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 18.
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February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016
Voters Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers for Illegal Immigrants
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has called for free lawyers for children who have entered this country illegally, and a law proposed in the state of Maryland would expand that to include women who are here illegally as well. How do voters nationwide feel about paying for free lawyers for illegal immigrants?
February 22, 2016
Voters Still Say Congress Is For Sale
Positive reviews of Congress just barely crack double-digits this month, while voters continue to believe that most representatives - including their own - are selling their votes.
February 21, 2016
Clinton Hangs On In Nevada by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
After very narrowly winning Iowa and losing New Hampshire in a blowout, Hillary Clinton has moved on to her “firewall” -- the more diverse states that come after the lily-white leadoff contests. Clinton’s wall held in its first test in Nevada, but her modest margin of victory isn’t going to scare Bernie Sanders into surrendering. Clinton remains on track to win the nomination, barring intervention by the FBI or some unrelated, unexpected development, but Sanders is hanging around. And with the money he’s raising and the enthusiasm he’s generating among the young, he likely can continue for quite some time.
February 21, 2016
The Hour Is Growing Late To Stop Trump by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
If you had told us when Donald Trump entered the race that he would take second place in Iowa, win New Hampshire easily, and then triumph in South Carolina, you’d have needed smelling salts to revive us. But he’s done it, and no one else has really been able to shake the intense hold he has on about a third of the Republican Party.
February 20, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 20, 2016
Will this president or the next one fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia? And who will that next president be?
February 19, 2016
For Sanders and Clinton, Politics Are Personal by Ted Rall
Could the clash between Clintonian "realism" and Sandersian "idealism" come down to personal history?
February 19, 2016
Trump Is Right on Trade By Pat Buchanan
Republican hawks are aflutter today over China's installation of anti-aircraft missiles on Woody Island in the South China Sea.
February 19, 2016
Is Apple Right To Challenge The FBI?
Voters disagree with Apple’s decision to challenge a federal court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino, California terrorist massacre, with even more continuing to say preventing terrorism is more important than protecting Americans’ privacy.
February 19, 2016
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.
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.
