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                            March 6, 202550% Would Welcome Canadian Provinces to Join U.S.
President Donald Trump has talked of Canada becoming the 51st state, and half of American voters would be OK with it if any of our northern neighbor’s provinces wanted to leave Canada.
March 6, 2025Lessons from History: House Incumbents from the Non-Presidential Party Rarely Lose Reelection in Midterms By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The non-presidential party often picks up House seats in midterms, and as a part of it, that party’s incumbents rarely lose in midterms.
— Over 13 general election midterms held during the last half-century, just an average of 3 non-presidential party House members have lost per midterm.
— Redistricting as well as special election winners losing their subsequent general election inflate that total. Otherwise, a variety of other factors—including scandal, strong challengers, political circumstances, and more—contributed to these relatively rare losses.

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                            March 5, 2025What Exactly Does ‘I Support Ukraine’ Mean? By Brian C. Joondeph
Since the irritable, sweatshirt-clad Ukrainian president met with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office last Friday, social media has been filled with profile pictures proclaiming, “I stand with Ukraine” and “Slava Ukraini.“

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                            March 5, 2025Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Idea Not a Hit With Voters
President Donald Trump’s suggestion to replace an existing visa program for foreign investors with a $5 million “gold card” visa hasn’t won majority support.

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                            March 5, 2025The Death of Europe By John Stossel
America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties.

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                            March 4, 2025Climate Change: 58% Believe It’s Getting Warmer
A majority of Americans think global warming is real, despite scientific evidence cited by critics of the climate change agenda.

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                            March 4, 2025Majority Suspect Fraud in Social Security, Support DOGE Audit
Most voters favor the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) doing an audit of the Social Security system, and think such an audit would find rampant fraud in the program.

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                            March 4, 2025Europe's Decline Was a Choice By Daniel McCarthy
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump does, but he too has a tough message for them.

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                            March 4, 2025For Whom the Zelle Tolls By Stephen Moore
One of the more baffling lawsuits in the final days of the Biden administration was the complaint against Zelle, the popular money transfer network. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau argued that, despite Zelle's service being free, the network's users were being ripped off.

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                            March 3, 202545% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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 February 27, 2025.

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                            March 3, 202551% Approved of Trump’s First Full Month as President
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...

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                            March 1, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 1, 2025
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            February 28, 2025Tax Time: 33% Concerned IRS Will Audit Them
Even though Americans overwhelmingly say they’ve never cheated on their taxes, one-third of them are worried they’ll get audited by the IRS.

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                            February 28, 2025Election Integrity: 60% Favor Requiring Paper Ballots
A majority of voters favor an election integrity measure recently advocated by President Donald Trump.

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                            February 28, 2025Getting to Denmark By Michael Barone
Sooner or later, The New York Times catches on to the news. In the case of immigration policy, the news it has caught up with is that mass immigration, legal and illegal, from less-developed countries is politically toxic.

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                            February 27, 2025FBI Director Kash Patel Starts With 47% Favorability
By a double-digit margin, more voters have a favorable than unfavorable opinion of Kash Patel, newly confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
February 27, 2025House District Loyalty in the Trump Era By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In presidential elections since 2016, only 28 of the 435 current House districts have backed nominees of different parties.
— In next year’s House elections, districts that have been Electoral College bellwethers since 2016 could play a large role in determining whether Democrats can recapture the majority.
— Still, Republicans have some potential offensive targets in districts that have been national popular vote bellwethers.
— While House Democrats find themselves in a similar overall situation now as they did in 2017, the general contours of the House battlefield are different.

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                            February 26, 2025Does Everyone Hate What Trump is Doing? Far from It By Brian C. Joondeph
On social media, one might get the impression that Americans who voted for President Donald Trump now feel buyer’s remorse.

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                            February 26, 2025Worries About Gas Prices Have Eased
Americans are now paying about 50 cents a gallon less for gasoline than they were a few months ago, but many still think the price could go up again.

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                            February 26, 2025Trump Is Right -- Fire Bad Federal Employees and Reward Good Ones By Stephen Moore
   All in Washington are acting like their hair is on fire in response to the Department of Government Efficiency requirement that federal employees list what they accomplished last week. Many are acting like they can't think of anything, like they may need to "phone a friend" to get an answer.