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May 16, 2019

Biden’s Support Among Democrats May Be Exaggerated By Doug Johnson Hatlem

A strong plurality of voters, 8% to12% more than prefer former Vice President Joe Biden first, are undecided ahead of the 2020 Democratic primary, according to a YouGov Blue poll fielded and released after Biden’s entry into the race.

May 15, 2019

Many Fear Personal Fallout from U.S.-China Trade Spat

As President Trump continues fighting China over its unfair trade practices, Americans remain worried, and a sizable number fear that it will impact them personally.

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May 15, 2019

Harvard's Insatiable Identity-Politics Cannibals By Michelle Malkin

I have no love for left-wing, Hillary-promoting Hollywood producer and accused #MeToo villain Harvey Weinstein. Nor am I a fan of those who perpetrated the cop-bashing "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" fiction involving social justice martyr Michael Brown. But I do strongly believe that a grave injustice has been committed by Harvard's witch-hunt mobsters against a law professor who joined Weinstein's legal team and had represented Brown's family in a civil suit against Ferguson, Missouri.

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May 15, 2019

Sex 'Trafficking' Panic By John Stossel

When police charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with soliciting prostitution, the press said the police rescued sex slaves.

May 14, 2019

Democrats Far More Likely Than Others to See Economic Trouble Ahead

Democrats running for the White House face a big obstacle in President Trump’s booming economy, but most adults in their party are banking on an economic downturn by next year.

May 14, 2019

Most Say Trump, Congress Need to Work Together

Voters are more critical of the job Congress is doing, and most continue to believe the legislators should work more with President Trump. They also still think the president, not Democratic congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, should set the agenda.

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May 14, 2019

Tariffs: The Taxes That Made America Great By Patrick J. Buchanan

As his limo carried him to work at the White House Monday, Larry Kudlow could not have been pleased with the headline in The Washington Post: "Kudlow Contradicts Trump on Tariffs."

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May 14, 2019

Ohio the Comeback State By Stephen Moore

I recently took some flak from Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown for saying in a speech at the Heartland Institute several years ago that the "only place to live in the midwest is Chicago." He was particularly upset that I took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at Cleveland and Cincinnati as "armpits." This was supposedly evidence that I hate Ohio.

May 13, 2019

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 May 9.

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May 13, 2019

Voters See More Congressional Gridlock Ahead

Voters continue to say that illegal immigration is the most pressing issue for Congress, but they also still have very little confidence that President Trump and congressional Democrats can get anything done.

May 11, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 11, 2019

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

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May 11, 2019

Death to the Stump Speech By Ted Rall

Throughout 2016, the presidential candidates who were not Donald Trump complained to Jeffrey Zucker.

May 10, 2019

Most Now See Economy As Fair to Those Who Work Hard

With the economy booming, Americans are much more confident that hard work pays off and are worrying a lot less about the level of government dependency in the country.

May 10, 2019

White House Watch: Trump Bests Harris One-on-One

Senator Kamala Harris of California is no threat to President Trump in a new White House Watch hypothetical 2020 matchup.

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May 10, 2019

For Joe Biden, on China It's Still the 1990s By Michael Barone

Once upon a time, May 1 -- May Day -- was a day for working-class parades in factory towns. This year, it was a day for Joe Biden, to set off on his third presidential campaign in 32 years, to make news on the stump, not in a working-class venue but in the university town of Iowa City, now the state's Democratic stronghold.

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May 10, 2019

Are All the World's Problems Ours? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In 2003, George W. Bush took us to war to liberate Iraq from the despotism of Saddam Hussein and convert that nation into a beacon of freedom and prosperity in the Middle East.

May 9, 2019

Americans Don’t Trust Feds on Gun Control But Less Wary of Federal Gun Licenses

Americans tend to favor Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s idea of a federal gun license, even though most don’t trust the federal government with gun laws and don’t expect Booker’s plan to reduce gun crime.

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May 9, 2019

Notes on the State of the House By Kyle Kondik

The Democrats' generic ballot edge endures, at least for now, but they shouldn’t get their hopes up on redistricting.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— While it’s very early in the cycle and these polls are not predictive so far in advance, the House generic ballot polling right now looks very similar to what we saw this time two years ago.

— Republicans almost certainly will need to lead on the generic ballot to retake the House, but perhaps they won’t need as big of a lead as we’ve seen in the past because of the nature of partisan voting in a presidential year and their abundance of targets in districts President Trump can or will carry.

— If new House maps are created in Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio because of various court orders, Democrats would benefit on balance. But it may very well be that no maps end up being changed.

May 8, 2019

Voters Want Government to Get Tough on Those Who Overstay Visas

While the Trump administration works to shift U.S. visa policy to a merit-based system rather than a family-based one, most voters continue to favor a crackdown on those who overstay their welcome.

May 8, 2019

Voters Are More Welcoming of Trump’s Hard Line on Iran

As tensions escalate with Iran over its nuclear weapons program, voters here are more supportive of President Trump’s get-tough attitude but are not optimistic that it will bring needed change.