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April 7, 2016

Senate/Governor 2016: Several Ratings Move Toward Democrats By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

When you look at the big picture of presidential elections, and you try to discern the connection between the White House contest and the 34 Senate elections on the same ballot, it becomes obvious there are two types of years.

April 7, 2016

Most Doubt Next President Will Secure the Border

Few voters think the government will bring illegal immigration to an end regardless of who wins the White House in November. Most believe amnesty for illegal immigrants is more likely to happen instead.

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April 6, 2016

Voters Put More Emphasis on Abortion As A Voting Issue

Presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both had to do damage control recently following comments they made about abortion. Voters place more importance than ever on the issue, and most remain pro-choice.

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April 6, 2016

Requiem for a VA Victim by Michelle Malkin

What does a suffering military veteran have to do to force an unresponsive government to change its ways?

April 6, 2016

GOP Voters Still Favor Border Wall, Other Voters Less So

Most Republicans still favor construction of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, but support is down among voters overall. Three-out-of-four, however, say illegal immigration is important to their vote this fall.

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April 6, 2016

Freedom to Disagree By John Stossel

"Should a Jewish baker be forced to bake a cake for a Nazi wedding?"    

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April 6, 2016

Recent ‘Conservative’ Presidents Expanded Government By Charles Hurt

In the past 28 years America has elected two presidents from the “conservative” party, the one that claims to stand for lower taxes, responsible spending and limited government. Both have been named Bush.

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April 6, 2016

Kasich Plays the Spoiler

Why is John Kasich still in the race for the Republican nomination?

His shutout in yesterday’s Wisconsin Primary shows there’s no groundswell of support for a non-angry, traditional Republican candidate in the race despite all the bad things he, the media and other prominent GOP officials have had to say about Donald Trump. There’s a perception that Ted Cruz is picking up some momentum, while Trump’s momentum is slowing. But Kasich? Forget it.

April 5, 2016

51% in GOP Say Candidate Who Enters Convention with Most Delegates Should Be Nominee

While Republican Party leaders talk increasingly of a brokered convention, just over half of GOP voters think their presidential nominee should be the candidate who arrives at the convention with the most delegates.

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April 5, 2016

What Trump Has Wrought By Patrick J. Buchanan

As Wisconsinites head for the polls, our Beltway elites are almost giddy. For they foresee a Badger State bashing for Donald Trump, breaking his momentum toward the Republican nomination.

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April 5, 2016

Are Trump Voters Really Victims? By Michael Barone

What you hear when you listen to many fervent supporters of Donald Trump is that they are victims -- victims of globalization and trade agreements that have sent their jobs to Mexico or China. Victims of competition from illegal immigrants from Mexico willing to work for starvation wages. Victims of a Republican establishment that promised to get rid of lots of things they don't like and then failed to deliver.   

April 5, 2016

Should The U.S. Leave NATO?

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump recently referred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as “obsolete” and questioned why U.S. taxpayers should still be paying heavily to defend Europe and South Korea. But most voters think those long-standing arrangements are just fine.

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April 5, 2016

Dangerous Donald Trump by Thomas Sowell

Donald Trump's victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those victories have been achieved by receiving either somewhat less than 40 percent of the votes or somewhat more than 40 percent, but never a majority.

April 4, 2016

26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-six percent (26%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending March 31.

April 4, 2016

GOP Voters Still Support Trump’s Muslim Ban

Support remains high and unchanged among Republicans for GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.

April 4, 2016

51% of Democrats Oppose Their Party’s Superdelegate System

The presidential primary process to choose the Democratic nominee includes the use of superdelegates, individuals selected by the party who can support any candidate at the party's convention regardless of who wins their state's popular vote. But just over half of Democrats cry foul at the system.

April 2, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 2, 2016

The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan says Donald Trump may be the only one who can beat Donald Trump, and we may be seeing signs of that beginning to emerge.

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April 1, 2016

Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland! by Patrick J. Buchanan

The Wisconsin primary could be an axle-breaking speed bump on Donald Trump's road to the nomination.

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April 1, 2016

Obama’s Full-Month Approval Index Reaches Three-Year High

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.

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April 1, 2016

Will Britain Leave or Remain in the European Union? By Michael Barone

On June 23, when Donald Trump will or will not have won the 1,237 delegates he needs to be nominated, voters in Britain will decide an issue as divisive as Trump's candidacy: whether the United Kingdom will remain in or leave the European Union.