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February 28, 2018
February 27, 2018
Americans Blame Government More Than Guns for Florida Massacre
Most Americans think government error is more responsible than a lack of gun control for the Valentine’s Day massacre at a Florida high school.
February 27, 2018
The Eternal Lure of Nationalism By Patrick J. Buchanan
In a surprise overtime victory in the finals of the Olympic men's hockey tournament, the Russians defeated Germany, 4-3.
February 27, 2018
Americans Think Violent Games, Movies Lead to Violence
Most Americans continue to believe that what we watch and what we play are making America a more hostile place.
February 26, 2018
37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 February 22.
February 26, 2018
Most Voters Don’t Think Non-Union Members Should Pay Dues
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could have huge ramifications for unions.
February 26, 2018
Gun Owners Say They Feel Safer
Amid renewed calls for stricter gun control following the Florida school shooting, most Americans who have guns at home say it makes them feel safer.
February 24, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 24, 2018
President Trump closed the week with his highest favorability rating since mid-June of last year while the finger-pointing continues over the latest school massacre.
February 23, 2018
Never Mind Millennial Apathy, Here's Generation Z By Ted Rall
Like many other Americans this week, I have been impressed with the poise, passion and guts of the Florida teenagers who survived the latest big school shooting, as well as that of their student allies in other cities who walked out of class, took to the streets and/or confronted government officials to demand that they take meaningful action to reduce gun violence. As we mark a series of big 50th anniversaries of the cluster of dramatic events that took place in 1968, one wonders: does this augur a return to the street-level militancy of that tumultuous year?
February 23, 2018
Billy Graham Remembered Favorably
Most Americans look with favor on the Rev. Billy Graham, the longtime Southern Baptist evangelist and spiritual counselor to several presidents, who died earlier this week.
February 23, 2018
Don't Take The Onion's Pessimism Too Seriously By Michael Barone
"Study: 90 Percent Of Americans Strongly Opposed To Each Other." That's the headline on a story in what, on some days, seems to be America's most reliable news outlet, The Onion.
February 23, 2018
Media Sharks Smell Blood from Florida School -- and Ratings By Charles Hurt
Never before has such an unspeakable American tragedy been so quickly and shamelessly politicized for petty partisan gain.
February 23, 2018
Half Agree Russia Is Likely Election Meddler But Say U.S. Does, Too
Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe has resulted in 13 indictments against Russians for meddling in the 2016 presidential election, half of voters think it’s possible this alleged interference cost Hillary Clinton the presidency. But slightly more think the U.S. government also interferes in the elections of other countries.
February 23, 2018
Protect Kids or Confiscate Guns? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In days gone by, a massacre of students like the atrocity at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School would have brought us together.
February 22, 2018
Social Media Users Say Sites Don’t Influence Their Politics
Last Friday, Robert Mueller’s special investigation handed over indictments against 13 Russians for meddling in the 2016 election by using stolen identities from American citizens to promote mostly pro-Trump political activist campaigns through social media.
February 22, 2018
Americans Aren’t Convinced Stricter Gun Control Laws Will Decrease Violent Crime
In the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead, officials and activists are calling for tighter gun control laws.
February 22, 2018
Is POTUS Most Powerful?
Voters think the president of the United States holds the right amount of power, though they’re not sure if that makes him the most powerful person in the world.
February 22, 2018
Rating the New Pennsylvania House Map By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
A few weeks ago, we plotted a potential seat-by-seat Democratic path to a narrow House majority. That included a Democratic target of netting three additional seats from Pennsylvania, and the state’s new House map drawn by the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court should make it easier to meet or even exceed that benchmark.
February 21, 2018
Voters Blame Politicians for Federal Deficit
Voters think it’s important to consider spending cuts across the board to reduce the federal budget, but they think it’s the fault of politicians that nothing is getting cut.
February 21, 2018
32% Say FBI Director Must Go
Most voters continue to view the embattled Federal Bureau of Investigation favorably and aren’t ready to fire the FBI’s boss because of its failure to act on warning signs about the Florida school shooter.
