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June 3, 2021Differential Privacy and the Upcoming Process of Redistricting By Teresa A. Sullivan and Qian Cai
New method of protecting privacy in census may cause problems for drawing districts.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect the confidentiality of census respondents.
— The bureau is using a new method called “differential privacy” as part of the 2020 census to fuzz up the data in order to prevent individual respondents from being potentially identified.
— However, the use of differential privacy may cause problems in the upcoming redistricting process by injecting inaccurate information into the granular census data required to draw districts of equal sizes and to ensure fair racial representation.
June 2, 2021Roundabouts Are Better by John Stossel
I hate waiting at traffic lights.
There's a solution: traffic circles, or roundabouts. 
June 2, 2021Biden’s Monthly Approval Rises in May
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.

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                            June 2, 2021Few Voters Think U.S.-Israel Relationship Better Under Biden
Amid reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be ousted by a rival political coalition, most American voters don’t think the U.S.-Israel relationship has improved since President Joe Biden took office.
June 2, 2021Were the Wars Wise? Were They Worth It? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Through the long Memorial Day weekend, anyone who read the newspapers or watched television could not miss or be unmoved by it: Story after story after story of the fallen, of those who had given the "last full measure of devotion" to their country.

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                            June 1, 2021Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending May 27, 2021
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of May 23-27, 2021, rose to 89.9, up from 88.1 two weeks earlier. The index is now as high as it’s been since late January; it reached a record low of 82.3 in late March.

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                            June 1, 2021Voters Don’t Think Biden Has Made Much Difference for Black America
While support from black voters was crucial to President Joe Biden’s election, most voters – including most black voters – don’t believe the new president has improved race relations or made life better for young black people.
June 1, 2021Suddenly, 'The Population Bomb' Is a Population Bust by Stephen Moore
Paul Ehrlich wrote one of the most famous and bestselling books of the 20th century. It was called "The Population Bomb." It was 300 pages of doom and gloom. The planet was being destroyed because human beings were reproducing like Norwegian field mice. It was a Darwinian nightmare leading the species inexorably back to a Neanderthal subsistence level existence.

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                            May 31, 202142% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) 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 27, 2021.

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                            May 31, 2021Most Voters Don’t See Biden As Stronger Commander-in-Chief
Fewer than a third of voters believe President Joe Biden is a stronger leader than most recent presidents, and a majority view him as less aggressive in his dealings with foreign leaders.

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                            May 29, 2021What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 29, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            May 28, 2021Voters See Crime Is Getting Worse, and Many Don’t Think Biden Can Handle It
Nearly two-thirds of voters say violent crime is getting worse, and half are not confident in President Joe Biden’s ability to deal with the problem.
May 28, 2021Does Our Diversity Portend Disintegration? by Patrick J. Buchanan
After nine people were shot to death by a public transit worker, who then killed himself in San Jose, the latest mass murder in America, California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke for many on the eve of this Memorial Day weekend.

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                            May 27, 2021Military Families Consider Memorial Day More Important
Most Americans think of Memorial Day as the unofficial start of summer, but it has a more important meaning for military veterans and their families.

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                            May 27, 2021Most Voters Suspect COVID-19 Came From Chinese Lab, Support Investigation
A majority of voters think it is likely COVID-19 originated in a Chinese research laboratory and believe a federal investigation of the pandemic’s origin is very important.
May 27, 2021The Senate: Sununu’s Vital Choice By Kyle Kondik
The New Hampshire governor’s decision looms large over the 2022 map.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Even as Senate elections become more and more about a state’s presidential partisanship, the individual decisions of candidates matter a lot. There are a number of important candidate choices that helped define recent Senate cycles.
— Gov. Chris Sununu’s (R-NH) decision as to whether he will challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) could be the most important candidate choice of the 2022 cycle.
— While Republicans will target vulnerable Democrats in states that are more competitive at the presidential level than New Hampshire, they very well may struggle to produce a candidate in those states as proven as Sununu.

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                            May 26, 2021Most Voters Like Dr. Fauci, But Believe Politics Influenced His COVID-19 Decisions
How much do voters trust Dr. Anthony Fauci? Less than they did a year ago, and a majority believe that the government’s COVID-19 expert has been influenced by politics.
May 26, 2021'Are You on the Take?' by John Stossel
Home prices keep climbing. It's another reason to let people build housing.

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                            May 25, 2021Only 27% Think High School Graduates Have Necessary Job Skills
As millions of high school seniors prepare to receive their diplomas, most Americans doubt this year’s graduates are ready to enter the workforce or to succeed in college.

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                            May 25, 2021Most Voters Support Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot
A majority of voters support the creation of a commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.