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By Doug64
#14927022
Drlee wrote:And of course this is not what sanctuary cities do at all. It is a typical misdirection by Rasmussen. Sanctuary cities do not protect illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities. :roll:

In that case, just what is the label "Sanctuary City" that so many politicians on the Left have so proudly embraced supposed to mean? Clearly, they are announcing that their cities are a SANCTUARY for illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities. And they provide that sanctuary by interfering with the operations of those federal authorities in any way they can.

Drlee wrote:You have to remember Onedegree that you have yet to establish that illegal immigrants are an enhanced enforcement issue at all. As I posted before. Their crime rate is less than half that of citizens.

No, if Lott's report on Arizona is at all representative of other states, illegal immigrants commit additional crimes at almost half again the rate of legal residents and more serious crimes at that. The study is downloadable thanks to a button at the bottom, if anyone wants to look at more than the abstract.
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By Drlee
#14927040
Why should local police ignore their crimes of being illegal.


For the same reason they ignore awol soldiers, customs violations and tax law. They do not routinely enforce federal drug laws. If they did there would be no legalized marijuana either. But for racists there is somehow a difference.

Note. By your definition everyone who has had a ticket is a "criminal". You included.

Are you beginning to see just how facile this whole sanctuary-city-bad argument is? I am waiting for you to turn off Fox news and wake up.
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By One Degree
#14927132
Drlee wrote:For the same reason they ignore awol soldiers, customs violations and tax law. They do not routinely enforce federal drug laws. If they did there would be no legalized marijuana either. But for racists there is somehow a difference.

Note. By your definition everyone who has had a ticket is a "criminal". You included.

Are you beginning to see just how facile this whole sanctuary-city-bad argument is? I am waiting for you to turn off Fox news and wake up.


You seem to be totally ignorant of how common ‘interagency’ operations are. They include everything you said they don’t include. It is disingenuous to argue local agencies do not enforce federal laws. Why do you think the police departments are mainly in opposition to these sanctuary laws? They are being forced to obey your agenda.
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By Drlee
#14927294
You seem to be totally ignorant of how common ‘interagency’ operations are. They include everything you said they don’t include. It is disingenuous to argue local agencies do not enforce federal laws.


You are the one who does not understand. "Interagency operations" are dedicated teams. They are not the cop on the street.

Why do you think the police departments are mainly in opposition to these sanctuary laws?


And yet again you are categorically wrong. Just plain wrong.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has blamed these so-called sanctuary jurisdictions for letting foreign criminals roam free and prey upon innocent Americans.

"So-called 'sanctuary' policies make all of us less safe because they intentionally undermine our laws and protect illegal aliens who have committed crimes,” Sessions said in a statement detailing the changes.

This narrative has angered a lot of police officials. Police chiefs who oversee America's largest law enforcement agencies unwaveringly assert that enforcing federal immigration laws is not their responsibility, and doing so would actually make their cities a lot more dangerous.

"The idea that there are police departments giving sanctuary to violent criminals is ridiculous," said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. "I don't know any police department that does that."

The crackdown on sanctuary cities has put police chiefs at the center of a political battle over immigration — a battle they want no part of. The vast majority of agencies (even in liberal San Francisco) already cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on criminal investigations, they said, but federal officials and some states want even more cooperation from them.

Acevedo said state and federal pushback against sanctuary cities has already made it harder for his officers to do their jobs, as immigrants are more reluctant to talk to police. The Justice Department wants access to local jails and 48 hours’ notice before they release an inmate that immigration agents are interested in.




First, the current system of enforcement is a logical division of labor in which all parties know what is expected of them. Federal agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), enforce immigration laws, which are federal statutes. Local police agencies enforce state and local criminal laws. These roles are compatible and complementary.

Second, local police have their hands full — investigating murders, robberies, sexual assaults, burglaries, thefts and other crimes, and working to prevent these and other crimes from occurring. When local police identify a suspect and have probable cause, they make the arrest, without regard to the suspect's immigration status.

Finally, police chiefs warn that if their agencies are required to enforce federal immigration laws, it will hurt their ability to investigate and solve serious crimes in their communities. If people are afraid to have contact with the local police, they will not report crime, serve as witnesses, or tell police what is going on in their neighborhoods. Without information from the community, investigating crime becomes difficult and crime levels rise.


