Democrats Now Trusted More on Nine of 10 Key Issues
Prior to Election Day, voters trusted Republicans on seven-out-of-10 key issues. Now, in the first survey following the presidential election, Democrats are trusted more on nine of these issues.
However, voters still give the GOP a slight edge on the most important issue, the economy. Forty-four percent (44%) of Likely U.S. Voters say they trust Republicans more to handle that issue, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But nearly as many (42%) place their trust in Democrats, and another 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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Two national surveys of 1,000 Likely Voters each were conducted on November 26-27 and 28-29, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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