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                            August 14, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2015
With Hillary Clinton facing increasing investigative scrutiny, are some big name Democrats poised to enter the race for the 2016 presidential nomination? Joe Biden? Al Gore?
Investigators confirmed this week that Clinton hosted top secret information on her private web server while serving as secretary of State. Most voters think Clinton’s use of a private, non-government provider for her State Department e-mail raises serious national security concerns.

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                            August 13, 2015More Voters Put Economy Ahead of Global Warming Worries
Despite President Obama’s recent announcement of an even more ambitious plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, voters still put job creation ahead of the fight against global warming and don’t blame their fellow Americans for worrying about the economy first.

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                            August 10, 201529% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending August 6.

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                            August 10, 2015How Do Democrats View Biden and Clinton?
While Democratic voters are closely divided over whether he should run for president, a sizable majority still likes Vice President Joe Biden.

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                            August 8, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 8, 2015
The presidential season is officially open with last Thursday night’s Republican debates, and for many GOP voters, at least, it couldn’t come too soon.
Ninety percent (90%) of Republicans told us they are likely to watch some of the GOP candidate debates, and if the early numbers are any indicator, a lot of them tuned in Thursday. Republicans are planning at least 11 debates in all.

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                            August 5, 2015Voters Favor Deportation More Than Government Does
President Obama's plan to exempt up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation remains tied up in court, but most voters still don’t think the United States is aggressive enough in deporting those who are here illegally.

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                            August 3, 201528% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 30.

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                            August 3, 2015Obama’s Full-Month Approval Index Improves In July
When tracking President Obama’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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.

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                            August 1, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 1, 2015
With less than a week to go before the first Republican debate, Rasmussen Reports’ first national presidential survey of Likely GOP Voters this year shows Donald Trump with his biggest lead yet.  Now it’s up to the billionaire developer to show voters that he deserves it.

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                            July 30, 2015Most Still Question Accuracy of Textbooks
School textbooks remain a central issue in the cultural battle over America's past, and voters continue to strongly believe most textbooks value political correctness over accuracy.

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                            July 29, 2015Do America’s Best Days Still Lie Ahead?
Voters still tend to think America’s best days are already behind us, but a climbing optimism that they’re still to come remains.

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                            July 27, 201529% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 23.

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                            July 27, 2015Obamacare Still Struggles In Court of Public Opinion
Despite its recent victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, the president’s health care law is still disliked by most voters who expect it to worsen the quality of care and make it more expensive.

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                            July 25, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 25, 2015
Is America declaring war on its past?

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                            July 24, 2015What Do Voters Think of the Supreme Court Now?
Praise and criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court are inching down again after last month's major rulings on Obamacare and gay marriage, and voters are more likely now to think the court’s ideology skews liberal.

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                            July 20, 201532% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 16.

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                            July 18, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending July 18, 2015
Most of the news focus has been on the Republican side of the presidential race, but tonight in Iowa all five announced Democratic candidates will share the same stage for the first time. Does it matter?

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                            July 17, 2015Meet the Hillary Meter
Just over 10 years ago when Hillary Clinton first took aim at the presidency, Rasmussen Reports introduced the Hillary Meter to regularly update public perceptions of the former first lady on her long march to the White House.

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                            July 13, 201531% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 9.

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                            July 11, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls -- Week Ending July 11, 2015
Most of the nation’s major cities have been so-called “sanctuary cities” that don’t enforce immigration laws for quite a while, but that uncomfortable fact has been under the spotlight in recent days.