32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) 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 August 3.
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August 7, 2017
August 7, 2017
13% Have Switched Parties or Gone Independent Recently
Voters are less likely these days to split their vote between the two major parties, but just over one-out-of-10 now say they’ve changed the party they identify with in recent months.
August 7, 2017
More Voters Voting Independent, Want Competitive Third-Party
Voters are more receptive to a political third party than they have been in recent years, and more than half now say they have voted for a candidate independent of the two major parties.
August 5, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 5, 2017
Positive economic news continues to roll in, but voters aren’t giving President Trump any credit and gave him lower approval ratings this week than they did during his predecessor’s entire presidency.
August 4, 2017
Voters Remain Unconvinced There is a ‘Party of the People’
Even as partisan tension continues to rise in Washington, slightly fewer voters now say neither Republicans nor Democrats are the party of the American people.
August 4, 2017
Is Trump's Russia Policy Being Hijacked? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In crafting the platform in Cleveland on which Donald Trump would run, America Firsters inflicted a major defeat on the War Party.
August 4, 2017
More Americans Think Raising Minimum Wage Will Help Economy
Despite some recent studies that suggest otherwise, Americans feel more strongly that raising the minimum wage is a good economic move and are more likely to believe it should be a living wage.
August 4, 2017
Ignoring the Lessons of Effective Presidents by Michael Barone
Who have been the most successful presidents in the past 80 years? Most successful, that is, in framing issues and advancing their policies, achieving foreign policy success, winning re-election and maintaining high job approval.
August 3, 2017
Americans Are Still Regularly Exercising
Exercising remains an important part of most Americans’ lives, and most report getting active at least once a week.
August 3, 2017
Voters Don’t Credit Trump For Improving Economy
The stock market is at record highs. Unemployment hit a 10-year low in May, and economic confidence is at its highest level in several years. But voters apparently don’t believe President Trump or his policies have anything to do with it.
August 3, 2017
More Than Ever Are Optimistic About Economic Opportunity in America
With the Dow closing at new highs this week and unemployment down, Americans are more confident than they have been in years that it’s possible for just about anyone to find a job - and even get rich - in America.
August 3, 2017
Forecast Model Suggests Democratic Gains Likely in 2018 Gubernatorial Contests By Alan I. Abramowitz
In addition to the entire U.S. House of Representatives and about one-third of the U.S. Senate, Americans will be choosing 36 state governors in 2018. Control of statehouses is crucial not only because many important policy decisions are made at the state level, but because the governors elected next year will, in many cases, play key roles in redrawing congressional and state legislative district lines after the 2020 census.
August 2, 2017
More Americans View Boy Scouts Favorably
Despite the criticism surrounding President Trump’s speech at their jamboree last month, the Boy Scouts of America are viewed more favorably among Americans, but still remain slightly less popular than the Girl Scouts.
August 2, 2017
Most Voters Say Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
President Trump has met the enemy, and it’s himself.
August 2, 2017
Procter & Gamble's Identity-Politics Pandering By Michelle Malkin
Once upon a time, brothers-in-law William Procter and James Gamble sold candles and soap. Their 19th-century family business grew into the largest consumer goods conglomerate in the world -- launching the most recognizable brands on our grocery shelves, including Tide, Pampers, Crest, Nyquil and Old Spice.
August 2, 2017
Health Care Debate Hasn’t Dulled Trump’s Political Instincts by Charles Hurt
Even amid the cosmic chaos that is this White House, President Trump maintains the laser focus of his wickedly sharp political instincts.
August 2, 2017
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Takes a Hit in July
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.
August 1, 2017
Voters Say Trump No Better Than Obama On Immigration
Illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border has fallen to a 17-year low since President Trump took office, but voters don’t think he’s doing any better than his predecessor handling the nation’s immigration situation in general.
August 1, 2017
Shall We Fight Them All? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Saturday, Kim Jong Un tested an ICBM of sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland. He is now working on its accuracy, and a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop that missile that can survive re-entry.
