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                            November 12, 2026Minimum Wage: 59% Say It Should Be at Least $12.50
Americans continue to favor a higher minimum wage, which Congress hasn’t increased since 2009.

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                            November 12, 2026Just 29% View AG Blanche Favorably
Attorney General Todd Blanche is less popular – and also less well-known – than other members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet.

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                            November 12, 2026Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen five daily Presidential Tracking Poll, Sponsored by Matt Towery's "The Honoring of Ignorance - The 7 Mirages Destroying America" for Thursday shows...
November 12, 2026Assessing the Scope of the Democrats’ State-Level Gains By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Demonstrating that the Democratic blue wave was not merely a top-of-the-ticket phenomenon, Democrats are on track to flip five attorney general seats, three secretary of state seats, and 12 state legislative chambers.
— Democrats also won virtually all key state supreme court races and flipped four lieutenant governorships.
— No Republicans flipped any of these offices or chambers on Election Day.

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                            November 12, 2026John Thune’s Senate Siesta By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Congress has spent years competing with car salesmen for the public’s distrust.

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                            November 11, 202653% Want Economy to Be Focus for New Congress
Improving the economy is the number one job when Democrats take control of Congress in January, most voters say.

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                            November 11, 2026Try, Try Again By John Stossel
   Some businesses fail, and people lose jobs.

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                            November 10, 2026Military Families Value Veterans Day More
The annual commemoration of Veterans Day on Wednesday is considered more important by Americans whose families have a history of military service.

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                            November 10, 2026Hegseth’s Rating by Voters Hasn’t Changed
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s popularity with voters has been unaffected by recent controversies, despite calls for his impeachment.

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                            November 10, 2026Enforce Immigration Law in the Boardroom By Daniel McCarthy
   President Donald Trump gave his base a shock Sunday, telling "60 Minutes" he's having second thoughts about his hardball approach to immigration enforcement.

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                            November 10, 2026Paris Is Burning -- Are America's Great Cities Next? By Stephen Moore
Paris is burning and facing economic turmoil as young protesters and criminals have taken to the streets in violent temper tantrums.

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                            November 9, 202636% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 November 5, 2026.

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                            November 9, 202636% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 November 5, 2026.

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                            November 9, 2026Thune Is Lowest-Rated Congressional Leader
Most voters don’t have a high opinion of leaders in Congress, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s ratings are the lowest. 

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                            November 6, 202648% Say Job Market Is Worse Now
Finding a job is harder than it was a year ago, according to nearly half of Americans, and many expect it to get even worse in the year ahead

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                            November 6, 2026America Is More Divided, Most Voters Agree
The nation is becoming more divided, according to an overwhelming majority of voters, but they disagree about the reasons. 

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                            November 6, 2026More Than a Thumping, Possibly a Realignment By Michael Barone
  More than a "thumping." That's what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006

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                            November 6, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            November 6, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 7, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
November 5, 2026Notes on the State of a Wipeout By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The 2026 midterm was a presidential party wipeout without much parallel in recent American history.
— Pre-election murmurs of Southern problems for Republicans were borne out by the results.
— In addition to polling, early voting trends provided clues for some of the states where the Republicans let go of the rope.