Should Trump Debate?
Former President Donald Trump skipped the first debate among candidates for the 2024 Republican nomination, but half of Republican voters say he should be in the next debate.
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August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023
Control Versus Choice By John Stossel
COVID cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week.
August 29, 2023
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending August 28, 2023
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of August 20-24, 2023, increased to 88.8, up more than three points from 88.8 two weeks earlier.
August 29, 2023
Voters Prioritize Border Security Over Ukraine War
By a 2-to-1 margin, voters believe controlling the U.S. border is more important than helping Ukraine fight Russia.
August 29, 2023
Ramaswamy: A Trump Versus Trump? By Daniel McCarthy
In 2016, Donald Trump faced the strongest Republican presidential field in decades.
August 29, 2023
Why Won't COVID Lockdown Artists Admit They Were Wrong? By Stephen Moore
COVID mania just won't go away. The deadly strains of the virus have been gone for two years now, and yet the recent outbreak of a mild flu-like variant is again stoking panic on the Left.
August 28, 2023
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 24, 2023.
August 28, 2023
36% of Democrats Want Newsom to Challenge Biden
Many voters – including more than a third of Democrats – want California Gov. Gavin Newsom to challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination .
August 26, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 26, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
August 25, 2023
Most Americans Trust Local Water Quality
At a time when some communities are restricting water use because of drought conditions, a majority of Americans view their local water supply as safe and dependable.
August 25, 2023
Republican Debate: Whatever Happened in the Debate, Fundamentals Could Still Matter By Michael Barone
Having completed the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign cycle, it's tempting to focus on minor but perhaps momentarily decisive details, such as whether Ron DeSantis was wise to outsource strategy to a committee that he's legally barred from communicating with or whether it was wise for Trump campaign spokesmen to not be allowed in the Fox News spin room.
August 24, 2023
Crime: Biden’s Rating Improves Slightly
Crime will be an important issue in the 2024 election, according to a majority of voters, who give President Joe Biden somewhat better grades for handling the issue.
August 24, 2023
The Atlas of Post-Dobbs Abortion Ballot Measures: Part Two By J. Miles Coleman
Comparing ballot issues to partisan races in VT, CA, MT, KY, and state halves.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Vermont and California were two blue states where the pro-abortion rights sides of 2022 ballot measures ran considerably ahead of Democratic nominees for statewide office.
— Also in 2022, voters in Kentucky and Montana defeated GOP-backed abortion-related ballot questions; the results of those votes may provide something of an electoral roadmap for Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT).
— The pro-abortion rights side has generally run ahead of Democratic candidate performance recently, although there are now examples from several states of Democratic candidates doing better than the ballot issues in a variety of heavily minority areas.
— In each of the seven states that have held abortion-related ballot measures since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, the pro-abortion rights side has outperformed Biden more In the counties that make up lesser-populated “bottom half” counties in these states.
August 23, 2023
36% Rate Public Schools ‘Poor’; Most Parents Approve Homeschooling
Less than a third of Americans think the country’s public schools are doing a good or excellent job, and most parents of school-age children approve of homeschooling.
August 23, 2023
Most Democrats Blame Climate Change for Maui Wildfire
Climate change has produced a political divide in voter reaction to the recent wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui.
August 23, 2023
Bad Choices By John Stossel
The betting odds say the next election will likely be a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
August 22, 2023
Georgia Trump Indictment Divides Voters, But Most Suspect Cheating in 2020
Democrats strongly approve the charges against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, but a majority of voters still suspect cheating stole the election in 2020.
August 22, 2023
Take 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Seriously By Daniel McCarthy
You don't need a college degree to understand what's happening in our country.
August 22, 2023
Why Has Biden Declared War on Natural Gas? By Stephen Moore
Natural gas is the world's wonder fuel: cheap, abundant, made in America, reliable AND clean burning.
August 21, 2023
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 17, 2023.
