Voters Not Convinced Fed Chairman is Independent of President
Few voters know much about President Trump’s new Federal Reserve Chairman appointee, Jerome Powell, but they don’t believe he is as free from Trump’s influence as he is supposed to be.
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November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017
Just 32% Think Hillary Clinton Won Democratic Nomination Fairly
Even a lot of Democrats are wondering if Hillary Clinton was really the choice of party voters last year following the release of a new tell-all book by Donna Brazile, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
November 9, 2017
No Red Scare Here: Americans Are Firmly Anti-Communist
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the communist uprising that led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Nearly three decades after the end of the Soviet threat, Americans still aren't fans of communism and overwhelmingly prefer the existing political system in this country.
November 9, 2017
Democratic Domination in the Old Dominion By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Tuesday represented the best non-presidential election night Democrats have had since 2006. They swept the statewide ticket in Virginia for the second election in a row, and they picked up the New Jersey governorship. They also won a crucial, majority-making state Senate election in Washington state, so they won complete control of state government in two states (New Jersey and Washington).
November 8, 2017
66% of Voters Say Yes To Up, Down Vote for President's Picks
Most voters think judicial nominations made by the president should go before the Senate for a vote, but they don’t feel as strongly that it’s fair for a U.S. senator to oppose a selection based solely on ideological differences.
November 8, 2017
Voters Say U.S., Allies Winning War on Terror
Even though a plurality of voters still think the United States has the upper hand in the War on Terror, they don’t give praise to President Trump for it.
November 8, 2017
Simpler Tax Simplification By John Stossel
As you read this, President Trump's tax plan is being debated. Congress will change it. Where this ends, no one knows.
November 8, 2017
Republicans See Mueller Probe as Partisan Witch Hunt, Dems Not So Much
As special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation continues, Democrats see the probe as an honest attempt to determine criminal wrongdoing but Republicans view it as a political witch hunt.
November 7, 2017
For Many, NJ/VA Elections Are A Referendum on Trump
For many Democrats and most talking heads, today's gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia are referenda on President Trump, but what do the numbers say?
November 7, 2017
Would You Worship at George Washington's Church?
A church in Alexandria, Virginia where George Washington worshipped is removing a plaque honoring his attendance there to avoid offending visitors and potential new members. But most Americans say, why bother?
November 7, 2017
Red Lines & Lost Credibility By Patrick J. Buchanan
A major goal of this Asia trip, said National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, is to rally allies to achieve the "complete, verifiable and permanent denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."
Yet Kim Jong Un has said he will never give up his nuclear weapons. He believes the survival of his dynastic regime depends upon them.
November 6, 2017
34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) 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 November 2.
November 6, 2017
Christ Church Looks Down on George Washington, Robert E. Lee By Charles Hurt
CORRECTION: In a column dated Oct. 29, 2017, I incorrectly noted: “The vestry of Christ Church in Alexandria, however, is not capable of grappling with such complexities. Truly, pearls before swine. After all, it is so much easier just to obliterate painful history than to understand it and learn from it.”
November 6, 2017
52% Say U.S. Less Safe Today Than Before 9/11
Following the recent terrorist attack in New York City, most voters continue to believe the United States is less safe today than it was before 9/11, and concern is growing among voters that such attacks are the biggest threat facing the country.
November 6, 2017
NJ Voters Aren’t Fans of Christie
As New Jersey’s gubernatorial election nears to replace outgoing governor and one-time Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, New Jerseyans are making it clear they’re ready to say goodbye.
November 4, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 4, 2017
Americans will change their clocks back an hour tonight, and two days later voters in New Jersey and Virginia will change their governors.
November 3, 2017
Another Reason To Protect Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths From Cars By Ted Rall
This week's ISIS-inspired truck attack in lower Manhattan by Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov has prompted discussions on a number of fronts. There is blowback, the foreign-policy-chickens-come-home-to-roost indicated by an increasing number of radical Islamists emerging from the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian nation whose brutal dictatorship is financed and armed by our U.S. taxdollars.
November 3, 2017
Virginia Governor: Gillespie (R) 45%, Northam (D) 45%
The Virginia governor’s race is dead even four days before Election Day.
November 3, 2017
Keep Calm and Carry On By Michael Barone
Keep calm and carry on. Those words, though not appearing as extensively on posters in wartime Britain as often supposed, are good advice for Americans now appalled by the presidency of Donald Trump.
