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May 28, 2018

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 25.

May 26, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 26, 2018

It’s Memorial Day weekend!  Most Americans are marking it as the start of summer—unofficially, and most are also planning their summer vacations.

May 23, 2018

Generic Congressional Ballot Tightens

Republicans have closed the gap in the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

May 21, 2018

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 17.

May 19, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 19, 2018

Americans seem to be coming around to President Trump’s point of view on a couple of key foreign policy issues.

May 16, 2018

Democrats Hold Lead Again This Week

Democrats still have the advantage in this week’s Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

May 14, 2018

41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-one percent (41%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 10.

May 12, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 12

In the backdrop of a resurging economy, the Trump administration this week secured the release of three U.S. citizens from North Korean prisons, announced the president would meet with Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore and withdrew from the Obama administration’s troubled Iran nuclear deal — all the while trailed by the lingering 2016 Russia probe.

May 7, 2018

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 3.

May 5, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 5, 2018

While the Mueller investigation stumbles on from one news leak to the next, a lot of voters appear to be feeling pretty good about life in Donald Trump’s America.

May 2, 2018

Trump’s Full-Month Approval Back Up in April

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.

May 1, 2018

54% Say the U.S., Allies Winning War on Terror

Voter confidence that the United States is winning the War on Terror is at its highest level since Osama bin Laden was killed nearly seven years ago. But Democrats aren't as convinced.

April 30, 2018

41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-one percent (41%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending April 26.

April 28, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 28, 2018

Good news this week — including an historic meeting of the leaders of North and South Korea — countered the drone of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of purported Trump campaign collusion with Russia and the dirge of former FBI Director James Comey over his waning career.

April 23, 2018

40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

For the third week in a row, 40% of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending April 19.

April 21, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 21, 2018

First, it was porn star Stormy Daniels. Now it’s former FBI Director James Comey who’s firing away publicly at President Trump. But Daniels and Comey aren’t faring too well from a public opinion standpoint, while the president’s job approval ratings remain at or near the 50% mark.

April 16, 2018

40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty percent (40%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending April 12.

April 14, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 14, 2018

Tugs of war seemed ubiquitous this week, occurring between President Trump and federal prosecutors, teachers and the states employing them, the struggle for income equity, and even between Facebook and Congress.

April 11, 2018

Democrats Maintain Edge in April’s Generic Ballot

Democrats continue to hold a slight lead over Republicans on the Generic Congressional Ballot, though that  lead has narrowed since the beginning of the year.

April 9, 2018

40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty percent (40%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending April 5.