What is clear is that you do not understand what a so-called sanctuary city is. You really don't. What you need to know is that never in our history has the cop on the street been involved in immigration enforcement as you are imagining it. No police department is going to block ICE from deporting felons except to require these felons to first stand charges and serve time in state prisons.

OneDegree, you have been duped again. You really have. But perhaps it is your ignorance, spawned by purely lazy research (or none at all) that is leading you to your flights of fantasy. I am very serious about this OD. You need to get out of the weeds. For one week watch MSNBC. Don't just claim to, do it. Get another perspective. On this issue you have been making a fool of yourself not because of your opinion but because you opinion is based on what Fox News tells you. No need to deny it. It is obvious to everyone.
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By One Degree
#14927299
You are the one who does not understand. "Interagency operations" are dedicated teams. They are not the cop on the street.


The cop on the street has nothing to do with it. It is the police bureaucracy.


And yet again you are categorically wrong. Just plain wrong.


Not an argument.





What is clear is that you do not understand what a so-called sanctuary city is. You really don't. What you need to know is that never in our history has the cop on the street been involved in immigration enforcement as you are imagining it. No police department is going to block ICE from deporting felons except to require these felons to first stand charges and serve time in state prisons.


Again, the cop on the street has nothing to do with it. You are being disingenuous.
OneDegree, you have been duped again. You really have. But perhaps it is your ignorance, spawned by purely lazy research (or none at all) that is leading you to your flights of fantasy. I am very serious about this OD. You need to get out of the weeds. For one week watch MSNBC. Don't just claim to, do it. Get another perspective. On this issue you have been making a fool of yourself not because of your opinion but because you opinion is based on what Fox News tells you. No need to deny it. It is obvious to everyone.


And now the insults, and false assumptions. I avoid video news as it is too hard to be objective. Maybe that is your problem. Avoid the videos and stick to multiple conflicting written sites like I do.
Much easier to find the deception in print, like the comment above about “police departments not wanting to get involved” interpreted as against cooperating with ICE. They used that to change One police chiefs words into representing a indeterminate ‘large’ number. It was deception and you were deceived by it.
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By Drlee
#14927315
I posted the proof in the words of police chiefs. I am through with your simple trolling. Either refute their words or be man enough to admit you are wrong. You won't. You can't.

And oh by the way. The cop on the street is everything to do with it. :roll:
#14927318
drlee wrote:You have to remember Onedegree that you have yet to establish that illegal immigrants are an enhanced enforcement issue at all. As I posted before. Their crime rate is less than half that of citizens.

You are using a very narrow definition of "crime" to exclude most criminal acts, such as traffic violations and the single crime that all illegal aliens have committed--being unlawfully present in the United States. Additionally, you are ignoring other crimes like lying on government forms, etc. Restricting the term "crime" to crimes against the person or crimes against property creates the impression that people only commit crimes because of their citizenship status. People cheat on their taxes whether they are citizens or not. You have much higher rates of tax non-compliance among illegal immigrant populations, for example. Often times, that is because they have no formal English, don't know how our laws work, and can't rely on local customs in a culture they don't
understand.

One Degree wrote:That is obviously nonsense because 100% of illegals have committed a crime.

In some cases, police customarily support the federal government and in some cases they don't. For example, local police pretty much never effect arrests for federal tax evasion. However, they do assist with crimes against the person--for example, a shooting in a post office.

One Degree wrote:You are arguing they should not cooperate in turning over known criminals to the proper authorities.

There are process crimes where they don't have the expertise to know if a crime has been committed--like failure to file a tax return. However, you are correct that when it is clear that a person has committed a crime, a peace officer has an obligation to report it.

Drlee wrote:For the same reason they ignore awol soldiers, customs violations and tax law. They do not routinely enforce federal drug laws. If they did there would be no legalized marijuana either. But for racists there is somehow a difference.

Conflating racism with jurisdictional diversity is a cheap shot. Police are part of the executive branch, but our constitutions confer the power to lay and collect taxes on legislatures, not the executive. The power to enforce tax collection may--and usually is--delegated to some degree to the executive branch. States are often compelled to enact federal laws as state laws; for example, vehicle safety and speed laws. Most of those are compelled from the federal level. So in many respects, most police work--enforcing traffic codes--is dealing indirectly with federal law.

