What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 19, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Trump ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 48%.
- Many anti-Trumpers insisted throughout President Trump’s four years in office that he was not their president, and a surprisingly high number of voters feel the same way about President-elect Biden.
- Most voters approve of President-elect Biden’s performance, putting him several points ahead of President-elect Trump four years ago.
- Just over half of voters still believe in protecting the things we say from government control, but those under 40 are more willing to sacrifice free speech than their elders.
- The incoming Biden administration is reportedly flirting with the idea of joining the so-called Great Reset, an international effort to radically change world economies with much bigger government and far greater regulation. Democrats and younger voters welcome the international involvement in U.S. policymaking; other voters are not so sure.
- Voters are more strongly opposed to socialism than ever, but fans of new President Joe Biden aren’t as convinced.
- Most voters suspect the news media buried the Hunter Biden story until after the election and think there’s a good chance that new President Biden was involved in his son’s overseas dealings.
- The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of December 6-10, 2020 fell slightly to 99.2 from 100.6 the week before. The Index has closed below its baseline most weeks since Election Day and remains well below its high of 108.0 in June.
- Most Republicans are still holding on to the hope of a second Trump term through the ongoing legal challenges in several states. But voters in general tend to see those challenges as political stalling rather than evidence of election fraud.
- Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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