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April 16, 2024

Election 2024: Would You Cheat to Win? 28% Say ‘Yes’

More than one-in-four voters say they’d be willing to engage in illegal voting activity if it would help their preferred candidate win the 2024 presidential election.

April 16, 2024

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, Sponsored by Miranda Devine's "LAPTOP FROM HELL" Tuesday shows...

April 16, 2024

Joe Biden on the Economy: I Don't Feel Your Pain By Stephen Moore

   In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously answered a voter question about how the national debt affected him personally. Clinton's response was often paraphrased as, "I feel your pain."

April 16, 2024

Trump and the Pro-Life Dilemma By Daniel McCarthy

   Donald Trump is the furthest thing from a threat to democracy where abortion is concerned -- and for activists on both sides, that's alarming.

April 15, 2024

30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty percent (30%) 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 April 11, 2024.

April 15, 2024

30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty percent (30%) 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 April 11, 2024.

April 15, 2024

Election 2024: Being ‘In the Room’ During Vote-Counting Matters

Most voters don’t think the Republican Party has been effective at winning elections, and agree with the new RNC chairman’s emphasis on having election observers in polling places.

April 13, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

April 13, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 13, 2024

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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April 12, 2024

Democrats are Getting Desperate (But Do They Have an Ace Up Their Sleeves?) By Brian Joondeph

President Joe Biden is not popular these days. In the Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll from April 11, only 22% of likely US voters strongly approve of Biden’s job performance. In comparison, 46% strongly disapprove, a 24-point negative swing.

April 12, 2024

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Down Slightly in April

Economic confidence decreased to 97.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, half a point lower than March.

April 12, 2024

A Fail-Safe Society Is Sure to Fail By Michael Barone

   When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed rulebooks and formal procedures?

April 12, 2024

Iowa: 73% Support E-Verify Legislation

A bill pending in the Iowa legislature to help control illegal immigration by requiring employers to use the E-Verify system has overwhelming support from the state’s voters.

April 11, 2024

Evangelicals Most Likely to Consider Faith ‘Very Important’

Americans are less likely to identify as evangelical Christians than as Catholics or Protestants, but those who do say they’re evangelical are most likely to view their faith as very important.

April 11, 2024

Divider-in-Chief: Voters Don’t Think Biden Has United the Country

One of Joe Biden’s key promises during the 2020 election campaign was that he would unite Americans, but most voters say he’s done a poor job of it.

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April 11, 2024

An Electoral College Time Capsule By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The six presidential elections held during the 25-year history of the Center for Politics were often close, although most states voted predictably.

— As part of a time capsule we are putting together to be opened at the center’s 50th anniversary in 2049, we are asking our future students to consider what has changed and what has stayed the same.

— Had we done the same exercise when the center was founded 25 years ago, we would have seen an Electoral College alignment from 1976-1996 that looked a lot different than what we’ve become familiar with this century.

April 10, 2024

Yes, It’s an ‘Invasion,’ Voters Say of Border Crisis

Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe the situation along the Mexican border should be called an “invasion.” 

April 10, 2024

A Ban on Freelance Work By John Stossel

   The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees.

April 9, 2024

Most Favor $10.50 Minimum Wage

A majority of Americans believe the minimum wage – currently $7.25 an hour – should be raised to at least $10.50, but are divided over whether a minimum wage increase would help the economy. 

April 9, 2024

Are Democrats Using Illegal Immigration to Build a ‘Permanent Majority’?

Preventing illegal immigrants from voting is very important, according to a majority of voters, who agree with Elon Musk that Democrats are encouraging immigration as part of a plan to gain a “permanent majority.”