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March 26, 2019

Democrats See Number of Presidential Candidates As A Mixed Blessing

While more than 10 prominent Democrats are already in the race for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, Democratic voters remain closely divided over whether a lot of candidates is a good thing.

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March 26, 2019

How the First 'Green New Deal' Flopped By Stephen Moore

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal has been widely ridiculed for its massive disruption to the economy and a price tag of tens of trillions of dollars.

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March 26, 2019

Russiagate -- a Bright, Shining Lie By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia ... to influence the 2016 US presidential campaign."

March 25, 2019

37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 March 21.

March 25, 2019

Most Favor Presidential Age Limit That Excludes Trump, Biden, Sanders, Warren

Most voters say there should be a ceiling on how old a presidential candidate can be. Among these voters, most say it should be 70 or younger, a requirement that would rule out President Trump and several of the top Democratic contenders for 2020.

March 23, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 23, 2019

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

March 22, 2019

Americans Step Up Their Taxpaying

Americans have stepped up the pace of filing their income taxes and aren’t particularly worried about an IRS audit.

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March 22, 2019

Old Rules of Thumb Yield to Even Older Ones By Michael Barone

Success in politics -- and in political predictions -- depends on the ability to distinguish between old rules of thumb that don't apply any more and old rules of thumb that do.

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March 22, 2019

Why Joe May Be Courting Stacey By Patrick J. Buchanan

Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year to black students, down from 10 last year and 13 the year before.

March 21, 2019

Most Say They’re Taxed More Than Their Fair Share

More Americans than ever think they are overtaxed despite last year’s tax cuts and tax reform.

March 21, 2019

Americans Appear To Be Less Enthusiastic About Helping NPR

Most voters tune into National Public Radio during the course of a month, but far fewer think taxpayers should continue to subsidize it.

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March 21, 2019

This Century’s Electoral College Trends By Kyle Kondik

It has become common to describe our home state of Virginia as a state that is “trending Democratic.” That’s an observation we agree with — we used that exact term a few weeks ago in our initial Electoral College ratings. But what are we really saying when we use a term like that?

March 20, 2019

Voters Favor Term Limits For Supreme Court But No More Members

Democrats, increasingly worried about the U.S. Supreme Court tilting to the right, have been talking lately about changes in its overall makeup. Most voters like the idea of term-limiting the justices but draw the line at adding more members to the court.

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March 20, 2019

Never Forget: CAIR's Dirty Deeds By Michelle Malkin

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is having a banner month. The militant Muslim group never lets a crisis go to waste. That means Americans should beware. When unappeasable CAIR is ascendant, our free speech rights, religious liberty and national security are at risk.

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March 20, 2019

Academic Jargon By John Stossel

Seven academic journals were recently hoaxed into publishing ridiculous studies on topics like "rape culture and queer performativity" in dog parks.

The editor of only one of the journals, Roberto Refinetti of Sexuality and Culture, agreed to talk to me about the hoax and whether academics learned anything from being duped.

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March 19, 2019

GOP Voters Strongly Prefer Trump’s Foreign Policy Over Cheney’s

Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the architects of the war in Iraq, recently criticized President Trump’s foreign policy as being “more like Barack Obama than like Ronald Reagan,” but voters aren’t buying.

March 19, 2019

Voters Veto Pelosi’s Idea of Letting 16-Year-Olds Vote

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters last week that she’s always favored lowering the voting age to 16, but there’s very little voter support for that idea.

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March 19, 2019

The Democrats' $100 Trillion Agenda Could Easily Tilt the Nation By Stephen Moore

Remember when Democrats complained that $5.7 billion for a border wall was too expensive? Well, that's chump change compared to what many of the congressional Democrats and nearly all of those 15 declared Democrats in the presidential race are now rallying behind.

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March 19, 2019

Who Spawned the Christchurch Killer? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Last Friday, in Christchurch, New Zealand, one of the more civilized places on earth, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, an Australian, turned on his cellphone camera and set out to livestream his massacre of as many innocent Muslim worshippers as he could kill.

March 18, 2019

37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 March 14.