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May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
GOP Widens Advantage on Crime Issue
Less than six months before Election Day, the Republican Party has widened its lead over Democrats in terms of who voters trust more to deal with the issue of crime.
May 9, 2024
Districts of Change, Part Two: Looking Beyond the Straight-Party Districts By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Most districts in the House, 379 of the 435, have exclusively backed nominees from only one of the major parties in presidential elections since 2008.
— This leaves 56 districts that have voted at least once for both parties.
— Districts that backed Barack Obama twice and then did the same for Donald Trump make up the most numerous non-straight party group, and most of those districts have Republicans in Congress.
— Democrats, however, hold four of the five “bellwether” districts that have backed the winners of the last four presidential elections.
May 8, 2024
'Drain the Swamp' By John Stossel
Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp!"
May 8, 2024
That '70s Show -- Is Biden Taking America Back to the Age of Jimmy Carter? By Stephen Moore
Everything that is happening in our fractured nation today seems so worrisomely reminiscent of America's last lost decade -- the 1970s.
May 8, 2024
Have Campus Protests Backfired?
If the goal of students in recent campus protests was to make American voters more sympathetic to Palestinians, they’ve clearly failed.
May 7, 2024
Greetings, Earthlings: 37% Think Space Aliens Have Visited Planet
Most Americans intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe, and many believe the Earth has had visitors from outer space.
May 7, 2024
‘Preserve, Protect and Defend’: How’s Biden Doing?
In terms of upholding his oath of office – to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" – many voters don’t think President Joe Biden is doing better than his predecessor.
May 7, 2024
The Vietnam Era Never Ended for Biden's Party By Daniel McCarthy
"This may be Biden's Vietnam."
May 6, 2024
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 2, 2024.
May 6, 2024
71% Want Disney to Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment
While LGBTQ activists are happy with Disney’s gay “inclusion” agenda, most Americans wish the entertainment giant would go back to it’s family-friendly roots.
May 4, 2024
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 4, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 3, 2024
Most Americans See Retail Theft as a Serious Problem Where They Live
The problem of shoplifting and retail theft is a major concern for Americans, and more than a fifth say stores have closed in their community because of the problem.
May 3, 2024
Election 2024: Trump Now +10 Over Biden
Despite being on trial in New York City, former President Donald Trump has widened his lead over President Joe Biden during the past month.
May 3, 2024
Campus Riots and a Chicago Convention: Deja Vu All Over Again? By Michael Barone
As the philosopher and baseball player Yogi Berra once (supposedly) said, it's deja vu all over again. Student protesters are occupying campuses of famed universities across the country. In New York, Columbia University protesters occupied administrative offices in Hamilton Hall and were cleared out by police, exactly 56 years to the day after student protesters occupied and were thrown out of that building in 1968.
May 2, 2024
Civil War 2? Many Voters Think It’s Likely
The possibility that America could face another civil war soon is not too far-fetched for a lot of voters.
May 2, 2024
Districts of Change, Part One: How All 435 Congressional Districts Voted from 2008-2020 By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— One of the most useful tools that the Crystal Ball employs on a regular basis is Dave’s Redistricting App, which helps us make sense of redistricting and includes a plethora of data.
— Using some of DRA’s newly-released data, we are looking back at how the 2008 election compares to 2020 by congressional district.
— Despite doing several points worse nationally than Barack Obama did in 2008, Joe Biden performed better than Obama in nearly half (211) of the current 435 House districts.
— Our home state of Virginia illustrates several of the broader national swings that have taken hold since 2008.
— Most districts cast more raw votes in 2020 than they did in 2008, though there are some interesting exceptions.
May 1, 2024
Election 2024: Has NYC Trial Hurt Trump?
Most voters don’t see the current trial of former President Donald Trump in New York City as a deal-breaker in terms of voting for him in November.
May 1, 2024
'Make Government Work' By John Stossel
President Joe Biden says, "I know how to make government work!"
April 30, 2024
Four Radical Reforms to Shrink the Federal Budget By Stephen Moore
It was nearly 50 years ago that a liberal Congress completely dominated by Democrat big spenders passed a new set of budget rules -- the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
