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                            May 31, 201650% Say Clinton Should Keep Running Even If Indicted
Most continue to believe likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is a lawbreaker, but half of all voters also say a felony indictment shouldn’t stop her campaign for the presidency.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think Clinton should immediately stop campaigning if she is charged with a felony in connection with her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of State. Fifty percent (50%), however, think she should continue running until a court determines her guilt or innocence. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 29-30, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. 
May 31, 2016Cities Should Have Room for Everyone By Michael Barone
Nearly a century ago, in 1920, the Census Bureau caused a ruckus when it announced that, for the first time, a majority of Americans lived in cities -- even though its definition of a city included every hamlet with a population of 2,500 and above.
May 31, 2016Will There Always Be an England? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In his op-ed in The Washington Post, Chris Grayling, leader of the House of Commons, made the case for British withdrawal from the European Union -- in terms Americans can understand.

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                            May 31, 2016Most Still Think U.S. Economy Fair to Women, Minorities But Not to All
Most voters continue to believe the U.S. economy is fair to women and minorities but not to low-income Americans.

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                            May 30, 201628% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 May 26.

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                            May 30, 2016Most Will Honor The Fallen This Memorial Day
A sizable number of Americans regard Memorial Day as an important national holiday, and most plan on doing something special to honor those who have given their lives for their country.

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                            May 28, 2016What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 28, 2016
The Memorial Day weekend is upon us, a time to honor those who have given their lives for our country, although for most Americans it’s more about the arrival of summer.

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                            May 27, 2016Americans Are More Critical of Airport Security Process
Long lines of frustrated passengers at airports around the country have already prompted the removal of a top official at the struggling Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Americans still have a high opinion of airline safety but are definitely more critical of the TSA and airport security.
May 27, 2016Trump, Clinton Tied in Polls: Were All the Wise Men Wrong? By Michael Barone
It was conventional wisdom among the political cognoscenti during most of the primary season that Donald Trump could not win the general election. The evidence seemed strong.
Over 12 months of polling from May 2015 to April 2016, Hillary Clinton ran ahead of Trump in 63 national polls, while Trump led her in only six and tied her in three. Polls in the dozen or so 2012 target states showed similar results.
May 27, 2016'The Great White Hope' By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group ... death rates in this group have been rising, not falling."
The big new killers of middle-aged white folks? Alcoholic liver disease, overdoses of heroin and opioids, and suicides. So wrote Gina Kolata in The New York Times of a stunning study by the husband-wife team of Nobel laureate Angus Deaton and Anne Case.

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                            May 27, 2016Most Now Think Cosby Likely to be Guilty
Comedy icon Bill Cosby is guilty in the court of public opinion.

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                            May 26, 2016Voters Say Parents, Students Responsible for School Success
Voters continue to have little faith in U.S. public schools and think it's mainly up to parents and the students themselves to succeed.

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                            May 26, 2016Most Democrats Think Clinton, Sanders Will Come Together
Things remain messy for the national Democratic party, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders refusing to exit the race for the presidential nomination amid clashes between his supporters and those of Hillary Clinton. But most Democrats think their party is likely to come together after its convention this summer and expect an important endorsement of Clinton from Sanders.
May 26, 2016Why Democratic Unity Could Be Easier to Achieve This Time: Donald Trump and Barack Obama By Alan I. Abramowitz
With only a few weeks left in the 2016 primary campaign, a lot of liberal pundits and Democratic Party leaders are getting very nervous about the outlook for the general election. To almost everyone’s surprise, Donald Trump has secured the Republican presidential nomination while Hillary Clinton is still locked in a contentious battle with Bernie Sanders. Although Clinton holds a nearly insurmountable lead over Sanders in pledged delegates, Sanders continues to attack Clinton and win primaries.

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                            May 26, 2016White House Watch: Clinton 40%, Trump 39%
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in a near tie in Rasmussen Reports’ latest weekly White House Watch.

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                            May 25, 2016Voters Don't Think High School Graduates Are Ready for College, Work
With graduation impending for most high school seniors across the country, their eyes are toward the future. But voters still aren't confident that today’s high school graduates are ready for college or the workforce.
May 25, 2016Hillary Fights to Overcome a Sordid History By Charles Hurt
Clutching her pearls, Hillary Clinton is stricken. Horrified! Disgusted that Donald Trump would dare to remind voters about all the depraved debauchery she and her lecherous husband inflicted on the innocent American citizen for all of those years.
May 25, 2016Enough with Hollywood's Pendulous Boobery By Michelle Malkin
From runways to red carpets to Instagram and Snapchat, celebrity overexposure is inescapable. We're drowning in underboob. Bombarded with sideboob. Nip slips. Crotch slips. Bare-bottom flashes. All of the above, all at once.

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                            May 25, 2016How Do Democrats Rate Bernie's Chances for the Nomination?
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be refusing to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but most Democrats say it’s a lost cause.
May 25, 2016Private Is Better By John Stossel
Our next president will almost certainly be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
But I take heart knowing that America's founders imposed checks and balances, so there will be limits on what bad things the next president can do.