Most Say They Pay Too Much in Taxes
Most Americans continue to question the U.S. tax system and feel they are paying more than their fair share in income taxes.
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March 30, 2016
March 29, 2016
Voters Want Spending Cuts But Don’t Expect Any
Like they have for years, most voters want Congress to stop spending so much money, but they don’t actually believe it’s going to happen.
March 29, 2016
Americans Are Filing Their Taxes At A Record Pace
Americans appear to be on a tear to pay their income taxes this year.
March 29, 2016
Is Trump Right About NATO? by Patrick J. Buchanan
I am "not isolationist, but I am 'America First,'" Donald Trump told The New York times last weekend. "I like the expression."
March 29, 2016
Supreme Hypocrisy By Thomas Sowell
If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.
March 29, 2016
Should Texting While Walking Be Against the Law?
To reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities, a New Jersey lawmaker has proposed penalizing those who use cell phones without hands-free devices on sidewalks and beside roadways. More than a third of Americans are on board with that idea.
March 29, 2016
Does Social Connectedness Explain Trump's Appeal? By Michael Barone
How can one make sense of the electoral divisions in this year's Republican primaries and caucuses? The contours of Donald Trump's support and opposition don't fall on traditional lines.
March 28, 2016
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 March 24.
March 28, 2016
Voters See ISIS As Serious, Long-Term Threat
Following last week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, U.S. voters remain strongly convinced that the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) is a major danger to the United States and see little chance of that threat diminishing anytime soon.
March 28, 2016
Most Don’t Want U.S. Promoting Democracy In Islamic World
Donald Trump has run afoul of the Republican establishment with his opposition to so-called "nation-building," but most voters think Trump's on the right track.
March 26, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 26, 2016
For many Americans this year, Easter offers a time for faith and reflection amidst a sea of troubles.
March 25, 2016
More Americans Will Attend Church This Easter
While Easter is not the most important holiday of the year for the majority of Americans, most plan on attending a church service to honor it.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American Adults continue to regard Easter, the day Christians believe marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as one of our nation’s most important holidays. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 12% think it’s among the least important holidays, while 46% place it somewhere in between. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on March 22-23, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
March 25, 2016
Trump Change: Most Still See Trump on Track for Nomination
Despite Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Donald Trump’s last serious rival Ted Cruz this week, Republicans continue to believe overwhelmingly that “The Donald” is the GOP’s next likely presidential nominee.
March 25, 2016
Is ISIS Faithful to Islam? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"We are not at war with Islam," said John Kasich after the Brussels massacre, "We're at war with radical Islam."
Kasich's point raises a question: Does the Islamic faith in any way sanction or condone what those suicide bombers did?
March 25, 2016
A Vote for Kasich Is a Vote for Trump By Michael Barone
Perhaps the most important results of the March 22 Republican primary in Arizona and caucus in Utah were numbers that didn't appear on your television screen, no matter how late you stayed up for the poll closing times. Those were the numbers of votes cast for Marco Rubio in Arizona -- 70,587 of them at this writing.
March 24, 2016
Three Quarters of Americans Believe Jesus Rose From the Dead
Americans’ belief in Jesus Christ’s resurrection is even higher this Easter.
March 24, 2016
Americans Expect A Brussels-Like Attack At Home
Following the horrific bombings of an airport and metro station in Brussels earlier this week, a sizable number of Americans say they’ll be avoiding European travel in the near future and most expect a similar attack to happen on U.S. soil.
March 24, 2016
Assessing Trump’s Path to 1,237 By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
About a month ago, after Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary and all of its delegates, we headlined a piece “The Hour is Growing Late to Stop Trump.” Well, the hour has grown later, and we have to ask the question: Has Trump been stopped?
March 24, 2016
President Obama’s Approval Numbers Are Rising: What Gives?
Approval ratings for President Obama in our daily presidential tracking poll have noticeably improved over the past month. And it’s not just our polling - Real Clear Politics’ polling average indicates a clear uptick in the president’s ratings over the past couple of months.
March 23, 2016
Happy Birthday, Slurpee!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Slurpee, the frozen carbonated beverage sold at 7-Eleven convenience stores worldwide, and Americans have fond feelings toward the sugary, icy drink.
