What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 19, 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%.
- Former President Donald Trump has regained a two-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the latest daily tracking poll of the 2024 presidential election.
- By nearly a 2-to-1 margin, voters say a candidate’s competence matters more than caring when it comes to this year’s presidential election.
- In the battle to control the U.S. Senate, Republican challenger Bernie Moreno has a slight lead over Ohio’s incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
- A majority of voters say they won’t wait until Election Day to vote, and one-in-five plan to vote before this week is over.
- Former President Donald Trump has gained a two-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of Wisconsin, while the two candidates are still tied in Michigan.
- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and more than a quarter of Americans have lost someone to the disease.
- Half of voters think the news media favor Democrats, and nearly as many agree with former President Donald Trump’s harshest condemnation of the media.
- By a 16-point margin, most voters answer “no” to a question famously asked by Ronald Reagan in 1980: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
- Despite claims that crime rates have declined, nearly half of Americans say crime is up where they live.
- Former President Donald Trump has widened his lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina.
- Most voters want the Federal Emergency Management Agency to concentrate on helping Americans, but most Democrats think it’s fine for FEMA funds to be spent helping immigrants.
- Former President Donald Trump has opened a three-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
- Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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