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February 25, 2022

61% of Gun Owners Say They Feel Safer

In a dangerous world, most gun owners say being armed gives them a greater sense of safety. 

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February 25, 2022

Ukraine: 49% of Voters Rate Biden's Handling 'Poor'

As Ukraine seeks to repel a Russian invasion, fewer than a third of voters have a favorable view of President Joe Biden’s handling of the situation.

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February 25, 2022

Ukraine's Fate Is Rooted in a Tragic History by Michael Barone

For those trying to keep up with the fast-moving events in Ukraine, it may be helpful to consider some lessons of history. Mistakes made in the past week, added onto developments covering the last two or three centuries, have left the United States and its European allies -- in particular the largest of them, Germany -- unable to prevent President Vladimir Putin's Russia from absorbing an as yet undetermined part of a theoretically independent Ukraine.

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February 25, 2022

Did We Provoke Putin's War in Ukraine? By Patrick J. Buchanan

When Russia's Vladimir Putin demanded that the U.S. rule out Ukraine as a future member of the NATO alliance, the U.S. archly replied: NATO has an open-door policy. Any nation, including Ukraine, may apply for membership and be admitted. We're not changing that.

February 24, 2022

Trump 2024? Former President Leads With GOP Voters

Nearly half of Republican voters pick former President Donald Trump as the candidate they want for 2024, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only strong alternative.

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February 24, 2022

Redistricting and Competition in Congressional Elections Forces beyond gerrymandering explain rising number of districts that strongly favor one party by Alan I. Abramowitz

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

-- Based on presidential voting patterns, a much larger proportion of U.S. House districts strongly favor one party and a much smaller proportion are closely divided than 50 years ago.

-- However, gerrymandering is not the major reason for this trend. Partisan polarization has increased dramatically in U.S. states and counties, whose boundaries have not changed.

-- Moreover, despite the growing partisan divide evident in presidential voting, the competitiveness of House elections has changed very little over the past 5 decades because the personal advantage of incumbency has declined sharply during this period.

February 23, 2022

Most Americans Favor Raising Minimum Wage

More than four out of five Americans believe the minimum wage – currently $7.25 an hour – should be raised to at least $9.50, but fewer than half believe a minimum wage increase would help the economy. 

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February 23, 2022

Democrats Want Party More Like Biden, Not Harris

Democratic voters don’t seem very impressed with Vice President Kamala Harris, and want their party to be more like President Joe Biden.

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February 23, 2022

The Woke AMA By John Stossel

The American Medical Association now tells doctors: Use woke language! It's issued a 54-page guide telling doctors things like, don't say "equality"; say "equity." Don't say "minority"; say "historically marginalized."

February 22, 2022

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending February 17, 2022

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of February 13-17, 2022, decreased to 86.4, down nearly four points from 90.2 two weeks earlier

February 22, 2022

83% of Voters Expect Crime to Be Important Issue in November

Two-thirds of voters say crime is getting worse in America and even more expect the issue to be important in the midterm congressional elections.

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February 22, 2022

In the End, Sweden Did It Right by Stephen Moore

What if two years ago, when COVID-19 first hit these shores, our politicians hadn't panicked?

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February 22, 2022

Are Democrats Kicking Away Their Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Not so long ago, Democrats seemed the party of the future.

February 21, 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 February 17, 2022.

February 21, 2022

Most Americans Say One President’s Day Is Enough

George Washington’s birthday (February 22, 1732) has been a federal holiday since 1879, but is colloquially known as President’s Day to include Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809). Despite their admiration for Lincoln, most Americans don’t think Honest Abe deserves a separate holiday. 

February 19, 2022

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 19, 2022

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

February 18, 2022

Republicans Expand Lead on Congressional Ballot

The 2022 midterm elections are now 263 days away, and Republicans have a 13-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.

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February 18, 2022

Must Government Be a 'Big, Waddling, Sluggish Beast'? by Michael Barone

Itinerant policy journalist Ezra Klein, now with the New York Times, has highlighted something interesting about the Biden Democrats' now-defunct Build Back Better package -- something beyond its huge cost (trillions) and its failure to get majority support in the Democratic Congress, just like the single-payer health care bill that recently failed to pass in California's Democratic supermajority legislature.

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February 18, 2022

Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine? By Patrick J. Buchanan

When NBC's Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue Americans fleeing Ukraine, Biden replied: "There's not. That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another."

February 17, 2022

Worse Than Watergate? Most Voters Believe Clinton Campaign Scandal ‘Very Important’

A majority of voters think special counsel John Durham’s accusations against Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign are very important, and agree with former President Donald Trump that it’s a scandal worse than Watergate.