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                            September 7, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 7, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            September 6, 2024Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Again, Double the Official Rate
National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, the same as the rate last month and starkly different from the 4.2% officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

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                            September 6, 2024Will Kamala Build a Wall? Most Voters Doubt It
Vice President Kamala Harris recently came out in favor of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but a majority voters see President Donald Trump as more consistent on border security.

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                            September 6, 2024What If Trump Runs Ahead of His Poll Numbers -- Again? By Michael Barone
As I try to understand public opinion in yet another presidential election year with former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee, I see an anomaly.

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                            September 5, 2024How Much Is College Education Worth?
Even as the cost of attending some universities nears $100,000 a year, only about 1-in-5 Americans believe the value of college education has increased.

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                            September 5, 2024Election 2024: Trump 47%, Harris 46%
Just two months before Election Day, the race for the White House is now a dead heat, as former President Donald Trump’s lead over Vice President Kamala Harris has shrunk to a single point.

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                            September 4, 2024The Election is On! What Are the Polls Saying? By Brian Joondeph
Both nominating conventions are past and election season is heating up. It’s not yet the home stretch but certainly the second half of the game.

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                            September 4, 2024Harris Can’t Separate Herself From Biden’s Record
While Kamala Harris is now disavowing some of President Joe Biden’s unpopular policies, most voters say the vice president shares the blame for his failures – and shares credit for Biden’s successes.

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                            September 4, 2024A Dam Good Argument By John Stossel
Instead of using fossil fuels, we're told to use "clean" energy: wind, solar or hydropower.

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                            September 3, 2024Most GOP Voters Like Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard used to be a Democratic congresswoman, but she’s a Republican favorite now that she has endorsed Donald Trump.

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                            September 3, 2024Hey, Washington: Keep Your Hands Off the Internet By Stephen Moore
   Everyone these days -- on both sides of the political spectrum -- seems to want the feds to regulate internet access, prices and online content. They want the Federal Communications Commission to be the referee in terms of who gets connected to the internet and what can and can't be said.

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                            September 3, 2024On Abortion, Trump Is Moderate -- While Harris Is Maximalist By Daniel McCarthy
        There are two uncompromising sides in the abortion debate -- and then there's the middle, which is where most Americans are.

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                            September 2, 202436% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 29, 2024.

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                            September 2, 2024Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data From August 26, 2024
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for August decreased to 84.9, down more than three points from 88.5 in July. 

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                            September 2, 2024Biden Approval Unchanged in August
When tracking President Biden’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...

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                            September 2, 2024Did the Government Lie About Jobs?
Most voters suspect politics was involved in the overestimate of job creation that the federal government recently admitted.

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                            August 31, 2024What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 31, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            August 30, 202435% of Americans Rate Public Schools ‘Poor’
Barely a quarter of Americans think the country’s public schools are doing a good or excellent job, and a solid majority approve of homeschooling.

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                            August 30, 202434% Think RFK Jr. Endorsement Helps Trump
Voters are divided over the decision by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to suspend his independent candidacy and endorse former President Donald Trump.

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                            August 30, 2024Lots of Tumult and Little Bounce This Election Year By Michael Barone
What if they held a tumultuous election, with an early one-sided debate, a candidate substitution and third-party withdrawal, and no voters changed their minds? Well, that's not exactly what has happened in America's 60th presidential election year, but it's not so far off, either.