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October 22, 2018

43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

For the third week in a row, 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, this time according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 18.

October 22, 2018

Health Care Is a Major Voting Issue in Midterm Elections

Health care is a major factor when it comes to whom voters will choose at the ballot this midterm election, but they continue to look to the free market, not the government, to solve the woes of rising health care costs.

October 20, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 20, 2018

With just a little over two weeks left until Election Day, the battle for control of Congress looks closer to us than it does for a lot of other pollsters.

October 17, 2018

Generic Congressional Ballot Tied Again This Week

With less than three weeks to Election Day, Democrats and Republicans remain in a near tie on the Generic Congressional Ballot.

October 16, 2018

As Election Nears, Faith in Congress Is Up

As voters get ready to head to the polls in the upcoming elections, voters are much more confident in Congress these days on the heels of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation than they have been in more than a year.

October 15, 2018

43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

For the second week in a row, 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, this time according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 11.

October 13, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 13, 2018

While Category 4 Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida panhandle and the Mid-Atlantic States this week, stock market selloffs driven by rising interest rates and international trade uncertainties tore into capital valuation and retirement portfolios.  But the downturn paused yesterday, the same day a Turkish court ordered the release of American Pastor Andrew Brunson.

October 10, 2018

Generic Congressional Ballot Is All Tied Up

With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even.

October 8, 2018

43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-three percent (43%) 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 October 4.

October 6, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 6, 2018

Maybe it’s because he’s out of the headlines, but President Trump is enjoying his highest job approval rating since just after his inauguration last year. For U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, it’s still a battle.

October 3, 2018

Democrats Still Ahead on Generic Ballot

Democrats continue to lead Republicans on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

October 2, 2018

Trump’s Full-Month Approval Holds in September

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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.

October 1, 2018

40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty percent (40%) 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 27.

September 29, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 29, 2018

The Senate Judiciary Committee Friday afternoon voted 11-10,  strictly along partisan lines, to approve for full Senate action Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court.

September 26, 2018

Democratic Lead Tightens on Generic Ballot

The Democratic lead over Republicans has narrowed on this week's Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

September 24, 2018

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 20.

September 22, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 22, 2018

Floodwaters in the Carolinas and Virginia are cresting this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has already killed 42 people. But also rising are the floodwaters of the eleventh-hour Democrat opposition to the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 19, 2018

Democrats Expand Lead Over Republicans on Generic Ballot

Democrats have widened their lead over Republicans on this week's Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

September 17, 2018

44% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-four percent (44%) 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 13.

September 15, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 15, 2018

Storms over the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court and off the coast of the Carolinas dominated this week’s headlines, but both turned out to be less powerful than originally projected.