Our Public Schools Are a National Disaster By Stephen Moore
Perhaps what's most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems to be very distressed.
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October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023
Liberals' Dilemma: Immigration or Israel? By Daniel McCarthy
The war between Hamas and Israel forces everyone to recognize an uncomfortable truth: Immigration is a foreign-policy issue.
October 17, 2023
2024: Age Issue Still Serious for Biden, Voters Say
Most voters – including a majority of Democrats – believe President Joe Biden’s age will be a serious problem for his chance of winning a second term.
October 16, 2023
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 October 12, 2023.
October 16, 2023
Only 17% Think Biden Has Improved U.S.-Israel Relationship
By a 26-point margin, more voters think the relationship between the United States and Israel has worsened under President Joe Biden.
October 14, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 14, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 13, 2023
U.S. Voters Back Israel, Support ‘Eradication’ of Hamas
After the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, most U.S. voters blame Palestinians for the conflict, and agree with a Republican senator’s call for the “eradication” of Hamas.
October 13, 2023
The Gathering Storm By Michael Barone
Russia has been attacking Ukraine for 20 months now. Iran, through its terrorism partner Hamas, attacked Israel this weekend. China has been threatening to attack Taiwan.
October 13, 2023
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Falls in October
Economic confidence decreased to 90.7 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly six points lower than September.
October 12, 2023
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data Ending October 5, 2023
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of October 1-5, 2023, increased to 93.1, just up three points from 90.1 two weeks earlier.
October 12, 2023
Schools Discipline Not Tough Enough, Americans Believe
Teaching isn’t a job most Americans are interested in, and many see lax discipline as a major problem in schools.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 28% of American Adults believe most Americans still consider teaching a desirable profession to go into – barely changed from 29% in February 2021.
October 12, 2023
Border Wall Decision Widely Approved by Voters
Last week’s decision by President Joe Biden’s administration to permit construction to begin again on a border wall in Texas has met with overwhelming voter approval.
October 12, 2023
Louisiana 2023: The Road to Saturday’s Primary By J. Miles Coleman
With a November runoff expected, some context for this weekend’s jungle primary.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— On Saturday, Louisiana voters will go to the polls to begin selecting a replacement for term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA).
— In the all-party primary, state Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) has been the frontrunner for much of the campaign and will likely advance to a runoff.
— The state Democratic establishment has thrown its weight behind former state Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson, who will probably join Landry in a runoff.
— Despite Edwards’s success in recent gubernatorial elections, many of the dynamics that favored him in 2015 and 2019 are now absent. The Crystal Ball rates the race as Likely Republican.
October 11, 2023
Voters Divided Over House Speaker Ouster
A week after the House of Representatives voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, voters are divided over whether that was a smart move.
October 11, 2023
To Protect and Destroy By John Stossel
What happens when police, trying to catch a bad guy, destroy your house?
October 10, 2023
Traditional Values Still Matter, Voters Say
An overwhelming majority of voters believe it’s important to teach traditional values, but less than a third think America’s public schools are doing a good job at it.
October 10, 2023
2024: Most Trump Voters Say VP Choice Doesn’t Matter
More than half of U.S. voters say they’re likely to vote for former President Donald Trump in next year’s election, and most don’t much care who Trump picks as a running mate.
October 10, 2023
Why Bidenflation Defines Bidenomics By Daniel McCarthy
As the world burns and President Joe Biden's inadequacies grow only more obvious, Democrats reassure themselves that voters next year will care most of all about domestic issues.
And there, they think, Biden has something to be proud of: Bidenomics.
October 10, 2023
Pope Francis Blames America First By Stephen Moore
When I was growing up and attending Catholic schools, I was taught that the pope is infallible.
October 9, 2023
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 October 5, 2023.
