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June 11, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 11. 2022

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

June 10, 2022

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Remains Low in June

Economic confidence increased to 88.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, a half-point higher than May, when a sharp drop took the index to its lowest point in eight years.

June 10, 2022

GOP Congressional Lead Grows to 9 Points

The 2022 midterm elections are now 151 days away, and Republicans have a nine-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

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June 10, 2022

What Was the Left Thinking? By Michael Barone

Whether you're contemplating San Francisco voters' recall of left-wing District Attorney Chesa Boudin or the plight of Democrats nationally as they face voters' dismay at out-of-control inflation, immigration and crime, the question is liable to come to mind: What were they thinking?

June 9, 2022

High Gas Prices Change Vacation Plans

As the average price of a gallon of gasoline nears $5, most Americans say the high cost has altered their summer vacation plans.

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June 9, 2022

How the House Landscape Changed: A mild decline in competitive seats, and a spike in safe Republican ones by Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

-- The new House landscape is fairly similar to the old one.

-- However, there is a notable increase in the number of super-safe Republican seats -- and a modest decline in the overall number of competitive districts.

-- New Hampshire, the final state to complete redistricting, kept its old map basically intact, which means the state should feature a couple of competitive races.

-- Now that redistricting appears to be complete for 2022, we have brought back our traditional House rating tables, which are available at the bottom of this article and at our Crystal Ball House page.

June 8, 2022

Most Think Teens Won’t Have Trouble Finding Jobs This Summer

Americans continue to believe it’s good for young people to work during the summer, and most believe it won’t be hard for teens to find jobs.

June 8, 2022

Voters Want Roll Calls for Bills in Congress

Voters overwhelmingly support a Republican congresswoman’s demand for roll call votes in the House of Representatives, and also believe members of Congress should read the bills they pass into law.

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June 8, 2022

Biden's Real Deficit By John Stossel

The president now brags that he cut the deficit!

June 7, 2022

Majority Now See Another Depression Ahead

Americans are worried about the stock market and a majority now think the U.S. could soon face another Great Depression.

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June 7, 2022

Beware: 100% Green Energy Could Destroy the Planet by Stephen Moore

The untold story about "green energy" is that it can't possibly be scaled up to provide anywhere near the energy to replace fossil fuels. (Unless we are headed back to the stone ages, which is what some of the "de-growth" advocates favor).

June 6, 2022

23% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-three percent (23%) 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 June 2, 2022.

June 6, 2022

Voters Divided Over 'Assault Weapon' Ban

Proposals to ban certain types of weapons, including AR-15 rifles, in the wake of recent mass shootings have voters divided over whether such legislation would be constitutional.

June 4, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 4, 2022

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

June 3, 2022

‘2000 Mules’: Documentary’s Message Resonates With Voters

The new documentary “2000 Mules,” which investigates evidence of widespread cheating in the 2020 presidential election, is hitting home with voters who have seen the film.

June 3, 2022

Republicans Expand Congressional Lead

The 2022 midterm elections are now 158 days away, and Republicans have an eight-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

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June 3, 2022

Politics as the Leisure of the Theory Class Michael Barone

Politics has increasingly become, for many Americans, the leisure of the theory class. That's a phrase from the early 20th century sociologist Thorstein Veblen, which I turned on its head in a recent column. He was condemning the showy consumerism of the contemporary rich for having no economically practical purpose. I, on the other hand, was describing the political preoccupations of contemporary people, mainly high-education liberals but also low-education populists, as having no practically achievable goals.

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June 3, 2022

US and Ukraine, Goals in Conflict By Patrick J. Buchanan

Among the nations aiding Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion, America has been foremost. Yet the war interests of our two nations are not identical.

June 2, 2022

Most Americans Exercise Every Week

Americans consider exercise important, and the vast majority exercise at least once a week.

June 2, 2022

Do Government Workers Really Need a Raise?

Congress is considering a huge pay increase for federal employees, but a plurality of Americans think government workers are already better off than employees in the private sector.