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May 2, 2017

Trump’s Approval Slips Slightly 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, 2017

38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 April 27.  

April 29, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 29, 2017

Today marks the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency. It’s an unofficial and somewhat arbitrary marker held over from the FDR presidency, but one the media and presidential administrations fixate on nonetheless.

April 24, 2017

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 April 20.  

April 22, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 22, 2017

America First was high on the Trump administration’s agenda this past week.

April 17, 2017

41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-one percent (41%) 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 April 13.  

April 15, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 15, 2017

Foreign policy dominated the news cycle for the second straight week, thanks to the chilling relations between the United States and Russia, escalating tensions with North Korea and the U.S. decision to drop the biggest ever conventional bomb on an ISIS enclave in eastern Afghanistan.

April 10, 2017

36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 April 6.  

April 8, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 8, 2017

President Trump ended the week with a bang – first with an airstrike against a Syrian military airfield suspected of launching a chemical weapons attack and then with the confirmation of his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

April 4, 2017

Voters Now Put Much More Emphasis on Global Warming Over Jobs

President Trump recently proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third while dismantling many Obama-era climate change policies, but voters are now nearly divided over which is more important in the battle between stopping global warming and creating jobs.

April 3, 2017

35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 March 30.  

April 3, 2017

Trump’s Full-Month Approval Takes a Hit in March

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.

April 1, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 1, 2017

Americans are still sounding more confident than they did for much of the Obama presidency, but how long will it stay that way?

March 31, 2017

Voters See More Partisanship Coming in D.C.

Congressional Democrats already say they will oppose everything that President Trump attempts, but most voters think the Republican-Democrat divide is going to get even worse.

March 30, 2017

57% Say Trump Too Confrontational

Republicans give President Trump high marks for leadership so far. Democrats and unaffiliated voters don’t and think he’s too confrontational.

March 29, 2017

Voters Like Ryan Less Now

The early clashes on Capitol Hill have hurt House Speaker Paul Ryan's popularity and made the Democrats' most visible congressional leader, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, more liked and more disliked.

March 28, 2017

42% Think U.S. Winning War on Terror

Confidence that the United States has the edge in the war on terror remains higher than it has been in several years, while concern about the dangers of domestic Islamic terrorism is down.

March 27, 2017

38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 March 23.  

March 25, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 25, 2017

Business executive Donald Trump is used to making decisions. President Trump is learning politics is a more collaborative process.

March 23, 2017

Voters Don't Think Feds Do Enough to Fight Global Warming

President Trump is expected to dismantle President Obama’s climate change policies, but most voters already think the government isn't doing enough about the problem.