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GOP Has Slight Advantage on National Security

With war raging in the Middle East, voters trust Republicans more to deal with national security issues.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters trust Republicans more to handle national security issues, while 42% trust Democrats more. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Forty-two percent (42%) of voters rate President Joe Biden good or excellent for his handling of national security, while 44% give him a poor rating.

Ninety percent (90%) believe national security will be an important issue in the 2024 presidential election, including 63% who expect the issue to be Very Important.

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The survey of 1,014 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on October 15-17, 2023 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.

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