What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 3, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 44%.
- President Joe Biden put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of efforts to control migration at the southern border, and most voters don’t think she’s done a good job of it.
- The word “diversity” has become a source of political controversy, but in reality most Americans have no problem with it, an opinion that has remained unchanged the past five years.
- While most voters don’t want a return of the military draft, a majority believe that women should be required to register when they turn 18.
- A majority of voters believe the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump last month acted alone, but many suspect a conspiracy.
- The president earned a monthly job approval of 44% in July, unchanged from June.
- National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up from 7.9% last month and starkly different from the 4.3% officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today.
- Even while some politicians demand the elimination of gasoline-powered vehicles, most Americans still don’t consider electric replacements practical.
- Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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