Drlee wrote:Note. By your definition everyone who has had a ticket is a "criminal". You included.

Then he is wrong. Everyone who receives a traffic citation has committed a crime--usually an infraction. The next time you get a moving violation, just tell the cop you don't want to sign the promise to appear in court. You are not required to do that by law. If you don't, you will be arrested.

Driving under the influence, however, is a misdemeanor. It involves a physical arrest every time.

Drlee wrote:They are not the cop on the street.

Very often they are. For example, a sheriff may wear the uniform of a local police force under a joint powers agreement. That happens all the time.
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By Hong Wu
#14927329
Illegal immigrant's reported crime rates can be lower because many of them are leery of going to the police out of a fear of being deported. Some states have passed laws saying that going to the police can't result in being reported to immigration authorities but it's the nature of being an illegal immigrant, who may not speak the native language, that they don't know/don't care what the laws say. Regardless, it would be a mistake to conclude that people living more off the grid and outside the legal system have a lower crime rate than people who live within the legal system. There is also no way of solving that issue besides going full open borders; people tried protecting them from immigration authorities when they go to the police, it didn't work.

As usual lately I'm feeling put off by the ignorance and hubris on display here. People keep writing arguments like, they almost always show up to their own deportation, so let's make that system the default, as if they aren't applying that only to people they expect will show up. Or, their crime rates are lower, as if this is not a reported crime rates issue as distinct from actual crime rates. It's not just that these arguments are bad, it's also that the people making them aren't even trying to forward reasonable solutions or responses. I think we will have to wait for polls and election results before we can understand which side will win in this issue which appears to be the Democrat's "hill to die on" since God knows they can't win on the economy or foreign policy at this point. And if the Democrats can win with these kinds of tactics I honestly think it would be the end of liberal, discussion-based democracy as a valid social format.
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By Drlee
#14927408
Blackjack's entire post is wrong. Nuf said.
By Doug64
#14927942
So, after a year and a half, how much buyer's remorse do US Likely Voters have?

Would America be better off today if Hillary Clinton had been elected president instead of Donald Trump?

  • Yes 40%
  • No 47%
  • Not sure 13%

Republicans
  • Yes 13%
  • No 79%
  • Not sure 8%

Independents
  • Yes 28%
  • No 54%
  • Not sure 18%

Democrats
  • Yes 74%
  • No 12%
  • Not sure 14%

Male
  • Yes 34%
  • No 54%
  • Not sure 12%

Female
  • Yes 47%
  • No 39%
  • Not sure 14%

Age 18-39
  • Yes 42%
  • No 39%
  • Not sure 19%

Age 40-64
  • Yes 39%
  • No 52%
  • Not sure 10%

Age 65+
  • Yes 41%
  • No 49%
  • Not sure 9%

White
  • Yes 36%
  • No 52%
  • Not sure 12%

Black
  • Yes 59%
  • No 21%
  • Not sure 20%

Other
  • Yes 46%
  • No 44%
  • Not sure 10%

Attended High School
  • Yes 42%
  • No 50%
  • Not sure 8%

High School Graduate
  • Yes 28%
  • No 59%
  • Not sure 13%

Attended College
  • Yes 42%
  • No 48%
  • Not sure 11%

College Graduate
  • Yes 39%
  • No 43%
  • Not sure 17%

Graduate School
  • Yes 48%
  • No 43%
  • Not sure 9%
By Doug64
#14929133
Here's last weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    Democrats are still trying to come to grips with the fact that Donald Trump won the 2016 election, and his second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to send them further out into orbit.

    Interestingly, though, just 40% of voters think the country would be better off if Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, and 47% disagree.

    Still, most voters across the political spectrum remain angry at the policies of the federal government and the media.

    Most are also concerned that Trump’s opponents or those mad about the media’s coverage of the president will resort to violence. In fact, 31% now think the United States is likely to have a second civil war in the next five years.

    Throw into that mix the finding that 51% of voters agree with a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin that Democrats are now a party “pickled in identity politics and victimology.”

    But 51% also believe Trump is to blame for the bad media coverage he gets. Only 40%, however, think it’s possible for the president to do anything the media will approve of anyway.

