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                            November 11, 2024Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Rises in November
Economic confidence increased to 104.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, four points higher than October. 

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                            November 11, 202433% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 November 7, 2024.

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                            November 11, 202432% Say Illegal Immigration Should Be President’s Top Priority
Despite concerns about the economy and other issues, illegal immigration topped the list of problems that voters want the new president to solve.

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                            November 9, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 9, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            November 8, 2024How Much Difference Did Campaign Ads Make? Not Much, Voters Say
Political advertisements saturated TV for weeks before the presidential election, but didn’t have much impact for most voters.
November 8, 2024What You Didn't Hear About on Election Night: The Other 43 States By Michael Barone
Here are some observations on what you didn't hear on election night. Most networks' focus was, quite properly, on whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would carry enough of the 93 electoral votes of the seven target states -- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- to win the needed 270 electoral votes. Public polling, as reported and analyzed by websites such as RealClearPolitics and Silver Bulletin, had Trump ahead in most of the target states, but by microscopic percentages, and polling in both the 2016 and 2020 cycles had understated the percentages Trump ended up winning.

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                            November 7, 2024Election 2024: 36% Liked Media Coverage of the Campaign
Despite a widespread belief that the news media are biased in favor of Democrats, many voters give the media good marks for their campaign coverage.

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                            November 6, 2024Teaching an Important Job, But Not a Desirable Career
Two-thirds of Americans still consider teaching an important job, but say it’s not a job most would want to do.

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                            November 6, 2024Most Decided Their Vote Long Before Election Day
The final frantic weeks of campaigning didn’t have an impact on most voters, who had made their choice for president before October ever arrived.

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                            November 6, 2024The Best of Life By John Stossel
I write this on Election Day.

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                            November 5, 2024GOP +3 on Final Generic Congressional Ballot
As Election Day arrives, Republicans have a three-point lead in their battle to maintain their narrow House majority.

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                            November 5, 2024Thank God for the Electoral College By Stephen Moore
It seems that as more and more time goes by, my appreciation for the ingeniousness of our Founding Fathers elevates.

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                            November 5, 2024How Politics Hasn't Changed Since Jefferson By Daniel McCarthy
The most extreme accusations Democrats and Republicans hurl at one another today would be familiar to the Founding Fathers.
November 5, 2024Our Final 2024 Ratings By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and J. Miles Coleman
We mentioned a few weeks ago that we misplaced our Crystal Ball. As an update, we regret to say that we still have not found it. So no final ratings this year. Have fun on Tuesday!
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OK, fine, we’ll give it a try.

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                            November 4, 202434% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) 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 October 31, 2024.

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                            November 4, 2024Delayed Election Results Raise Voter Concerns
Election Day is Tuesday, but most voters worry that the outcome will not be known immediately because of delays in reporting results.

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                            November 2, 2024Election 2024: Harris 49%, Trump 48% in Michigan
As the 2024 presidential election campaign nears its conclusion, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a narrow lead over former President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Michigan.

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                            November 2, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 2, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            November 1, 2024Election 2024: Trump 50%, Harris 47% in Wisconsin
In the closing days of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump has a three-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

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                            November 1, 2024Election 2024: Trump Leads in Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina
Four days before Election Day, former President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris in the crucial battleground states of Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina.