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August 25, 2021

Lessons from Georgia By John Stossel

Georgia (the ex-Soviet Republic, not the U.S. state) is now a remarkable success story.

August 24, 2021

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending August 19, 2021

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of August 15-19, 2021, decreased to 87.6, down from 88.2 two weeks earlier. The Immigration Index has been under the baseline in every survey since Election Day last year, and reached a record low of 82.3 in late March.

USA and Afghanistan
August 24, 2021

Afghanistan: Most Voters Say Biden Administration Not Doing Enough to Rescue Americans

President Joe Biden’s administration is not doing enough to get Americans out of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of that country, according to a majority of voters.

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August 24, 2021

End the Real Estate Racket by Stephen Moore

The housing market is hot, hot, hot right now, and home prices continue to soar in many markets to their highest prices ever. Since it doesn't cost a real estate agent ten times as much to sell a million dollar home than a $100,000 home, one would expect that the percentage fees for real estate agents would be falling.

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August 24, 2021

The Bitter Fruits of Interventionism By Patrick J. Buchanan

As President Lyndon Johnson and the best and brightest of the 1960s were broken on the wheel of Vietnam, the Biden presidency may well be broken on the wheel of the Taliban's triumph in Afghanistan.

August 23, 2021

33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 August 19, 2021.

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August 23, 2021

Afghanistan: Get Americans Out First, Voters Say

Voters place more importance on getting U.S. citizens out of Afghanistan than they do on evacuating refugees seeking to flee the Taliban.

August 21, 2021

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 21, 2021

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

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August 20, 2021

Who’s In Charge? Most Voters Don’t Think It’s Biden

A majority of voters don’t think President Joe Biden is mentally and physically capable of doing his job, and suspect the White House is actually being run by others.

August 20, 2021

Democrats Feel More Represented By Congress

Voters generally don’t think most members of Congress share their views, but Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe that their own party’s members agree with them.

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August 20, 2021

Fiddling While Kabul Falls: A Commentary by Michael Barone

Historians aren't actually sure that Nero caused or neglected a fire that consumed much of ancient Rome. Historians, however much they'd like to, won't be able to deny that President Joe Biden bears full responsibility for America's humiliating retreat from Afghanistan, and our neglect of the tens of thousands who aided us and now face torture and death from the Taliban.

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August 20, 2021

Aftermath of an Afghanistan Debacle by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete.

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August 19, 2021

Kamala Harris: Voter Approval of VP Declines

Most voters believe it’s likely that President Joe Biden won’t finish out his term of office, and don’t think Vice President Kamala Harris is ready to step up to replace him.

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August 19, 2021

Redistricting in America, Part Five: The Interior West/Heartland By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman

And a look at the overall political environment.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— For all of the focus on redistricting, the overall political environment matters for House elections too, and President Biden has shown some signs of weakness in recent weeks.

— As we continue our redistricting series, we analyze several small-to-medium-sized states in the Interior West and Heartland.

— One of the overall things to watch in the region is the degree to which Republicans are aggressive in redistricting, even in a state — Iowa — known for a nonpartisan system.

August 18, 2021

Election Regrets: Most Wouldn’t Vote to Reelect Biden

Most voters would not vote to reelect President Joe Biden, and a significant number who voted for him in 2020 now regret their choice.

August 18, 2021

Afghanistan: Voters Blame Biden, Not Trump, for Taliban Takeover

Most voters aren’t buying President Joe Biden’s attempt to shift the blame for the Taliban’s sudden takeover of Afghanistan.

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August 18, 2021

Coronavirus Censorship By John Stossel

YouTube just froze Sen. Rand Paul's YouTube channel.

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August 17, 2021

70% of Voters Say Crime Is ‘Out of Control’

Voters are overwhelmingly concerned about violent crime and believe many so-called criminal justice reforms are contributing to the problem.

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August 17, 2021

Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off and Congress Does Nothing by Stephen Moore

Milton Friedman used to quip that, in Washington, if a government program is working, Congress says we need to spend more money on it. And if a government program is failing, Congress concludes we are not spending enough money on it.

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August 17, 2021

US Embraces a Diversity China Fears By Patrick J. Buchanan

The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlines in the mainstream media.