Trump Change: Is ‘The Donald’ Losing His ‘Big Mo’?
Republicans are less certain this week that Donald Trump will be their party’s eventual presidential nominee.
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March 31, 2016
Support for State Secession Holds Steady
Despite the continuing anger over the policies of the federal government, another Civil War does not appear to be in the making.
March 31, 2016
Americans Reject Plans to Pay Killers Not to Kill
In an effort to reduce their homicide rates, several major cities including Baltimore, Miami, Toledo and Washington, D.C. are considering a plan to pay criminals not to murder with a gun. Americans overwhelmingly reject that idea.
March 31, 2016
The Electoral College: The Only Thing That Matters By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
We live in a post-factual era. Thanks to the Internet and social media, which mix informed and uninformed views in equal measure, the old rule — that people are entitled to their own opinions but not their own set of facts — no longer applies. Somewhere in cyberspace, you can now find blogs and treatises with “facts” that support your opinions, no matter how bizarre.
March 30, 2016
Most Don't Blame Cops for Shooting Incidents
Despite the continuing debate over police conduct, more Americans than ever say their local officers are doing a good job, and most still don't think cops are to blame for the majority of shootings they are involved in.
March 30, 2016
Are Candidates' Wives Key to a Campaign?
Voters aren’t attaching as much importance to the presidential candidates’ spouses as they did eight years ago.
March 30, 2016
King of the GOP vs. King of Bureaucracy By Charles Hurt
In this brief cessation of hostilities between enemy forces on both sides of the political divide, it is a good time to take stock of where primary voters have taken the two parties.
March 30, 2016
Nuclear Jihad: The Threats Are Inside Our Tent By Michelle Malkin
It's not over. It's never over. After last week's deadly airport and subway bombings in Brussels, the Belgian government remains on high alert for jihad attacks and espionage at its nuclear facilities.
March 30, 2016
Only 31% of GOP Voters Care If Failed Hopefuls Support Nominee
It’s down and dirty time for the GOP. All three remaining Republican candidates refused to say at a CNN town hall last night whether they would support the party’s eventual presidential nominee if they didn’t win.
March 30, 2016
A Better Choice by John Stossel
Trump! Clinton! Is that all there is? No. Fortunately, we have other choices.
March 30, 2016
Most Say They Pay Too Much in Taxes
Most Americans continue to question the U.S. tax system and feel they are paying more than their fair share in income taxes.
March 29, 2016
Voters Want Spending Cuts But Don’t Expect Any
Like they have for years, most voters want Congress to stop spending so much money, but they don’t actually believe it’s going to happen.
March 29, 2016
Americans Are Filing Their Taxes At A Record Pace
Americans appear to be on a tear to pay their income taxes this year.
March 29, 2016
Is Trump Right About NATO? by Patrick J. Buchanan
I am "not isolationist, but I am 'America First,'" Donald Trump told The New York times last weekend. "I like the expression."
March 29, 2016
Supreme Hypocrisy By Thomas Sowell
If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.
March 29, 2016
Should Texting While Walking Be Against the Law?
To reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities, a New Jersey lawmaker has proposed penalizing those who use cell phones without hands-free devices on sidewalks and beside roadways. More than a third of Americans are on board with that idea.
March 29, 2016
Does Social Connectedness Explain Trump's Appeal? By Michael Barone
How can one make sense of the electoral divisions in this year's Republican primaries and caucuses? The contours of Donald Trump's support and opposition don't fall on traditional lines.
March 28, 2016
28% 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 survey for the week ending March 24.
March 28, 2016
Voters See ISIS As Serious, Long-Term Threat
Following last week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, U.S. voters remain strongly convinced that the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) is a major danger to the United States and see little chance of that threat diminishing anytime soon.
March 28, 2016
Most Don’t Want U.S. Promoting Democracy In Islamic World
Donald Trump has run afoul of the Republican establishment with his opposition to so-called "nation-building," but most voters think Trump's on the right track.
