What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Trump ended the polling week on Friday with a daily job approval of 54%.
- Most voters like President Donald Trump’s decision to put Elon Musk in charge of his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
- Amid talk of limiting so-called “birthright citizenship,” there is a clear majority for some limits on the practice of granting automatic citizenship for the U.S.-born children of foreigners.
- Voters have differing opinions of President Donald Trump, but Republicans overwhelmingly view him as beneficial to their party.
- Many Democrats in Congress appear committed to totally opposing President Donald Trump, but most voters think cooperation would be better.
- The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 63% of American Adults say what they’d like most for Valentine's Day is dinner with someone special.
- Although he’s still widely seen as too confrontational, President Donald Trump’s leadership is now rated much better than it was during his first term in the White House.
- The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for January increased to 96.6, up more than four points from 92.4 in December.
- February is Black History Month, but many Americans don’t believe this annual recognition is helpful.
- National unemployment was 8.8% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up 0.4% from last month’s 8.4% last month but more than double the 4.10% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today.
- Forty-five percent (45%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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