37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 January 3.
Public Content
Most Recent Releases
January 7, 2019
January 7, 2019
What Do Republican, Democratic Candidates Think is Middle Class? Americans Chime In.
Americans think Democratic candidates are more likely to include lower-income folks in the middle class than Republicans are. GOP candidates are more likely to view higher-income Americans as middle class.
January 7, 2019
Voters Don't See Warren as Serious 2020 Contender
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren announced last week that she was forming an exploratory committee, a major step toward a 2020 presidential campaign. Voters in her party are confident the favored Democrat will go all the way, though voters in general are less convinced.
January 5, 2019
Death to the DIY Society By Ted Rall
I admit it: My bias derived from self-interest. I was a bag boy. But that didn't make me wrong when I reacted to the news that supermarkets would make customers bag their own groceries. This, I told my friends at the time, is the first brick in a road to perdition.
January 5, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 5, 2019
The stock market reeled again Thursday, turning largely on news of Apple’s prediction of lower profits, but was recovering yesterday after the U.S. Labor Department reported not only a big gain in jobs across the economy--312,00 for December compared to 176,00 in November--but also an average hourly earnings gain of 3.2% for the year.
January 4, 2019
For Most, Government Shutdown Is A Nothingburger
Voters are overwhelmingly aware that there’s a partial shutdown of the federal government, but so far at least it isn’t bothering them.
January 4, 2019
Trump & The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On? By Patrick J. Buchanan
If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does not readily come to mind.
January 4, 2019
Think Things Are Bad Now? They Were Lots Worse in 1919 By Michael Barone
The hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of World War I in Europe came and went with surprisingly little notice last Nov. 11. Commemoration was muted for a conflict that took the lives of some 15 to 19 million soldiers and civilians -- estimates vary widely -- including, in just 19 months, more than 116,000 Americans.
January 3, 2019
Fewer Voters Believe U.S. Troops Sent Into Harm’s Way Too Often
As President Trump prepares to pull U.S. forces out of Syria, voters' beliefs that American political leaders put U.S. troops in danger too much is at its lowest level in more than five years.
January 3, 2019
Americans Anticipate a Good 2019
After a good 2018, Americans are feeling pretty good about the year to come, though not quite as good as in years past.
January 2, 2019
Trump’s Monthly Job Approval Holds Steady in December
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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
January 2, 2019
2018 Topped Recent Years for Most Americans
Americans had faith at the beginning of 2018 that it would be a good year, and now they say it turned out to be an even better one than the last several.
January 2, 2019
Sweden Isn't Socialist By John Stossel
For years, I've heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn't have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did.
January 2, 2019
Say His Name: RIP Cpl. Ronil Singh By Michelle Malkin
In the still of the last night of 2018, the silence of California Dems chilled the air and airwaves.
January 1, 2019
Welcome 2019!
It’s officially a new year, but Americans aren’t heralding the holiday as one of the nation’s most important.
December 31, 2018
39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 December 27.
December 31, 2018
Most Will Be Counting Down to 2019
It’s almost time to ring in 2019, and most will be welcoming the new year at home.
December 29, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 29, 2018
President Trump continues to rattle the political establishment’s cage as his second year in office comes to a close.
December 28, 2018
Voters Grow More Critical of Trump’s Economic, Foreign Policies
Perceptions of how President Trump is dealing with the economy and foreign policy have fallen slightly as his second year in office comes to a close.
December 28, 2018
2020: Year of the Democrats? Maybe Not By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable.
