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                            September 9, 2026A Better Labor Day By John Stossel
   Did you celebrate labor last Monday, Labor Day?
September 9, 2026Secretary of State Races: Election Denialism Could Cost GOP Again in Swing State Races By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— This year, 26 states will hold elections for secretary of state. Currently, the GOP holds 25 secretary of state offices to 22 for the Democrats. Three states do not have a secretary of state.
— Our analysis suggests that six secretary of state races this year are competitive, including two in the Toss-up category.
— During the last election cycle that had this many secretary of state races, 2022, election denialism was a major issue, and in several purple states it helped Democrats defeat Republican nominees aligned with Donald Trump’s allegations of election fraud. With this installment, we have shifted two secretary of state races from Toss-up to Likely Democratic because Republicans nominated candidates associated with election denialism.

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                            September 8, 2026How to Waste $9 Trillion to NOT 'Save the Planet' By Stephen Moore
        The world has spent $9 trillion to combat climate change since 2020. That is a World War II-type number.

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                            September 8, 2026Jobs and Manufacturing Are on the Ballot By Daniel McCarthy
   American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.

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                            September 8, 2026We Do Need Some Education – In Western Civilization By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Pink Floyd told listeners, “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Yet maybe schoolchildren do need some education – specifically about Western civilization and the values that sustain it.

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                            September 8, 202635% Favor Ending U.S. Aid to Israel
Views of Israel have shifted among American voters, and that could have a major impact in this fall’s midterm elections.

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                            September 7, 202639% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 September 3, 2026.

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                            September 7, 2026Labor Day: Celebrating Workers or Just the End of Summer?
Americans are almost evenly divided between those who see Labor Day as marking the end of summer and those who consider it an acknowledgement of working people.

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                            September 5, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 5, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            September 4, 2026Election Security: Voting Machine Risk ‘Serious,’ Most Voters Say
The possibility that electronic voting machines may be vulnerable to hacking is a serious concern, voters overwhelmingly agree.

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                            September 4, 2026What a Stalin Biography Tells Us About Our Time By Michael Barone
   History illuminates the present. I've been reading Stephen Kotkin's widely and justly praised multivolume biography of Joseph Stalin and have encountered many passages that illuminate the present.

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                            September 3, 2026Younger Americans Pay More Attention to ‘Influencers’
Most Americans don’t pay much attention to so-called “influencers” on social media, but they have more impact among young adults. 
September 3, 2026Rasmussen Reports Welcomes Veteran Political Pollster John Garst
ASBURY PARK, NJ — September 3, 2026 — Rasmussen Reports announced today that veteran political consultant and public-opinion researcher John Garst has joined its polling team.

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                            September 3, 2026Dolly Parton, R.I.P.: 72% Approve National Mourning for Music Star
Legendary country singer Dolly Parton’s death last week led President Donald Trump to order flags lowered to half-staff in her honor, a tribute that Americans overwhelmingly endorse.
September 3, 2026The Governors: A Trio of Rating Changes Toward Democrats as They Chase a Rare Edge in Overall Seats Held By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We continue to have just two Toss-ups in our gubernatorial ratings, but Alaska replaces Iowa this week, while Georgia remains a Toss-up.
— Democrats used to routinely control a majority of the state governorships, but Republicans have held a majority for almost all of the post-1994 period. Democrats have a chance to grab an edge this cycle, though.

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                            September 2, 2026Democrats Now Lead by 5 Points in Midterm Forecast
The Democratic Party has widened its lead over Republicans in the battle to control the House of Representatives.
September 2, 2026The Senate: Our Best Guess on the Toss-ups as Labor Day Nears By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Republicans probably retain a slight edge in the Senate, but that assessment has gotten harder to defend over the course of the summer.
— Read on for our best guesses on our five Senate Toss-up races.

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                            September 2, 2026Rent Control ... Still Doesn't Work By John Stossel
   In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control.

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                            September 2, 2026Stop the Democrats' Scheme to Pack the Supreme Court By Stephen Moore
   Democrats are in a quandary over the Supreme Court. Every four years, they've warned their voters that electing a Republican president will lead to more conservative Supreme Court justices. And yet since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 through today, they've lost more presidential elections than they've won. Maybe the voters are telling Democrats something. Maybe Americans don't want the court packed with Sonia Sotomayors who make up or rewrite the laws as they see fit.

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                            September 1, 2026Americans Want Western Values Taught in School
Most Americans continue to say kids should be taught traditional values, but less than a third think schools are doing a good job of it.