    Trump’s daily job approval rating appeared to be rebounding at week’s end after dropping to 45%, the lowest level since March, following the illegal immigrant children controversy.

    Despite the president’s efforts to toughen border enforcement, voters still think it’s easier for illegal immigrants to get into the United States and stay here than in much of the rest of the world.

    Fifty-four percent (54%) think it’s better for the United States to tightly control who comes into the country, but 48% feel the government is not doing enough to secure the country’s borders.

    The U.S. Supreme Court which handed down some major wins for conservatives and the Trump administration in the closing weeks of this term now earns its highest approval ratings in several years. Trump’s first choice for the high court, Neil Gorsuch, was a deciding vote.

    Democrats still hold a slight lead on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

    Trump is now scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland on July 16. Thirty-four percent (34%) see a Trump-Putin summit as bad for America, but slightly more (38%) disagree.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- Forty-three percent (43%) of voters think the country is headed in the right direction. That finding ran in the mid- to upper 20s most weeks during President Obama’s last year in office.

    -- Just over half of all Americans think most Americans play video games too much.

    -- Thirty-seven percent (37%) say they have watched or will watch at least some of the 2018 World Cup.
By Doug64
#14931321
I hope everyone in the US had a fun and safe Independence Day. Here's last weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    News reports said President Trump had narrowed his search for his next U.S. Supreme Court nominee to three candidates, and he is expected to announce his selection on Monday.

    Voters agree with Trump and Senate Republicans that the time to put a new justice on the U.S. Supreme Court is now.

    But voters don’t anticipate that his pick will please everyone.

    Illegal immigration remains a contentious issue for Democrats and many political pundits.

    In fact, a growing number of Democrats are calling for abolishing the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, but even among voters in their own party, there’s not much support for the idea. Maybe that’s because voters think the government needs to be even more aggressive in deporting illegal immigrants.

    Last weekend, Americans nationwide protested against the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border although a Trump executive order the previous week ended the practice.

    Despite outrage over the current border crisis, more voters now think a merit-based immigration system should win out over the current family-based one.

    Voters tend to see illegal immigration in terms of its detriments to the country’s safety and financial bottom line.

    On the economic front, while spending may have grounded for summer, sentiments on the economy are still flying high.

    In fact, stock markets were still on the uptick yesterday with the start of the imposition of tariffs on a range of Chinese imports. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters think Trump’s handling of trade issues is more aggressive than most recent presidents pushing what’s good for America.

    Trump earned a monthly job approval of 47% in June, down one point from May and another step down from 49% in April, his high for the year to date.

    For Republicans, Trump’s presidency will go down in the record books as a successful one. But for Democrats, his time in the White House won't be praised.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- Democrats continue to hold onto their lead in this week’s Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

    -- In New York, a Democratic Socialist candidate just unseated a near-20-year veteran in one of the state’s Democratic congressional primaries, and she contends she represents the Democratic Party's future. But voters reject socialism in no uncertain terms.

    -- The Fourth of July continues to be one of the nation’s most important holidays in the eyes of Americans, but the number of adults who feel that way is dwindling.

    -- Forty-one percent (41%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
By Doug64
#14932973
Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    It has been a rancorous political week with Democrats apoplectic over President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination, his frank comments to U.S. allies over defense spending and trade, and in the House of Representatives where committees interviewed demoted FBI official Peter Strzok about bias against the Trump Campaign in the 2016 election.

    Even before President Trump announced his nomination Monday of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Democrats were vowing to stop any Trump nominee. But most voters still believe that every judicial nomination made by a president is entitled to a deciding vote by the U.S. Senate.

    Voters strongly suspect that Kavanaugh will be the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they are not as supportive of him as they were of President Trump’s first choice for the high court.

    Trump arrived in Brussels Tuesday for this year’s NATO summit meeting. At the top of Trump’s agenda is getting NATO allies to pay more for defense spending. Voters continue to say that the United States should not be the world’s policeman, and fewer see the need for the organization’s existence.

    Britain was Trump’s second stop in a week of travel. Despite the turmoil as two senior cabinet members to Prime Minister Theresa May resigned with just 100 days until the so-called Brexit deal is supposed to be done, most on this side of the pond think the ouster is still a go.

