What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:

- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 42%.

- President-elect Donald Trump’s hostile relationship with the new media hasn’t changed, and many voters still see it as mainly Trump’s fault. 

 - 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.

 - A majority of voters – including more than three-quarters of Democrats – think climate change explains the wildfire that has devastated Southern California. 

 - 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. 

 - 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. 

 - Nearly half of college football fans expect Ohio State to defeat Notre Dame in Monday’s national championship game. 

 - 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.

 - As more states consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, just over half of Americans support such a law. 

 - National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down 0.7% from last month’s 9.1% last month but more than double the 4.1% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

 - Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction. 

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