Most Still Champion A Holiday for Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is still hanging in there. Most Americans still favor a national holiday – celebrated today this year – for the man generally credited with “discovering” America.
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October 12, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 12, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 11, 2019
Consumer Spending Update: Americans Still Ride High on Trump Economic Bump
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index held steady at 139.4 in October, virtually unchanged from last month and still among all-time highs to date.
October 11, 2019
Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court Remains High
Despite the controversy surrounding its latest member, voter approval of the U.S. Supreme Court which began its latest session this week remains higher than it has been in years. Voters also clearly think President Trump with his two nominations to the high court has moved it to the right.
October 11, 2019
Is Impeachment Now Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader," is a remark attributed to a French politician during the turbulent times of 1848.
Joe Biden's Wednesday declaration that President Donald Trump should be impeached is in that tradition. Joe is scrambling to get out in front of the sentiment for impeachment in the party he professes to lead.
October 11, 2019
The Democrats' Faute de Mieux Front-Runner By Michael Barone
Is Elizabeth Warren the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination? You can make a strong argument that the answer is yes. You can also argue that she is, at most, a default front-runner and a problematic general election nominee.
October 10, 2019
Trump’s Tax Returns Remain A Big Deal for Democrats Only
Most voters still think President Trump should turn over his tax returns to his Democratic opponents, but the tax return question is a lot stronger voting issue for Democrats than it is for others.
October 10, 2019
Louisiana 2019: Welcome to the Jungle (Primary) By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) defied the partisan lean of his state in 2015, but he will have to navigate an increasingly partisan electorate to win again. He’ll need Republican support, but he also must energize black voters.
— Louisiana’s unique jungle primary has shaped the contours of state elections for nearly 50 years and will be a key feature of the 2019 election.
— Regionalism has always been salient in Louisiana politics, and it should be a decisive factor in which Republican candidate makes a potential runoff with Edwards: Rep. Ralph Abraham (R, LA-5) or businessman Eddie Rispone (R).
October 9, 2019
Americans Remain Highly Intolerant of Each Other’s Political Views
It’s 2016 all over again when it comes to Americans’ political views and how they impact family and friends – even though it’s an off-election year.
October 9, 2019
Most Agree With Trump’s Withdrawal from ‘Endless Wars’
President Trump’s decision to pull back the U.S. military in Syria may be a policy even most Democrats can agree with.
October 9, 2019
Surrendering to SPLC's Lazy Media Lemmings By Michelle Malkin
ACT for America, a nationwide grassroots group that educates the public about radical Islam, was founded in 2007 by my vigilant activist friend and Lebanese Christian immigrant journalist Brigitte Gabriel. I was honored to accept Gabriel's invitation to speak at her organization's annual banquet at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 7.
October 9, 2019
Domestic and Foreign Wars By John Stossel
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party.
October 8, 2019
Most Consider ‘Serious’ Work from Congress Unlikely
Congress continues to earn mediocre reviews for its job performance, with voters more convinced than ever that it’s unlikely to focus on the country’s biggest problems.
October 8, 2019
Is Trump At Last Ending Our 'Endless Wars'? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The backstage struggle between the Bush interventionists and the America-firsters who first backed Donald Trump for president just exploded into open warfare, which could sunder the Republican Party.
October 8, 2019
What the Presidential Candidates Are Missing: Economic Growth By Stephen Moore
While running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy campaigned against the moderate growth economy (2.5% annual GDP rise) in the last years of the Eisenhower administration. He appealed to Americans' highest aspirations by saying in his typical Boston drawl: "We can do bettah." JFK promised 4% and 5% rates of annual economic progress for the nation -- and he delivered.
October 8, 2019
Impeachment is Getting Boring By Brian C. Joondeph
If you watch cable or network news, all you hear about is impeachment. To the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC, it’s as if it already happened. Reps Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler speak as if it’s a foregone conclusion, and shed crocodile tears being “heartbroken and prayerful” over the process.
October 7, 2019
36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 4.
October 7, 2019
Trump vs. Clinton Is Still Neck and Neck
Some have speculated that if Joe Biden falters in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton will jump in. In a repeat matchup of the 2016 election, Clinton runs dead even with President Trump, but even most Democrats don’t want her to get into the race.
October 5, 2019
The New York Times Repeatedly Called a Famous Cartoonist an Anti-Semite -- and Didn't Ask Him for Comment By Ted Rall
Earlier this year, Portuguese cartoonist António Moreira Antunes drew one of the most controversial political cartoons in history. His cartoon about U.S.-Israeli relations sparked so much controversy that The New York Times, whose international edition published it in April, decided to fire its two staff cartoonists, neither of whom had anything to do with it. Then the Times permanently banned all editorial cartooning.
October 5, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 5, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
