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July 23, 2015

U.N. Wins Few Votes for Iran Deal Here at Home

The United Nations Security Council earlier this week endorsed the agreement the Obama administration has negotiated with Iran to slow the Iranian nuclear development program. But most U.S. voters aren’t impressed.

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July 23, 2015

A Small Senate Battlefield by Larry J. Sabato, Geoffrey Skelley, and Kyle Kondik

Since we last took a comprehensive look at the 2016 Senate races, a slew of new candidates have jumped in, some promising contenders have dropped out, and intraparty competition has intensified.

Sounds dramatic. Yet what most strikes us is the overall stability, thus far at least, of the Senate picture.

July 23, 2015

Voters React to Military's New Transgender Policy

The Pentagon recently announced that transgender individuals will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, but for voters that's a close call.

July 22, 2015

GOP Voters Say Kasich’s Not A Contender Yet

Who? That seems to be Ohio Governor John Kasich’s biggest problem as perhaps the last major entrant in the race for next year’s Republican presidential nomination.

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July 22, 2015

Medical Monsters vs. Life-Giving Angels By Michelle Malkin

Another week, another money-grubbing Planned Parenthood baby-parts harvester exposed.   

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July 22, 2015

McCain vs. Trump? GOP Voters Choose …

Do Republican voters have a slightly more favorable opinion of Donald Trump these days than they do of Senator John McCain?

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July 22, 2015

The Fact-Free Left By Thomas Sowell

The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another Islamic extremist has been exacerbated by the fact that these military people had been ordered to be unarmed -- and therefore sitting ducks.

Millions of American civilians have also been forbidden to have guns, and are also sitting ducks -- for criminals, terrorists or psychos.

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July 22, 2015

The War on Uber by John Stossel

Hillary Clinton gave a speech warning that the new "sharing economy" of businesses such as theride-hailing company Uber is "raising hard questions about workplace protections."

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July 22, 2015

Americans Turn on Cosby

As more damning evidence is released regarding Bill Cosby’s history of alleged sexual assaults, Americans have a much more negative view of the legendary comedian but stop short of calling for his Presidential Medal of Freedom to be revoked.

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July 21, 2015

HUD's 'Disparate Impact' War on Suburban America by Michael Barone

Disparate impact. It's a legal doctrine that may be coming soon to your suburb (if you're part of the national majority living in suburbs).

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July 21, 2015

A Historic Catastrophe By Thomas Sowell

Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson has called the 1433 decision of the emperor of China to discontinue his country's exploration of the outside world the "worst political blunder in the history of civilization." 

July 21, 2015

Does Campaign Cash Really Matter?

When it comes to campaign contributions, most voters think disclosure is more important than restrictions. Most also still believe substance matters more than money when it comes to election outcomes.

July 21, 2015

Voters Strongly Defend U.S. Flag, Symbols of Our Past

Voters overwhelmingly object to efforts to get rid of the U.S. flag and other symbols of the nation’s past that offend some Americans, but they're more hesitant about comparing those proposals to the historical cleansing being done by the radical Islamic group ISIS in the Middle East.

July 20, 2015

32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 16.

July 20, 2015

Voters Balk At Sale of Fetal Body Parts

A recently released video showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing the harvesting and sale of body organs from aborted babies to medical laboratories has kicked up a political storm. Most voters still approve of the pro-choice group but don’t care much for its sales practices.

July 20, 2015

Bush or Obama - Who's to Blame?

More than six years into Barack Obama's presidency, voters still tend to blame George W. Bush more than the current occupant of the White House for the state the U.S. economy is in.

July 18, 2015

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 18, 2015

Most of the news focus has been on the Republican side of the presidential race, but tonight in Iowa all five announced Democratic candidates will share the same stage for the first time. Does it matter?

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July 17, 2015

Scott Walker: An Idiot, Ready to Serve on Day 900 By Ted Rall

Imagine you're running for president of the United States of America. The campaign has begun. Then something unsettling happens: You realize that you're not qualified for the job.   

July 17, 2015

Meet the Hillary Meter

Just over 10 years ago when Hillary Clinton first took aim at the presidency, Rasmussen Reports introduced the Hillary Meter to regularly update public perceptions of the former first lady on her long march to the White House.

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July 17, 2015

Hillary Clinton's Economics: Suddenly It's 1947 By Michael Barone

Like it or not, Hillary Clinton is the single individual most likely to be elected the next president. So it's worthwhile looking closely at and behind her words when she deigns to speak on public policy, as she did in her July 14 speech on economics.