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May 7, 2026House Rating Changes: 17 Shifts in Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Elsewhere By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In addition to formalizing nine ratings changes in Florida following the state adopting a new Republican gerrymander, we also are making eight other changes.
— These come in some states that were at the center of Tuesday night’s electoral action: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, with others coming in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas.
— The Florida changes, on balance, help the GOP bottom line in the House, while the other changes benefit Democrats.
— Our overall House ratings show 213 districts rated as Safe, Likely, or Leans Democratic, 207 rated Safe, Likely, or Leans Republican, and 15 rated as Toss-ups.

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                            May 6, 202665% of America’s Gun Owners Feel Safer
More than a third of Americans live in gun-owning households, and say they feel safer because of it.

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                            May 6, 202640% Approve Supreme Court’s Ban on Racial Gerrymandering
Voters are divided over a Supreme Court decision last week that struck down a congressional district map in Louisiana. 

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                            May 6, 2026Data Center Freak-Out By John Stossel
   Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers.

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                            May 5, 2026Assassination Attempt Weakens Opposition to New White House Ballroom
The recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump has lessened the number of voters who disapprove of plans to build a large ballroom at the White House.

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                            May 5, 2026The Silenced Generation By Daniel McCarthy
        Are America's college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens?

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                            May 5, 2026Time for Jerome Powell to Go Home By Stephen Moore
        The man just won't leave the stage.

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                            May 4, 202636% 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 April 30, 2026.

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                            May 4, 202660% Suspect Media Influence in Trump Assassination Attempt
Most voters believe political violence is getting worse, and many think news media coverage helped inspire the latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.

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                            May 2, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 2, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            May 1, 2026Trump Approval Down One Point in April
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...

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                            May 1, 2026Trump Approval Down One Point in April
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...

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                            May 1, 2026The Young, Violent Political Left By Michael Barone
        You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid. In a Manhattan Institute survey of Democratic voters, 46% said they believed it was definitely or probably true that "the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in July 2024 was orchestrated by his supporters to increase sympathy for him."

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                            April 30, 2026Most Coffee Drinkers Have At Least Two Cups Daily
More than two-thirds of Americans are coffee drinkers, and most of them have more than one cup a day.

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                            April 30, 2026Voting Makes a Difference, Most Believe
Voting in every election is very important, according to an overwhelming majority, although many doubt how effective their votes are in fixing the country’s problems.

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                            April 29, 2026Gerrymandering Problem ‘Very Serious,’ Voters Say
The practice of partisan gerrymandering worries voters in the wake of a Virginia referendum that redrew that state’s congressional districts. 

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                            April 29, 2026Zyn Isn't Sin By John Stossel
   Zyns are super popular.

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                            April 29, 2026Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud By Stephen Moore
   Polls show Americans are angry -- and rightly so -- at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits.

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                            April 28, 2026Facebook Still No. 1 Social Media Platform
Despite the political rumbles on X and trendy young influencers posting Instagram selfies, Facebook remains America’s most widely used social media platform.

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                            April 28, 2026SPLC Scandal: Just 37% Expect Prison Time
A federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) doesn’t mean anyone at the controversial civil rights organization will go to prison, most voters say.