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                            March 11, 202550% Agree ‘The Future Is Female’
March is Women’s History Month, and perhaps because of Kamala Harris’s defeat in last year’s election, voters are less confident that women’s leadership will increase – at least in the short term.

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                            March 11, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            March 10, 2025Voters Blame Trump More Than Zelenskyy for White House Spat
Most voters view Volodymyr Zelenskyy favorably, and only a third blame the Ukrainian president for his recent dispute with President Donald Trump.

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                            March 10, 202543% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-three percent (43%) 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 6, 2025.

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                            March 8, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            March 7, 2025Two-Thirds Agree: ‘Drain the Swamp!’
President Donald Trump’s repeated call to “drain the swamp” of bureaucracy in the nation’s capital continues to resonate with voters.

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                            March 6, 202550% Would Welcome Canadian Provinces to Join U.S.
President Donald Trump has talked of Canada becoming the 51st state, and half of American voters would be OK with it if any of our northern neighbor’s provinces wanted to leave Canada.

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                            March 5, 2025Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Idea Not a Hit With Voters
President Donald Trump’s suggestion to replace an existing visa program for foreign investors with a $5 million “gold card” visa hasn’t won majority support.

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                            March 4, 2025Majority Suspect Fraud in Social Security, Support DOGE Audit
Most voters favor the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) doing an audit of the Social Security system, and think such an audit would find rampant fraud in the program.

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                            March 3, 202551% Approved of Trump’s First Full Month as President
When tracking President Trump’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...

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                            February 28, 2025Tax Time: 33% Concerned IRS Will Audit Them
Even though Americans overwhelmingly say they’ve never cheated on their taxes, one-third of them are worried they’ll get audited by the IRS.

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                            February 28, 2025Election Integrity: 60% Favor Requiring Paper Ballots
A majority of voters favor an election integrity measure recently advocated by President Donald Trump.

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                            February 27, 2025FBI Director Kash Patel Starts With 47% Favorability
By a double-digit margin, more voters have a favorable than unfavorable opinion of Kash Patel, newly confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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                            February 26, 2025Most Voters Are Angry About Waste of Taxpayer Money
As President Donald Trump’s administration exposes wasteful federal spending, more than two-thirds of voters are angry about the situation.

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                            February 25, 2025Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
While Republicans see President Donald Trump as doing the job he was elected to do, Democrats see the president’s action in a sinister light.

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                            February 24, 202562% Back Trump’s Deportation Policy
Voters strongly favor President Donald Trump’s plan to apprehend and deport illegal aliens.

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                            February 21, 2025Just 29% Think Government Layoffs Would Boost the Economy
The prospect of mass layoffs of federal employees doesn’t strike most Americans as helpful for the economy.
 
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                            February 20, 202553% Approve Trump Ending DEI Policies
By a double-digit margin, more voters approve than disapprove of President Donald Trump’s move to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the federal government.

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                            February 19, 2025Trump 2028? Many Think He Could Win a Third Term
More than a third of voters favor altering the Constitution to allow President Donald Trump to run for re-election again – and a majority think he could win in 2028.

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                            February 18, 2025Many Think Federal Judges Are Abusing Their Authority
Most voters agree with a Republican congressman’s complaint about federal judges blocking President Donald Trump’s policies.