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May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015
Few Voters Favor Keeping Health Care Law As Is
Obamacare remains the law of the land, but most voters still want to make major changes in it or dump it completely.
May 23, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 23, 2015
Are U.S. troops headed back to Iraq? If so, voters don’t like it.
May 22, 2015
Voters Remain Cool to Boots on the Ground in Iraq
Voters are more convinced that the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) is winning the war in Iraq but are less enthusiastic than ever about sending U.S. troops back into action to do something about it.
May 22, 2015
Can Hillary Clinton Reverse the Six-Year Decline in Democratic Turnout? by Michael Barone
Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992 by running as a different kind of Democrat from previous nominees. Hillary Clinton, Anne Gearan of The Washington Post reports, is hoping to win the presidency in 2016 by running as the same kind of Democrat as the current incumbent.
May 22, 2015
Summertime's Here - Or Is It?
Summer doesn’t technically begin for another month, but most Americans still view Memorial Day weekend as the kickoff of their favorite season.
May 21, 2015
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May 21, 2015
A Lot of Americans Have Had a Car Crash
Most Americans admit they've been in a traffic accident while behind the wheel.
May 21, 2015
Senate 2016: Sorting Out the Democrats' Best Targets By Kyle Kondik
Former Sen. Russ Feingold’s (D) long-expected decision to challenge Sen. Ron Johnson (R) in a 2016 rematch crystallized for us that Johnson is the most vulnerable incumbent senator in the country. But it also helped put the other top Senate races into context.
First of all, let’s re-set the scene. Map 1 shows Senate Class 3, which will be contested in November 2016. The 34 seats up next year are lopsidedly controlled by Republicans: They are defending 24 seats, while the Democrats are only defending 10.
May 21, 2015
Voters See ISIS Winning in Iraq
Voters aren’t happy with the way President Obama is fighting the radical Islamic State group and increasingly suspect that ISIS is winning the war in Iraq.
May 21, 2015
Most Voters Expect Biased News Coverage of 2016 Presidential Race
In the wake of the George Stephanopoulos scandal, most voters doubt the accuracy of political news coverage and think most reporters will slant their coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign.
May 20, 2015
Voters Say They Aren't Getting Their Money's Worth From Schools
Even though few voters actually know how much the United States spends on education each year, they still don’t think they’re getting a good return on their investment.
May 20, 2015
Americans Still Question What College Grads Have to Offer
Americans are slightly less negative about the job prospects for the latest batch of college graduates but still aren’t very confident these graduates have much to offer prospective employers.
May 20, 2015
Dr. Capitalism By John Stossel
For years, my scientist brother Tom was the nonpolitical Stossel.
May 20, 2015
Americans Remain Dubious About Driverless Cars
Google admits its new driverless cars have had a few minor accidents but says the latest model will be ready for the road as early as this summer. Americans are a bit more likely to consider buying a driverless car these days but are still not convinced they will make the roads safer.
May 19, 2015
46% Want Stephanopoulos Banned From Campaign Coverage
George Stephanopoulos, a senior ABC News anchor, was caught last week hiding $75,000 in donations to the Bill and Hillary Clinton Foundation just after he grilled on air the author of a book critical of the foundation and Mrs. Clinton. He also was scheduled to moderate a presidential campaign debate before the media found out about the donations.
May 19, 2015
Death Penalty for Tsarnaev Hurts Boston By Froma Harrop
Why was 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to die in a state so generally opposed to capital punishment? A recent Boston Globe poll found that only 19 percent of Massachusetts residents wanted the Boston Marathon bomber put to death. The state hasn't seen an execution since 1947.
May 19, 2015
The Two-Point-Something Campaign by Michael Barone
This spring it seems as if there have been two-point-something Republican presidential candidacy announcements per week. And, since she made her own announcement April 12, Hillary Clinton has answered an average of about two-point-something questions from the press each week.
May 19, 2015
After Amtrak Crash, Most Still Consider Mass Transit Safe
Few Americans say they use mass transit regularly, but they remain confident in its safety despite the recent Amtrak train derailment near Philadelphia that killed eight people. Most also don't feel more government spending on infrastructure will help prevent such crashes.
May 18, 2015
29% Think U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 May 14.
