Joe Biden’s administration has indicated that they will appeal U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s Monday ruling that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overstepped its authority by imposing the rule that forced plane and train...
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Support for Stricter Gun Control Drops, by a 50% to 43% margin Likely U.S. Voters oppose stricter regulations, the Wealthy and those who went to Graduate School most likely support more regulations
A new Rasmussen Reports from April 12-13, 2022 shows that most likely voters by 50%-to-43% opposed stricter gun control. By a 51%-to-38% margin, they don't think that stricter gun control would have stopped the recent subway shooting in New York City, and by a...
Except for Biden’s Supporters, Democrats, and Liberals, Likely American Voters Overwhelmingly Believe that Crime Getting Worse
Rasmussen Reports has a new survey of 1,000 Likely Voters (April 4-5, 2022) about whether crime is getting worse and how Biden is handling crime. Yet another survey on crime shows that the primary supporters of Democrat policies are the elites. All groups except...
New Survey on the Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on American’s support for gun ownership
McLaughlin & Associates Higher crime rates and the war in Ukraine are both working to reduce support for more gun control.
Rasmussen Reports Survey: Most voters think that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election
A new Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters conducted from March 3rd to 6th found 52% of voters say that it is likely that "cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Forty percent (40%) of voters thought that was unlikely. It is...
Rasmussen Reports Survey: Photo-IDs to Vote Supported by all ages, all races, all parties, all ideologies, all incomes, all educations
A new Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters conducted from March 3rd to 6th found 74% of voters say requiring photo-ID to vote is "a responsible measure to protect the integrity of elections." Only 20% disagree. Given that the concern is that the least...
A Gallup survey on gun ownership shows that asking if people own a gun in their home is not the same as if they own a gun
We have done a lot of work on the biases in surveys of gun ownership (see here and here). But we should point out that a Gallup survey shows that simply asking people if they own a gun in the home, they are missing a couple or few percent of people who may own a gun...
Does the United States need stricter gun control laws?: Most Americans say “No” by a 49% to 42% margin.
Rasmussen Reports has a new survey on support for stricter gun control laws. They interviewed 1,000 Americans from January 30-31, 2022 and the margin of error in the survey was +/-3%. By a 49%-to-42% margin, Americans opposed stricter gun control. This is slightly...
Rasmussen Reports Survey: 31% of those who support a national gun registry and 40% of Democrats believe that a national registry will lead to the confiscation of “all guns”
According to a Rasmussen Reports Survey, likely voters in the US are evenly divided on whether there should be national gun registration. While Republicans oppose the idea by a two-to-one margin, Democrats support it by a similar margin. What is most interesting is...
UPDATED: Biden filibustered a black female judicial nominee for the nation’s second-highest court. Rasmussen Survey: Is it a good idea or a bad idea to make race and gender the basis of choosing appointments to the Supreme Court?
According to a new Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in late January, only 26% of voters think that it's a good idea to make race and gender the basis for choosing Supreme Court Justices. While Trump let people know in advance the people he would appoint to...
Survey: Voters overwhelmingly believe that making sure that there is no cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote; by an even larger margin they don’t believe voter photo IDs discriminated against voters
A new Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely US voters shows that voters are overwhelmingly more concerned about preventing vote fraud than making voting easier and that they don't believe voter photo IDs discriminate against some voters. The margins in both cases...
Voters understand that not punishing criminals means more crime, even Democrats
The new Manhattan District Attorney in New York City announced he will not seek prison sentences for many crimes, and he will punish many felony cases as misdemeanors. By a 2.7-to-1 margin, a new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that likely voters expect this policy to...