27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-seven percent (27%) 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 September 3.
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September 7, 2015
September 7, 2015
It's Labor Day At Last
More Americans than ever view Labor Day as it was intended - to honor working Americans - but few still regard it as one of the nation’s most important holidays.
September 5, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 5, 2015
These are tense times racially, and Americans don’t think President Obama and some other top officials are helping with their repeated criticism of the police.
September 4, 2015
What's With News Media Who Don't Want to Publish News? By Ted Rall
If a pizza shop refused to sell pizza, everyone would say it was run by crazy people.
What does it say about the people who run the news media that they don't want to report news?
September 4, 2015
Trump Change: Trump Jumps Further Ahead
“The Donald” has moved even further ahead in the latest Trump Change survey.
September 4, 2015
Joe Biden's Yuck Factor By Michelle Malkin
Next week, as rumors swirl of his possible entry into the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden will appear on liberal comedian Stephen Colbert's new late-night CBS show. The host is a professional clown. The VIP guest is a political clown with more baggage than the Kardashians during Paris fashion week.
September 4, 2015
Donald Trump's Appeal Is Based on Yesterday's News By Michael Barone
Aside from the court-ordered dribbling out of Hillary Clinton's classified-material-filled emails, the big presidential campaign news of the summer has been the boom for Donald Trump in the race for the Republican nomination. Trump has risen from 3 percent in the polls (when he announced on June 16) to where he now stands at 26 percent -- 14 percent ahead of any other candidate.
September 4, 2015
Has Obama Widened the Racial Divide?
Americans hoped the election of the first black president in 2008 would help heal the racial division that has plagued this country for much of its history, but nearly half of voters think just the opposite has occurred.
September 3, 2015
Voters Think Government Programs Hurt The Poor
Increasing problems in the inner city including rocketing murder rates have prompted a number of politicians to call for more government funding aimed at low-income Americans. But most continue to question the effectiveness of federal poverty programs and think too many are already dependent on the government’s dime.
September 3, 2015
Voters Say Obama Needs Congress' OK for Iran Deal
The Obama administration has reportedly secured enough votes in Congress to override a congressional challenge of its deal over Iran’s nuclear program. But most voters still think Congress needs to approve the deal, and many want their congressional representatives to reject it.
September 3, 2015
Hillary suffers Trump envy as Clinton fatigue sets in By Charles Hurt
No woman in the television age of American politics has suffered so much abuse and public humiliation at the hands of men.
September 3, 2015
Should Feds Have Final Say on Landmark, Place Names?
President Obama announced this week that the federal government is changing the name of Alaska's highest mountain, Mount McKinley, back to Denali, an old Indian name. Voters in Alaska have long sought the change but haven't been able to get the U.S. Department of Interior's approval.
September 3, 2015
The Populist Revolt Against Brain-Dead Politics By Larry J. Sabato
Take a deep breath. It won’t help you understand what’s happening in the contest for the presidency, but it won’t hurt either.
September 2, 2015
Tax Hikes For Rich Still Win Over Cuts for All
Opposing all tax increases or only raising taxes on the wealthy? Voters still lean toward the latter choice.
September 2, 2015
58% Think There's A War on Police in America Today
With officers murdered in Texas and Illinois in just the last few days, most voters now believe the police are under attack in America and blame politicians critical of the cops for fanning the flames.
September 2, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Falls to 2015 Low
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
September 2, 2015
Eric Cantor: Poster Boy of the Beltway GOP Crapweasels by Michelle Malkin
Ooouuuch. My sides are still aching after last week's comical announcement by GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush that he had snagged the coveted endorsement of notorious electoral reject Eric Cantor, the former House majority leader kicked to the curb by disgusted voters in Virginia's 2014 primary election.
September 2, 2015
Market Magic By John Stossel
People have long lists of things they think the market can't possibly do -- from building subways to fighting wars. Sometimes, the market does them anyway.
War, for example. Even conservatives, who often praise markets, assume that only government can fight terrorists. Tell that to Matthew VanDyke.
September 1, 2015
A Revealing Clue by Thomas Sowell
Even those of us who are not supporters of either Donald Trump or Jeb Bush can learn something by comparing how each of these men handled people who tried to disrupt their question-and-answer period after a speech.
September 1, 2015
Do Democrats Still Expect Obama To Endorse Hillary?
Voters still think President Obama and Hillary Clinton agree on most things, but they’re not as confident as they were a year ago that the president’s going to endorse Clinton to be the next Democratic presidential nominee.
