What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Trump ended the polling week on Friday with a daily job approval of 43%.
- In the conflict between the United States and Iran, only one-in-three voters trust what President Donald Trump’s administration is telling them about the situation.
- Barely one-in-five voters think Congress is doing a good job, and still fewer say members listen to the people they’re elected to represent.
- Slightly fewer voters now want more gun control laws, although a plurality would favor a candidate who supports banning assault-style weapons.
- Less than half of voters believe the United States should keep using its military to control the Strait of Hormuz, but most agree with President Donald Trump on one key aspect of the conflict with Iran.
- News coverage of President Donald Trump isn’t very good, most voters say, and a plurality think coverage is shaped by hostility to the president.
- College football kicks off Saturday, and fans overwhelmingly think it’s likely that the Buckeyes of Ohio State University will claim the national championship this season.
- Fewer Americans see the nation’s public schools as doing a good job, but many think things are better in their local school system.
- Thirty-six percent (36%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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