What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 8, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 47%.
- Two-thirds of voters support Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s decision to meet with Taiwan’s president, and even more expect China to attack the island nation in the near future.
- If President Joe Biden seeks a second term in 2024, he faces an uphill battle for reelection against either of the two leading Republican candidates.
- A majority of voters continue to believe America’s crime problem is getting worse, even as President Joe Biden’s rating on the issue improves.
- The president earned a monthly job approval of 47% in March, up one point from February.
- Voters continue to trust Republicans more to handle immigration, an issue where President Joe Biden gets very low ratings.
- The population of Texas has more than doubled since 1980, and most voters in the Lone Star State want policies to slow that pace, including reducing immigration.
- Economic confidence increased to 98.3 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, slightly higher than March.
- As the annual April 15 deadline for income tax filing nears, more Americans view the Internal Revenue Service favorably, but also are more concerned their taxes might be audited.
- Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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