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September 19, 2019The Electoral College: Expanding the Map By Kyle Kondik
Trump is at least a small underdog in all the Clinton states, but trying to play offense is wise.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We don’t really think President Trump can win New Mexico, where he campaigned earlier this week. But he’s wise to try to expand the map.
— While presidents who lose reelection historically don’t win states they didn’t carry in their earlier victories, presidents who win reelection typically do end up winning one or more states they lost previously, although there is one significant recent exception.
— However, the president seems to be at least a small underdog in every Hillary Clinton-won state. We’re moving New Hampshire from Toss-up to Leans Democratic in our Electoral College ratings.

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                            September 18, 2019Most With Private Insurance Don’t Welcome Medicare for All
Democrats like the idea of government-run Medicare health insurance for all Americans, but most voters with private health insurance aren’t ready to give it up.
September 18, 2019Facebook Incites Violent War on ICE By Michelle Malkin
Abolish ICE thugs in Colorado want to see the homes and families of immigration enforcement officials set aflame.
September 18, 2019Good News By John Stossel
I rarely watch cable news anymore. It's all hysteria, all the time.
CNN: "We are destroying the planet."
MSNBC: "The middle class is disappearing!"

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                            September 17, 2019Americans Strongly Defend Their Right to Own A Gun
Americans’ belief in their constitutional right to own a gun and their support for the Second Amendment that guarantees that right remain strong.
September 17, 2019Biden Remains Well in Charge After Latest Debate
The widely anticipated showdown between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at last week’s Democratic debate was a no-show, and Biden is still comfortably ahead in the race to be his party’s next presidential nominee.
September 17, 2019'Locked and Loaded' for War on Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Iran has launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply," declared Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
September 17, 2019Renewable Energy Will Only Be Possible With Massive Increases in the Supply of Critical Minerals By Stephen Moore
The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports has many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the United States to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place.

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                            September 16, 201942% 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 September 12.

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                            September 16, 2019Most Agree Some Cities, States Make Homeless Problem Worse
The Trump administration is considering ways to address California’s worsening homelessness situation, but Americans don’t see that as a federal function. Most agree, though, that the actions of some states and cities make the homeless problem worse.
September 14, 2019Fake News, Fake Polls – CNN Edition By Brian C. Joondeph
It’s been a tough few weeks for CNN. Who knew pushing fake news could be so challenging?

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                            September 14, 2019What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 14, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            September 13, 2019Consumer Spending Update: Consumer Confidence Remains Near Five-Year Highs
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index held steady at 140.8 in September, virtually unchanged from last month and still among 2019's highs to date.

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                            September 13, 2019Most Oppose Taxpayer Bailout of Ailing Union Pension Funds
A number of trade union pension funds are now well short of the money they need to pay promised benefits. But most voters oppose legislation now working its way through Congress to siphon billions of dollars in loans and direct cash to these ailing funds.
September 13, 2019Trump Era Not as Extraordinary as Never-Trumpers Think By Michael Barone
Around Washington, in sundry upscale locales, in large quadrants of the internet, you still encounter lamentations about Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party and prophecies of the party's approaching doom. Never-Trumpers are less thick on the ground than among ordinary voters, but they have an echo in affluent southern and southwest suburbs that have switched from Republicans to anti-Trump Democrats. And they're eager to tell you that nothing like this has ever happened before.
September 13, 2019After Bolton, Trump Goals Remain Unrealized By Patrick J. Buchanan
The sudden and bitter departure of John Bolton from the White House was baked in the cake from the day he arrived there.

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                            September 12, 2019Voters Fear Economic Impact of Abrupt End to Fracking
The United States has become the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas thanks to the use of fracking, an hydraulic drilling practice opposed by many environmentalists. Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has vowed to end fracking if she’s elected, but voters aren’t sure that’s such a good idea.
September 12, 2019Biden’s Challenge: Iowa and New Hampshire By Kyle Kondik
The schedule advantages Biden’s rivals, although it’s unclear if they can capitalize; NC-9 fallout.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Perhaps the biggest threat to Joe Biden is the nominating calendar.
— Biden is reliant on support from African Americans, but the electorates of the first two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, are almost entirely white.
— However, even if one or more of Biden’s rivals best him in the leadoff states, they may not necessarily have much appeal to the crucial African-American voting bloc themselves.

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                            September 11, 2019Nearly One-in-Four Have Tried Meatless Fast Food
Move over, beef burgers and chicken fingers. Vegetarian “meat” offerings are the latest rage at fast-food restaurants, and a sizable number of Americans are putting them on their tray.

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                            September 11, 2019This 9/11, Most Say U.S. Winning War on Terror, But It Isn’t Over
Eighteen years after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, most voters here continue to believe the United States is beating the terrorists but don’t think the War on Terror is over. They’re evenly divided over whether America is a safer place these days.