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.
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February 16, 2016
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.
February 13, 2016
How Can Bernie Pay for his Ambitious Agenda? Slash the Military By Ted Rall
Late last year, I interviewed Bernie Sanders while working on my biography, "Bernie." I asked him if he planned to reduce the defense budget if elected president. "We will take a hard look at that," he told me, agreeing that there's an awful lot of bloat in America's military spending that ought to be cut.
February 13, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 13, 2016
New Hampshire’s fading in the rear view mirror, and now all eyes are on the Nevada caucus and the South Carolina primary. Will Donald Trump keep winning? Will Hillary Clinton start winning?
February 12, 2016
Trump Change: 74% of GOP Voters Think Trump Likely Nominee
What a difference a primary makes. After a one-week drop following Donald Trump’s second-place finish in the Iowa caucus, expectations that the New York businessman will be the Republican presidential nominee have jumped back to their highest levels.
February 12, 2016
New Hampshire's Rebuke By Michael Barone
New Hampshire voters issued a rebuke to conventional party leaders when they voted by large margins for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's primaries. But Sanders is not going to win the Democratic nomination, and it's by no means certain Trump will be the Republican nominee.
February 12, 2016
Special Prosecutor for Hillary?
Two senior Republican senators have called for the Justice Department to step aside and choose an independent special prosecutor to decide whether Hillary Clinton should be prosecuted for mishandling classified information. Most voters think that’s the way to go to avoid any possible conflict of interest.
February 12, 2016
How Republics Perish by Pat Buchanan
If you believed America's longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not.
February 11, 2016
Most Republicans Don’t Consider Trump A Conservative
Yes or no, is Donald Trump really a conservative? Many in the conservative establishment including prominent commentators and the editors of National Review magazine say he is not, but what do voters think?
February 11, 2016
Should Women Vote First for Women?
Prominent female supporters of Hillary Clinton declared over the weekend that women voters have an obligation to vote for a woman candidate, but voters overwhelmingly reject that notion.
February 11, 2016
The Democrats: Bernie’s Blowout By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
That Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire was not a surprise. That he won by so much is. It’s a tremendous shot in the arm for his campaign and a jarring setback for Hillary Clinton.
February 11, 2016
Voters Remain Pessimistic About U.S. Fight Against Terror
The number of voters who believe terrorists are winning against the United States and its allies remains near its all-time high, as they also worry that the U.S. military is already overstretched.
February 10, 2016
Most Still Know Someone Out of Work
Most Americans still know someone searching for a job, but it’s at an all-time low.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of American Adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job, but that’s the lowest finding since regular Rasmussen Reports surveying began in 2010.
February 10, 2016
Most Women Oppose Having to Register for the Draft
Since Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced late last year that the military would open up all combat roles to women, some top military generals have said that women like men should be required to register with the federal Selective Service System in the event there is a need for a military draft. Men like that idea, but most women don't.
February 10, 2016
TSA: Total Security Abyss By Michelle Malkin
While a TSA agent pawed my hair bun this weekend, presumably on high alert for improvised explosive bobby pins, I pondered the latest news on the Somalia airplane terror attack.
February 10, 2016
High-Tech Ted by John Stossel
Politicians tailor their messages to different audiences. Facing New Hampshire's primary, Ted Cruz talked more about "free-market principles" and a "commitment to the Constitution" and said "no one personality can right the wrongs done by Washington." Politico ran the headline "Ted Cruz, born-again libertarian."
February 10, 2016
Donald Trump Built a Juggernaut and Had the Media Pay for It By Charles Hurt
Why does the mainstream media heap such scorn and disbelief on Donald Trump over his promise to build a great wall along the border with Mexico — and make Mexico pay for it? After all, Donald Trump has built a winning presidential campaign — and made the media pay for it.
