What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 7, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 42%.
- Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense has ignited fierce opposition, but Republican voters overwhelmingly think Hegseth deserves Senate confirmation.
- There’s good news and bad news for Sen. John Thune. The good news is, few voters have a negative opinion of him. The bad news for the incoming Senate Majority Leader is that most voters don’t seem to know who he is.
- Donald Trump has indicated he will pardon participants in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and nearly half of voters approve – within limits.
- As he prepares to become president for the second time, Donald Trump is viewed more favorably now than he was before first taking office.
- Winning both the popular vote and the Electoral College makes the 2024 election a mandate for Donald Trump to implement his policy agenda, according to a majority of voters.
- More than two-thirds of Americans will decorate their homes for the holidays this year, and nearly three in four will have a Christmas tree.
- Two years after billionaire Elon Musk purchased Twitter and renamed it X, regular users are mostly pleased with the social media platform’s new ownership.
- Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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