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July 19, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

July 18, 2025

Inflation Remains a Concern for Most

More than three-quarters of Americans are still worried about inflation, particularly higher grocery prices.

July 18, 2025

Just 30% Expect Trump Will Allow Amnesty

While the share of voters who favor amnesty for illegal immigrants has risen since last year, few think President Donald Trump would permit it.

July 18, 2025

Higher Education in Trouble: Political Repercussions By Michael Barone

   Nine months after the 2024 election, we've been graced with definitive dissections of the electorate and how it has changed since that escalator ride 10 years and one month ago. There's wide agreement in the analyses of the Associated Press/Fox News Vote Cast, the Democratic firm Catalist's What Happened and the Pew Research Center analysis.

July 18, 2025

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

July 17, 2025

Only 27% Favor Elon Musk’s Third Party Idea

After falling out with President Donald Trump, Elon Musk announced he’d form a new third party, but barely one-in-four voters think it’s a good idea. 

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July 17, 2025

2004 to 2024, Part Two: When Each State Was at its Most Republican By J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.

— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the Sun Belt has gotten more Democratic.

— By our “leans” metric, Donald Trump held up especially well in several swing states in 2020, even as he lost the presidency that year.

— Florida was the only state that was at its most Democratic in 2004, the earliest year that we consider, and its most Republican last year, showing a clear trend toward Republicans over two decades.

July 16, 2025

Europe Is Favorite Travel Destination

Most Americans don’t travel out of the country regularly, but Europe tops the list of their preferred destinations.

July 16, 2025

Keeping Illegal Immigrants Off Benefit Programs Is Important, Voters Say

Less than half of voters believe the government is doing enough to stop illegal immigrants from getting taxpayer-funded benefits. 

July 16, 2025

Big Green By John Stossel

Environmental groups are now rich.

In 2020 (the most recent data available), they collected $8 billion in donations.

$8 billion!

July 15, 2025

Epstein Files: 56% Reject Recent FBI Report

A majority of voters aren’t buying the recent findings of a Department of Justice/FBI investigation into the case of high-profile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. 

July 15, 2025

What Trump Knows About Superman By Daniel McCarthy

   The new "Superman" movie isn't an attack on Donald Trump's immigration policies, but it shows how alienated from America many liberals in Hollywood and politics now feel.

July 15, 2025

Trump Should Index the Capital Gains Tax for Inflation By Stephen Moore

   President Donald Trump should follow up on his historic "big, beautiful" tax bill with an extra booster shot for the economy by immediately indexing the capital gains taxes for inflation.

July 14, 2025

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Continues Up Slightly

National unemployment was 8.5% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up nearly a half point from 8.1% last month and significantly more than the 4.2% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

July 14, 2025

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Continues Up Slightly

National unemployment was 8.5% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up nearly a half point from 8.1% last month and significantly more than the 4.2% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

July 14, 2025

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Hits 4-Year High in July

Economic confidence increased to 115.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than three points higher than June.

July 14, 2025

Most Democrats Still Believe ‘Russian Collusion’ Helped Trump Win 2016

Despite recent revelations about the corrupt origins of claims that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia, a majority of Democrats still think it explains how Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016.

July 14, 2025

45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-five percent (45%) 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 July 10, 2025.

 

July 14, 2025

45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-five percent (45%) 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 July 10, 2025.

 

July 12, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 12, 2025

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...