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October 14, 2025

Democrats Hold Six-Point Advantage on Health Care Issue

Democrats continue to be more trusted on the health care issue, which is central to the current government shutdown.

October 14, 2025

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

October 13, 2025

52% Side With Trump on National Guard Deployment

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump could not deploy National Guard troops to defend offices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, but a majority of voters back the president’s position.

October 13, 2025

44% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-four percent (44%) 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 October 9, 2025.

October 11, 2025

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

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

October 10, 2025

New Jersey: Democrat Sherrill +6 in Governor’s Race

Less than a month before Election Day in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds a six-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the closely-watched off-year contest to be governor of the Garden State.

October 10, 2025

America First: Voters Oppose Foreign Wars

Less than half of voters favor the United States going to war in defense of Ukraine, Taiwan or Israel.

October 9, 2025

Voter Remorse: 45% Say It Would Be Better If Kamala Harris Had Won

Many voters – including some who voted for President Donald Trump last November – now think the country would be in a better situation if Kamala Harris had won.

October 8, 2025

Government Shutdown: 49% Say Democrats Did It for Illegal Aliens

Nearly half of voters agree with a top Trump administration figure on the reason for the current government shutdown.

October 7, 2025

Middle East Peace Hopes Rise

More voters now believe that a peace deal to end the Gaza war could be close, and President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy gets better grades than his predecessor.

October 6, 2025

Trump Slams U.N., and Most Voters Agree

After a United Nations speech in which President Donald Trump condemned the international body for sponsoring an “invasion” of migrants, most U.S. voters agree with him.

October 3, 2025

84% Worried Online Radicalization Driving Political Violence

Most voters believe that Charlie Kirk’s assassin acted alone, but fear that the Internet is pushing more youth toward political violence.

October 2, 2025

Voters Divided Over Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan

Less than half of voters favor President Donald Trump’s new policy requiring $100,000 payments for foreign immigrant workers under the H-1B visa program.

October 1, 2025

Trump Approval Gains One Point in September

When tracking President Trump’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...

September 30, 2025

53% Approve of ‘Terrorist’ Designation for Antifa

President Donald Trump’s designation of the left-wing Antifa movement as a “domestic terrorist organization” has majority approval.

September 29, 2025

‘Fascism’? Many Blame Trump Threats for Jimmy Kimmel Suspension

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is back on TV now, but many voters blame his four-night suspension on threats from President Donald Trump’s administration.

September 26, 2025

Vance Remains Popular

A majority of voters have a favorable opinion of Vice President J.D. Vance, and consider him qualified to assume presidential duties if needed.

September 25, 2025

38% Would Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Just a week before the deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill to keep the federal government running, Democrats stand to be the leading scapegoat for a possible shutdown.

September 24, 2025

FBI Director Remains Popular With Republicans

Eight months into his tenure as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel’s favorability has declined slightly, although most Republicans still like him.

September 23, 2025

60% View Domestic Terrorism as Greater Threat

Domestic terrorism is more of a concern than foreign terrorism, most voters say, and a plurality see far-right extremists as a bigger threat than the far left.