Democratic Lead Shrinks in Generic Congressional Ballot
Democrats continue to lead Republicans on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot, but for the second week in a row, that lead has tightened.
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August 8, 2018
August 8, 2018
Oklahoma's Wretched Record on Wrongful Convictions By Michelle Malkin
"Frontier justice" costs too many citizens of all races, creeds, and backgrounds their freedom and their lives. In the old days of the Wild West, vigilantes worked outside the judicial system to punish rivals regardless of their guilt or innocence. Today, outlaws operate inside the bureaucracy to secure criminal convictions at all costs.
August 7, 2018
39% Say Mueller Investigation Should End
President Trump has been tweeting about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election lately, including imploring Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end what he called a “Rigged Witch Hunt.”
August 7, 2018
Voters More Likely to Credit Trump for Economy Over Obama
With the unemployment rate still among 18-year lows and the Dow Jones Industrial Average still among all-time highs, voters are slowly giving President Trump more credit than President Obama for the improving economy, though there remains a stark partisan divide. Voters agree, though, that impeaching Trump would be a detriment to the nation’s economy.
August 7, 2018
Trump Rules Make Driving Safer and Cheaper By Stephen Moore
A few years ago, I spoke at my son's fifth-grade class about all of the wonderful things that we have today in our great country that weren't around 100 years ago, including inventions like cars. A ponytailed girl in the front of the room raised her hand and, with a solemn look on her face, scolded me: "Cars are bad. They cause pollution." Wow. These were 11-year-olds! It was one of my first encounters with the green indoctrination that goes on in public schools starting in the first grade.
August 7, 2018
Are Globalists Plotting a Counter-Revolution? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On meeting with the EU's Jean-Claude Juncker last month, Donald Trump tweeted: "Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies! That would finally be Free Market and Fair Trade."
August 6, 2018
44% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-four percent (44%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending August 2.
August 6, 2018
Half Think Releasing 3D-Printed Gun Instructions Will Increase Crime
Eight state attorneys general are fighting to stop the publication of blueprints for 3D-printed guns. Nearly half of voters think the availability of these plans will lead to an uptick in violent crime and a majority believes the United States, in general, needs stricter gun laws.
August 4, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 4, 2018
President Trump, who is making a series of campaign stops for Republicans facing 2018 midterm election battles, will be in Central Ohio tonight stumping for Republican House candidate Troy Balderson. Trump on Thursday attended a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to back Representative Lou Barletta’s challenge for the Senate seat of Democrat Bob Casey.
August 3, 2018
Half of Voters Agree: U.S. Immigration Laws Are the Worst; Shutdown Isn’t the Solution
In a speech earlier this week, President Trump said, “It’s time we had proper border security. We’re the laughingstock of the world..."
August 3, 2018
Would War With Iran Doom Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan
A war with Iran would define, consume and potentially destroy the Trump presidency, but exhilarate the neocon never-Trumpers who most despise the man.
Why, then, is President Donald Trump toying with such an idea?
August 3, 2018
Liberals Against Freedom of Conscience By Michael Barone
Why is it considered "liberal" to compel others to say or fund things they don't believe? That's a question raised by three Supreme Court decisions this year. And it's a puzzling development for those of us old enough to remember when liberals championed free speech -- even advocacy of sedition or sodomy -- and conservatives wanted government to restrain or limit it.
August 3, 2018
Americans Agree ‘Made in America’ Is More Than A Slogan
President Trump visited Granite City, Illinois, last week to address the success of a recently reopened steel mill there, saying, "Made in America. It's not just a slogan but a way of life.” Most Americans agree with the president and say buying American-made is important to them.
August 2, 2018
Voters Don’t See Manafort Charges Leading to Any Charges Against Trump
President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is currently on federal trial in Virginia on bank and tax fraud charges.
August 2, 2018
Senate Observations: Placing 2018 In the Context Of Upper Chamber Elections Since 1913 By Geoffrey Skelley
From 1914 to 2016, presidential cycles featured a higher rate of straight-ticket outcomes than midterm elections, with 74% of presidential-Senate results going for the same party in presidential years. Midterm cycles showed more splits, with just 61% of presidential-Senate results won by the same party. In 21 of 25 midterm cycles that followed a presidential election in the 1913-2016 period, the share of split-ticket presidential-Senate results increased compared to the share in the previous presidential cycle.
August 2, 2018
Trump's Full-Month Approval Slips for Fourth Month Straight
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
August 1, 2018
Voters Now Split Over Single-Payer Health Care
A number of Democratic gubernatorial and senatorial candidates from across the country have been stumping for single-payer healthcare as part of their 2018 midterm election platforms. Voters are now closely divided on whether the federal government should provide healthcare for everyone even though most believe their personal taxes will increase as a result.
August 1, 2018
Free Valentino Dixon By Michelle Malkin
"If it wasn't for my artwork and God, there's no way we'd be having this conversation right now."
August 1, 2018
Working for Tips by John Stossel
Union protestors and celebrity advocates have decided that waiters' tips aren't big enough.
