The Trump administration today announced that it is about to expel 60 Russian consular officers and close Russia’s Seattle consulate in retaliation for the poisoning of a Russian spy and his daughter in the UK.
The 2016 presidential and senate elections made for some challenging polling given the rapidly shifting landscape of political and ideological thinking, alleged scandals and aggressive media coverage.
At Rasmussen Reports, however, throughout the election season we closely monitored our poll results on partisan trends and political and ideological viewpoints on key issues to ensure that our weighting remained objective and representative.
Fresh into President Trump’s second year in office, voters see even more bias against the president in the media than they did at the start of his presidency.
Personnel is policy, they say in Washington. The appointment of John Bolton as national security advisor is by far President Trump's most dangerous decision.
Consciously or not, President Trump’s sights fixed on East Asia this week as he tapped Ambassador John Bolton, a hawk on dealings with North Korea and Iran, to replace outgoing National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.
Just over half of regular Facebook users are considering bailing out of the popular social media site over concerns about the privacy of their personal data.
"It is becoming more obvious with each passing day that the men and the movement that broke Lyndon Johnson's authority in 1968 are out to break Richard Nixon," wrote David Broder on Oct. 8, 1969.
It’s tax season, but are Americans feeling better about the Internal Revenue Service these days?
Sometimes, for those of us who are constantly reading statistics and poll results, something that you didn't expect to see stands out -- a number that makes you think the future will not be what you have been expecting.
Americans have been fairly ahead of the game on income taxes this year, and now, with just over three weeks to go until Tax Day, more than half are done.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration will combat the opioid crisis in part by imposing stricter penalties for drug offenses, including the death penalty for drug traffickers.
In the aftermath of now-Rep. Conor Lamb’s (D) special election victory on March 13, a constant refrain has been the stated fear among Republicans that the result would precipitate more retirements among GOP members in the U.S. House. As the Crystal Ball has noted in the past, open seats held by the president’s party in midterm elections have typically seen large average swings toward the opposition, making retirements a serious concern for the party in the White House. Because of the strength of incumbency, political parties have a more difficult time retaining a seat it controls when its incumbent does not seek reelection. That is, “seat maintenance” becomes harder for the incumbent party, in part because it now has to defend an exposed seat. Looking ahead to this November, the number of additional Republican retirements could be a critical factor in determining whether the GOP maintains its majority in the House. As a result, we wondered the following: How bad is the GOP retirement picture compared to past midterm cycles going back to 1974, and how many additional Republican retirements might occur this cycle?
President Trump recently promoted Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo to secretary of State following Rex Tillerson’s departure, leaving behind an agency most voters are impressed with.
Americans continue to see the importance of being a teacher, even if they don’t think many want to enter the education field these days.
While more and more questions are being raised about the direction and the fairness of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, voters think President Trump should leave him alone.
A sickening act of youth violence in Florida glinted across the news headlines last week, and then disappeared from view.
President Trump's pick to be the new secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is not a fan of the Paris climate agreement, the treaty that claims it will slow global warning by reducing the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Politicians from most of the world's nations signed the deal, and President Obama said "we may see this as the moment that we finally decided to save our planet."
Voters don’t have much faith when it comes to political campaign promises, but a sizable number think President Trump is more likely to deliver than most.
Most Republicans plan to vote for a member of Congress who supports President Trump’s agenda, but they have reservations when it comes to the president joining candidates on the campaign trail.
Donald Trump is producing the kind of shoot-the-moon economic recovery that we last saw under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He's copied a lot from the Reagan playbook: Deregulate; cut taxes; promote American energy. He should also think about adopting another Reaganite initiative: Let American companies grow, merge, restructure and become more profitable so they can compete on the global stage.
