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Ridgewood NJ, Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 July 22, 2021.
This week’s finding is down two points from a week ago.
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Ridgewood NJ, Now that House Democrats have created a committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot, most voters believe Congress should also investigate the Black Lives Matter protests that sparked violence in major cities last year.
Continue reading Two-Thirds of Voters Want Congress to Investigate 2020 BLM Riots
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Ridgewood NJ, voters overwhelmingly believe “fake news” is a problem, and a majority agree with former President Donald Trump that the media have become “the enemy of the people.”
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat agree that the media are “truly the enemy of the people,” including 34% who Strongly Agree. Thirty-six percent (36%) don’t agree, including 23% who Strongly Disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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Ridgewood NJ, at a time when many schools are embroiled in controversy over the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT), voters still think it is important that kids learn traditional values in school.
Continue reading An Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want Schools To Teach Traditional Values
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Ridgewood NJ, Voters overwhelmingly believe religious freedom is important, and a majority are against requiring faith-based institutions to hire those who don’t share their beliefs.
Continue reading 82% of Voters Say Religious Liberty Important
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Congress cares more about what the media says than what their own constituents think, according to a clear majority of voters.
Continue reading Voters Say Congress Cares More About Media Than Constituents
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Ridgewood NJ, Nearly half of Americans expect to take a vacation this summer, after the COVID-19 pandemic ruined vacation plans last year.
Continue reading After COVID-19, More Americans Plan Summer Vacation This Year
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Ridgewood NJ, With Father’s Day approaching, Americans overwhelmingly still believe it’s important for children to grow up in two-parent homes, and think fatherhood is the most important role for men.
Continue reading Father’s Day: 86% Say Two-Parent Homes Important for Children
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Ridgewood NJ, as America’s cities experience a surge of criminal violence, less than a quarter of voters trust the media to report the facts about crime.
Continue reading Voters Don’t Trust Media Reporting on Crime
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Ridgewood NJ, Less than a third of voters agree with President Joe Biden’s recent claim that global warming is America’s “the greatest threat,” and few are willing to pay more taxes to fight such a threat.
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Ridgewood NJ, Most Americans believe it’s important for young people to work during the summer, and don’t think it will be very difficult for teens to find jobs in the current economy.
Continue reading An Overwhelming Majority of Americans Say Summer Jobs Important for Teens
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Ridgewood NJ, Most Americans have never seen a UFO and don’t think mysterious space objects are a threat to our national security, but they do believe intelligent life exists on other planets.
Continue reading Most Americans Don’t See UFO’s as a Threat to our National Security
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Ridgewood NJ, Most voters in both major parties believe their ideological views are moving away from party leaders, but the view is more pronounced among Republican voters.
Continue reading 50% of GOP Voters Believe Party Leaders Aren’t Conservative Enough
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Ridgewood NJ, a majority of voters think it is likely COVID-19 originated in a Chinese research laboratory and believe a federal investigation of the pandemic’s origin is very important.
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Ridgewood NJ, Nearly two-thirds of voters say violent crime is getting worse, and half are not confident in President Joe Biden’s ability to deal with the problem.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 65% of Likely U.S. Voters say the problem of violent crime in America is getting worse. Only 10% say the violent crime problem is getting better, while 22% think it is staying about the same.
