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                            July 9, 202158% Of Voters Agree: Media Are ‘Enemy of the People’
Voters overwhelmingly believe “fake news” is a problem, and a majority agree with former President Donald Trump that the media have become “the enemy of the people.”

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                            July 9, 2021When Did COVID-19 Really Begin? By Brian C. Joondeph
COVID-19 had been a global scourge approaching two years now. Anything that could be politicized has been, from public health recommendations to therapeutics and vaccines.
July 9, 2021Both Parties Fail to Respond to Signals in the Political Marketplace by Michael Barone
I like to apply free market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians compete for votes and are rewarded for maximizing voters' preferences. As in economics, there are sometimes market failures, but mostly the system seems to be self-regulating.
July 9, 2021Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission? By Patrick J. Buchanan
As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in Afghanistan.

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                            July 8, 2021Most Voters Want Schools To Teach Traditional Values
At a time when many schools are embroiled in controversy over the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT), voters still think it is important that kids learn traditional values in school.
July 8, 2021Where Both Parties Overperform in the House By Louis Jacobson
Comparing how many seats they have versus how many the 2020 presidential results would have suggested.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— As we head into a once-a-decade redistricting cycle, we analyzed which states have one party that is currently overperforming in its House delegation compared to that party’s share of the 2020 presidential vote.
— Overall, the GOP has notched notable overperformances in 19 medium-to-large-sized states, compared to 11 for the Democrats. However, the total number of excess seats for each party from these states is roughly in balance, though Republicans have a slight edge: 32 for the GOP, 28 for the Democrats.
— The three biggest sources of excess seats for the GOP today — Texas, Ohio, and Florida — could provide additional excess seats in the coming redistricting round, given the fact that each state has unified Republican control of state government. The Democrats’ options for squeezing out additional seats are more limited because many of their biggest sources of excess seats have a commission system for redistricting.

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                            July 7, 2021Americans Think Youth Sports Are Important, But Don’t Like ‘Participation’ Trophies
Americans overwhelmingly believe it is important for young people to participate in sports, but most feel that rewarding winners matters more than recognizing kids for participating.
July 7, 2021Only a Third of Voters Approve of How VP Harris Is Handling Border Crisis
In the wake of Kamala Harris’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, most voters have a negative view of how the vice president is dealing with the immigration crisis.
July 7, 2021Big Business Loves Big Government By John Stossel
Politicians say they pass laws to "protect Americans from big business."

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                            July 6, 2021Most Voters Think GOP Will Take Back Congress Next Year
Voters don’t seem very interested in whether Congress passes President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, and most believe Republicans will be able take back control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections.

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                            July 6, 2021Government Spying On Journalists? Most Voters Think So
Fox News host Tucker Carlson made headlines last week when he accused the federal government of spying on him, but most voters think such surveillance is likely.
July 6, 2021Whatever Happened to Property Rights? by Stephen Moore
I'm no lawyer, that's for sure, and so I don't have expertise on the intricacies of the law, but I am angry as a hornet by the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the federal "eviction moratorium."
July 6, 2021As America Recedes, China Rises By Patrick J. Buchanan
As our July Fourth celebrations were beginning, the U.S. quietly closed and abandoned Bagram Air Base, the largest American military base between the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea.

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                            July 5, 202139% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 July 1, 2021.

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                            July 3, 2021What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 3, 2021
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
July 2, 2021Biden’s Monthly Approval Declines in June
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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                            July 2, 2021What Would the Founding Fathers Say?
Most Americans consider the Fourth of July one of our nation’s most important holidays, and recognize it celebrates signing of the Declaration of Independence. Far fewer, however, think the Founding Fathers would be happy with the current condition of the country they created.

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                            July 2, 2021Nearly a Third of Americans Think Public Health Officials Are Lying About Vaccine Safety
Distrust of public health officials may be a major factor in people refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly a third of Americans believe officials are lying about vaccine safety, a number that rises to almost two-thirds among those who say they don’t intend to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
July 2, 2021EU to Orban: Back Gay Rights or Get Out! by Patrick Buchanan
Respect LBGT rights or get out of the EU, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte instructed Hungary's Viktor Orban at last week's gathering of the European Union in Brussels.
July 2, 2021New York Mayoral Primary Shows Split Between Democratic Constituencies by Michael Barone
New York City's notoriously incompetent election officials have not finished tabulating the votes in the June 22 Democratic primary, with its novel ranked choice voting system. But the first choices of voters -- minus some 124,000 absentees -- nevertheless reveal some important things about the differences between different segments of the Democratic coalition in America's largest city.