Trump Maintains Strong GOP Primary Lead
Former President Donald Trump, who plans to skip this week’s televised debate among Republican 2024 presidential candidates, remains the overwhelming favorite with GOP primary voters.
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August 21, 2023
August 19, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 19, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
August 18, 2023
Does China Have Too Much Influence in D.C.?
Two-thirds of American voters think their politicians are influenced by China, but aren’t sure which party is most under Beijing’s influence.
August 18, 2023
Single Women Are the Odd Men Out, Politically By Michael Barone
America's political parties are the oldest and third-oldest in the world, and they have competed for votes among a population that has been diverse since colonial times.
August 17, 2023
53% of Workers Expect to Get Raises
A majority of U.S. workers think they’ll be making more money next year, and won’t have to change jobs to do it.
August 17, 2023
Trump 2024: To the White House or to Prison?
With former President Donald Trump now facing criminal indictments in four separate cases, voters are divided over where he’ll end up next year.
August 17, 2023
The Atlas of Post-Dobbs Abortion Ballot Measures: Part One By J. Miles Coleman
Comparing ballot issues to partisan races in KS, OH, and MI.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decisions last year, seven states have held abortion-related ballot issues, and abortion rights advocates have won all seven contests.
— In Kansas and Michigan, the pro-abortion rights side broadly outperformed the winning Democratic nominees for governor.
— In Ohio, last week’s Issue 1 ballot question, which was cast as a proxy vote on abortion rights, followed a similar pattern, roundly outperforming now-former Rep. Tim Ryan’s (D) showing in last year’s Senate race.
August 16, 2023
Kamala Harris: Most Don’t See VP Helping Biden’s 2024 Bid
Most voters continue to have a low opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris, and don’t see her as a helpful running mate for President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign.
August 15, 2023
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending August 10, 2023
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of August 6-10, 2023, decreased to 88.8, down more than a point from 90.4 two weeks earlier.
August 15, 2023
Voters Still Don’t See Economy as Good, Blame Biden
Nearly half of voters think the economy is in poor condition, and think voting President Joe Biden out of office next year would help.
August 15, 2023
How America Kills Its Own By Daniel McCarthy
America is an aging society, but this is no country for old men.
August 15, 2023
Is It Time to Ban Electric Vehicles? By Stephen Moore
The New York Fire Department recently reported that so far this year there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires in New York City, which have injured 66 people and killed 13. According to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, "There is not a small amount of fire, it (the vehicle) literally explodes." The resulting fire is "very difficult to extinguish and so it is particularly dangerous."
August 14, 2023
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 10, 2023.
August 14, 2023
Social Security: Democrats Maintain Lead on Issue
More voters trust Democrats to deal with Social Security, and nearly half expect the issue to be very important in next year’s election.
August 12, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 12, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
August 11, 2023
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Down in August
Economic confidence decreased to 98.1 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, two points lower than July.
August 11, 2023
Which States Attract Outsiders and Which Don't -- 21st Century Version By Michael Barone
Let's take a time out from reports of indictments and threats of impeachment, from nostalgia for the 1940s days of American scientific creativity and ability to get big things done fast ("Oppenheimer") and the 1950s days of American popular culture appealing to every cultural subgroup without the trigger warnings and apologies for past national misdeeds.
August 11, 2023
Merrick Garland: More Voters Now View Attorney General Unfavorably
Attorney General Merrick Garland continues to be unpopular with voters, who don’t see him doing a better job than most of his predecessors.
August 10, 2023
Democratic Voters Believe They Have More Influence
Most voters think it’s important that political parties represent the voters who elect them, and Democrats are more likely to think that’s true of their own party.
