Florida Governor: Gillum (D) 48%, DeSantis (R) 42%
Democrat Andrew Gillum holds a six-point lead over Republican Ron DeSantis in the race to be Florida’s next governor.
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September 14, 2018
September 13, 2018
Florida Senate: Nelson (D) 45%, Scott (R) 44%
Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and retiring Republican Governor Rick Scott are in a virtual tie in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Florida.
November 7, 2017
For Many, NJ/VA Elections Are A Referendum on Trump
For many Democrats and most talking heads, today's gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia are referenda on President Trump, but what do the numbers say?
November 6, 2017
NJ Voters Aren’t Fans of Christie
As New Jersey’s gubernatorial election nears to replace outgoing governor and one-time Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, New Jerseyans are making it clear they’re ready to say goodbye.
November 3, 2017
Virginia Governor: Gillespie (R) 45%, Northam (D) 45%
The Virginia governor’s race is dead even four days before Election Day.
November 2, 2017
NJ Governor: Murphy (D) 50%, Guadagno (R) 35%
The New Jersey governor’s race is a runaway going into the final few days of the contest.
February 2, 2017
40% Say Election Has Hurt a Close Relationship
A lot of Americans have hard feelings after last November's presidential election.
January 25, 2017
Drilling Deeper Into Our State Surveys By the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Entertainment Software Association
With the luxury of a little more time since Election Day, we’ve taken a closer look at how we did pollwise relative to 538, RealClearPolitics and Huffington.
December 15, 2016
39% Blame Outside Factors for Clinton's Loss
In the aftermath of one of the most stunning electoral upsets in U.S. history, Democrats have been searching for reasons why their candidate Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump. Most voters agree it was the candidates themselves who decided the election, but a sizable number blame Clinton's loss on outside factors, primarily the FBI’s pre-election announcement that it was reopening its investigation of her.
December 14, 2016
Democrats See Russia as Election Culprit, Others Don’t
Democrats, still searching for a reason for Hillary Clinton’s surprise defeat, now blame the Russians, but other voters don’t see it that way.
December 5, 2016
Rasmussen Reports Calls It Right
Rasmussen Reports told you all along that it was a much closer race than most other pollsters predicted. We weren’t surprised Election Night. They were. Now Real Clear Politics has posted the final results, and look who came in second out of 11 top pollsters who surveyed the four-way race.
November 30, 2016
Most Say Recount Unlikely to Take Away Trump’s Win
Most Democrats welcome a presidential vote recount in three key states; most Republicans and unaffiliated voters do not. But the majority of voters in all three groups think a recount is unlikely to reverse Donald Trump’s victory. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
November 22, 2016
Do Voters Worry Trump Will Bring Too Much or Too Little Change?
He may have been the outsider candidate elected on a promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington, DC, but voters are more concerned president-elect Donald Trump will try to make too many changes than too few.
November 15, 2016
How We Did
Rasmussen Reports’ final White House Watch daily tracking poll survey was posted Monday morning. It showed Democrat Hillary Clinton with a two-point advantage over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 43%. To be precise, it was Clinton 44.8% to Trump 43.1%, a difference of 1.7%.
November 14, 2016
Democrats More Dubious Than Others About Election Results
Most voters are confident in the outcome of last week's election, but few trust the media coverage that led up to it.
November 11, 2016
Did Voters Vote for Trump or Against Clinton?
Maybe it was lucky for Donald Trump that he was running against Hillary Clinton or he wouldn't be president-elect today.
November 11, 2016
Most Say Trump, Clinton Set Right Post-Election Tone
Most voters are reassured by the first post-election speeches President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton gave, but Democrats are apparently in a less forgiving mood.
November 11, 2016
Wrapping Up Some Related State Surveys
Pulse Opinion Research conducts the field work and provides the methodology for all Rasmussen Reports surveys. Pulse did a number of state tracking surveys during the presidential election season for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Entertainment Software Association.
Here’s the Auto Alliance’s analysis of those survey results.
November 11, 2016
Most Voters Want To Eliminate Electoral College
With Hillary Clinton holding a 0.9% lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote, 2016 appears to be the fourth time in U.S. history that the president-elect lost the overall vote but won the Electoral College to take the White House. Even before the election results came in, a majority of voters said the Electoral College needs to go.
November 10, 2016
Voters Criticize This Year’s Election Media Coverage
Voters are pretty critical of the news coverage they got this election cycle, particularly those who relied on social media.
