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                            October 11, 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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                            October 10, 2025New Jersey: Democrat Sherrill +6 in Governor’s Race
Less than a month before Election Day in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds a six-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the closely-watched off-year contest to be governor of the Garden State.

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                            October 10, 2025America First: Voters Oppose Foreign Wars
Less than half of voters favor the United States going to war in defense of Ukraine, Taiwan or Israel.

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                            October 10, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            October 9, 2025Voter Remorse: 45% Say It Would Be Better If Kamala Harris Had Won
Many voters – including some who voted for President Donald Trump last November – now think the country would be in a better situation if Kamala Harris had won.

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                            October 8, 2025Government Shutdown: 49% Say Democrats Did It for Illegal Aliens
Nearly half of voters agree with a top Trump administration figure on the reason for the current government shutdown.

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                            October 7, 2025Middle East Peace Hopes Rise
More voters now believe that a peace deal to end the Gaza war could be close, and President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy gets better grades than his predecessor.

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                            October 6, 2025Trump Slams U.N., and Most Voters Agree
After a United Nations speech in which President Donald Trump condemned the international body for sponsoring an “invasion” of migrants, most U.S. voters agree with him.

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                            October 6, 202541% 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 October 2, 2025.

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                            October 3, 202584% Worried Online Radicalization Driving Political Violence
Most voters believe that Charlie Kirk’s assassin acted alone, but fear that the Internet is pushing more youth toward political violence.

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                            October 2, 2025Voters Divided Over Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan
Less than half of voters favor President Donald Trump’s new policy requiring $100,000 payments for foreign immigrant workers under the H-1B visa program.

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                            October 1, 2025Trump Approval Gains One Point 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...

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                            September 30, 202553% Approve of ‘Terrorist’ Designation for Antifa
President Donald Trump’s designation of the left-wing Antifa movement as a “domestic terrorist organization” has majority approval.

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                            September 29, 2025‘Fascism’? Many Blame Trump Threats for Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is back on TV now, but many voters blame his four-night suspension on threats from President Donald Trump’s administration.

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                            September 26, 2025Vance Remains Popular
A majority of voters have a favorable opinion of Vice President J.D. Vance, and consider him qualified to assume presidential duties if needed.

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                            September 25, 202538% Would Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Just a week before the deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill to keep the federal government running, Democrats stand to be the leading scapegoat for a possible shutdown.

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                            September 24, 2025FBI Director Remains Popular With Republicans
Eight months into his tenure as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel’s favorability has declined slightly, although most Republicans still like him.

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                            September 23, 202560% View Domestic Terrorism as Greater Threat
Domestic terrorism is more of a concern than foreign terrorism, most voters say, and a plurality see far-right extremists as a bigger threat than the far left.

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                            September 22, 2025Voters Oppose Explicit Books in Public Schools
An overwhelming majority of voters continue to oppose sexually explicit books in public school libraries, and believe schools have an obligation to inform parents what their children are being taught.

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                            September 22, 2025U.S. Economy Seen as More Fair Now
More voters now see the American economy as fair, including more who see it as fair to women and minorities.