin
When the dust settles on this wild and wacky GOP primary season, there will be at least one clear Biggest Loser: the Republican National Committee.
March 2, 2016
Regulating the Future By John Stossel
Government pretends it's the cause of progress. Then it strangles innovation.
March 2, 2016
Trump’s Winning Streak Baffles GOP Losing Club for Losers By Charles Hurt
It is true. You simply cannot trust a politician as far as you can throw them.
March 2, 2016
Tuesday’s Super for Trump and Clinton By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
As the dust settles from Super Tuesday, we think the race is the same now as it was before the voting: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the favorites to win their respective nominations.
March 2, 2016
Clinton Edges Ahead of Trump in Presidential Matchup
Donald Trump may still be winning Republican state primaries, but Hillary Clinton has now moved ahead of him in a hypothetical presidential matchup.
March 1, 2016
Last Chance for America? By Thomas Sowell
The "Super Tuesday" primaries may be a turning point for America -- and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing international dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraordinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and personal character to rescue America.
March 1, 2016
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Up Again in February
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.
March 1, 2016
Is a New GOP Being Born? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The first four Republican contests -- Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- produced record turnouts.
March 1, 2016
Arizona, Not Trump, Shows Republicans the Way on Immigration By Michael Barone
In last Thursday's slam-bang Republican debate everyone saw Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz do a fine job of demonstrating Donald Trump's ignorance and inconsistencies. But many may not have noticed Cruz's citation of a Feb. 9 Wall Street Journal article that casts light on the immigration issue -- and suggests strongly that Cruz's and Rubio's serious immigration policies could prove more effective than Trump's bombast about building a wall and getting Mexico to pay for it.
March 1, 2016
GOP Voters, Unaffiliateds More Influenced by Debates Than Democrats Are
Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely than Democrats to have changed candidates as a result of the 10 GOP and six Democratic presidential campaign debates. But most voters who have followed the debates are pretty much where they were before it all began.
February 29, 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 survey for the week ending February 25.
