70% Worry About Government Spying on Americans
Most voters are concerned about the government spying on U.S. citizens, and many are worried such surveillance will increase under the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
Coronavirus for Dummies By Stephen Moore
We are now almost one year from the dark days when the coronavirus first hit these shores. Why are the politicians' making the same policy mistakes today that they made nine months ago? The 300,000+ deaths are an act of nature, but the virus's death and despair have been compounded by acts of man -- i.e., foolish politicians.
January 5, 2021
Family Brawl in the House of Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
A week from today, Joe Biden will still be on his inexorable course to become the 46th president of the United States.
January 4, 2021
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) 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 December 30, 2020.
January 4, 2021
68% Say Second COVID-19 Stimulus ‘Essential’
While Congress continues debating whether to send Americans as much as $2,000 in a second round of coronavirus stimulus payments, voters overwhelmingly say a new round of stimulus checks is necessary to help the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 2, 2021
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 2, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
January 1, 2021
The Year America Went Crazy By Michael Barone
Did America go crazy in 2020? I suspect observers years hence will think so because of the responses, of both elite officials and ordinary Americans, to the COVID-19 pandemic starting last February and to the shocking video from Minneapolis police officers released over Memorial Day weekend.
January 1, 2021
Who Speaks for the Unborn in Massachusetts? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of what is called the Roe Act.
One day earlier, Monday, the state house had voted to override.
January 1, 2021
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - January 1, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
December 31, 2020
Goodbye, Good Riddance to 2020
For most Americans, New Year’s Day is just another holiday, but they welcome it this year because it will put the dreadful 2020 behind them.
December 31, 2020
Americans Approve of Media’s COVID Coverage
Americans remain generally positive about the media’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and don’t think the risks of the disease have been overhyped.
December 30, 2020
46% Say America Pays Too Much of UN Budget
Americans still generally have a favorable view of the United Nations, but many remain concerned that the United States is paying more than its fair share of the international organization's budget.
December 30, 2020
Voters Fear Domestic Terrorists More Than Foreign Ones
In the wake of an explosion that rocked Nashville last week, Americans are more concerned about domestic terrorism than foreign threats, and many believe the danger has increased during President Trump’s term in office.
December 30, 2020
2020: The Year 'Expert' Credibility Died By Michelle Malkin
If there were ever a time to "question authority," as the old counterculture slogan of the 1960s urged, the authoritarian age of COVID-19 is that time. 2020 will go down in American history as the year that public health "experts" got everything wrong.
December 30, 2020
2020's Good News By John Stossel
Was 2020 the worst year ever? The media keep saying that.
We did have the pandemic, a bitter election, unemployment, riots and a soaring national debt.
December 29, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending December 23, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of December 20-23, 2020 inched up slightly to 99.7 from 99.0 the week before. The Index has closed below its baseline for the past three weeks and six out of the last eight weeks, indicating voters are looking for tighter immigration control from the incoming Biden administration.
December 29, 2020
Americans Wary That Stock Market Bubble Will Burst
The stock market has recently hit record highs, but Americans are increasingly worried that the boom won’t last much longer.
December 29, 2020
Free Mitch Rutledge By Stephen Moore
Nearly everyone has seen the classic movie "The Shawshank Redemption." Well, it turns out there is a real life "Red" Redding, the character played by Morgan Freeman. He is in prison in Alabama. He has been there for nearly 40 years. He was guilty of his crime: a murder he committed as a teenager in a drug operation. But so many people who have interacted with Rutledge in prison see the similarities in character with Red.
December 29, 2020
2020: America's Wake-Up Call By Patrick J. Buchanan
Who could have predicted how dreadful a year 2020 would be.
December 28, 2020
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 December 22, 2020.
