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 42%.
- Negative perceptions of Congress were widespread before the midterm elections, with most voters saying their representatives don’t care what they think.
- Many voters think the news media did a good job of covering this year’s midterm election campaign, despite perceptions of political bias.
- The president earned a monthly job approval of 42% in October, down one point from September.
- On the eve of the midterm elections, the Democratic Party leads Republicans by six points in the battle to control the House of Representatives
- The nation is becoming more divided, according to an overwhelming majority of voters, but they disagree about the reasons.
- Finding a job is harder than it was a year ago, according to nearly half of Americans, and many expect it to get even worse in the year ahead.
- Americans overwhelmingly consider teaching an important job, but less than one-third believe it’s a career most are interested in.
- Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson has moved ahead of Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek in the race to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
- Democrat state auditor Rob Sand leads Republican businessman Zach Lahn in the race to replace outgoing Gov. Kim Reynolds in Iowa.
- Ohio’s special election for a U.S. Senate seat is a tie between Incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted and former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
- Democratic health official Amy Acton leads Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy in the election to be Ohio’s next governor.
- South Carolina Republican Sen. Darline Graham narrowly leads Democratic challenger Annie Andrews in the contest for the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
- South Carolina’s Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson leads Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson in the election to become the next governor of the Palmetto State.
- Democrat challenger Troy Jackson leads by three points over Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who is seeking her sixth term in the Senate.
- Former Democratic state Rep. Hannah Pingree appears set to become Maine’s next governor, with a double-digit lead over Republican lawyer Bobby Charles.
- Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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