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                            April 7, 2025‘Signal-Gate’? 48% See Serious Scandal
Nearly half of voters say the accidental leak of top Trump administration figures discussing military plans on the Signal messaging app is a serious scandal.. 

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                            April 7, 202545% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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, 2025.
 
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                            April 7, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            April 5, 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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                            April 4, 2025Stephen A. Smith For President? ESPN Commentator’s Numbers for 2028 Don’t Look Bad
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith could potentially be a real contender as a presidential candidate for Democrats in 2028.

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                            April 3, 202549% View J.D. Vance Favorably
Voters like J.D. Vance more than they liked his predecessor as Vice President of the United States. 

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                            April 2, 2025Hegseth Still Favored by GOP Voters
In the aftermath of the “Signal-gate” brouhaha, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth remains a favorite of Republican voters. 

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                            April 1, 2025Trump Approval Holds Steady 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...

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                            April 1, 2025Democrats Divided Over Party’s Direction
In the aftermath of last year’s election defeat, Democratic voters are divided over which way their party should go in the future. 
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Democratic Party needs to be more moderate, while 27% think Democrats need to be more liberal, and 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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                            March 31, 2025Anti-Musk Message Taking Its Toll
The effort by Democrats to demonize Elon Musk continues to erode the Tesla founder’s popularity, even though nearly two-thirds of voters agree with the cost-cutting mission of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

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                            March 28, 202557% See Constitutional Crisis in Trump’s Conflict With Judges
With an unprecedented number of court injunctions against President Donald Trump’s policies, a majority of voters think the conflict between the executive and judiciary is a crisis, but blame is almost evenly divided. 

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                            March 27, 2025Voters Give Trump Strong Ratings on Economy
His second term is barely two months old, but already President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is rated significantly better than his predecessor. 

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                            March 26, 2025Most Democratic Voters Still Support Chuck Schumer
Some liberals are calling for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer’s ouster as leader of Senate Democrats, but most of their own party’s voters disagree. 

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                            March 25, 202564% Favor Deporting Venezuelan Gang Members
Nearly two-thirds of voters back President Donald Trump’s effort to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, and about half want to impeach the federal judge who ordered a halt to the deportations.

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                            March 24, 2025‘President Autopen’? 49% Agree Biden Pardons Are Not Valid
A majority of voters suspect Joe Biden’s White House staffers used the “autopen” device without his permission and nearly half agree with President Donald Trump’s declaration that Biden’s pardons are illegitimate.

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                            March 21, 2025GOP Viewed More Favorably Than Democrats
By a six-point margin, voters have a more favorable opinion of Republicans than they do of Democrats – in part because many Democratic voters are disaffected with their own party.

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                            March 20, 2025Mahmoud Khalil Case Exposes Partisan Divide
The Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a student from Syria who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, has sparked widely diverging reactions among Democrats and Republicans.

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                            March 19, 2025Most Voters OK With Tesla Protests, But Vandalism? Nope
A majority of voters reject the wave of vandalism that has emerged since President Donald Trump appointed Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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                            March 18, 2025NATO: Most Voters Still Value Alliance
A majority of American voters maintain a positive view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as President Donald Trump pressures Europe to increase their military contributions to the alliance.

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                            March 14, 2025Trump Speech Scores Higher Than Democrat Reaction
President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week, and his speech was significantly more popular with voters than the way Democrats reacted.