Consumer Spending Update Consumer Confidence Marches Upward
With the release of last week’s jobs report reflecting a near 50-year low for unemployment, consumer confidence has started to rise once again.
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October 12, 2018
October 12, 2018
Don't Look for Civility Unless Democrats Win in November By Michael Barone
"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about," Hillary Clinton told CNN last Tuesday. Her words cannot be taken literally, for you can be civil if you want to; they're a statement that she doesn't want to.
October 11, 2018
Fewer Americans Now See Workplace Sexual Harassment As a Serious Problem
Discussions of sexual harassment and sexual assault still dominate the public and political sphere. Nonetheless, slightly fewer Americans now consider sexual harassment in the workplace a serious problem than they did a year ago, even though the number of instances hasn’t changed.
October 11, 2018
Support for Dumping Electoral College Is Down
Voters are less enthusiastic these days about taking the Electoral College out of the presidential election process. Interestingly, opponents of the Electoral College are less likely to know what it does.
October 11, 2018
For Voters, Trump More Help Now to Candidates
As midterm elections draw nearer, voters see President Trump as more of a positive than they did a year ago.
October 11, 2018
Midterm Update: North Dakota Goes to Leans Republican, Giving the Republicans a Clearer Edge in the Senate By Kyle Kondik
Because we know readers want to see the up-to-the-minute state of play, we’re going to be publishing our Senate and gubernatorial maps, along with our House ratings tables, at the top of the Crystal Ball each week from here to the election. One can also always find our ratings at our Crystal Ball site as well as the UVA Center for Politics-Ipsos Political Atlas, which also features projections based on poll-based modeling and social media metrics.
October 10, 2018
Following Record Jobs Report, Fewer Than Ever Know Someone Unemployed
The latest jobs report released Friday shows unemployment at a 49-year low, and fewer Americans than ever now know someone out of work.
October 10, 2018
GOP Voters Madder, More Likely to Vote Because of Kavanaugh
Republicans are madder about the Kavanaugh controversy than Democrats are and more determined to vote in the upcoming elections because of it.
October 10, 2018
Generic Congressional Ballot Is All Tied Up
With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even.
October 9, 2018
Nearly Half Favor Student Depression Screenings
Schools in New Jersey may soon be required to screen all middle and high school students for depression, and with teen suicide rate climbing, many think that’s a good idea.
October 9, 2018
Kavanaugh Wins Popular Vote, Too
It’s a done deal: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and voters tend to think that’s okay.
October 9, 2018
Ending the Credit Rating Agency Racket By Stephen Moore
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the housing market meltdown that led to the Great Recession. Is another crisis looming around the corner?
October 9, 2018
Most See More Female Leaders in the Near Future
The sexual assault allegations against new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh have renewed discussion about women’s role in society, and most voters now see a bigger place for women leaders. But voters still don't buy into Hillary Clinton's rosy view of a female future.
October 9, 2018
Casualty Lists From the Kavanaugh Battle By Patrick J. Buchanan
After a 50-year siege, the great strategic fortress of liberalism has fallen. With the elevation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court seems secure for constitutionalism -- perhaps for decades.
October 8, 2018
Democrats' Foul Tactics on Kavanaugh May Come Back to Bite Them By Michael Barone
"I can't think of a more embarrassing scandal for the United States Senate since the McCarthy hearings," said Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn as then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the afternoon of Sept. 27, "and the question was asked, 'Have you no sense of decency?'"
October 8, 2018
43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-three percent (43%) 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 8, 2018
Americans Are More Upbeat About U.S.-China Trade
Despite escalating tensions between China and the United States over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, voters are much more optimistic these days in the United States’ trade future with China.
October 8, 2018
Men, Women Disagree on Gov. Mandate to Seat Women on Boards of Directors
California now requires all publicly traded companies in the state to have at least one woman on their board of directors by the end of 2019. While men and women don’t see eye-to-eye on whether they’d want a law like this in their state, they do agree that the decision shouldn’t be up to the government.
