28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 30.
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August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Index Improves In July
When tracking President Obama’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 can be seen in the graphics below.
August 1, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 1, 2015
With less than a week to go before the first Republican debate, Rasmussen Reports’ first national presidential survey of Likely GOP Voters this year shows Donald Trump with his biggest lead yet. Now it’s up to the billionaire developer to show voters that he deserves it.
July 30, 2015
Most Still Question Accuracy of Textbooks
School textbooks remain a central issue in the cultural battle over America's past, and voters continue to strongly believe most textbooks value political correctness over accuracy.
July 29, 2015
Do America’s Best Days Still Lie Ahead?
Voters still tend to think America’s best days are already behind us, but a climbing optimism that they’re still to come remains.
July 27, 2015
29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 23.
July 27, 2015
Obamacare Still Struggles In Court of Public Opinion
Despite its recent victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, the president’s health care law is still disliked by most voters who expect it to worsen the quality of care and make it more expensive.
July 25, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 25, 2015
Is America declaring war on its past?
July 24, 2015
What Do Voters Think of the Supreme Court Now?
Praise and criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court are inching down again after last month's major rulings on Obamacare and gay marriage, and voters are more likely now to think the court’s ideology skews liberal.
July 20, 2015
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 16.
July 18, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 18, 2015
Most of the news focus has been on the Republican side of the presidential race, but tonight in Iowa all five announced Democratic candidates will share the same stage for the first time. Does it matter?
July 17, 2015
Meet the Hillary Meter
Just over 10 years ago when Hillary Clinton first took aim at the presidency, Rasmussen Reports introduced the Hillary Meter to regularly update public perceptions of the former first lady on her long march to the White House.
July 13, 2015
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 9.
July 11, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls -- Week Ending July 11, 2015
Most of the nation’s major cities have been so-called “sanctuary cities” that don’t enforce immigration laws for quite a while, but that uncomfortable fact has been under the spotlight in recent days.
July 9, 2015
Is Congress for Sale?
Voters think most members of Congress do a lousy job and probably have sold their vote for cash or to a contributor.
July 7, 2015
Voters Even More Confident About Potential for U.S. Energy Independence
Most voters still don't believe the United States is doing all it can to develop its own energy resources, even as more than ever think America can kick its foreign oil dependency.
July 6, 2015
34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Confidence in the direction of the country has jumped following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 2.
July 6, 2015
Most Now Think Terror Makes America A More Dangerous Place
For the first time in over four years, over half of U.S. voters believe that the United States is a more dangerous place than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
July 4, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 4, 2015
Americans continue to rank Independence Day second only to Christmas as the nation’s most important holiday but also express increasing frustration with the government born that day.
The Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that Americans honor on the Fourth of July, says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but just 25% believe that to be true of the federal government today.
July 1, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Remains At 2015 Low
When tracking President Obama’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 can be seen in the graphics below.
