Is 18 Old Enough to Fight, Vote, Smoke and Drink?
Americans believe 18 is old enough to elect a president and fight for your country but not to buy tobacco and alcohol.
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September 16, 2015
September 16, 2015
Debate Night: Republicans Will Be Watching, But Will It Matter?
The Republican candidates for president will battle it out in their second debate tonight on CNN. The party’s voters are all ears, but can the debate change their minds?
September 16, 2015
How Obama Has Fundamentally Transformed American Politics by Michael Barone
In this presidential cycle, voters in both parties, to the surprise of the punditocracy, are rejecting experienced political leaders. They're willfully suspending disbelief in challengers who would have been considered laughable in earlier years.
September 16, 2015
Dear Donald Trump: Stay refreshing, back off Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson By Charles Hurt
You have run a near-flawless campaign.
At every turn, your originality and unpredictability have outsmarted the most highly touted minds in the political world today. Every time they count you out, you gain 10 more points in the polls. It is, as you yourself might say, a-MAAAAAAAAZ-ing.
September 16, 2015
Debate Showdown: Bush vs. Trump
Jeb Bush showed he means business at tonight’s Republican presidential debate when he peeled open his shirt at a public appearance earlier this week to reveal an old Reagan/Bush ’84 campaign T-shirt.
September 16, 2015
Debate Showdown: Bush vs. Trump
Jeb Bush showed he means business at tonight’s Republican presidential debate when he peeled open his shirt at a public appearance earlier this week to reveal an old Reagan/Bush ’84 campaign T-shirt.
September 15, 2015
59% Think Hillary Likely To Have Broken The Law
Most voters think Hillary Clinton needs to do a better job of explaining her use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of State and suspect that she broke the law.
September 15, 2015
Why Have Elections? By Thomas Sowell
In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one -- Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor.
September 15, 2015
Should Tobacco Smoking Be Against the Law?
Despite the health risks of tobacco smoking, Americans still don’t want to ban it altogether.
September 14, 2015
Are Sanders’ Chances Improving For 2016?
Support for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders among Democrats has surged over the summer, but do voters in his party think he is any more likely to win the presidential nomination in 2016?
September 14, 2015
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 September 10.
September 14, 2015
Are Democrats Ready for Biden?
Democrats still aren’t clamoring for Vice President Joe Biden to jump into the race for their party’s presidential nomination.
September 12, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 12, 2015
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan writes this week about the growing divide between the elites and those they govern, and there was more proof of it in our latest polls.
September 11, 2015
Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Is Still the Odds-On Favorite
Donald Trump lost a little ground over the past week, according to Rasmussen Reports’ latest Trump Change survey.
September 11, 2015
America's Reckless Refuge for Jihad by Michelle Malkin
On the anniversary week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama is rolling out the welcome mat to tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees. What could go wrong?
September 11, 2015
In Praise of Monarchy By Michael Barone
Some time in the early evening of Wednesday, London time, Queen Elizabeth II broke a record: she became the longest-serving monarch in British history, beating her great-great-grandmother Victoria's reign of 63 years and 216 days. She is also, at 89, by a solid stretch the longest-lived British monarch.
September 11, 2015
Should U.S. Take Migrants to Help Out Europe?
President Obama announced yesterday that the United States will take in up to 10,000 Middle Eastern migrants to help alleviate the illegal immigration crisis now besetting Europe. Americans aren't sure that's such a good idea.
September 10, 2015
Hate Congress, Love Your Congressman? Not Quite
Ratings for Congress’ overall performance have dipped, but voters are a bit more positive about their local representatives.
