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 47%.
- Voters seem to have a clear view about which of two scandals involving text messages – one affecting a Democratic candidate, the other involving Republicans – is worse.
- Voters are almost evenly divided over America’s immigration policy, and the division falls largely along party lines.
- A narrow majority of voters – including two-thirds of Democrats – are in favor of having the current government shutdown continue.
- Nine months into President Donald Trump’s second term, voters now have a slightly less favorable view of the Democratic Party than they do of Republicans.
- Most voters have taken advantage of the early in-person voting option before, but believe it should be limited to two weeks or less before Election Day.
- Nearly a third of Americans say someone they know died while being treated for COVID-19, and many think hospital treatment protocols may have been a factor in those deaths.
- Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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