Biden Approval Increased in February
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...
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February 3, 2022
February 3, 2022
Voters Want Tough Border Enforcement, Disapprove of Biden Immigration Policy
Most voters believe President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is worse than former President Donald Trump’s policy, and expect the issue to affect the midterm elections in November.
February 3, 2022
Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work By Alan I. Abramowitz
Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party’s voter turnout.
— However, voting rules did not appear to have much impact on turnout and had no measurable impact on vote margins at the state level in the 2020 presidential election.
— Both voter turnout and voting decisions in 2020 were driven by the strong preferences held by the large majority of voters between the major party candidates.
February 2, 2022
Biden Approval Reached New Low in January
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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Biden’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
February 2, 2022
Worst President Ever? Voters Rate Biden Below Trump, Obama
Most voters think President Joe Biden is one of the worst ever to hold the office, and rank him below his two immediate predecessors in the White House.
February 1, 2022
Americans Still Like Amazon, But Worry About Local Business
While a majority of Americans have positive opinions about Amazon, they fear local businesses will suffer from the online competition.
February 1, 2022
Is Climate Change Making Winter Worse?
Most Americans say this winter hasn’t been worse than usual, but they believe climate change could cause severe snow storms.
February 1, 2022
The Greatest Government Failure in American History by Stephen Moore
The tally for how much the federal government spent to combat COVID-19 is now estimated to be $5 trillion. It is more than the combined costs of World Wars I and II. The left is celebrating that politicians in Washington saved us. Really? From what exactly?
February 1, 2022
NATO -- Strategic Asset or Liability? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia?
January 31, 2022
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 January 27, 2022.
January 31, 2022
50% Support Biden’s Impeachment
Half of voters believe President Joe Biden should be impeached, and nearly as many think Republicans will do it if they win a congressional majority in the midterm elections.
January 29, 2022
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 29, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
January 28, 2022
COVID-19: 50% Think Media Exaggerate Pandemic
Fewer Americans approve of how the media are covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and half now think the threat of the virus is being exaggerated.
January 28, 2022
Supreme Court: Most Voters Don’t Like Picking Justices by Race and Gender
A majority of voters expect President Joe Biden to keep his campaign promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, but they don’t like the idea of choosing justices on the basis of race and gender.
January 28, 2022
Voters Oppose 'Transformative' Policies, Want Reform of Dysfunctional Bureaucracies By Michael Barone
Do Americans really want transformative change? The evidence accumulates that they don't.
January 28, 2022
Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people."
January 27, 2022
Democrats In Congress Too Liberal, Most Voters Believe
A majority of voters think congressional Democrats are too liberal, and agree with the Senate GOP leader that voters don’t want to “fundamentally transform America.”
January 27, 2022
The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In almost half the states, governors and lieutenant governors are either nominated separately, or else the official who is next in the line of succession is elected separately.
— This makes it reasonably common for the governor and lieutenant governor to come from separate parties. Currently, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Vermont fall into this category. Sometimes these pairings work smoothly; other times, they don’t.
— Even governors and lieutenant governors from the same party can have relationships that range from distant to acrimonious. There are recent examples of this phenomenon in Idaho and Rhode Island.
— In states where gubernatorial candidates cannot choose their running mates, it may be harder for them to win the governorship in the first place.
January 26, 2022
Most Workers Don’t Expect Wage Increases
American workers are now less optimistic they’ll get a raise soon, but most plan to hold on to the job they’ve got.
