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 43%.
- Half of voters don’t trust most polls about politics, and a majority don’t think the quality of polling has improved.
- Most voters say crime will be an important issue in this fall’s midterm election, and Democrats have closed the gap with Republicans on the issue.
- Reports that data about COVID-19 vaccine safety were concealed from the public have a majority of voters ready to mete out punishment on government officials involved.
- Former Vice President Kamala Harris has widened her lead over her rivals for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential nomination, as support for New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has weakened.
- It’s still “the economy, stupid” with the midterm elections now less than four months away and, by a 10-point margin, more voters oppose than support President Donald Trump’s agenda.
- Economic confidence decreased to 104.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, down more than two points from July.
- A majority of Americans rate their own lives positively, and view young adulthood as the best years of life.
- Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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