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July 2, 2015
July 1, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Remains At 2015 Low
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.
July 1, 2015
Cuba Out, New Cold War In?
Today one of the final chapters in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War comes nearer to a close with President Obama’s announcement that the United States and Cuba are opening embassies in each other’s country. America has been diplomatically estranged from Cuba for over 50 years since Communist dictator Fidel Castro came to power on the island 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
July 1, 2015
Heroes, Villains by John Stossel
Have you seen the new Jurassic Park movie, "Jurassic World?"
July 1, 2015
Fanning the Flames of Another Black Church Arson Hoax By Michelle Malkin
America is still reeling from the horrific Charleston, S.C., massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that claimed the lives of nine innocent people.
July 1, 2015
Supreme Court’s Negatives Jump to All-Time High, but Positives Up, Too
Negative views of the U.S. Supreme Court are at their highest level in nearly nine years of regular surveying. But positive opinions are also up to a less dramatic three-year high.
June 30, 2015
Young Voters Are Far Bigger Fans of Gay Marriage Ruling
A closer look at public attitudes about the recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court suggest that it’s largely an age thing. Especially when it comes to gay marriage.
June 30, 2015
Supreme Court Disasters By Thomas Sowell
Many people are looking at the recent Supreme Court decisions about ObamaCare and same-sex marriage in terms of whether they think these are good or bad policies. That is certainly a legitimate concern, for both those who favor those policies and those who oppose them.
June 30, 2015
Supreme Court Lets Obama Administration Say Words Don't Mean What They Say By Michael Barone
For most people, words mean what they say. But not necessarily for a majority of Supreme Court justices in two important decisions handed down Thursday.
In the most prominent, King v. Burwell, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, ruled that the words "established by the state" mean "established by the state or the federal government."
June 29, 2015
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) 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 June 25.
June 29, 2015
Are Millennials the Most Ageist Generation Ever? by Ted Rall
Ever notice how those who complain about being victims are themselves at least as likely to be perpetrators of the same offense? Examples that come to mind for me include the United States and Israel, two countries that portray themselves as targets of terrorism while carrying out wars of aggression whose death tolls far exceed their own losses.
June 29, 2015
Voters Say WikiLeaks’ Disclosures Put U.S. Relationships At Risk
The hits just keep on coming. The rogue Internet site WikiLeaks last week released its latest batch of illegally obtained classified U.S. documents, this time showing that America has spied on the last three French presidents. The French government has formally protested, as did the Germans when our spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel was similarly disclosed in 2013.
June 29, 2015
Voters Want to Get Tough on Those Who Hire, House Illegal Immigrants
Most voters continue to believe the federal government is a supporter, not an opponent, of illegal immigration, and even more are in favor of imposing tougher sanctions on those who hire or rent property to those who are in this country illegally.
June 27, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 25, 2015
The shooting massacre at a black church by a young white supremacist in Charleston, South Carolina late last week was a tragic development in the nation’s ongoing conversation on race relations. Following the shooting, several prominent politicians - including Republican Governor Nikki Haley - called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the state’s capitol grounds.
Sixty percent (60%) of Likely U.S. Voters agree with this view and say the Confederate flag should not be flown at South Carolina’s statehouse. However, voters are more divided as to what the flag means: 43% say it symbolizes Southern heritage, while 39% say it symbolizes hatred. There’s a sharp difference of opinion between white and black voters on this question.
June 26, 2015
The Media's Vile Attacks on Conservative Assimilationists By Michelle Malkin
I have had enough of smug liberal elites wrapped in their "Celebrate Diversity" banners tearing down minority conservatives.
June 26, 2015
GOP Voters Weigh In On Bobby Jindal
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is the latest addition to the crowded Republican field in 2016, but he ranks low among GOP voters.
June 26, 2015
Facing a Changing World Balance, Obama Makes Odd Choices by Michael Barone
Is the world back to where it was around the year 1800? One could come to that conclusion after reading British historian John Darwin's recent book "After Tamerlane," which assesses the rises and falls of empires after the death in 1405 of the famously bloodthirsty Muslim Mongol monarch.
June 26, 2015
Voters Stress the Importance of Marriage Before Kids
Voters still strongly believe the order of events, marriage then children, is important in starting a family.
June 25, 2015
Voters Say No to Government Role in Neighborhood Diversity
With the Department of Housing and Urban Development ready to release new regulations meant to diversify wealthy neighborhoods, American voters overwhelmingly say that it is not the government’s job to try to bring those of different income levels to live together.
June 25, 2015
This Week in Polling: Voters Split on Gay Marriage But 33% Said Laws Should Be a State Decision
Fewer voters than ever now see marriage as a civil institution, and they’re still fairly torn on the issue of gay marriage.
