54% Think There Are Too Many Lawyers in the U.S.
Americans still think the United States would be better off with fewer attorneys, though that view has been on the decline.
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April 6, 2017
April 6, 2017
Most Voters Not Happy With Current U.S.-China Trade Situation
As President Donald Trump prepares for his first meeting with the Chinese president, most voters believe the current trade situation with the two nations benefits Beijing more than Washington.
April 6, 2017
GOP Voters Smell a Rat When It Comes to the Media’s Agenda
Voters overall think the media’s going downhill, but Republicans are more convinced that the media would rather stir the pot than genuinely get to the root of the issues.
April 5, 2017
Democrats Think GOP Needs to Be More Like the Bush Family
The two former Presidents Bush and Republican also-ran Jeb Bush have been critical of President Trump, and most Democrats think the GOP should listen. Most Republicans disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
April 5, 2017
Enough Protection Already by John Stossel
"Trump may have just signed a death warrant for our planet!" warns CNN host Van Jones.
April 5, 2017
52% Say Clintons Should Be Part of Russia Probe
Voters are closely divided on the importance of Congress investigating whether Russia interfered with the last election, but if it does, they think the Clintons’ ties to the Russians should be part of the probe.
April 5, 2017
Susan Rice Somehow Manages to Make Benghazi Cover-up Seem Minor By Charles Hurt
Well, that explains the deafening silence from President Obama.
All these months, it turns out, it was his right-hand hatchet gal and exposed serial prevaricator Susan Rice who was behind the scenes in his administration working all the levers of the most powerful espionage machine on planet Earth to spy on Mr. Obama’s political enemies.
April 5, 2017
The Northwestern University Rape Outbreak That Wasn't By Michelle Malkin
Campus feminists whipped up a Category-5 frenzy over sexual assault allegations at a Northwestern University fraternity in February. But last week, the school's Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin was forced to muster up her best impression of "Saturday Night Live's" classic foot-in-mouther, Emily Litella.
April 5, 2017
Democrats Say GOP Congress Too Confrontational
Although congressional Republicans have yet to pass anything of substance this year, most Democrats think they are already too pushy about what they want.
April 4, 2017
Do GOP Voters’ Views Still Strongly Align With Trump’s?
Voters are now evenly divided on which party’s views align more closely to their own, but the margin among Republican voters is shrinking when it comes to whether they think more like President Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress.
April 4, 2017
Voters Now Put Much More Emphasis on Global Warming Over Jobs
President Trump recently proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third while dismantling many Obama-era climate change policies, but voters are now nearly divided over which is more important in the battle between stopping global warming and creating jobs.
April 4, 2017
Why Is Kim Jong Un Our Problem? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
April 3, 2017
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 March 30.
April 3, 2017
Are Republicans in Congress A Bigger Problem for Trump Than Democrats?
Voters think Republicans in Congress are nearly as big a threat to President Trump’s agenda as Democrats are.
April 3, 2017
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Takes a Hit in March
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.
April 1, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 1, 2017
Americans are still sounding more confident than they did for much of the Obama presidency, but how long will it stay that way?
April 1, 2017
Middle-Income Wage Earners Need a W -- Cut Business Taxes First By Lawrence Kudlow
After the breakdown of health care reform, both President Trump and the Republican Congress need a W -- a win.
April 1, 2017
Five Things Democrats Could Do To Save Their Party (But Probably Won't) By Ted Rall
Coupla weeks ago, I speculated that we may soon witness the end of the Democratic Party as we know it. I was kind. I didn't mention the fact that the party is all out of national leaders. I mean, can you name a likely, viable Democratic candidate for president in 2020? Can you name three?
March 31, 2017
Why the Curious Silence From Obama Over Tapped Trump Tower? By Charles Hurt
What is with this curious — now deafening — silence from former President Barack Obama on these charges that his administration spied on a political opponent at the very height of a presidential campaign?
March 31, 2017
Voters See More Partisanship Coming in D.C.
Congressional Democrats already say they will oppose everything that President Trump attempts, but most voters think the Republican-Democrat divide is going to get even worse.
