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July 30, 2024

Biden's Rent Control Schemes Will Backfire on Renters -- They Always Do By Stephen Moore

It's clear why President Joe Biden desperately wants to bring down housing prices and rent. With mortgage interest rates double what they were when former President Donald Trump took office, mortgage payments have roughly doubled since 2020, and rents are up in many cities by more than 30%.

July 30, 2024

Kamala Harris' 'Mean Girls' Election By Daniel McCarthy

Is Kamala Harris running for president or prom queen?

July 29, 2024

35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 July 25, 2024.

 

July 29, 2024

Majority Say Women Should Have to Register for Draft

While most voters don’t want a return of the military draft, a majority believe that women should be required to register when they turn 18.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 21% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the United States should have a military draft, while 61% disagree and 18% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

July 27, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 27, 2024

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

July 26, 2024

Facing the Consequences of Presidents Choosing Their Successors By Michael Barone

The astonishing political events of the last four weeks make plain, once again, how much of America's history depends on what voters have come to accept as the choice of one person: each presidential nominee's choice of a vice presidential candidate. Even as the nomination process was expanded, half a century ago, to include millions of primary voters, the choice of the vice presidential nominee has devolved from smoke-filled rooms of bosses who represented large constituencies to the choice of a single person.

July 26, 2024

52% Agree Biden Should Resign Presidency

Voters overwhelmingly approve of President Joe Biden’s decision not to continue running for a second term, and a majority also agree that he should resign from office now.

July 25, 2024

Only 31% of Battleground Voters Familiar With ESG

The use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores in evaluating financial services has increased rapidly, but most voters in key “battleground” states are not familiar with the practice.

July 25, 2024

Just 12% Think Opioid Problem Is Getting Better

Far more Americans believe the country’s opioid drug abuse problem has gotten worse in the past year than think it's gotten better.

July 25, 2024

Election 2024: Trump 50%, Harris 43%

With Vice President Kamala Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party candidate, former President Donald Trump now leads by seven points in his bid to return to the White House.

July 25, 2024

51% of Voters See Climate Change as a Danger

Most American voters want more domestic oil and gas production even though about half believe climate change has reached dangerous levels,

July 24, 2024

Harris Polling Better than Trump? Fat Chance By Brian Joondeph

What a few weeks it’s been! Starting with President Joe Biden’s trainwreck debate performance a few weeks ago, stumbling and stuttering, with his zinger “We finally beat Medicare,” to an attempted and bungled assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

July 24, 2024

62% Concerned About Election Cheating

Most voters think this year’s election could be impacted by cheating, nearly one-in-five say they received multiple mail-in ballots in 2020 and nine percent (9%) of voters nationally are either not U.S. citizens or aren’t sure if they’re citizens.

July 24, 2024

President Oliver? By John Stossel

Now it's Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris.

July 23, 2024

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data From July 18, 2024

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for July decreased to 88.5, down more than two points from 90.8 in June.

July 23, 2024

61% See Biden’s Mental Decline as ‘Threat’ to National Security

President Joe Biden has quit his campaign for reelection, but most voters believe the decline in his mental ability poses a danger for America.

July 23, 2024

Where Does Joe Biden Rank Among America's Worst Presidents? By Stephen Moore

President Joe Biden's time in the White House is mercifully coming to an end. He's now officially a lame duck with six months to go.

July 22, 2024

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 July 18, 2024.

 

July 22, 2024

Distrust of Government Is Widespread

Nearly half of voters think government officials are lying most or all of the time, and no branch of the federal government is highly trusted.

July 20, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 20, 2024

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