    Conduct of demoted FBI official Peter Strzok’s sworn testimony before a joint session of the House Judiciary & Oversight and Government Reform committees clearly illustrated the anger that continues to run high on both sides of the Trump divide. But Democrats are a bit hotter under the collar now than they were a year ago.

    Meanwhile, Democrats have lengthened their lead on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

    Otherwise, in an economic issue that still sharply divides Democrats and Republicans, fewer Americans these days think the government is spending too much money on welfare programs.

    To combat poverty, a California city has launched a pilot program in which some residents will receive $500 per month with no strings attached. But nearly half of Americans wouldn’t welcome such a program in their area.

    Focusing more tightly on the bottom line, Americans are leery that most human jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future.

    Americans also have mixed feelings about affirmative action programs in general, but most agree with the Trump administration’s decision to reverse Obama era policies that made race a deciding factor in college admissions.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream—preferably chocolate, butter pecan or vanilla, and in the comforts of home.

    -- Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
By Doug64
#14934724
Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    It wasn’t exactly the plot of the old James Bond thriller, “From Russia with Love,” Monday at the Helsinki summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, but for the rest of the week on TV and in print, it seemed like it could have been.

    In the walkup to the summit, voters weren’t optimistic about future relations with the former Cold War foe.

    The United States has imposed economic sanctions on Russia for several years in an effort to change some of the latter's aggressive policies, but voters aren’t convinced that those sanctions have worked very well.

    Despite the media frenzy over Trump’s comments about U.S. intelligence following his summit with Putin, voters still think U.S intelligence agencies are doing a good job. However, they don’t deny that these agencies may be serving a larger agenda.

    Trump caught flack even from members of his own party following his meeting with Putin, but most Republicans think Trump is more aggressive with Russia than his predecessors, and a majority of all voters continue to agree with Trump that having Russia in a friendly posture would be an asset to both the US and the world.

    Regardless of the media’s deep unhappiness over Trump’s meeting with Putin, most Republicans think he did just fine.

    While voters continued to express concerns about the Trump administration’s Russia connection, worries about illegal immigration have also climbed to near the top of their concerns.

    Looking ahead, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are among those touted as serious Democratic presidential contenders in 2020, but three-out-of-four Democrats think their party needs to turn to someone new.

    Democrats have narrowed their lead over Republicans again on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

    As Congress prepares for its August recess, voters aren’t happy with the work lawmakers have been putting in.

    Voters don’t think Congress cares about them and is more interested in pleasing the media.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- The United States is setting the stage for a trade war with China over the Trump administration’s increased tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports, something nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about.

    -- Voters still see an overpowered government as a bigger danger to the world than an underpowered one.

    -- A mayor in southern California is moving to ban neckties from workplace dress codes, citing studies that suggest the neckwear restricts blood flow to the brain. But Americans aren’t ready to say goodbye to the formalwear just yet, and few think it’s the government’s place to make that decision.

    -- Forty-two percent (42%) of voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
By Doug64
#14936088
Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    While opponents of President Trump are forcing the Democratic Party to the far left, Republicans are quite happy with the direction the president is heading.

    Sixty-four percent (64%) of Likely Republican Voters say when it comes to the major issues facing the nation, their views are closer to Trump than to those of the average Republican in Congress. Among all voters, 50% lean right, with 37% in line with the president and 13% who identify with the average GOP congressman. Thirty-nine percent (39%) agree instead with the average Democrat in Congress.

    Forty-five percent (45%) of both Republicans and Democrats agree that Trump sets the agenda in Washington, DC these days. The GOP-led Congress is a distant second.

    Among voters who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing as president, illegal immigration is by far the biggest concern. Most voters who Strongly Disapprove of the president’s job performance are most concerned with his administration’s alleged connections to Russia.

    After the media uproar over the president's recent press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Democrats strongly defend those who think Trump is a traitor. Other voters say they’re just playing politics with the claim.

    Voters are almost evenly divided when asked if Trump is more aggressive or less aggressive with Russia than most recent presidents.

    Republicans think most world leaders see Trump as stronger than President Obama, but Democrats say they view him as weaker than his predecessor. Most active duty military personnel and veterans believe Trump is a stronger commander-in-chief for the military than most recent presidents.

    With all the hubbub over Russian hacking during the 2016 election, it’s no surprise that just 39% of voters think the U.S. government does a good job protecting its secrets.

