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December 15, 2023
December 15, 2023
Most Still Don’t See Nikki Haley Winning GOP Nomination
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign has gotten some major endorsements and lots of media attention, but most voters still don’t see much chance she’ll get the GOP nomination next year.
December 15, 2023
The Intellectual Elite's Institutional Rot By Michael Barone
Institutional rot. That's the verdict recorded in recent days on the performance of leading institutions by observers not known for pessimistic temperaments or alarmist analysis.
December 14, 2023
Trumpmentum! By Brian Joondeph
With presidential primary season beginning in just a few weeks, former President Donald Trump has the momentum and is running away from the field of second place contenders.
December 14, 2023
Election 2024: Trump Opens 10-Point Lead
Former President Donald Trump now has a double-digit lead for 2024, as support for re-electing President Joe Biden has faded in the past month.
December 13, 2023
38% Haven’t Started Holiday Shopping Yet
With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, many Americans haven’t even gotten started with their holiday gift shopping.
December 13, 2023
Not-So-Scary Truth About Climate Change By John Stossel
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says it will take trillions of dollars to "solve" climate change. Then he says, "There is not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem."
December 13, 2023
Democrats Want Harsh Punishment for Trump
Nearly half of American voters think former President Donald Trump is guilty of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, and Democrats in particular want to see Trump punished. Additionally, many support criminal punishment for members of the media who alleged that fraud tainted the 2020 outcome.
December 12, 2023
What Happened to Ron DeSantis? By Daniel McCarthy
Ron DeSantis is running as the true-blue conservative in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
December 12, 2023
Why Does Washington Want to Destroy America's 'Magnificent 7'? By Stephen Moore
Nothing exemplifies America's tech industry dominance in the global economy more than the meteoric rise of what is now being called the "Magnificent Seven" stocks -- Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. These companies
single-handedly account for nearly all the gains in the stock market this year. They -- which is to say we as American shareholders who own them -- have a net worth of nearly $10 trillion.
December 12, 2023
One-in-Five Mail-In Voters Admit They Cheated in 2020 Election
More than 20% of voters who used mail-in ballots in 2020 admit they participated in at least one form of election fraud.
December 11, 2023
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 and online survey for the week ending December 7, 2023.
December 11, 2023
Just 24% Think Congress Is Passing Good Legislation
Less than a quarter of voters believe Congress is doing anything to make their lives better.
December 9, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 9, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
December 8, 2023
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Up Again in December
Economic confidence increased to 97.8 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, about four points higher than November.
December 8, 2023
GOP Still Leads on Issue of Taxes
Less than a year before the 2024 election, voters still trust Republicans more on the key issue of taxes, although the margin has narrowed.
December 8, 2023
For True Evil, Look Not to Israel or America but to Communism By Michael Barone
For those dismayed at how many college and university students and faculty, even, or especially, at selective and prestigious institutions, have been cheering Hamas' Oct. 7 atrocities and calling, in only slightly veiled language, for the destruction of
Israel and genocide of Jews, the question is how this vicious line of thought gained hold in American secondary and higher education.
December 7, 2023
69% Say Public Schools Should Celebrate Christmas
A majority of Americans believe religion makes America a better place, and support Christmas celebrations in public schools.
December 7, 2023
Cancel George Washington? 40% of Democrats Approve
Even though most voters have a positive opinion of George Washington, a substantial number of Democrats support a proposal in New York City that would tear down statues of America’s first president.
December 7, 2023
Notes on the State of Politics: Dec. 7, 2023 By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The pending resignation of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R, CA-20) and Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R, NC-10) retirement announcement are notable developments, but they do not precipitate rating changes.
— With New York’s George Santos (R, NY-3) expelled from Congress, a special election in his district will be held in February.
— A recent special election in Utah’s 2nd District stood out as something of an exception: a special election where Republicans overperformed.
— Though Georgia Republicans were ordered to draw a new congressional map, the plan that they produced maintains the state’s existing 9-5 Republican split.
