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February 11, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending February 6, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of February 2-6, 2020 has jumped to 105.8 from 99.7 the week before.

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February 11, 2020

39% of Republicans Want to Expel Romney from GOP; 18% Undecided

Mitt Romney was the only Republican senator who voted guilty last week on one of the impeachment counts brought against President Trump by House Democrats. Many Republicans were furious at Romney, and a sizable number of GOP voters are ready to throw him out of the party.

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February 11, 2020

Defusing the Debt Bomb By Stephen Moore

President Donald Trump's new budget confirms that without corrective action, trillion-dollar deficits will be with us for years and perhaps decades to come. Trump's budget plan has many smart and urgent spending reforms. But will Congress ignore them once again?

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February 11, 2020

Long Before Trump, We Were a Divided People By Patrick J. Buchanan

In a way, Donald Trump might be called The Great Uniter.

February 10, 2020

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) 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 6, 2020.

February 10, 2020

Most See Impeachment As Failed Strategy, Want Democrats to Move On

Impeachment is over and done with as far as most voters are concerned. The House Democrats’ failed effort to remove President Trump has just made him stronger politically, voters say.

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February 8, 2020

Democrats' Wimpy Impeachment Has Made Trump Stronger Than Ever By Ted Rall

"Many Democrats fear that Trump may be laying an impeachment trap," Stephen Collins wrote for CNN last May. "It's possible that the wider political divides get, the more Trump benefits. The spectacle would help him charge up the political base he needs to turn out in droves in 2020 with claims their 2016 votes were being stolen by political elites."

February 8, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 8, 2020

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

February 7, 2020

47% of Users Under 40 Say Social Media Influences Their Politics

Social media is having a greater impact on the nation’s political debate, with nearly half of younger voters now saying it influences their opinions. But with YouTube the latest to announce censorship efforts, voters have little confidence that social media will be able to fairly weed out questionable material.

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February 7, 2020

Democrats' Blunders Help Create Favorable Winds for Trump By Michael Barone

Are we watching a great political party commit suicide?

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February 7, 2020

Are the Bells Tolling for Amy, Liz & Joe? By Patrick J. Buchanan

By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men.

February 6, 2020

Trump’s Monthly Approval Stalls in January

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.

February 6, 2020

Voters See A Stronger America, Optimistic About Future

Voters tend to believe President Trump has made America stronger and remain more optimistic about the nation’s future than they have been in years.

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February 6, 2020

The Iowa Chaos: A Preview of July? By Kyle Kondik

Muddled, delayed, and confusing result could end up contributing to more of the same down the road.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— As of this writing, days after Iowa, the ultimate outcome there was still unclear.

— Joe Biden’s poor showing probably forecloses the possibility of him winning the nomination quickly.

— The odds of a rare, contested convention probably went up, although there’s still time for the race to sort itself out.

February 5, 2020

Health Care, Economy Top Voter Concerns This Election Year

Health care and the economy dominate voter concerns as America begins the slow formal crawl to the next presidential election.

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February 5, 2020

What Will It Take to Stop Google's Kiddie Predators? By Michelle Malkin

How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools?

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February 5, 2020

Bad Law By John Stossel

A law in South Carolina bans playing pinball if you're under 18. That's just one of America's many ridiculous laws restricting freedom.

February 4, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 30, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 26-30, 2020 is at 99.7, down from 102.7 the week before.

February 4, 2020

Few Minds Have Been Changed by Senate Impeachment Trial

The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump may have dominated the headlines, but it has had little impact on perhaps the most important jury, America’s voters.

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February 4, 2020

Failed Coup of a Failing Establishment By Patrick J. Buchanan

It has been a bad few days for the establishment, really bad.

In a 51-49 vote, the Senate refused to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and agreed to end the trial Wednesday, with a near-certain majority vote to acquit the president of all charges.