    Voters in general also think Trump is more faithful to the U.S. Constitution than Obama was.

    At week’s end, 46% approved of the job Trump is doing in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. That’s virtually identical to Obama’s approval ratings in late July of the second year of his presidency.

    Democrats continue to lead on the weekly Generic Congressional Ballot.

    Democrats are less likely to know what socialism is compared to other voters but have a much more favorable opinion of it. They stop well short, however, of thinking the Democratic Party should become a national socialist party.

    Biden, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are among those touted as serious Democratic presidential contenders in 2020, but three-out-of-four Democrats think their party needs to turn to someone new.

    Voters here are closely divided over the need to take military action against Iran, but most now believe a stronger international reaction is necessary to stop the Iranians from building a nuclear bomb.

    There’s a strong possibility Iran will create a nuclear weapon soon, voters say, but they rate the threat of an Iranian nuclear attack as greater for Israel than for the United States.

    San Francisco is allowing non-citizen parents and guardians of children, including illegal immigrants, to vote in the upcoming school board elections. Most voters nationwide oppose letting illegal immigrants vote in local elections, but Democrats are receptive to it.

    Only 37% of all voters say they want to live in a sanctuary community that protects illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities.

    Conservatives are complaining about being targeted by Facebook, and most users of the social media site want free speech without interference.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say the country is headed in the right direction.

    -- Americans like the idea of changing work schedules from five eight-hour days to four 10-hour shifts and see the potential for improved productivity. But 55% of working Americans say they now work more than 40 hours a week.

    -- Americans think kids today aren’t getting enough exercise, and most still believe children in the United States are less physically fit than those in other countries.
By Doug64
#14937447
Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    In a speech earlier this week, President Trump said, “It’s time we had proper border security. We’re the laughingstock of the world. We have the worst immigration laws anywhere in the world.” While nearly half of voters agree with the president’s statement, they’re not convinced that shutting down the government until Congress passes immigration reform that includes a wall along the Mexican border is the way to go.

    Trump also visited Granite City, Illinois, last week to address the success of a recently reopened steel mill there, saying, "Made in America. It's not just a slogan but a way of life.” Most Americans agree with the president and say buying American-made is important to them.

    Democrats continue to lead over Republicans on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

    The trial of Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, on bank and tax fraud charges concluded the first week of its expected two-week proceedings in Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday.

    Voters are closely following news of Manafort’s indictment, which stems from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether there were “links and/or coordination” between the Russian government and Trump’s 2016 campaign. But they don’t see it snowballing into criminal charges against the president.

    The FBI is in possession of taped recordings of Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen discussing payment for a former Playboy model’s story of an alleged affair prior to Trump’s election. But while most voters are following this news closely, they’re split over its impact on their vote.

    Trump earned a monthly job approval of 46% in July.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- U.S. airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan are on the rise, but one-in-five voters aren’t even aware that the 17-year war in Afghanistan is still going on, and fewer see the Middle Eastern nation as a national security interest.

    -- It’s been almost two years since Trump was elected president, but for a third of voters, the 2016 election has had long-lasting negative effects on relationships with family and friends. Most voters also think Americans are less tolerant of each other’s political opinions these days.

    -- Most voters continue to give the health care they receive a positive rating, but few hold the nation’s health care system in high regards.

    -- A number of Democratic gubernatorial and senatorial candidates from across the country have been stumping for single-payer healthcare as part of their 2018 midterm election platforms. Voters are now closely divided on whether the federal government should provide healthcare for everyone even though most believe their personal taxes will increase as a result.

    -- Forty-one percent (41%) of voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
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This thread gives an interesting insight into how much US conservative policy is based on perception and feelings rather than actual facts.
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By Heisenberg
#14937552
I love that after 17 years occupying Afghanistan, Americans still think it's in the "Middle East". There's no teaching some people. :lol:
By Doug64
#14939328
Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    Trump on Monday signed an Executive Order, effective the following day, to re-impose economic sanctions on Iran that had been previously suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement. Voters are cautiously optimistic that they will be effective in getting Iran to renegotiate the agreement.

    The U.S. State Department yesterday announced the new sanctions on Russia for attempting to assassinate ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter living in England.

