Will Republicans Find a Way to Get Their Way in 2024? By Michael Barone
Twelve or 13 months from now, the race for the Republican nomination for president -- and the race for the Democratic nomination, if there is one -- will probably be over.
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March 31, 2023
March 30, 2023
Opening Day: Take Me Out to the Ballgame?
Major League Baseball (MLB) begins its 2023 season today, and more fans expect to watch “America’s pastime” this year.
March 30, 2023
Nashville Shooting: 51% Want Stricter Gun Control
Support for gun control has risen in the aftermath of the shooting that killed six people at a Christian school in Nashville this week.
March 30, 2023
How the Other Half Votes By Kyle Kondik
The competing halves of states in the Midwest.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— This piece analyzes recent presidential voting patterns in the Midwest by comparing the big counties that cast roughly half the statewide vote with the smaller counties that cast the rest of the statewide vote.
— In Illinois and Minnesota, more than half of the statewide vote comes from dominant metro areas, and improvements in those areas from 2012 to 2020 allowed Democrats to maintain their strong position in both states.
— The smaller-county halves of Iowa and Ohio have zoomed right, pushing them out of the roster of competitive states.
— The bottom hasn’t dropped out for Democrats in nearly the same way in Michigan and Wisconsin.
March 29, 2023
Bank Takeover Hurts Economic Confidence
Nearly half of voters say the recent rescue of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) hurt their confidence in the economy, which could have political consequences.
March 28, 2023
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending March 23, 2023
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 19-23, 2023, decreased to 86.4, down nearly six points from 90.2 two weeks earlier.
March 28, 2023
Democrats Gain on Social Security Issue
More voters now trust Democrats to handle Social Security, even as a majority agree President Joe Biden is “lying shamelessly” about the issue.
March 28, 2023
Honey, Joe Biden Just Shrunk Our Pension By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden recently issued his first veto since taking office on Jan. 20, 2021.
March 27, 2023
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 March 23, 2023.
March 27, 2023
Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump Divides Voters
Reports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is seeking a grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump have the electorate clearly divided over the possibility of an unprecedented prosecution.
March 25, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 25, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 24, 2023
Is Disney Ruining the Movies?
While some fans say Disney’s takeover of the “Star Wars” and Marvel comics film franchises have made those movies worse, most Americans don’t agree.
March 24, 2023
COVID-19: Voters Lose Trust in ‘Experts’
More than three years after “15 days to slow the spread” of COVID-19, most voters have less trust in government health experts – and in the news media, too
March 24, 2023
America Seems to Go Crazy Every 50 Years or So By Michael Barone
Amid news that Donald Trump is about to be indicted by a hyperpartisan prosecutor and of his hysterical responses, and prompted by vagrant reading about the War of 1812 and Woodrow Wilson's violations of civil liberties in World War I, a thought occurred to me. America seems to go crazy every 50 years or so.
March 23, 2023
‘ChinaGate’? Most Don’t Think Biden Telling Truth About Scandal
Questions about Chinese payments to President Joe Biden’s family are a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters, and most doubt the president is telling the whole truth about it.
March 23, 2023
The Transformation of the American Electorate By Alan I. Abramowitz
Race, education, and partisanship from Reagan to Biden.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The American electorate has changed dramatically over the past 40 years, and a pair of factors — race and education — have driven the changes.
— The electorate has become more diverse and more highly educated. Democrats rely heavily on nonwhite voters and have improved with white college-educated voters, while Republicans have cut deeply into Democratic support with non-college whites.
— Racial and cultural issues, rather than economic ones, have fueled Republican gains with the non-college white electorate.
March 22, 2023
Most Americans Still Confident in Banking System
Despite the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank, confidence in America’s banking system remains high.
March 22, 2023
Is Support for Ukraine Waning?
More than a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, half of U.S. voters think the war has harmed America’s national security and many want to see a negotiated peace.
March 22, 2023
Diversity Training Disaster By John Stossel
All big American companies now require DEI training: diversity, equity and inclusion.
