Free Market or Closing the Income Gap?
Voters still think policies that are pro-free market are important for the economy, but are they more important than those that reduce the income gap between rich and poor?
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October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015
Most Democrats View Socialism Favorably
The man currently running a distant second for the Democratic presidential nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, is a self-declared socialist, and most of his party’s voters now have a positive view of socialism. They are almost evenly divided as to whether they like capitalism or socialism more.
October 29, 2015
Republicans 2016: Where the Race Stands Now By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
The third Republican presidential debate, held in Colorado on Wednesday night, was an odd, disjointed affair. The moderators arguably engaged in too much confrontation with the candidates and had a hard time divvying up the speaking time. With 10 candidates on the stage, the problems of the first two debates — too many candidates, too little time — became more apparent than ever.
October 29, 2015
GOP Wins, CNBC Loses Last Night’s Debate
The latest Republican presidential debate was a textbook example of the media bias voters have complained about in surveys for years.
October 28, 2015
Most Say Hard Work Doesn't Pay
Hard work used to be synonymous with some degree of success, but most voters think the economy now frowns on those who work hard in this country.
October 28, 2015
Anti-Trump Glee Leaves GOP With Single-digit Candidates By Charles Hurt
To hear the GOP establishment squeal with such glee, you would think there was a fire sale going on down at Brooks Brothers. Or maybe Congress just passed a law making country club dues tax-deductible. Or somebody invented a glow-in-the-dark golf ball.
October 28, 2015
How Do GOP Voters Rate Their White House Contenders?
Going into their party’s third presidential debate this evening, Republicans aren’t overly enthusiastic about the candidates hoping to be the GOP standard-bearer next year.
October 28, 2015
Fear By John Stossel
This Halloween, what do you fear?
I fear fear itself because when we are afraid, we willingly give away our freedoms.
October 28, 2015
A Closetful of Hillary Clinton's Immigration Costumes by Michelle Malkin
When it comes to immigration policy, Hillary Clinton's had more career costume changes than her new BFF Katy Perry.
October 28, 2015
Shutdown? What Shutdown?
It’s Halloween, and it’s government shutdown time again. The media, President Obama and most members of Congress are trying to scare us all again with the threat of closing down the federal government unless the national debt limit is raised.
October 27, 2015
Hillary 2.0 by Thomas Sowell
Many people may share Senator Bernie Sanders' complaint that he was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's e-mails. But the controversy is about issues far bigger than e-mails.
October 27, 2015
Do Voters Trust Clinton, Trump?
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump continue to be the national leaders in the Democratic and Republican presidential contests, but do most voters trust them?
October 27, 2015
Clinton Paying a Price Now for Her 2012 Lies About Benghazi By Michael Barone
Nothing new there. Nothing to see here. Time to move on for good.
October 27, 2015
More Voters Support Government Control of Campaign Contributions
Most voters continue to believe the government should regulate campaign contributions, but they also still feel that publishing the names of all contributors is more important than limiting what they give.
October 26, 2015
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 October 23.
October 26, 2015
Will Speaker Ryan Challenge Obama More?
House Speaker John Boehner took his fellow Republicans by surprise when he abruptly resigned in the face of growing criticism from conservatives. The GOP struggled to find a replacement, with Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, the party's 2012 vice presidential nominee, finally talked into stepping up. But do Republican voters expect anything to change in Congress?
October 26, 2015
Support for Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate Continues to Fall
One of the central tenets of the new national health care law is that every American must have health insurance, but support for that requirement has fallen to its lowest level in Rasmussen Reports’ polling to date.
October 24, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 24, 2015
Ronald Reagan famously declared in the 1980s that it was “morning in America,” and Americans believed. Not anymore.
October 23, 2015
Trump Change: More GOP Voters Than Ever Say He’s The Man
Bang! More Republicans than ever think Donald Trump will be their party’s presidential nominee next year.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 74% of Likely Republican Voters believe Trump is likely to end up as the GOP nominee, with 34% who say it is Very Likely. The overall finding is a 16-point jump from a week ago and up eight points from Trump’s previous high among Republicans of 66% in early September. This is also the highest number to date who see a Trump nomination as Very Likely.
October 23, 2015
Biden Decision Leaves Both Parties in Disarray by Michael Barone
Joe Biden has made it official: He is not running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. It's the latest development in a presidential campaign cycle that has not been going according to script.
