General Lifestyle

Are Americans Honest at Tax Time?

Americans don't consider their fellow countrymen an overly honest group, but they think most play fair when it comes to their taxes.

Is Apple Right To Challenge The FBI?

Voters disagree with Apple’s decision to challenge a federal court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino, California terrorist massacre, with even more continuing to say preventing terrorism is more important than protecting Americans’ privacy.

Is Life in America's Prisons Too Hard?

President Obama's recent executive actions on solitary confinement and the treatment of mentally ill prisoners are the latest efforts in a bipartisan push to reform the country’s prison system. While most Americans agree that too many people are incarcerated, many also feel conditions in America's prisons today aren't tough enough.

Americans Aren’t Overly Worried About Zika Virus

The World Health Organization this week officially declared a public health emergency in response to the rapidly spreading Zika virus in Latin America. While a majority of Americans show some concern about the virus, they also think the media overhypes such outbreaks.

How's Your Drinking Water?

While the residents of Flint, Michigan deal with the repercussions of lead-contaminated drinking water, the vast majority of Americans still consider their home water supply quite dependable.

50% Say Race Relations in America Getting Worse

Confidence in race relations in America continues to fall, with hopes for the future at their lowest level yet.

Did You Buy A Powerball Ticket?

Half of Americans intended to get in on this week’s unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot even though very few know someone who has ever won a big lottery.

38% of Adults Under 40 Have A Tattoo

Tattoos are certainly more commonplace in society, but are they becoming completely acceptable?

Use of Postal Service Up Again This Holiday Season

Americans used the U.S. Postal Service more this holiday season and continue to give the quasi-governmental agency better marks than its private competitors for the way it handles their packages.

Most Americans Are Feeling Charitable

Americans are embracing the holiday season this year and are in the giving spirit.

Is Media Breeding More Mass Murderers?

Following another week of high-profile mass murders, Americans are more convinced than ever that media coverage of such tragedies inspires others to commit violence.

Expecting A Drone From Santa This Year?

All I want for Christmas is - my very own drone?

One-in-five American Adults (19%) say they or an immediate family member is at least somewhat likely to purchase an unmanned drone for personal use in the next year, including 11% who say they are Very Likely to do so. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 78% are unlikely to purchase a drone in the near future, with 56% who say that is Not At All Likely to happen.

Holiday Shoppers Are Off to the Races

Americans are shopping at a faster pace this holiday season than they have in the past several years.

In Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2015 holiday season, 43% of American Adults say they have started their gift shopping. Fifty-four percent (54%) have not.

Do You Get Enough Sleep?

Americans agree on the importance of sleep, but a sizable number say they don't get enough of it.

Is It Time to Put Out Smoking in Public Housing?

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed banning smoking in all of the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units. Voters like the idea but seriously doubt that it will work.

Americans Don't See False Arrest As A Major Problem

Local crime remains a problem for most Americans who also feel that local cops aren't aggressive enough in dealing with it.

Americans Nix Transgender Use of Opposite Sex Restrooms

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday criticized a suburban Chicago school district for not allowing transgender students access to girls' locker rooms and restrooms, but voters in Houston a day later repealed a law barring discrimination against transgender individuals in large part because of concerns that the law would allow men claiming to be women to use women's bathrooms.

Americans See Heroin Abuse on the Rise

Heroin abuse is now the number one drug threat in the country, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Americans say it’s affecting their communities.

Daylight Saving Time: Fall Back

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, and most Americans will remember to change their clocks. But not all will change them the right way.

One-in-Four Have Lost Someone to Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for a quarter of the population who have lost a loved one to the disease, it’s an important month.