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Questions - Checks and Balances - April 15-17, 2025

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National Survey of 1,061 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted April 15-17, 2025

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances between the three branches of the federal government – executive, legislative and judicial. How effectively is the constitutional system of checks and balances currently working?

 

 

2* Who do you trust more to protect the rights and interests of the American people – President Donald Trump, Congress, or the federal courts?

 

 

3* Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “We live in a fascist dictatorship. That’s what’s happening right now. … We are in the constitutional crisis right now”?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence