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 45%.
- Voter concerns about domestic surveillance have not decreased, as the nation prepares for a new administration under President-elect Donald Trump.
- Although 2024 didn’t rate very high in most Americans’ estimation, a majority expect much better in 2025.
- Rather than heading out to New Year’s Eve parties, most Americans will be home when 2025 arrives at midnight.
- As Congress continues its habit of deficit spending, voters overwhelmingly prefer a balanced federal budget, but most have lost hope that it will happen in their lifetime.
- Democrats nationwide overwhelmingly favor a new state law in New York that will force oil, natural-gas and coal companies to pay the state $3 billion a year for the next 25 years for carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
- The president earned a monthly job approval of 45% in December – his highest monthly approval during 2024 – up one point from November.
- Thirty-one percent (31%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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