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January 22, 2025

73% Still Expect Confirmation for All Trump’s Cabinet Picks

Some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees have faced sharp questioning in Senate hearings, but nearly three-quarters of voters think they’ll all get confirmed eventually.

January 21, 2025

Mixed Reaction to Facebook Ending DEI Programs

The owner of Facebook has announced it will eliminate its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, and less than a third of Americans think the company will be worse without DEI.

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January 21, 2025

Trump Inaugurates a New Era By Daniel McCarthy

Breathtaking: There's no other word for the sheer ambition and scope of Donald Trump's second inaugural address.

January 21, 2025

Biden’s Legacy: Divided Nation, Damaged Party

Joe Biden campaigned for president on a promise to unite Americans, but he leaves office with most voters saying he failed – and hurt his own party in the process.

January 20, 2025

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 16, 2025.

January 20, 2025

71% Approve of Bible in Inauguration Ceremony

Donald Trump will be sworn in today with his hand on the Bible – actually two Bibles – and voters strongly support this inauguration tradition.

January 20, 2025

Biden Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows...

January 18, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 18, 2025

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

January 17, 2025

Football Fans Favor Buckeyes for National Title

Nearly half of college football fans expect Ohio State to defeat Notre Dame in Monday’s national championship game.

January 17, 2025

For Now, Trump Is Succeeding While His Opponents Fail By Michael Barone

"It is not enough in life that one succeed," the droll economist John Kenneth Galbraith is supposed to have said. "Others must fail."

January 17, 2025

Voters Concerned for Trump’s Safety at Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts during last year’s campaign, and a majority of voters are worried he won’t be safe at Monday’s inauguration.

January 16, 2025

L.A Residents Rate Mayor Worse Than Newsom on Wildfire Response

Many residents of Los Angeles County plan to move after the recent devastating wildfires, but most give California Gov. Gavin Newsom higher ratings than LA Mayor Karen Bass in terms of handling the emergency.

January 16, 2025

Nearly Half Still Blame Trump for Bad Media

President-elect Donald Trump’s hostile relationship with the news media hasn’t changed, and many voters still see it as mainly Trump’s fault.

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January 16, 2025

The 2024 Crossover House Seats: Overall Number Remains Low with Few Harris-District Republicans By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Just 16 districts voted for one party for president and the other for House, which is the same historically-low total as 2020.

— But there are 13 Democrats in Donald Trump-won districts compared to just 3 Republicans in Kamala Harris-won districts.

January 15, 2025

54% Favor Legalizing Doctor-Assisted Suicide

As more states consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, just over half of Americans support such a law.

January 15, 2025

Ukraine: Biden Gets Low Ratings, 43% Think Trump Will Be Better

President Joe Biden has made the defense of Ukraine against Russia a central focus of his foreign policy, but most voters don’t think he’s handled it well.

January 15, 2025

Anarchists Versus Libertarians By John Stossel

        "Donald Trump will be a tyrant!"

January 14, 2025

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Down Significantly

National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down 0.7% from last month’s 9.1% last month but more than double the 4.1% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

January 14, 2025

Europe Takes a Bite Out of America's Apple By Stephen Moore

Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins.

January 14, 2025

L.A. Wildfires: 77% of Democrats Blame Climate Change

A majority of voters – including more than three-quarters of Democrats – think climate change explains the wildfire that has devastated Southern California.