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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February 7, 2026
February 6, 2026
FBI Raid: 39% Suspect Georgia Officials Hiding Election Fraud
After last week’s raid in Georgia where FBI agents seized hundreds of boxes of 2020 election ballots, many voters suspect Fulton County officials were hiding evidence of fraud.
February 6, 2026
Will Falling Birth Rates Mean a More Conservative World? By Michael Barone
George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago -- the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in 1947, written just as Britain was emerging from wartime rigors into an uncharted postwar future, Orwell noted that despite an upward blip in birth rates during the war, "the general curve is downward. The position is not quite so dangerous as it is sometimes said to be, but can only be put right if the curve not only rises sharply but does so within ten or at most twenty years."
February 6, 2026
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...
February 5, 2026
55% Say They’ll Watch Super Bowl LX
A majority of Americans expect to be tuned in this Super Bowl Sunday, and their expectations of who will win mirror the betting odds.
February 5, 2026
75% of Republicans Want All Illegal Immigrants Deported
Voters continue to be closely divided over America’s immigration policy, a division clearly shaped by party affiliation.
February 5, 2026
How Redistricting Scrambled the Crossover District List—and How It Could be Scrambled Even More By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In the 2024 election, just 16 congressional districts voted differently for president and for U.S. House. Democratic House candidates carried 13 Donald Trump-won districts, and Republican House candidates carried 3 Kamala Harris-won districts.
— Redistricting, however, has altered the picture and expanded the number of crossover districts. Based on the maps in place now, there are 24 crossover districts: 16 Trump-district Democrats and 8 Harris-district Republicans.
— Many of these newly-created seats are designed to flip to the party that won the district for president. If 2026 is like 2018, Democrats may have a more lopsided number of crossover districts than they did in 2024.
— Further redistricting moves in states like Florida, Maryland, New York, and Virginia could expand the number of crossover seats.
February 5, 2026
Crossing the Chesapeake Bay: Maryland Democrats’ Renewed 8-0 Proposal By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Democrats in the Maryland House of Delegates recently passed a map recommended by Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) Redistricting Advisory Commission.
— The potential new map seriously imperils the delegation’s sole Republican, Rep. Andy Harris (R, MD-1), while firming up Democrats’ most marginal seat on the existing map, western Maryland’s MD-6.
— Despite the lower chamber’s vote, state Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) has emerged as a major opponent of mid-decade redistricting; he says he will not prioritize passing a new map.
— Even if the commission’s map passes the entire legislature, state courts could take steps to block its implementation, as was the case with a similar 8-0 proposal in 2022.
February 4, 2026
GOP Holds Slender Advantage on Key Issues
On two major issues that could affect this year’s midterm elections, the Republican Party has a slight edge over Democrats in terms of voter trust.
February 4, 2026
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues By Stephen Moore
The Democrats circa 2026 have almost become tax-and-spend parodies of themselves.
February 4, 2026
Trump and the Polls: A Current Assessment with an Optimistic View By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
As President Donald Trump begins the second year of his second term, recent polls show a nuanced but not discouraging view of his political support. While the figures don't indicate a dramatic rise in popularity, they provide a solid basis for cautious optimism about Republican chances in the 2026 midterms.
February 3, 2026
Rising Concern for Economic Fairness
Americans now are more concerned about economic fairness, and less worried about economic growth, than they were two years ago.
February 3, 2026
Kamala Harris Still Leads 2028 Field for Democrats
Former Vice President Kamala Harris remains the favorite for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
February 3, 2026
The Trump Coalition Wins But the GOP Brand Doesn't By Daniel McCarthy
Just how badly did Republicans do in two Texas special elections last weekend?
February 2, 2026
Trump Approval Up One Point in January
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...
February 2, 2026
Trump Approval Up One Point in January
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...
February 2, 2026
41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-one percent (41%) 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 29, 2026.
February 2, 2026
41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-one percent (41%) 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 29, 2026.
January 31, 2026
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 31, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
