What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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May 31, 2025
May 30, 2025
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...
May 30, 2025
Trump Rated Better on Crime Issues
Voters rate President Donald Trump significantly better than his predecessor in terms of how he’s dealing with America’s crime problem.
May 29, 2025
57% Favor U.S. Military Action Against Iran’s Nukes
Voters are overwhelmingly concerned about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and a majority would support an American military strike to end the threat.
May 28, 2025
Murder of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Is Terrorism, Most Voters Say
About two-thirds of voters believe the recent fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers should be viewed as an act of terrorism.
May 27, 2025
‘Chemtrails’? 60% Support Laws to Ban ‘Weather Modification’
The belief that so-called “chemtrails” are secretly being used to change the weather is widely regarded as a conspiracy theory. But most voters favor legislation against such “geoengineering,” just in case.
May 27, 2025
63% Suspect Biden Had Cancer Long Before Diagnosis Announced
The recent announcement that former President Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer has many voters suspecting a cover-up.
May 26, 2025
48% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-eight percent (48%) 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 May 22, 2025.
May 23, 2025
Trump Rated Better on National Security
Voters rate President Donald Trump’s handling of national security issues much higher than they rated the previous White House occupant.
May 22, 2025
Democrats Have Slim Lead in Early 2026 Congressional Forecast
Although the next midterm elections are still more than a year away, a slender plurality of voters now favor the Democratic Party, which hopes to recapture a House majority in November 2026.
May 21, 2025
72% Say Cover-Up of Biden Decline a ‘Serious’ Scandal
Efforts by White House officials to conceal former President Joe Biden’s cognitive impairment constitute a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters who also believe the news media were part of the cover-up.
May 20, 2025
Ukraine: 50% Expect Trump to Get Peace Deal
Voters are almost evenly divided over how President Donald Trump is handling the war between Russia and Ukraine, with half saying he’s likely to succeed in getting a peace deal to end the war.
May 19, 2025
‘Preserve, Protect and Defend’: How’s Trump Doing?
Like every president before him, President Donald Trump took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," and most voters think he’s doing it.
May 16, 2025
Records on Election Fraud, Epstein Scandal Should Be Released, Voters Say
A majority of voters think it’s important for President Donald Trump to keep his promises of releasing records about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and about allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
May 15, 2025
Despite U.K. Trade Deal, 50% Rate Trump Policy Failure
Most voters approve of the recently announced trade deal with the United Kingdom (U.K.), but overall, half still consider President Donald Trump’s tariff policy to be a failure.
May 14, 2025
GOP Leads on National Security, But Tied on Taxes
Voters still trust the Republican Party more to deal with national security, but on the issue of taxes, Democrats are now tied with the GOP in terms of voter trust.
May 13, 2025
Artificial Intelligence: 72% of Voters Are Concerned
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a significantly more important part of the U.S. economy and society, more than three-quarters of voters would support legislation to protect against AI’s potential threats to constitutional rights.
May 13, 2025
41% Give Congress ‘Poor’ Rating
Although fewer voters now have a negative view of how Congress is doing its job, a majority agree with a Republican congresswoman’s criticism of the GOP majority on Capitol Hill.
May 12, 2025
Can’t Hate the Media Enough, Most Republicans Say
Nearly half of voters believe the news media are biased in favor of Democrats, and most Republicans think it’s impossible to hate the media too much.
May 12, 2025
71% of Voters Reject Socialism
American voters overwhelmingly prefer the free-market economy to socialism, although younger voters are significantly less enthusiastic about the capitalist system.
