Voters Think U.S. Military Should Fight Enemies, Not Play Peacekeeper
Most voters continue to think highly of the U.S. military and feel its primary role is to fight enemies -- not play peacekeeper.
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July 7, 2017
July 7, 2017
Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse? By Michael Barone
Curious fact, and one disquieting for Republicans looking ahead to 2018: In the past 65 years, starting with 1952, the president's party has managed to win a majority of seats in an off-year election only four times. In the other 12 off-year elections, the opposition party won a majority.
July 6, 2017
Voters Think Military is Overstretched
The Trump administration is preparing to use military action against North Korea if deemed necessary, but most voters already think our military is stretched too thin and don’t want the United States policing the world.
July 6, 2017
Support Grows for Military Response to North Korea
Voters here strongly believe world leaders need to confront North Korea with military force if necessary to end the rogue communist nation’s push for nuclear weapons. But a growing number say the United States should go it alone if necessary.
July 6, 2017
Keeping Freedom and Growth in the Fourth by Lawrence Kudlow
What is the Fourth of July? It's a wonderful time. We're outdoors. We're with family and friends. We're playing golf or fishing. There are barbecues and baseball games and fireworks and all that good stuff.
And beneath it all, supporting it all, there is freedom. Freedom. The Fourth of July is about freedom, if nothing else. America's freedom, of course. But a freedom that extends to all people. One that leads to greatness and prosperity. A freedom that has become the backbone of the world.
July 6, 2017
Generic Ballot Model Gives Democrats Early Advantage in Battle for Control of House By Alan I. Abramowitz
Results of recent special elections have fueled speculation about whether Democrats have a realistic chance to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. Although Republican candidates have won recent special elections for seats vacated by President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees in Georgia, Kansas, Montana, and South Carolina, the GOP victory margins in all four contests have been much smaller than those for the former Republican incumbents in 2016.
July 6, 2017
Voters Split on Funding Sanctuary Cities, Favor ‘Kate’s Law’
The House passed legislation last week that cuts off some funding to cities that protect illegal immigrants and increases penalties for those who reenter the United States illegally after being deported. Voters strongly support the latter but are now closely divided regarding funds for sanctuary cities.
July 5, 2017
Americans See Too Many Unnecessary Laws
Most Americans think there are too many unnecessary laws in the United States today but are split over whether the U.S. system of justice as a whole is fair to most Americans.
July 5, 2017
39% Think Trump’s Temporary Travel Ban Will Make U.S. Safer
The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump’s newest travel ban against people from six majority-Muslim nations to go into effect, but with strict limitations...
July 5, 2017
Voters Lack Faith in Congress
After reaching its highest level in a decade, voter confidence in members of Congress is back down.
July 5, 2017
Independence By John Stossel
Did you think about the signing of the Declaration of Independence this week?
July 5, 2017
Trump Seizes Moral High Ground in Charlie Gard Case By Charles Hurt
The secret to President Trump’s remarkable outsider success is his fearless willingness to walk into the most politically fraught situations, redefine every long-held prejudice and seize the moral high ground by embracing the simplest truth.
July 4, 2017
Most Still Link July 4 With Declaration of Independence
Most Americans still rate the Fourth of July high on their list of holidays, second only to Christmas, and correctly identify what it commemorates.
July 4, 2017
Is America Still a Nation? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the first line of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson speaks of "one people." The Constitution, agreed upon by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1789, begins, "We the people..."
And who were these "people"?
July 3, 2017
36% 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 June 29.
July 3, 2017
49% Think U.S. Has Liberty and Justice for All
This Fourth of July, half of Americans still see the nation as one with liberty and justice for all, and the majority wouldn’t live anywhere else.
July 1, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 1, 2017
At week’s end, President Trump’s much-maligned temporary ban on visitors from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen was at least partially in place, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court.
June 30, 2017
Trump’s Monthly Approval Edges Up in June
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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
June 30, 2017
Democrats -- and Republicans -- Lack Credibility on Economic Issues By Michael Barone
Liberal writers and political operatives, now that it's finally dawning on them that no one is going to find evidence that Donald Trump conspired with Russia to steal the presidential election, are turning to giving advice to the Democratic Party.
June 30, 2017
48% Favor Delay in Transgender Military Enlistments
Nearly half of voters agree with a request by the heads of the Army, Air Force and Navy to delay military enlistments by transgender people pending further study.
