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July 2, 2020The House: Democratic Murmurings in the Texas Suburbs – and Elsewhere By Kyle Kondik
11 rating changes, most in favor of Democrats.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Joe Biden’s currently strong lead in the presidential race is being felt in the suburbs, which if it lasts could imperil Republicans in some of their formerly dark red turf.
— Texas merits special attention, where as many as 10 Republican-held House seats could become vulnerable if Trump were to lose the state.
— We have 11 House rating changes, 10 of which benefit Democrats.
— Democrats remain favored to retain their House majority.

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                            July 1, 2020Feds Plan to Bring Back Death Penalty; 50% Agree
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to stop the government from reviving the death penalty for federal cases after not using it for nearly 20 years. Voters still tend to support capital punishment but not like they used to.

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                            July 1, 2020Jobs Americans Won’t Do? Most Voters Disagree
Supporters of immigration, illegal or otherwise, often say that immigrants take the jobs Americans don’t want, but most voters don’t agree.
July 1, 2020What's the Matter with Kansas State University? By Michelle Malkin
Kansas hasn't voted for a Democrat in presidential elections since 1964. From 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2017, Republicans in Topeka held the iron trifecta of the governor's mansion, the state House and the state Senate. In 2016, Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton in this quintessential red state by a 57-36 margin.
July 1, 2020A Reason to Protest By John Stossel
Protesters say America's criminal justice system is unfair.
It is.

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                            June 30, 2020Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending June 25, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of June 21-25, 2020 reached a new high of 108.1, up from 105.5, the week before. The Index has been trending upward over the past month as the U.S. economy rebounds from the coronavirus lockdown and racial protests continue in many parts of the country.

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                            June 30, 2020As COVID-19 Continues, Faith in Public Health System Falls
Fear of coronavirus remains high, with Americans expressing less confidence that the U.S. public health system can handle it.
June 30, 2020Liberalism Is Dangerous to Your Wallet and Your Health By Stephen Moore
The most recent jobs report found that nine of the 10 states with unemployment rates above 14% are in liberal blue states. Ranked from highest to lowest, they are Nevada (25.3%), Hawaii (22.6%), Michigan (21.2%), California (16.3%), Rhode Island (16.3%), Massachusetts (16.3%), Delaware (15.8%), Illinois (15.2%), New Jersey (15.2%) and Washington state (15.1%). I call this the "blue-state jobs depression." The states with the lowest unemployment rates are all conservative red states: Nebraska (5.2%), Utah (8.5 %), Wyoming 8.8%, Arizona (8.9%) and Idaho (8.9%).
June 30, 2020Now It's Woodrow Wilson's Turn By Patrick J. Buchanan
Now that statues of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Theodore Roosevelt have been desecrated, vandalized, toppled and smashed, it appears Woodrow Wilson's time has come.
The cultural revolution has come to the Ivy League.

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                            June 29, 202024% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-four percent (24%) 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 June 25, 2020.
June 29, 202038% of Voters Think Biden Has Dementia
Nearly four-out-of-10 voters believe Joe Biden has dementia. Most voters, including just over half of Democrats, feel it is important for the likely Democratic presidential nominee to publicly address the issue.
June 27, 2020Resist Evictions and Foreclosures By Ted Rall
COVID-19 has created the ideal medium for a summer of continuous protest.
Political protests and demonstrations used to be weekend affairs during which angry leftists shouted at empty government offices before shuffling home Sunday afternoon to gear up for the workweek. With 1 out of 4 workers having filed for unemployment and many more working from home, tens of millions of Americans have free time to march in the streets. Sporting events, movie theaters, retail stores and even houses of worship are closed due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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                            June 27, 2020What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 27, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            June 26, 2020Most Feel Personally Less Safe, Ready to Turn to Biden
Voters worry about their safety more these days and have more confidence in Joe Biden than President Trump to make things better. But once again party affiliation makes a big difference.
June 26, 2020The Frivolous Democrats By Michael Barone
White college graduates have emerged from the last two decades of elections as an increasingly large and cohesive political bloc -- and one that poses problems for both political parties.
Back in the pre-COVID-19 era, their numbers augmented by recent products of woke campuses, they seemed the dominant force in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
June 26, 2020Biden's Basement Strategy: Just Say Nothing By Patrick J. Buchanan
Some polls now have Joe Biden running ahead of Donald Trump by 10 points and sweeping the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. This vindicates the strategy Biden's advisers have adopted:
Confine Joe to his basement, no press conferences. Trot him out to recite carefully scripted messages for the cameras. Then lead him back to his stall.

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                            June 25, 2020Most Americans Plan to Dine Out Within Next Month
With the coronavirus lockdown easing in much of the country, most Americans plan to return to restaurants in the next month, although they admit they are worried about catching the virus while dining out.

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                            June 25, 2020Media Learned Nothing From 2016 Polling Fiasco By Brian C. Joondeph
For months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, the media was confidently predicting Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in a landslide. They clung to this narrative even when the election was all but over.

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                            June 25, 202031% of Blacks Favor Removing ‘White Jesus’ from Churches
Americans strongly reject the call by a leading Black Lives Matter activist to remove “white Jesus” from churches and elsewhere. His message resonates far stronger among black Americans than others.
June 25, 2020The Electoral College: Trump’s Floodgates are Creaking By Kyle Kondik
Florida, Pennsylvania shift toward Biden, but he’s still shy of the magic number 270 in our ratings.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We are making two Electoral College rating changes this week.
— Florida moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up, and Pennsylvania moves from Toss-up to Leans Democratic.
— This means 268 electoral votes are rated as at least leaning to Joe Biden in our ratings; 204 are at least leaning to Donald Trump; and there are 66 electoral votes in the Toss-up category.
— Biden is decently positioned, although his current lead may be inflated.