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                            January 3, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            December 31, 2025New Year’s Eve: 45% Expect to Welcome 2026 With a Kiss
Most Americans will be at home when the clock strikes midnight to bring in the New Year, and nearly half say they’ll be kissing someone on the occasion.

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                            December 31, 2025Americans Optimistic for 2026
Most Americans don’t think 2025 was a very good year, but expect the year ahead to be better.

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                            December 31, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            December 31, 2025Doomed? By John Stossel
   While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline."

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                            December 30, 2025Why Christmas Is America’s Favorite Holiday Again By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey shows that Christmas has once again regained its status as America’s most important holiday, with 55% of American adults saying it’s among the nation’s top celebrations and another 30% placing it “somewhere in between.” 

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                            December 30, 2025Rules Rigged to Favor Incumbents, Most Voters Say
The reason most members of Congress keep getting reelected isn’t because they’re doing a good job, according to a majority of voters.

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                            December 30, 2025The Economists Got 2025 All Wrong By Stephen Moore
   Well, Donald Trump has done it again!

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                            December 30, 2025Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ By Daniel McCarthy
   At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history.

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                            December 29, 202540% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 December 23, 2025.

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                            December 29, 202540% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty percent (40%) 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 December 23, 2025.

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                            December 29, 202568% of Democrats Want Impeachment for Trump
Impeachment will be on the ballot in next November’s midterm election, most voters believe, and more than two-thirds of Democrats favor congressional candidates who will support impeachment of President Donald Trump.

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                            December 27, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 27, 2025
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            December 25, 2025Christmas: America’s Favorite Holiday Again
Christmas is once again atop the list of America’s most important holidays, two years after falling to second place behind the Fourth of July.

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                            December 24, 202556% Say Economy Got Worse in 2025
Most voters say America’s economy has worsened since last year, and fewer give President Donald Trump good marks for his handling of the economy.

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                            December 24, 2025Socialism vs. Capitalism By John Stossel
   People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism."

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                            December 23, 2025Christmas in Red, White and Blue
Holiday celebrations are an important national tradition, most Americans believe, even as they worry that the religious significance of Christmas is lost amid consumer messages.

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                            December 23, 2025‘MAGA’ Label Not a Winner for Republican Candidates
President Donald Trump has twice won the White House on the promise to “Make America Great Again” – often abbreviated as “MAGA” – but most voters say they prefer regular Republicans.

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                            December 23, 2025It's a Wonderful President By Stephen Moore
   I've been shocked that Americans are in such a grumpy mood as reflected in all the public opinion polls.

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                            December 23, 2025JD Vance Gets America's Creed and Heritage Right  By Daniel McCarthy
   With America's 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn't be more timely.