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November 7, 2016

White House Watch: Clinton Edges Ahead

Rasmussen Reports’ final White House Watch survey shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with a two-point lead over Republican Donald Trump with less than 24 hours to go until Election Day. Among early voters, Clinton has a double-digit lead.

November 5, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 5, 2016

Election Day is here at last, so where do we stand?

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November 5, 2016

Win or Lose, Hillary is Finished By Ted Rall

Hillary Clinton, they say, is the most qualified person ever to have run for the presidency. They are, of course, mistaken. But one week away from an election that, for once, really may prove to be the most important of our lives, what boggles the mind of those of us who are paying attention is just how terrible a candidate Hillary Clinton has proven to be.

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November 4, 2016

Most Still Say Clinton Broke The Law

A majority of voters still think Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton broke the law when she was secretary of State, but most also still don't believe she'll be punished for it.

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November 4, 2016

Hillary's High Crimes & Misdemeanors by Patrick J. Buchanan

If Hillary Clinton is elected president on Tuesday, and if what Bret Baier is reporting from FBI sources on Fox News is true, America is headed for a constitutional crisis.

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November 4, 2016

Is Team Clinton Booting the Election? By Michael Barone

In my Nov. 1 column, I looked at the presidential election through the lens of the old children's radio show "Let's Pretend" -- examining how things would look if it turned out that Donald Trump ends up winning.  

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November 3, 2016

Obama's Full-Month Approval Hits Four-Year High in October

When tracking President Obama’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 can be seen in the graphics below.

November 3, 2016

Utah President: Trump 42%, Clinton 31%, McMullin 21%

Utah appears to have moved safely into Republican Donald Trump’s column with less than a week to go until Election Day.

November 3, 2016

Most Voters Agree With Timing of FBI’s Clinton Announcement

FBI Director James Comey dropped a political bombshell last week when he publicly notified Congress that the FBI is reopening its criminal investigation of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified material while secretary of State. President Obama, Clinton and legislators in both parties have criticized Comey's timing, but most voters approve of what he did.

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November 3, 2016

Is Clinton Slipping? By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley

Hillary Clinton has picked an awful time to hit one of the rough patches that has plagued her throughout the campaign. Now with just days to go until Election Day, there’s added uncertainty about the outcome. But while she may not be on the brink of an Electoral College win the size of Barack Obama’s in 2008 or even 2012, her position as the clear frontrunner in this race endures.

November 2, 2016

Americans Are Feeling More Political Stress

It's another presidential election cycle, and voters are more stressed at family and friends.

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November 2, 2016

Support for Changes in Obamacare Reaches New High

Open enrollment for 2017 under President Obama’s health care law began yesterday, but insurance premiums are expected to skyrocket in many parts of the country. Voters overwhelmingly favor changes in Obamacare, with more voters than ever calling for its outright repeal.

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November 2, 2016

The Rest of Your Ballot By John Stossel

The presidency isn't the only choice next week. There are more issues than "Who's worse, Trump or Clinton?"

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November 2, 2016

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Weiner Scorned by Charles Hurt

Behold, the Revenge of The Weiner.

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November 2, 2016

A Fifth Clinton Presidency? Hill, No! By Michelle Malkin

I keep hearing that Hillary Clinton would be "Obama's third term." The math is wrong. Barack Obama served the Clinton crime family's third and fourth term. Electing Hillary would doom America to a fifth Clinton White House.

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November 1, 2016

Clinton Isn’t Helped by Being First Major Party Woman Nominee

Hillary Clinton is the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party, but most voters, including the vast majority of women, insist that won’t make a difference when they cast their vote.

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November 1, 2016

The Left's Vision By Thomas Sowell

The political left keeps announcing, as if it is a new breakthrough discovery of theirs, that life is unfair.

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November 1, 2016

Hillary's Watergate? by Patrick J. Buchanan

After posting Friday's column, "A Presidency from Hell," about the investigations a President Hillary Clinton would face, by afternoon it was clear I had understated the gravity of the situation.

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November 1, 2016

Let's Play 'Let's Pretend' By Michael Barone

When I was a child, there was a Saturday morning radio program called "Let's Pretend." It used words and sounds to encourage young children to paint pictures in their heads of make-believe worlds.  

October 31, 2016

31% Say U.S. Heading in the Right Direction

For the second week in a row, 31% 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 October 27.