If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003.

Public Content

Most Recent Releases

White letter R on blue background
January 25, 2023

Population Panic By John Stossel

 Have you heard? The world is about to end!

   "60 Minutes" recently featured Paul Ehrlich, author of the bestseller, "The Population Bomb." "Humanity is not sustainable," he said.

January 24, 2023

‘Get Woke, Go Broke’? Promoting Causes Doesn’t Help Business

What matters most in business? Quality, say Americans, who don’t care much for companies promoting political causes.

White letter R on blue background
January 24, 2023

It's Official: Trump's Tax Cuts Paid for Themselves By Stephen Moore

 How many times have you heard President Joe Biden or Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) berate the Trump tax cuts as "a giveaway to the rich"?

January 23, 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 January 19, 2023.

January 23, 2023

Debt Ceiling: 56% Prefer Shutdown

As President Joe Biden prepares to face off with House Republicans over the U.S. government’s debt ceiling, a majority of voters would rather have a government shutdown than to have Congress sign off on more spending.

January 21, 2023

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 21, 2023

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

January 20, 2023

Vaccine Safety: 57% Want Congress to Investigate CDC

Many voters have concerns about risks from the COVID-19 vaccine and a majority want a congressional investigation of how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has handled the issue.

White letter R on blue background
January 20, 2023

Time for Truth and Reconciliation on the Russia Collusion Hoax By Michael Barone

What are "the major problems this country faces"? Writing in The Atlantic, New York Times columnist David Brooks leads off his list with "inequality, political polarization, social mistrust" before concluding with the inevitable "climate change." Today's "inequality," he notes, is as "savage" as the inequality in the 1890s.

January 19, 2023

44% Trust Google, Facebook Less Because of Hiring Ex-Intel Agents

Many Americans are troubled by the revelation that Facebook and Google have hired dozens of former employees of U.S. intelligence agencies.

January 19, 2023

Document-Gate? Voters Approve Special Counsel in Biden Probe

Voters overwhelmingly approve of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.

White letter R on blue background
January 19, 2023

2024 Governors Races: A First Look By J. Miles Coleman

And an updated word on Mississippi.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— North Carolina’s open-seat race is clearly the marquee contest of 2024’s gubernatorial races. It starts as a Toss-up.

— The other contests start with clear favorites despite several open seats.

— If popular Republican incumbents run for another term, the GOP should be in great shape to hold New Hampshire and Vermont. But they would be great Democratic opportunities as open seats.

— Mississippi moves to Likely Republican following the entry of a credible Democratic candidate after our initial 2023 rating release last week.

January 18, 2023

Independent Voters Trust GOP More on Ethics, Social Security

The electorate is evenly divided over which party they trust more on basic issues, but Republicans have an edge among independent voters.

White letter R on blue background
January 18, 2023

The Recycling Religion By John Stossel

For decades, we've been told: recycle!
   "If we're not using recycled paper, we're cutting down more trees!" says Lynn Hoffman, co-president of Eureka Recycling.
   Recycling paper (or cardboard) does save trees. Recycling aluminum does save energy. But that's about it.

January 17, 2023

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending January 12, 2023

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 8-12, 2023, decreased to 86.3, down nearly three points from 89.2 two weeks earlier.

January 17, 2023

Repeal Funding for New IRS Agents? 56% Say ‘Yes’

As the first act of the new Congress, the Republican majority in the House voted to repeal funding for new Internal Revenue Service employees, and most voters support the move.

White letter R on blue background
January 17, 2023

Biden's ESG Investment Rules Threaten Your Retirement Savings By Stephen Moore

President Joe Biden's Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people's retirement savings.

January 16, 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 January 12, 2023.

January 16, 2023

MLK Day: Closer to ‘The Dream’?

A growing number of Americans now believe Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams of equal opportunity in the country have become a reality.

January 14, 2023

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 14, 2203

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

White letter R on blue background
January 13, 2023

What the Democratic Trifecta Hath Wrought By Michael Barone

America has just exited a biennium of Democratic trifecta -- control by the nation's and the world's oldest political party of the White House and majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. It is only the third such biennium in the last 40 years, since 1993-95 and 2009-11, the first two years of the Clinton and Obama administrations.