Voters Say They’re More Socially Liberal, More Fiscally Conservative
Voters tend to believe the body politic is becoming more liberal on social issues but still leans conservative in fiscal areas.
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July 27, 2017
July 27, 2017
Democrats and Trump: Both Behaving Irrationally By Michael Barone
What is it about Russia -- some vestige of all those Cold War spy films, perhaps -- that makes so many people, on all political sides, behave so irrationally when it's mentioned?
July 27, 2017
House 2018: How Big Is The Playing Field? by Kyle Kondik
If Democrats do have a chance to win the House next year, it might be because they translated a currently big field of announced candidates into credible opportunities to flip not just some of the top seats on their list of targets, but also some seats that, on paper, might not seem like they should be competitive. If that’s what happens — a big if at such an early point in the cycle despite President Trump’s unpopularity and the usual midterm trends that favor the party that does not hold the White House — it would mirror what happened when the Democrats last won the House from Republican control in 2006.
July 27, 2017
Voters See Republicans As Bigger Roadblock Than Democrats For Trump
Voters are now more likely to believe Republicans in Congress are the bigger problem for President Trump than Democrats are.
July 26, 2017
Voters Think Media Has Too Much Influence Over Government
Senator John McCain told the U.S. Senate yesterday ahead of the health care vote to tune out media personalities and trust one another instead. Voters think that's a good idea.
July 26, 2017
Voters See Economic Sanctions As An Effective Response
As Congress mulls slapping additional economic sanctions on America’s foes, voters tend to agree that sanctions work and make this country safer.
July 26, 2017
Recusal or Not, Trump’s Attacks on Sessions No Way to Help Drain the Swamp By Charles Hurt
Forget loyalty to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
July 26, 2017
Who Owns Border Death Truck Tragedy? Mexico! by Michelle Malkin
Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend.
July 26, 2017
$2 Million Bathroom By John Stossel
Did you see the $2 million dollar bathroom? That's what New York City government spent to build a "comfort station" in a park.
July 26, 2017
Most Republicans Still More Aligned With Trump Than With GOP Congress
Over six months into the Trump presidency, Republican voters still say they relate more to the president’s political views than those of their party's representatives in Congress.
July 25, 2017
Republicans, Democrats Losing Faith In Their Congressional Leaders
Republican voters appear to have lost the enthusiasm they showed earlier this year about their Congressional leaders, and now Democrats are following suit.
July 25, 2017
Are America's Wars Just and Moral? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"One knowledgeable official estimates that the CIA-backed fighters may have killed or wounded 100,000 Syrian soldiers and their allies," writes columnist David Ignatius.
July 25, 2017
AG Sessions More Popular Than Obama's Holder, Lynch
President Trump last week called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and said he would have picked someone else if he knew Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
July 24, 2017
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 July 20.
July 24, 2017
55% Say Congress More Responsive to Media Than to Voters
Most voters think Congress doesn’t listen to them and is more interested in making the media happy.
July 24, 2017
Big Economic Ideas From Art Laffer and Steve Forbes By Lawrence Kudlow
I participated in perhaps a bit of radio history last week when Steve Forbes and Art Laffer joined me on my syndicated radio show. It may have been the first time these supply-side economics giants were ever together over the airwaves.
July 24, 2017
Are Americans More Interested in Sports or Politics?
Stand back, LeBron. Move over, Patriots. Americans by a better than two-to-one margin have their eye more on politics these days.
July 22, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 22, 2017
Repeal, replace, tweak or do nothing at all? The fate of Obamacare seems more uncertain than ever.
July 21, 2017
Americans Would Rather Watch Sports on TV Than Live
More than half of Americans are avid sports fans, but most would rather enjoy sporting events in the comfort of their own home than in the stadium.
July 21, 2017
Is Iran in Our Gun Sights Now? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Iran must be free. The dictatorship must be destroyed. Containment is appeasement and appeasement is surrender."
