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Half of Americans intended to get in on this week’s unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot even though very few know someone who has ever won a big lottery.
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January 15, 2016
January 14, 2016
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January 14, 2016
Most Americans View Bowie Favorably
Ground Control to Major Tom: Most Americans are sorry you're gone.
January 14, 2016
Voters Say Terrorism Should Be Obama’s Chief Concern
Voters are increasingly critical of President Obama’s handling of national security issues and think he should focus on terrorism for the remainder of his time in the White House.
January 14, 2016
18 Days to Iowa: Presidential Demolition Derby Revs Up By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
What is there to add about Donald Trump that has not already been said? The political world has moved from disbelieving that he would even follow through and become a candidate, to expecting him to wither on the vine as more conventional choices gained steam, to accepting his nomination as a distinct possibility, to speculating that he will go all the way and defeat Hillary Clinton in November.
January 14, 2016
Do Americans Want Automatic Voter Registration?
Democratic lawmakers in Maryland have proposed legislation that would automatically register to vote all eligible residents who avail themselves of government social services or sign up for Obamacare through the state's health insurance exchange. California and Oregon automatically add people to the state voter rolls when they seek driver's licenses, but the Maryland plan would go well beyond that.
January 13, 2016
Only 28% Trust Feds to Fairly Enforce Gun Control
Supporters of additional gun control generally consider the National Rifle Association their biggest problem, but distrust of the federal government remains a big hurdle for them to clear.
January 13, 2016
Will An Obama Endorsement Matter In This Year’s Election?
While voters in general say a candidate endorsement from President Obama will not impact their voting decision this November, most in his own party say it would. But voters regardless of partisan affiliation agree that the upcoming election will have little to do with the president’s record.
January 13, 2016
Optimism and Obama By John Stossel
In the commercial that President Obama released prior to his final State of the Union address, Obama said he would tell Congress how "optimistic" he is about America's future.
January 13, 2016
Powerball's Biggest Winner: Government by Michelle Malkin
Ka-ching! Wednesday's Powerball jackpot soared to $1.5 billion as get-rich-quick mania seized America this week. But you don't need to wait for the drawing to know who'll score the royal payoff.
January 13, 2016
The State of the Union Obama Really Wanted to Give By Charles Hurt
Even at the end of seven good and prosperous years, a president’s final State of the Union address is a tough act. There is no one left to blame. By this point in a presidency, he owns the current state of the union.
January 13, 2016
State of the Union: Does Obama’s Agenda Divide Us?
President Obama acknowledged in his final State of the Union speech last night that “the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better” during his presidency, while at the same time speaking proudly of what he considers his greatest accomplishments. But for many voters, his accomplishments are exactly what have divided us.
January 12, 2016
Voters Say State of the Union Speech Leads Nowhere
President Obama is scheduled to deliver his final State of the Union address this evening, and Democrats once again are the most likely to be paying attention. But even voters in Obama’s party admit that presidents don’t accomplish most of what they promise in the annual speeches.
January 12, 2016
Census 2015 Shows Increasing Cultural Division and Political Polarization By Michael Barone
The Census Bureau has delivered its annual Christmas gift to demographic junkies: its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for mid-2015.
January 12, 2016
What Bernie & The Donald Portend by Pat Buchanan
Three weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, and clarity emerges.
January 12, 2016
'Messing With the Constitution' By Thomas Sowell
In recent years, a small but growing number of people have advocated a convention of states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The reaction to the proposal has been hostile, out of all proportion to either the originality or the danger of such a convention.
January 12, 2016
Just 15% Think It's More Dangerous Here Than In Other Countries
Despite the threats of terrorism and mass shootings, few U.S. voters believe that life in the United States is more dangerous than elsewhere in the world.
January 11, 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 first week of 2016, ending January 7.
January 11, 2016
Voters See North Korean Nuclear Attack As More Likely
North Korea claims to have made its first hydrogen bomb, and Americans are more concerned that the rogue Communist nation will use a nuclear weapon to attack the United States. Most welcome an international response, including military action if necessary, to stop North Korea from going further.
January 11, 2016
Do Voters Think A Candidate Should Quit If Indicted?
A former federal prosecutor recently made headlines with his prediction that Hillary Clinton will be indicted soon for trafficking in classified information on a private e-mail server while working as secretary of State. But should a criminal indictment put Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on hold? Just over half of Democrats say no.
