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June 3, 2025

DEI: The Democrats' Concrete Shoes By Daniel McCarthy

Democrats think they need a Joe Rogan of their own when what they actually need is a Christopher Rufo.

June 3, 2025

Trump's Own Regulators Declare War on Coal and Its Investors By Stephen Moore

In one of the most convoluted lawsuits of all time, a cabal of state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission are now accusing financial firms BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard of monopolistic behavior. The complaint asserts that these firms bought coal stocks and then helped impose radical environmental restrictions on the companies they partially own so that coal output would fall and the price of coal would rise. The lawsuit alleges that this strategy generated "supra-competitive" profits for those investors.

June 3, 2025

84% Side With Trump on Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Program

While many of President Donald Trump’s initiatives have been controversial, his vow to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons is supported by a landslide majority of voters.

June 2, 2025

Trump Approval Up Two Points in May

When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture...

June 2, 2025

48% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-eight percent (48%) 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 May 29, 2025.

May 31, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 31, 2025

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

May 30, 2025

Trump Rated Better on Crime Issues

Voters rate President Donald Trump significantly better than his predecessor in terms of how he’s dealing with America’s crime problem.

May 30, 2025

Trump's Eyes Opened on Putin. Now What Will He Do? By Michael Barone

   "I'm not happy with what Putin is doing. He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin," said Donald Trump on Truth Social over the holiday weekend.

May 29, 2025

COVID-19: 51% Suspect Heart Damage From Vaccine

In the wake of recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about half of Americans think vaccines against the COVID-19 virus may have caused heart problems for some patients.

May 29, 2025

57% Favor U.S. Military Action Against Iran’s Nukes

Voters are overwhelmingly concerned about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and a majority would support an American military strike to end the threat.

 

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May 29, 2025

The House: A Big Sort Lowers the Odds of a Big Wave By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Two of the three major ingredients that went into the huge numerical House gains that the winning side made in the 2010 and 2018 midterms are not present for Democrats in 2026.

— One of those, however, is that the opposition party started those cycles with far fewer seats than the Democrats hold now, which is hardly a bad thing for them. But that should also inform our expectations about the size of the gain Democrats could make in 2026 and how it would compare to midterm history.

— The other is that the House is much more sorted along partisan lines now than it was in either 2010 or even 2018, meaning that the party control of House seats is better aligned with how districts vote at the presidential level. This level of sorting also likely helps explain why Republicans in 2022 were able to flip the House, but only made modest gains in doing so—and also why Republicans can plausibly argue that they could hold onto the House next year.

— If the House remains so sorted along presidential voting lines, it stands to reason that large numerical swings in House seats would become rarer, even as the House majority itself would often be up for grabs.

May 28, 2025

Murder of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Is Terrorism, Most Voters Say

About two-thirds of voters believe the recent fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers should be viewed as an act of terrorism.

May 28, 2025

Socialist Utopia By John Stossel

Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a "favorable view" of socialism.

May 28, 2025

Trump and America are on the Right Track By Brian Joondeph

Rasmussen Reports, in one of its many daily and weekly polls, asks likely U.S. voters whether they believe the country is on the right or wrong track. Historically, this poll dates back to August 2007, nearly 20 years ago.

May 27, 2025

‘Chemtrails’? 60% Support Laws to Ban ‘Weather Modification’

The belief that so-called “chemtrails” are secretly being used to change the weather is widely regarded as a conspiracy theory. But most voters favor legislation against such “geoengineering,” just in case.

May 27, 2025

63% Suspect Biden Had Cancer Long Before Diagnosis Announced

The recent announcement that former President Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer has many voters suspecting a cover-up.

May 27, 2025

Trump, Harvard, and the Brain-Drain Myth By Daniel McCarthy

   Has Donald Trump declared war on Albert Einstein?

May 26, 2025

Memorial Day Means Summer’s Here!

The annual holiday honoring those who died while serving in the U.S. military also marks the beginning of summer, most Americans say.

May 26, 2025

48% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-eight percent (48%) 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 May 22, 2025.

May 24, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 24, 2025

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