What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 18, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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January 18, 2020
January 18, 2020
America's Long History of Meddling in Russia By Ted Rall
Russia -- OK, not the actual Russian government but a private troll farm company located in Russia -- bought $100,000 worth of political ads on Facebook designed to change the outcome of the 2016 election. Except that only a small fraction of those ads were political. Also except that the small fraction was divvied up between pro-Hillary Clinton and pro-Donald Trump ads. And especially except that $100,000 in Facebook ads can't affect the outcome of a $6.8 billion election.
January 17, 2020
Pelosi’s Favorables Are At A New High
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains the best-known leader of Congress and is enjoying her greatest popularity ever. Her counterpart in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, earns his highest favorables in five years.
January 17, 2020
Most Veto Warren’s ‘Day One’ Plan to Erase Student Loan Debt
Senator Elizabeth Warren vowed this week to go around Congress and begin cancelling $640 billion in student loan debt on her first day in office if she is elected president. But most voters oppose the Massachusetts Democrat’s plan, and even more think Congress needs to have a say in the matter.
January 17, 2020
A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out By Patrick J. Buchanan
About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: "It's not personal. It's not political. It's not partisan. It's patriotic."
Seriously, Madam Speaker? Not political? Not partisan?
January 17, 2020
What We've Learned From the Democratic Race -- So Far By Michael Barone
Elections are a form of communication. Voting tells politicians, and the press if they're capable of getting the message, what citizens will tolerate and what they won't. The Democrats haven't voted yet, but they've been campaigning for more than a year and have just had their last debate before the Iowa caucuses two weeks from Monday.
January 16, 2020
51% Still Likely to Vote Against Trump In November
While the diminishing Democratic field of White House hopefuls continues to slug it out, just over half of voters still plan to vote against President Trump come November.
January 16, 2020
Ratings Changes: Senate, House, and Governor By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The Kansas Senate race is getting a lot of national buzz, but we still see the GOP as clearly favored to hold the seat.
— The chances of Republicans springing Senate upsets in New Hampshire and Virginia appear to be growing dimmer.
— Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) decision not to hold a special election for CA-50 makes it likelier for Republicans to hold the seat.
— Vermont is a sleeper Democratic gubernatorial target.
January 15, 2020
Americans Are Less Supportive of Plastic Bag Ban
States and localities throughout the country are debating whether to outlaw the use of disposable plastic bags, even as Americans nationwide appear less agreeable to the idea.
January 15, 2020
41% Say U.S. Should Do More to Help Iranian Protesters
A sizable number of Americans want to get involved in the pro-democracy protests in Iran, but they’re doubtful the protests will lead to meaningful change. Most suspect, however, that increased U.S. sanctions will push Iran to negotiate over its nuclear program.
January 15, 2020
Cancel Culture Strikes Again: Banned in Maine By Michelle Malkin
In November, I was banned in Boston after speech-squelchers on the left and right forced the cancellation of my lecture at Bentley University, a small private institution. The grassroots activists who had invited me were rejected by every major event venue in the nation's purported Cradle of Liberty. The tail-tuckers cited security concerns or jacked up their rental fees to make it prohibitively expensive to gather peacefully to discuss -- gasp! -- ideas.
January 15, 2020
Licensed to Fail By John Stossel
People who want to work should be allowed to work. That includes people who once went to jail.
January 14, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 9, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 5-9, 2020 is at 99.7, up slightly from 98.4 the week before.
January 14, 2020
GOP Wants Trump to Fill Any Supreme Court Vacancy; Democrats Say Wait
Voters are largely divided along party lines when asked if President Trump should fill any U.S. Supreme Court vacancy this year and whether former President Obama should be considered for the job.
January 14, 2020
Why Does Washington Demonize Drug Companies? By Stephen Moore
Over the holidays, I read Elton John's biography, "Me." He writes about his friendship with Freddie Mercury, the ultratalented lead singer of the rock group Queen. Mercury tragically died of AIDS at the age of 45 in 1991. Mercury was one of the last people to die of the disease in Britain during the epidemic years. John writes sadly and almost offhandedly that if Mercury had lived one year longer, he probably would have survived because of the AIDS medication that eventually saved millions of lives.
January 14, 2020
Trump's In-Kind Contribution to Bernie By Patrick J. Buchanan
The directed killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran's blood-soaked field marshal in the "forever war" of the Middle East, has begun to roil the politics of both the region and the USA.
January 13, 2020
40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 January 9, 2020.
January 13, 2020
More Voters Think GOP - If You Count Trump As A Republican
Voters identify more with Republicans than Democrats when it comes to the issues – unless you regard President Trump as a party of his own.
January 11, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 11, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
January 10, 2020
Consumer Spending Update: 2020 Kicks Off With Record-Breaking Confidence in the Economy
The economy continues to wow this month with the Rasmussen Reports Economic Index hitting 147.8 in January, up 3.5 points from last month and smashing through the five-year high.