    That isn’t the first time the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia in an effort to change some of that country’s aggressive policies, but voters just last month said they aren’t convinced that those sanctions have worked very well.

    At a recent Senate committee meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that North Korea is still producing materials for nuclear bombs, raising questions about whether the Asian nation is truly working to denuclearize following the May summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

    Voters are now less convinced that North Korea will slow or stop the development of nuclear weapons and more think Trump should be more aggressive with the nation.

    Mueller investigation prosecutors were in federal court in Virginia Friday concluding their bank and tax fraud case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. But while voters are following news of his indictment closely, they don’t see it snowballing into criminal charges against the president.

    President Trump has been tweeting about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election lately, including imploring Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end what he called a “Rigged Witch Hunt.” Though most voters don’t believe the investigation is a witch hunt, 39% agree with the president that it’s time for it to end.

    Following last month’s media frenzy that erstwhile Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen had taped his conversations with the president and other clients, perhaps it’s no wonder so few voters trust lawyers.

    A special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District was held Tuesday, but as of Friday morning, it was still too close to call. The latest counts show Republican Troy Balderson, supported by a personal appearance from President Trump last Saturday, leading Democrat Danny O’Connor, 101,772 to 100,208 with provisional and absentee ballots still outstanding.

    Democrats continue to lead Republicans on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot, but for the second week in a row, that lead has tightened.

    Gun restrictions have become a significant issue for Democrats in the walk-up to the 2018 midterm elections.

    Eight state attorneys general are fighting to stop the publication of blueprints for 3D-printed guns. Nearly half of voters think the availability of these plans will lead to an uptick in violent crime and a majority believes the United States, in general, needs stricter gun laws.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- With the unemployment rate still among 18-year lows and the Dow Jones Industrial Average still among all-time highs, voters are slowly giving President Trump more credit than President Obama for the improving economy, though there remains a stark partisan divide. However, voters agree that impeaching Trump would be a detriment to the nation’s economy.

    -- As economic confidence stays perched among the highest levels in four years of surveying, consumers are ready to open their wallets again, just in time for the back-to-school shopping season.

    -- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' rocket company reportedly plans to charge passengers at least $200,000 for its first trips into space next year. But most Americans aren’t interested in taking the trip, even if they could afford the hefty ticket price.

    -- Forty-four percent (44%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
By Doug64
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Here's this weekend's round-up of polls. Anyone that wants to check out any possible links over the next week can go to the link to the left. (Anyone wanting more details on a particular poll, just ask):

    The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but few voters think the American government today has the consent of its governed.

    However, voters—and Republicans specifically—have more faith these days that someone in Washington represents them.

    As the nation gears up for midterm elections, half of voters say they’ve voted independent and think the nation would benefit from a strong third party.

    Republicans have more allegiance to their political party than Democrats.

    But Democrats continue to lead Republicans on the latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot, and after two weeks of a tightening race, Democrats have expanded their lead.

    The jury was in its second day of deliberation Friday in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of “links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.”

    Democrats want President Trump to sit down for an interview with Mueller’s investigative team; Republicans don’t. But both sides agree that a Trump interview is unlikely to bring Mueller’s probe to a close.

    Still under asylum in Russia, it’s been five years since Edward Snowden exposed the U.S. government’s surveillance of millions of innocent Americans in the name of national security, and voters still think he falls somewhere in between the lines of hero and traitor, though they still want him tried for treason.

    Despite recent criticism of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), more Americans these days like the TSA and the airline security process.

    Voters are now even more critical of the so-called “antifa” protesters who surfaced again this past weekend in Charlottesville and Washington, DC and continue to think they’re chiefly interested in causing trouble.

    Of course, there are bigger problems.

    California Governor Jerry Brown blamed the spreading California wildfires on climate change, something voters still consider a serious issue heading into the midterms. And they think humans are to blame.

    Like Trump and Brown, voters disagree on the cause of the wildfires raging in northern California, but most think this is a worse season for fires than usual.

    In other surveys last week:

    -- A new study has determined that smoking electronic cigarettes, or “vaping,” may be more harmful than originally thought, something Americans have worried about for years, but half think the risk is about the same for both.

    -- It’s back-to-school time again, and parents are expecting to open their wallets wider this year to prepare.

    -- Forty-three percent (43%) of voters now think the country is heading in the right direction.
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