Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Up Slightly in April
Economic confidence increased to 98.3 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, slightly higher than March.
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April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023
GOP Holds Solid Advantage on Immigration
Voters continue to trust Republicans more to handle immigration, an issue where President Joe Biden gets very low ratings.
April 7, 2023
Texans Want Slower Growth, Limited Immigration
The population of Texas has more than doubled since 1980, and most voters in the Lone Star State want policies to slow that pace, including reducing immigration.
April 7, 2023
Trump Indictment Is Bad Law, Smart Politics By Michael Barone
What do you do to win an election when your candidate is universally known and unpopular with a majority of voters? That's a question both major parties have had to face in the last few years. Both look like they're going to face it for some time longer.
April 6, 2023
China: 70% Think Invasion of Taiwan Likely
Two-thirds of voters support Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s decision to meet with Taiwan’s president, and even more expect China to attack the island nation in the near future.
April 6, 2023
How the Other Half Votes: The East By Kyle Kondik
The presidential trends from Pennsylvania to Florida.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— After looking at the Midwest last week, we’re comparing the presidential voting trajectory of the bigger counties versus the rest of the state in a number of eastern states.
— Georgia had exactly opposite top and bottom halves in 2020, with a very Republican (but stable) bottom half and Democratic-trending top half driven by changes in Atlanta.
— North Carolina and Pennsylvania are mirror images on opposite sides of the political divide.
— Florida’s turn toward the Republicans has been a bit more pronounced in its top half of bigger counties compared to its bottom half, making it an outlier among the states we’ve studied.
— South Carolina’s status as a red state is much more about its top half than its bottom half.
April 5, 2023
Tax Time: IRS Approval Rises, But More Fear Audit
As the annual April 15 deadline for income tax filing nears, more Americans view the Internal Revenue Service favorably, but also are more concerned their taxes might be audited.
April 5, 2023
Election 2024: Biden Trails Both Trump and DeSantis
If President Joe Biden seeks a second term in 2024, he faces an uphill battle for reelection against either of the two leading Republican candidates.
April 5, 2023
Trump Good and Evil By John Stossel
The Stossel TV Studio is just a block from Trump Tower.
April 4, 2023
Crime: Most Voters Say It’s Getting Worse
A majority of voters continue to believe America’s crime problem is getting worse, even as President Joe Biden’s rating on the issue improves.
April 4, 2023
Hey, Uncle Sam: Stop Paying People for Not Working By Stephen Moore
A policy question these days that has befuddled federal lawmakers is why so many millions of people have not returned to the workplace in the post-COVID-19 era.
April 3, 2023
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 March 30, 2023.
April 3, 2023
Biden Approval Rises Again in March
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...
April 1, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 1, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 31, 2023
COVID-19: Virus Deaths vs. Vaccine Deaths
Nearly as many Americans believe someone close to them died from side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine as died from the disease itself.
March 31, 2023
Will Republicans Find a Way to Get Their Way in 2024? By Michael Barone
Twelve or 13 months from now, the race for the Republican nomination for president -- and the race for the Democratic nomination, if there is one -- will probably be over.
March 30, 2023
Opening Day: Take Me Out to the Ballgame?
Major League Baseball (MLB) begins its 2023 season today, and more fans expect to watch “America’s pastime” this year.
March 30, 2023
Nashville Shooting: 51% Want Stricter Gun Control
Support for gun control has risen in the aftermath of the shooting that killed six people at a Christian school in Nashville this week.
March 30, 2023
How the Other Half Votes By Kyle Kondik
The competing halves of states in the Midwest.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— This piece analyzes recent presidential voting patterns in the Midwest by comparing the big counties that cast roughly half the statewide vote with the smaller counties that cast the rest of the statewide vote.
— In Illinois and Minnesota, more than half of the statewide vote comes from dominant metro areas, and improvements in those areas from 2012 to 2020 allowed Democrats to maintain their strong position in both states.
— The smaller-county halves of Iowa and Ohio have zoomed right, pushing them out of the roster of competitive states.
— The bottom hasn’t dropped out for Democrats in nearly the same way in Michigan and Wisconsin.
March 29, 2023
Bank Takeover Hurts Economic Confidence
Nearly half of voters say the recent rescue of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) hurt their confidence in the economy, which could have political consequences.
