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September 18, 2025

Few Expect Peace Deal in Gaza War

American voters are pessimistic about the prospects for an agreement to end the war in Gaza.

September 18, 2025

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

September 17, 2025

85% Expect More Political Violence After Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has increased concerns about further political violence in America.

September 16, 2025

Border Security: Trump Gets Majority Approval

Most voters give President Donald Trump credit for securing America’s border.

September 15, 2025

Drug War: 62% Approve Military Strike

Using the military against foreign drug traffickers has majority approval among American voters.

September 15, 2025

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) 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 September 11, 2025.

September 13, 2025

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

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

September 12, 2025

60% Favor Death Penalty in N.C. Stabbing Case

The stabbing death of a young Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has drawn nationwide attention to America’s violent crime problem.

September 11, 2025

56% Suspect COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths

More than half of voters think COVID-19 vaccines may have killed many people, and back Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s criticism of government health officials.

September 10, 2025

Election Integrity: Many Don’t Trust Electronic Voting Machines

Nearly two-thirds of voters suspect electronic voting machines may be vulnerable to online manipulation.

September 9, 2025

Limits on ‘Maximum Income’ OK With Most Under-40 Voters

A majority of voters under 40 favor legal limits on how much an individual can earn, including nearly a third who would set the maximum income at $1 million a year or less.

September 8, 2025

Struggling and Discouraged, Many Young Voters Turn Radical

Believing that the economy is unfair to them, a majority of voters under 40 favor legislation to confiscate “excess wealth.”

September 5, 2025

American Students First: Voters Reject Trump’s Chinese Student Idea

Voters overwhelmingly think American students should get priority over foreigners at U.S. colleges, after President Donald Trump floated the idea of allowing student visas for 600,000 Chinese.

September 4, 2025

56% of Public School Parents Would Use Vouchers

If school choice vouchers were available, more than half of parents with children in public school would take advantage of the programs to send their kids to private school.

September 4, 2025

Most Under-40 Voters Favor Socialism

Support for socialist policies and socialist candidates is now a majority position among younger voters in America.

September 3, 2025

52% Think New Gun Laws Would Help Prevent School Shootings

In the aftermath of last week’s shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, more voters see a need for new gun control laws.

September 2, 2025

Trump Approval Holds Steady in August

When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture...

September 2, 2025

Republicans Feel Less Represented in Congress

By a 10-point margin, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe that their own party’s members of Congress agree with them.

August 29, 2025

Trump More Accessible to Media Than Biden, Most Voters Say

After four years of Joe Biden dodging media scrutiny, a majority of voters recognize that President Donald Trump is more available to questions from the press.

August 28, 2025

Trump’s Revenge? 48% See John Bolton as Victim

In the aftermath of FBI raids on former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s home and office, most voters don’t believe it was about national security.