If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003.

Political Commentary

Most Recent Releases

White letter R on blue background
February 20, 2019

Malkin's Handy History of Fake Noose By Michelle Malkin

Is it any wonder that American news consumers are at the end of their ropes of patience with the "mainstream media"?

White letter R on blue background
February 20, 2019

Bogus Gun Research By John Stossel

Last week Rep. Nancy Pelosi warned President Donald Trump that if he declared an "emergency" to build a wall, "think what a president with different values can present... Why don't you declare (the epidemic of gun violence in America) an emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would... A Democratic president can declare emergencies as well."

White letter R on blue background
February 19, 2019

All the Pro-Trade Democrats Go Missing By Stephen Moore

Does anyone know where all those free trade Democrats went?

White letter R on blue background
February 19, 2019

Why Autocrats Are Replacing Democrats By Patrick J. Buchanan

"If you look at Trump in America and Bolsonaro in Brazil, you see that people want politicians that do what they promise," said Spanish businessman Juan Carlos Perez Carreno.

The Spaniard was explaining to The New York Times what lay behind the rise of Vox, which the Times calls "Spain's first far-right party since the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975."

White letter R on blue background
February 15, 2019

Why Are Leading Democratic Presidential Candidates Endorsing 'the Green Dream, or Whatever They Call It'? By Michael Barone

There's an old joke about an egotistical politician whose disgruntled speechwriter, just before quitting, prepares a draft that promises the moon, and specifics for how to pay for it, on the first two pages, and leaves the third page blank except for the words "You're on your own now."

White letter R on blue background
February 15, 2019

Will Diversity Be the Death of the Democrats? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Both of America's great national parties are coalitions.

White letter R on blue background
February 14, 2019

Democrats Hope For A Nationalized Virginia Election This Fall By Kyle Kondik

Richmond chaos could threaten state legislative takeover but big-picture trends still favor team blue.

White letter R on blue background
February 13, 2019

A Better School? By John Stossel

There must be a better way to keep kids interested in school than drugging them.

Today, 1 in 5 school-age boys is diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Many are given drugs that are supposed to help them pay attention.

White letter R on blue background
February 13, 2019

Lost, Buried, Burned: Oklahoma's Rape Kit Scandal By Michelle Malkin

If you are puzzled by the nationwide rape kit testing backlog, Oklahoma provides maddening insight on the bureaucratic forces that create intolerable inertia -- and injustice.

White letter R on blue background
February 12, 2019

Green Is the New Red By Stephen Moore

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, has released her Green New Deal plan to the nation -- and to great applause from the Democratic Party.

White letter R on blue background
February 12, 2019

Are the Democrats Bent on Suicide? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After reading an especially radical platform agreed upon by the British Labor Party, one Tory wag described it as "the longest suicide note in history."

White letter R on blue background
February 9, 2019

The Disappearing of Generation X By Ted Rall

Generation X -- born between about 1961 and 1981 -- have been "disappeared" from the media like a fallen-out-of-favor Soviet apparatchik airbrushed out of a picture from atop Lenin's tomb.

White letter R on blue background
February 8, 2019

Trump's Surprisingly Reflective and Disciplined State of the Union By Michael Barone

"This year," President Trump stated in his widely viewed and positively rated State of the Union address, "America will recognize two important anniversaries that show us the majesty of America's mission and the power of American pride."    

White letter R on blue background
February 8, 2019

Has Trump Found the Formula for 2020? By Patrick J. Buchanan

If the pollsters at CNN and CBS are correct, Donald Trump may have found the formula for winning a second term in 2020.

White letter R on blue background
February 7, 2019

Yes, Virginia, This is Chaos By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik

Saying that anything in the annals of American political history is “unique” or “unprecedented” is dangerous, for the simple fact that the past is filled with so many oddities from which we can draw parallels. That said, we’re struggling to come up with something equivalent to what we’ve seen in Virginia over the past week.

White letter R on blue background
February 6, 2019

It's Time for Ingrates to Go By Michelle Malkin

Crying "hate" is a lazy way to debate. But in the Beltway, where honest discussion and vigorous deliberation are desperately needed, the rhetorical sloth is so thick you need a Big Foot circular saw to cut it.  

White letter R on blue background
February 6, 2019

Slum by the Bay By John Stossel

San Francisco is one of the richest cities it the world. It's given us music, technology and elegant architecture.

White letter R on blue background
February 5, 2019

Sacrificing Northam Will Not Be Enough By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Once that picture with the blackface and the Klansman came out, there is no way you can continue to be the governor of the commonwealth of Virginia."  

White letter R on blue background
February 5, 2019

Donald Trump's Monetary Vindication By Stephen Moore

Well, what do you know! It turns out that amateur economist Donald J. Trump knows more about sound monetary policy than Fed chairman Jerome Powell and his team of hundreds of Ph.D. economists.

White letter R on blue background
February 1, 2019

Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who's Right? By Patrick J. Buchanan

To manifest his opposition to President Donald Trump's decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, and half of the 14,000 in Afghanistan, Gen. James Mattis went public and resigned as secretary of defense.