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October 29, 2015

GOP Wins, CNBC Loses Last Night’s Debate

The latest Republican presidential debate was a textbook example of the media bias voters have complained about in surveys for years.

October 28, 2015

Most Say Hard Work Doesn't Pay

Hard work used to be synonymous with some degree of success, but most voters think the economy now frowns on those who work hard in this country.

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October 28, 2015

Anti-Trump Glee Leaves GOP With Single-digit Candidates By Charles Hurt

To hear the GOP establishment squeal with such glee, you would think there was a fire sale going on down at Brooks Brothers. Or maybe Congress just passed a law making country club dues tax-deductible. Or somebody invented a glow-in-the-dark golf ball.

October 28, 2015

How Do GOP Voters Rate Their White House Contenders?

Going into their party’s third presidential debate this evening, Republicans aren’t overly enthusiastic about the candidates hoping to be the GOP standard-bearer next year.

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October 28, 2015

Fear By John Stossel

This Halloween, what do you fear?

I fear fear itself because when we are afraid, we willingly give away our freedoms.

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October 28, 2015

A Closetful of Hillary Clinton's Immigration Costumes by Michelle Malkin

When it comes to immigration policy, Hillary Clinton's had more career costume changes than her new BFF Katy Perry.

October 28, 2015

Shutdown? What Shutdown?

It’s Halloween, and it’s government shutdown time again. The media, President Obama and most members of Congress are trying to scare us all again with the threat of closing down the federal government unless the national debt limit is raised.

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October 27, 2015

Hillary 2.0 by Thomas Sowell

Many people may share Senator Bernie Sanders' complaint that he was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's e-mails. But the controversy is about issues far bigger than e-mails.

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October 27, 2015

Do Voters Trust Clinton, Trump?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump continue to be the national leaders in the Democratic and Republican presidential contests, but do most voters trust them?

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October 27, 2015

Clinton Paying a Price Now for Her 2012 Lies About Benghazi By Michael Barone

Nothing new there. Nothing to see here. Time to move on for good.

October 27, 2015

More Voters Support Government Control of Campaign Contributions

Most voters continue to believe the government should regulate campaign contributions, but they also still feel that publishing the names of all contributors is more important than limiting what they give.

October 26, 2015

27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending October 23.

October 26, 2015

Will Speaker Ryan Challenge Obama More?

House Speaker John Boehner took his fellow Republicans by surprise when he abruptly resigned in the face of growing criticism from conservatives. The GOP struggled to find a replacement, with Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, the party's 2012 vice presidential nominee, finally talked into stepping up. But do Republican voters expect anything to change in Congress?

October 26, 2015

Support for Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate Continues to Fall

One of the central tenets of the new national health care law is that every American must have health insurance, but support for that requirement has fallen to its lowest level in Rasmussen Reports’ polling to date.

October 24, 2015

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 24, 2015

Ronald Reagan famously declared in the 1980s that it was “morning in America,” and Americans believed. Not anymore.

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October 23, 2015

Trump Change: More GOP Voters Than Ever Say He’s The Man

Bang! More Republicans than ever think Donald Trump will be their party’s presidential nominee next year.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 74% of Likely Republican Voters believe Trump is likely to end up as the GOP nominee, with 34% who say it is Very Likely. The overall finding is a 16-point jump from a week ago and up eight points from Trump’s previous high among Republicans of 66% in early September. This is also the highest number to date who see a Trump nomination as Very Likely.

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October 23, 2015

Biden Decision Leaves Both Parties in Disarray by Michael Barone

Joe Biden has made it official: He is not running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. It's the latest development in a presidential campaign cycle that has not been going according to script.

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October 23, 2015

Doctors Agree: Obama's Electronic Medical Records Mandate Sucks! By Michelle Malkin

Hey, who's up for a stiff dose of "See, I told you so?"

For the past several years, medical professionals have warned that the federal electronic medical records mandate -- buried in the trillion-dollar Obama stimulus of 2009 -- would do more harm than good. Their diagnosis, unfortunately, is on the nose.

October 23, 2015

Voters Don’t Hold Much Hope For America’s Future

Belief among voters that America’s best days are still to come now hovers near its lowest level this year.

October 22, 2015

Voters Still Believe Society is Fair and Decent

American voters still generally have faith in society, though that faith is slipping.