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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October 17, 2026
October 16, 2026
Election Integrity: Most Think Foreign Votes Could Shift Midterms
A majority of voters believe non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in their state, and consider it likely this could have an impact on this year’s midterm elections.
October 16, 2026
Has Trump Broken His McDonald's Promise? By Michael Barone
The defining moment of the 2024 presidential campaign, it can be argued, came almost exactly two years ago, on Sunday, Oct. 20, when then-former President Donald Trump traded his suit coat for a yellow apron and worked the fry station and the drive-thru window at a McDonald's.
October 16, 2026
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen five daily Presidential Tracking Poll, Sponsored by Matt Towery's "The Honoring of Ignorance - The 7 Mirages Destroying America" for Friday shows...
October 16, 2026
Michigan Senate: El-Sayed 46%, Rogers 44%
Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed still holds a narrow lead over former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race.
October 16, 2026
The Key State Legislative Races: GOP Plays Defense in Midwest and Elsewhere By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In what has become a blue 2026 midterm environment, Democrats are poised to make gains in the state legislatures, according to our second and final handicapping of state legislature control before the 2026 elections.
— In all, 15 chambers are competitive. Befitting the dynamics of the first midterm election of President Donald Trump’s second term, the Republicans are currently playing defense to a disproportionate degree.
— The GOP holds 9 of the competitive chambers, while the Democrats hold 3. Both Alaska chambers are controlled by a cross-partisan alliance, while Minnesota currently has a tied chamber. Among the 8 Toss-up chambers, 5 are currently held by the GOP.
— With this assessment, we are shifting the ratings of 10 chambers, each of them in the Democrats’ direction.
— In several legislative chambers controlled by Republicans, Democrats are hoping to ride a blue wave and break GOP supermajorities even as we do not expect them to truly challenge for the actual majority in these states.
October 16, 2026
Michigan Senate: El-Sayed 46%, Rogers 44%
Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed still holds a narrow lead over former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race.
October 15, 2026
Halloween Is More Than One Night, Most Say
October 31 hasn’t arrived yet, but most Americans are already celebrating the “spooky season.”
October 15, 2026
57% Approve Firing Squad for Fort Hood Killer
The announced plan to execute a mass murderer by firing squad is more popular with American voters than the death penalty in general.
October 15, 2026
Five Senate Rating Changes as Close Battle for Majority Control Rages By J. Miles Coleman and Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Rating changes this week leave us with five Senate Toss-ups, all in Republican-held seats.
— Republicans now need four of these five Toss-ups (Kansas, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, and Texas), although all of these save the Pine Tree State are naturally red states where it shouldn’t surprise anyone if Republicans hold on.
— Other changes involve races that are more on the periphery of the core battleground but merit watching for possible upsets or surprising trends.
October 14, 2026
Democrats Widen Lead on Energy Policy
Democrats are more trusted than Republicans to handle energy policy, and nearly half of voters think President Donald Trump’s energy policy is worse than his predecessor’s.
October 14, 2026
Not Fine at All By John Stossel
Imagine getting a bill from your local government for $900,000 because they see a greenhouse on your property and just assume you're growing marijuana without a permit.
October 13, 2026
Medicare for Nobody By Stephen Moore
Political pros will remember that a dozen or so years ago, the Democrats produced a famous (or infamous) TV ad showing a man wheeling an elderly lady in a wheelchair up a path to an overlook on a mountain. At the end of the ad, the man pushes the woman out of her chair and off the cliff.
October 13, 2026
Gas Prices: 47% Paying More Than $4.50 Per Gallon
Americans remain concerned about gasoline prices, which remain higher than before the U.S. began its war with Iran.
October 13, 2026
Only 37% See America Winning Iran War
Eight months into the war against Iran, less than half of voters think America is winning, and one-third see the conflict as a stalemate.
October 13, 2026
Does AI Deserve Human Rights? By Daniel McCarthy
You can't be cruel to a toaster; inanimate objects don't feel pain.
October 12, 2026
More See Foreign Terrorism as Threat Now
Concerns about foreign terrorist attacks have increased among American voters in the wake of the war with Iran.
October 12, 2026
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 October 8, 2026.
October 12, 2026
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 October 8, 2026.
October 12, 2026
Midterm Forecast: Democrats 49%, Republicans 44%
The Democratic Party has expanded its lead over Republicans to five points in the battle to control the House of Representatives.
