Voters Still Say Photo ID Laws Don’t Discriminate
Voters remain conflicted over whether it’s too easy or too hard to vote in America, but most still don’t see a photo ID requirement at the polls as discriminatory.
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October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020
68% See Barrett Confirmation as Very Likely
Following her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, just over half of voters think U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be confirmed, and a sizable majority say she is Very Likely to be the next member of the high court.
October 16, 2020
Court Packing Is No Hypothetical By Michael Barone
On Monday, Joe Biden finally broke his monthslong silence on court packing. Previously, he refused to take a stand -- "whatever position I take in that, that'll become the issue," he said in the Sept. 29 debate, said voters didn't "deserve to know" his position or would know it "when the election is over,"
October 16, 2020
Can Trump Pull a Second Rabbit Out of the Hat? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Apres moi, la deluge," predicted Louis XV after his army's stunning defeat by Prussia's Frederick the Great at the Battle of Rossbach in 1757.
"La deluge," the Revolution, came, three decades later, to wash the Bourbon monarchy away in blood and to send Louis XV's grandson, Louis XVI, and his queen, Marie Antoinette, to the guillotine.
October 15, 2020
65% Say They’re Likely To Vote Early If They Can
Early voting is available in most states, and voters in those states by a two-to-one margin plan to take advantage of it. Biden voters are much more eager to vote early than Trump supporters.
October 15, 2020
Election 2020: A Fortnight and Five Days Away By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— With 19 days to go before the election, Joe Biden’s lead in the presidential race remains steady, although his national lead is bigger than his leads in the most crucial swing states.
— In the Senate, Republicans appear to be getting some traction against Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), although Peters remains favored in our ratings. Overall, the Senate battlefield continues to expand, with Republicans having to play more defense in places like Alaska and Kansas.
— Eight House rating changes largely benefit Democrats.
October 14, 2020
White House Watch: Biden Leads By Five
With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden holds a five point-lead over President Trump in Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey. But a week ago, Biden had a 12-point advantage, his biggest lead ever.
October 14, 2020
Party Affiliation Still Dictates Views of Obamacare
Democrats remain the big fans of Obamacare, a central issue in the ongoing confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, while Republicans still want to see it go away.
October 14, 2020
A Media-Political Assassination in Denver By Michelle Malkin
Do Colorado patriots' lives matter?
October 14, 2020
A Tale of Two Camps By John Stossel
When COVID-19 hit, I quarantined in Eastern Massachusetts.
Biking around the woods, I noticed something strange.
October 13, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending October 8, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of October 4-8, 2020 fell to 99.3 from 103.2 the week before. This is the lowest weekly finding since mid-May.
October 13, 2020
Over Half Still Say They Are Likely to Vote Against Trump
Slightly more than half of voters still say they are more likely to vote against President Trump, a finding that hasn’t changed in a year of regular surveying.
October 13, 2020
No, Joe, There Was No Economic Boom Under Obama By Stephen Moore
The great Jackie Gleason once said, "The past remembers better than it lived." And so it is, apparently, with the Obama years.
October 13, 2020
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border," Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ominously warned on Friday.
October 12, 2020
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 October 8, 2020.
October 12, 2020
Voters Strongly Reject Religious Litmus Test for Supreme Court Nominees
Some Democratic opponents of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are criticizing her conservative Catholic beliefs. But three-out-of-four voters say a candidate’s religious faith should not determine whether he or she can serve on the high court.
October 10, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 10, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 9, 2020
Putin's Got His Problems, Too By Patrick J. Buchanan
Before the first Trump-Biden debate, moderator Chris Wallace listed the six subjects that would be covered:
October 9, 2020
Trump’s Monthly Approval Hits 2020 High in September
When tracking President Trump’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 Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
October 9, 2020
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Holds Steady in October
Economic confidence dropped slightly to 117.0 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, down a point from September but just shy of the highest finding since March when states started locking down due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
