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                            January 24, 202545% View China as Enemy of U.S.
Voters are now much more suspicious of China than they were when President Donald Trump took office for his first term.

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                            January 24, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            January 23, 2025Middle East: 48% Expect Better Policy From Trump
Most voters have a low opinion of Joe Biden’s handling of Israel and the Middle East, and nearly half think President Donald Trump will do better.

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                            January 22, 202573% Still Expect Confirmation for All Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees have faced sharp questioning in Senate hearings, but nearly three-quarters of voters think they’ll all get confirmed eventually.

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                            January 21, 2025Biden’s Legacy: Divided Nation, Damaged Party
Joe Biden campaigned for president on a promise to unite Americans, but he leaves office with most voters saying he failed – and hurt his own party in the process.

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                            January 20, 202531% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 January 16, 2025.

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                            January 20, 202571% Approve of Bible in Inauguration Ceremony
Donald Trump will be sworn in today with his hand on the Bible – actually two Bibles – and voters strongly support this inauguration tradition.

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                            January 20, 2025Biden Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows...

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                            January 18, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            January 17, 2025Voters Concerned for Trump’s Safety at Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts during last year’s campaign, and a majority of voters are worried he won’t be safe at Monday’s inauguration.

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                            January 16, 2025L.A Residents Rate Mayor Worse Than Newsom on Wildfire Response
Many residents of Los Angeles County plan to move after the recent devastating wildfires, but most give California Gov. Gavin Newsom higher ratings than LA Mayor Karen Bass in terms of handling the emergency.

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                            January 16, 2025Nearly Half Still Blame Trump for Bad Media
President-elect Donald Trump’s hostile relationship with the news media hasn’t changed, and many voters still see it as mainly Trump’s fault.

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                            January 15, 2025Ukraine: Biden Gets Low Ratings, 43% Think Trump Will Be Better
President Joe Biden has made the defense of Ukraine against Russia a central focus of his foreign policy, but most voters don’t think he’s handled it well.

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                            January 14, 2025L.A. Wildfires: 77% of Democrats Blame Climate Change
A majority of voters – including more than three-quarters of Democrats – think climate change explains the wildfire that has devastated Southern California.

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                            January 13, 2025GOP Voters Back Trump on Greenland, Panama Canal
President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestions of acquiring Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal are wildly popular with Republican voters, but less so with others.

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                            January 10, 202554% Approve of Trump Transition
As he prepares for his second term in the White House, most voters think Donald Trump is doing a good job with the presidential transition.

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                            January 10, 2025Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for December increased to 92.4, up nearly two points from 90.6 in November.

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                            January 9, 2025FBI: Most Voters Still Trust Agency
Despite recent criticism of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a majority of voters still have a positive opinion of the agency.

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                            January 8, 2025‘Drastic’ Cuts? Most Voters Like It
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s talk about “drastically” reducing the federal government is popular with voters, although they’re not sure the new Congress will actually follow through.

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                            January 7, 2025Will Republicans Make Life Better? Predictably, Voters Are Divided
With Republicans now controlling both houses of Congress and Donald Trump preparing to become President, voters are divided along partisan lines about whether this will improve life for the average American.