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January 15, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. JFK By Stephen Moore

Oh how far the Democratic Party has fallen. In recent days, we've seen the new darling of the Democrats, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, crusading for a 70 percent income tax rate.

January 15, 2019

Voters See Negative Impact From Illegal Immigrants

Voters continue to measure illegal immigration by how much crime and financial strain it brings into the United States.

January 14, 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 January 10.

January 14, 2019

Voters Want Strong Borders, Say Wall is Not ‘Immoral’

Most voters continue to favor strongly controlled borders and reject House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s charge that it is immoral for the United States to build a border wall.

January 14, 2019

Republicans Are Still Skeptical of GOP Congress

Most Republicans are still unhappy with their congressional representatives and are less convinced of the need for President Trump to work with other GOP officials.

January 12, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 12, 2019

The partial government shutdown enters day 22 and record territory today over the inability of President Trump and Democratic representatives to come to an agreement over funding for a Mexican border wall while the president mulls the possible declaration of a national emergency to fulfill his campaign promise.

January 11, 2019

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Takes a Hit in the New Year

Following a rocky few months on Wall Street and the partial government shutdown at the end of December, consumer confidence struggles to keep up the enthusiasm felt throughout 2018.

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January 11, 2019

A Stalemate as Trump Goes Factual, Democrats Illogical By Michael Barone

The televised presidential address from the Oval Office, a staple of communication between the chief executive and the people in the second half of 20th century, has recently been in desuetude. Former President Barack Obama delivered only three such addresses in his eight years in office. President Donald Trump this week delivered his first one, just days short of completing half his term.   

January 11, 2019

Voters Don't Think Government's Doing Enough to Stop Illegal Immigration

In the midst of a government shutdown over disagreements about building a border wall, two-out-of-three voters still think illegal immigration is a serious issue, but nearly half of voters think the government isn’t working hard enough to stop it.

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January 11, 2019

Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump's stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States.

Why? Because mass migration from the global South, not climate change, is the real existential crisis of the West.

January 10, 2019

Voters Wary of North Korea Nuclear Agreement

As talk of another U.S.-North Korea summit heats up, voters now consider the nation less of a national security interest but aren’t confident the nuclear agreement between Kim Jong Un and President Trump will produce results.

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January 10, 2019

The Wandering Voters: How 2018’s Gubernatorial Results Reflected 2016’s Presidential Trends By Noah Rudnick

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— 2018 governors’ races continued along the same realignment patterns that emerged in the 2016 presidential election.

— An analysis of protest third-party votes for president in 2016 indicates those voters were likelier to pick the Democrats’ side in the 2018 election.

January 10, 2019

Voters See Border Wall As Effective But No Emergency

Voters think President Trump’s border wall is likely to work, but they aren’t prepared to declare a national emergency to build it.

January 10, 2019

Republicans Still Identify More With Trump Than GOP Congress

Democrats strongly identify with their congressional representatives, while Republicans still line up more with President Trump than with GOP members of Congress.

January 9, 2019

Democrats Don’t Want to Become a Socialist Party

The new class of Democratic representatives and senators sworn in to Congress brings with it a growing movement of socialist ideologies, but while Democrats are intrigued by the ideas of socialism, they’re not willing to commit to becoming a socialist party.

January 9, 2019

More Voters Now Think Congress Should Follow Trump’s Lead

With the new session of Congress under way, voters aren’t optimistic that things will get any better, but they are growing more convinced that Congress should follow President Trump’s lead.

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January 9, 2019

Legal Weed By John Stossel

Ten states and Washington, D.C., have now legalized adult use of marijuana.    

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January 9, 2019

Border Wall: Monument for the People, Not Pols By Michelle Malkin

Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn't like -- except when it comes to President Donald Trump's border wall.

Think about it.

January 9, 2019

Voters Think Media Matters More to Congress Than They Do

Voters still think Congress puts the media’s interests ahead of voters, though more now think Congress has their best interests at heart.

January 8, 2019

Republicans Strongly Favor Trump Over Romney

Mitt Romney may have pleased Democrats and the media with his recent op-ed criticizing President Trump, but Republican voters by a better than two-to-one margin line up with the president.