Trump Change: GOP Voters Still Have High Expectations for Trump Win
Donald Trump’s criticism of the last Republican president has done little to blunt expectations among GOP voters that he will be their party’s presidential nominee in the fall.
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February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016
Who Will Win the Electability Vote? by Michael Barone
With the likelihood that the Supreme Court vacancy will not be filled this year, voters' minds are going to turn to questions of electability, writes my Washington Examiner colleague David Drucker.
February 18, 2016
Voters Say Senate Should Vote on All Presidential Nominees
Many Republican senators are proposing to delay action on President Obama's yet-to-be announced nominee to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but most voters think the Senate has a responsibility to vote on all of the president's nominees.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters believe every person the president nominates to serve as a judge or in a government position should receive an up or down vote on the floor of the Senate. That's up from 50% when we first asked this question in July 2013. Just 21% disagree, while another 21% are undecided.
February 18, 2016
Hillary Meter: Clinton Holds Her Ground After Iowa, New Hampshire
Despite a near-tie in Iowa and a big loss in New Hampshire to Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is still seen by most Democrats as likely to win their party’s presidential nomination.
February 18, 2016
Republicans 2016: From South Carolina to the Ides of March By Geoffrey Skelley
After months and months of endless fascination with Iowa and New Hampshire, the bulk of the primary season will be contested over just the course of a single month. Between Feb. 20 and March 5, a whopping 37 states and territories will hold at least one party’s nominating contest, many both. In order to prepare our readers for this flood of primaries and caucuses, we wanted to take a look at each one and try to assess what their electorates are like and what history tells us about whom they might be inclined to support. This week, we sketch out the Republican calendar from Feb. 20 through March 15. Next week, we’ll tackle the Democrats.
February 18, 2016
Voters Give Supreme Court High Marks
Voters are feeling better about the U.S. Supreme Court than they have in several years.
February 17, 2016
Is It Good or Bad to Link A Candidate to George W. Bush?
Jeb Bush is counting on an appearance by his brother, former President George W. Bush, to boost his chances in the South Carolina primary. In response, Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of former President Bush and the Iraq war in particular. Is the last Republican president a blessing or a curse as far as voters are concerned?
February 17, 2016
Should Scalia’s Replacement Be Obama’s Choice?
The unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has set off a political battle over who should get to nominate his replacement, but voters tend to think the choice should be President Obama's, not the next president's.
February 17, 2016
Robot Cars By John Stossel
The Tesla S is the closest thing to a totally driverless car available now. I had to leave my state to test-drive it. New York's archaic laws forbid taking both hands off the wheel.
February 17, 2016
The Lure of Socialism by Thomas Sowell
Many people of mature years are amazed at how many young people have voted for Senator Bernie Sanders, and are enthusiastic about the socialism he preaches.
February 17, 2016
Another Ill-advised (But Self-serving) Kamikaze Stunt By Ted Cruz By Charles Hurt
Sen. Ted Cruz is one of those people who constantly wrestles with the Constitution — and always wins.
In his latest declaration to mount the barricades in defense of the Constitution, the Texas senator said he will “absolutely” filibuster any nominee the president puts forward to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
February 17, 2016
Border Surge Solution: Send 'Em to Camp David! By Michelle Malkin
Colorado dodged a bullet. After a stinging backlash from local leaders and Rocky Mountain politicians in both parties, the Obama White House retreated this weekend from plans to dump in our state 1,000 minors who immigrated here illegally.
Good riddance to the feckless feds, and don't come back, y'all.
February 16, 2016
Clinton vs. Trump: Whom Do Voters Trust on the Big Issues?
The presidential race is still shaping up as Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. So which of the two likely candidates do voters trust more on several of the key issues facing the nation?
February 16, 2016
Tragedy and Choices By Thomas Sowell
Amid the petty bickering, loud rhetoric and sordid attack ads in this year's primary election campaigns, the death of a giant -- Justice Antonin Scalia -- suddenly overshadows all of that.
February 16, 2016
Republicans Launch Sharp Attacks in South Carolina Debate By Michael Barone
The CBS presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, started off with a moment of silence in memory of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose death was announced earlier in the day. And the debate that followed was a sort of tribute to the late jurist.
February 16, 2016
Voters Say Money, Media Have Too Much Political Clout
Voters feel strongly that wealthy donors and special interests and the media are too strong a presence in politics, but they remain closely divided over which is the worst problem.
February 16, 2016
Leave the Scalia Chair Vacant by Pat Buchanan
It is a measure of the stature and the significance of Justice Antonin Scalia that, upon the news of his death at a hunting lodge in Texas, Washington was instantly caught up in an unseemly quarrel over who would succeed him.
February 15, 2016
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) 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 12.
February 15, 2016
Most Are Not Ready to Send More Troops to Fight ISIS
Voters still see the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) as a serious threat to the homeland and criticize the Obama administration’s efforts against it. But most aren't ready to send a lot of U.S. troops to Syria to fight ISIS.
February 15, 2016
Americans OK With – But Not Excited About – Presidents’ Day
Americans don’t rate Presidents’ Day too highly on their list of federal holidays, but most think the number of holidays celebrated by the federal government is about right.
