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July 8, 2022

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Hits Record Low in July

Economic confidence decreased to 78.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly 10 points lower than June. The index is now at its lowest point since it began in 2014.

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July 8, 2022

Who's Behind Joe Biden's Leftward Lunge? by Michael Barone

What's going on with Joe Biden? Why is a president who ran and was elected as a centrist Democrat supporting one left-wing proposal after another? What has prompted the politician whose sensitivity to public opinion was finely honed for four decades to take one unpopular stand after another?

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July 8, 2022

Latest Symptoms of a Disintegrating Nation by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster," the tale is told that if you approached Webster's grave and called out his name, a voice would boom in reply, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?"

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July 7, 2022

High Courts, High Stakes 2022’s top state supreme court races by Louis Jacobson

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

-- State supreme court contests often attract little public attention, but they can carry significant weight on policy, especially in an era when courts are having to weigh in on such divisive topics as abortion and election administration.

-- About two-thirds of the states have some type of state supreme court election on the ballot this year, but as of now, 8 states stand out as the likeliest to have at least one genuinely competitive race this fall: North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Montana, Michigan, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Arkansas.

July 7, 2022

Election Integrity: 50% Think Cheating Likely in Midterms

Many voters still believe cheating affected the 2020 presidential election, and a majority fear the upcoming midterm elections could be tainted by cheating.

July 6, 2022

Looking for Love? Most Don’t Like Dating Apps

While online dating has grown in popularity, less than a third of Americans have a favorable opinion of dating apps.

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July 6, 2022

Only 29% Want Biden to Run Again in 2024

By an overwhelming margin, voters don’t want President Joe Biden to seek reelection, and they’re not excited about two possible alternatives in 2024, either.

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July 6, 2022

Change the Constitution? by John Stossel

This Fourth of July, watching people fight over what the Constitution means, I ask people, if you could change the Constitution, what would you change?

July 5, 2022

78% Expect Even Higher Gas Prices

The past six months have seen a dramatic increase in gasoline prices, most Americans expect the cost to continue rising. 

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July 5, 2022

Biden's Green New Deal Is Increasing Greenhouse Gases By Stephen Moore

Here's an amazing but true statistic. After more than a decade of declining carbon emissions here in the United States, in 2021, President Joe Biden's first year in office, emissions rose.

July 4, 2022

18% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Eighteen percent (18%) 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 30, 2022.

July 4, 2022

Most Say Founding Fathers Wouldn’t Be Happy

More than ever, Americans this Fourth of July think the Founding Fathers would be disappointed in the nation they established 246 years ago.

July 2, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 2, 2022

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

July 1, 2022

Biden Approval Dropped in June

When tracking President Biden’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...

July 1, 2022

GOP Lead Slips to 5 Points on Congressional Ballot

The 2022 midterm elections are now 130 days away, and Republicans have a five-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

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July 1, 2022

United States of Diversity: The Founders and Dobbs by Michael Barone

DEI -- "diversity, equity and inclusion." University administrators, corporate human resources facilitators and politicians of a liberal stripe all assure us that America is now, suddenly, for the first time in history, a nation of diversity, equity and inclusion .

June 30, 2022

Americans Love Fireworks for the Fourth of July

Consumer fireworks sales are skyrocketing, and most Americans enjoy the fun of shooting their own fireworks.

June 30, 2022

Illegal Immigration Still Getting Worse, Most Voters Say

Illegal immigration will be an important issue in the midterm elections, according to most voters, who say the problem is getting worse.

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June 30, 2022

Notes on the State of the Primaries By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

Before we get to our takeaways from yesterday’s primaries, a quick pit stop in the Ocean State is in order.

June 29, 2022

Majority Rate Biden ‘Poor’ on Handling Crime Issues

Most voters expect crime to be an important issue in the midterm elections, and President Joe Biden’s approval on the issue has declined.